2016 Netball Superleague season

The 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season saw Surrey Storm retain the title after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. The league was sponsored by VitalityHealth. [2][3][4][5][6]

2016 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
Champions Surrey Storm
Runners-up Manchester Thunder
Season MVPSamantha Wallace
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]

Teams

This was Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league. [7][8][9][10]

2016 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

The opening day of the regular season saw the introduction of Super Saturday. This saw the eight teams play all four Round 1 games at the Genting Arena in front of a 7,500 crowd. [6][11][12][13] During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights. [6] Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. [3]

Final table
Pos Team P W D L GF GA PTS
1 Manchester Thunder14130184867339
2 Surrey Storm14100477765030
3 Hertfordshire Mavericks14100476965330
4 Team Bath14100476866930
5 Loughborough Lightning1460871972018
6 Team Northumbria14401061377012
7 Celtic Dragons1420126678006
8 Yorkshire Jets1410135497753
Notes

  Qualified for the semi-finals/play offs

Source:[14][15][16]

Play-offs

Semi-finals
30 April 2016
16:00		 Manchester Thunder53–46Team Bath    Manchester Thunderdome [17][18][19][20]
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 30–18, 43–30, 53–46
Helen Housby
Eleanor Cardwell 		Lenize Potgieter
Chelsea Lewis
30 April 2016
18:00		 Surrey Storm53–51Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park [19][21]
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 24–26, 40–39, 53–51
Rachel Dunn  35/36 (97%)
Pamela Cookey  18/21 (86%)		 Samantha Wallace  41/46 (89%)
Ella Clark  10/13 (77%)

3rd/4th place play off
7 May 2016
14:30		 Team Bath49–48Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena [22][23]
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 26–24, 39–38, 49–48

Grand Final
Further information: 2016 Netball Superleague Grand Final
7 May 2016
17:00		 Surrey Storm55–53Manchester Thunder    Copper Box Arena [2][3][4][5] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–19, 43–36, 55–53
Pamela Cookey  28/31 (90%)
Rachel Dunn  27/32 (84%)		 Helen Housby  38/39 (97%)
Kathryn Turner  8/10 (80%)
Eleanor Cardwell  7/10 (70%)

Team of the Season

A panel of Sky Sports commentators and pundits including Katharine Merry, Caroline Barker, Karen Atkinson, Tamsin Greenway and Jess Thirlby selected a 2016 Team of the Season. [24][25]

Position Player Team
GK Ama AgbezeLoughborough Lightning
GD Layla GuscothHertfordshire Mavericks
WD Amy FlanaganSurrey Storm
C Sara BaymanManchester Thunder
WA Natalie HaythornthwaiteManchester Thunder
GA Pamela CookeySurrey Storm
GS Rachel DunnSurrey Storm

Source:[24][25]

See also

References
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