2015 Netball Superleague season

The 2015 Netball Superleague season saw Surrey Storm finish as champions for the first time after defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season but they subsequently lost to Mavericks in the semi-finals. Thunder eventually finished third overall. Yorkshire Jets were the surprise team of the season, finishing third during the regular season and fourth overall. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

2015 Netball Superleague
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
2015 Netball Superleague
Season champions Surrey Storm
Runners-up Hertfordshire Mavericks
Season MVPNatalie Haythornthwaite
(Yorkshire Jets) [1]
Top scorerLottysha Cato
(Yorkshire Jets)  670/741 (90%)

Teams
2015 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaSport CentralNorth East England
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England
Yorkshire JetsHull / Leeds / SheffieldYorkshire

Regular season

This season saw extra time introduced for drawn matches. If the scores were even after sixty minutes of play, matches were to continue into extra-time, consisting of two seven minute halves. If the sides are still tied following extra-time, the game will continue until a team has moved ahead of the other, by two clear goals. [9][10]

Results
Round 1
26 January 2015
19:45		 Report Manchester Thunder55–52Surrey Storm    Manchester Thunderdome [11]
Helen Housby  34/37 (92%)
Kathryn Turner  21/25 (84%)		 Rachel Dunn  30/32 (94%)
Pamela Cookey  22/25 (88%)
30 January 2015
20:00		 Yorkshire Jets70–44Loughborough Lightning    English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
31 January 2015
18:30		 Report Team Northumbria33–49Team Bath    Sport Central
31 January 2015
19:00		 Celtic Dragons39–54Hertfordshire Mavericks    Cardiff City House of Sport
Round 2
2 February 2015
19:45		 Celtic Dragons34–48Team Northumbria    Sport Wales National Centre
7 February 2015
16:00		 Hertfordshire Mavericks48–40Loughborough Lightning    Hertfordshire Sports Village
7 February 2015
17:00		 Report Manchester Thunder51–32Team Bath    Manchester Thunderdome
7 February 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm74–51Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  58/67 (87%)
Pamela Cookey  16/20 (80%)		 Lottysha Cato  48/51 (94%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite  3/3 (100%)
Round 3
9 February 2015
19:45		 Report Manchester Thunder49–42Hertfordshire Mavericks    Manchester Thunderdome
9 February 2015
19:30		 Loughborough Lightning58–44Celtic Dragons    Loughborough University
Peace Proscovia  43/47 (91%)
Maryka Holtzhausen  13/16 (81%)
Vanessa Walker  2/2 (100%)
9 February 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath42–56Surrey Storm    University of Bath Sky Sports
Rosie Allison  36/41 (88%)
Asha Francis  3/6 (50%)
Rachel Shaw  3/5 (60%)		 Rachel Dunn  38/43 (88%)
Pamela Cookey  18/19 (95%)
9 February 2015
19:30		 Team Northumbria45–59Yorkshire Jets    Sport Central
Round 4
13 February 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath34–51Hertfordshire Mavericks    University of Bath
Rosie Allison  19/25 (76%)
Asha Francis  8/10 (80%)
Rachel Shaw  7/12 (58%)		 Sasha Corbin  27/30 (90%)
Louisa Watson  24/27 (89%)
13 February 2015
20:00		 Report Yorkshire Jets51–54Manchester Thunder    Leeds Beckett University
? Helen Housby  32/32 (100%)
Eleanor Cardwell  10/13 (77%)
Krista Enziano  8/10 (80%)
Kathryn Turner  4/7 (57%)
14 February 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm66–49Celtic Dragons    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  41/46 (89%)
Pamela Cookey  16/18 (89%)
Kat Hayes  9/13 (69%)		 Chelsea Lewis  35/45 (78%)
Cara Lea Moseley  8/11 (73%)
Emma Thomas  6/7 (86%)
16 February 2015
19:45		 Team Northumbria48–57Loughborough Lightning    Sport Central
Round 5
20 February 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath51–54Yorkshire Jets    University of Bath
21 February 2015
16:00		 Hertfordshire Mavericks61–35Team Northumbria    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Louisa Watson  30/33 (91%)
21 February 2015
18:00		 Report Loughborough Lightning48–68Surrey Storm    Loughborough University
23 February 2015
19:45		 Report Manchester Thunder81–36Celtic Dragons    Manchester Thunderdome
Round 6
28 February 2015
14:00		 Report Celtic Dragons36–42Team Bath    Deeside Leisure Centre
28 February 2015
17:00		 Report Manchester Thunder68–52Loughborough Lightning    Manchester Thunderdome
28 February 2015
20:00		 Report Surrey Storm69–35Team Northumbria    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  43/53 (81%)
Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%)
Katie Harris  6/6 (100%)		 Jatjinda Kambatuku  16/22 (73%)
Caroline O'Hanlon  8/14 (57%)
Ellie Smith  7/9 (78%)
Kayley Moss  5/6 (83%)
2 March 2015
19:45		 Yorkshire Jets56–42Hertfordshire Mavericks    University of Huddersfield
Round 7
6 March 2015
19:30		 Report Team Northumbria31–64Manchester Thunder    Sport Central
6 March 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath45–43Loughborough Lightning    University of Bath
Rosie Allison  32/35 (91%)
Asha Francis  13/17 (76%)		 Peace Proscovia  36/38 (95%)
Vanessa Walker  5/5 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen  2/3 (67%)
7 March 2015
18:00		 Report Surrey Storm55–42Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena
Attendance: 6,033
Rachel Dunn  36/38 (95%)
Pamela Cookey  19/22 (86%)		 Louisa Watson  22/24 (92%)
Kadeen Corbin  15/18 (83%)
Sophie Hankin  4/7 (57%)
Sarah East  1/2 (50%)
7 March 2015
16:00		 Celtic Dragons48–60Yorkshire Jets    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 8
9 March 2015
19:30		 Loughborough Lightning56–65Yorkshire Jets    Loughborough University
13 March 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath63–24Team Northumbria    University of Bath
14 March 2015
16:00		 Hertfordshire Mavericks67–30Celtic Dragons    Hertfordshire Sports Village
14 March 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm47–58Manchester Thunder    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  29/37 (78%)
Pamela Cookey  18/21 (86%)		 Helen Housby  39/40 (98%)
Kathryn Turner  19/20 (95%)
Round 9
16 March 2015
20:00		 Report Hertfordshire Mavericks43–56Manchester Thunder    Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge)
16 March 2015
19:45		 Celtic Dragons53–52Loughborough Lightning    Sport Wales National Centre
16 March 2015
20:00		 Yorkshire Jets58–49Team Northumbria    Hull Arena
17 March 2015
20:00		 Report Surrey Storm61–39Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  41/50 (82%)
Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%)		 Rosie Allison  21/23 (91%)
Asha Francis  9/14 (64%)
Shaunagh Craig  7/9 (78%)
Rachel Shaw  2/2 (100%)
Round 10
20 March 2015
20:00		 Report Yorkshire Jets56–69Surrey Storm    Leeds Beckett University
21 March 2015
18:00		 Loughborough Lightning45–58Hertfordshire Mavericks    Loughborough University
21 March 2015
18:30		 Team Northumbria48–55Celtic Dragons    Sport Central
23 March 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath37–40Manchester Thunder    University of Bath
Round 11
27 March 2015
19:30		 Loughborough Lightning57–36Team Northumbria    Loughborough University
28 March 2015
17:00		 Report Manchester Thunder57–56Yorkshire Jets    Manchester Thunderdome
28 March 2015
16:00		 Report Celtic Dragons30–73Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre
30 March 2015
19:45		 Report Hertfordshire Mavericks42–33Team Bath    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Round 12
2 April 2015
18:00		 Team Northumbria40–58Hertfordshire Mavericks    Sport Central
2 April 2015
20:00		 Report Yorkshire Jets55–44Team Bath    Leeds Beckett University
4 April 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm74–45Loughborough Lightning    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn  46/56 (82%)
Pamela Cookey  23/26 (88%)
Katie Harris  5/6 (83%)		 Peace Proscovia  40/43 (93%)
Flo Edwards  2/2 (100%)
Vanessa Walker  2/2 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen  1/1 (100%)
4 April 2015
14:00		 Report Celtic Dragons29–57Manchester Thunder    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 13
6 April 2015
14:00		 Report Hertfordshire Mavericks41–59Surrey Storm    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Sarah East  25/30 (83%)
Sophie Hankin  8/10 (80%)
Louisa Watson  8/10 (80%)		 Rachel Dunn  30/43 (70%)
Pamela Cookey  29/33 (88%)
6 April 2015
19:45		 Yorkshire Jets75–47Celtic Dragons    Hull Arena
6 April 2015
17:00		 Report Manchester Thunder77–34Team Northumbria    Manchester Thunderdome
? Jatjinda Kambatuku  16/17 (94%)
6 April 2015
19:30		 Report Loughborough Lightning51–45Team Bath    Loughborough University
Round 14
11 April 2015
18:00		 Report Loughborough Lightning40–51Manchester Thunder    Loughborough University
Peace Proscovia  24/27 (89%)
Maryka Holtzhausen  6/10 (60%)
Vanessa Walker  2/3 (67%)		 Helen Housby  24/27 (89%)
Krista Enziano  16/21 (76%)
Kathryn Turner  8/11 (73%)
Eleanor Cardwell  3/8 (38%)
11 April 2015
16:00		 Hertfordshire Mavericks50–54Yorkshire Jets    Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge) [8]
13 April 2015
19:30		 Report Team Northumbria20–86Surrey Storm    Sport Central
Jatjinda Kambatuku  4/7 (57%)
Ellie Smith  1/1 (100%)
Lisa Bowman  15/17 (88%)		 Rachel Dunn  34/45 (76%)
Pamela Cookey  30/33 (91%)
Kat Hayes  11/13 (85%)
Katie Harris  11/12 (92%)
13 April 2015
19:45		 Team Bath50–34Celtic Dragons    University of Bath [7]
Shaunagh Craig  21/32 (66%)
Asha Francis  15/22 (68%)
Rosie Allison  14/16 (88%)		 Chelsea Lewis  27/38 (71%)
Emma Thomas  7/10 (70%)

Source:[12][13]

Final table

Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. [2] Surrey Storm finished second. [14] Yorkshire Jets finished third after winning ten games, six points ahead of fourth placed Hertfordshire Mavericks. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals. [7][8]

2015 Netball Superleague season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester Thunder 14140085963022942
2 Surrey Storm 14120298567131436
3 Yorkshire Jets 1410048808067430
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 148067476668124
5 Team Bath 14509606631-2515
6 Loughborough Lightning 144010688747-5912
7 Celtic Dragons 142012564821-2576
8 Team Northumbria 141013526847-3213
Notes

  Qualified for the semi-finals/play offs

Source:[12][15]

Play-offs

Semi-finals
18 April 2015
16:10		 Surrey Storm76–60Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park [16]
Rachel Dunn  43/49 (88%)
Pamela Cookey  33/38 (87%)		 Lottysha Cato  55/58 (95%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite  4/5 (80%)
Nikki Smith  1/1 (100%)
18 April 2015
18:10		 Manchester Thunder41–48Hertfordshire Mavericks    Manchester Arena [2]
Attendance: 4,000

3rd/4th place play off
25 April 2015
16:00		 Manchester Thunder55–49Yorkshire Jets    Copper Box Arena [3]

Grand Final
Further information: 2015 Netball Superleague Grand Final
25 April 2015
18:10		 Surrey Storm56–39Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena [4][5][6]
Attendance: 6,000
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Jackie Mizon		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 26–20, 38–30, 56–39
Pamela Cookey
Rachel Dunn 		Louisa Watson
Kadeen Corbin

Top scorers
Player Team Attempts Goals %
Lottysha CatoYorkshire Jets74167090%
Rachel DunnSurrey Storm64655285%
Peace ProscoviaLoughborough Lightning59954891%
Chelsea LewisCeltic Dragons53442079%
Helen HousbyManchester Thunder41838091%
Rosie AllisonTeam Bath36330083%
Pamela CookeySurrey Storm33830490%
Lisa BowmanTeam Northumbria38228274%
Louisa WatsonHertfordshire Mavericks32327685%
Sarah EastHertfordshire Mavericks21718686%

Source:[17]

See also

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