2015 Netball Superleague season

2015 Netball Superleague
League	Netball Superleague
Sport	Netball
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports
2015 Netball Superleague
Season champions	Surrey Storm (1st title)
Runners-up	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Season MVP	Natalie Haythornthwaite
Top scorer	Lottysha Cato

Overview

The 2015 Netball Superleague season was the tenth season of the Netball Superleague. It was announced prior to the start of the season that Netball Superleague fixtures would be played to a finish in the 2015 season, meaning that games can no longer be tied. This conformed with current international standards.^[1] If the scores are even after 60 minutes of play, the game will continue into extra-time consisting of two 7 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.

Broadcaster Sky Sports committed to a flexible schedule in all of their live broadcasts to ensure fans can watch entire games, including those that head into extra-time.^[2] The first round of fixtures started on Monday 26 January 2015, with a repeat of the previous season's Grand Final, and once again Manchester Thunder got the better of Surrey Storm.^[3]

The Manchester Thunder, Surrey Storm, Yorkshire Jets and Hertfordshire Mavericks secured the four play-off places, Manchester doing so by completing an unbeaten regular season, winning all fourteen games. However, Manchester suffered a shock defeat in the semi-finals in front of a club-record 4,000 fans at the Manchester Arena, losing 48-41 to the Mavericks. In the other semi-final, Surrey made it to their third final in four seasons with a 76-60 win over the Yorkshire Jets at Guildford's Surrey Sports Park.^[4]

In the third-place play-off, Manchester Thunder powered to victory over Yorkshire Jets, winning 55-49.^[5]

In the Grand Final, Surrey Storm beat Hertfordshire Mavericks, 56-39, at London's Copper Box Arena to win their first Superleague title.^[6] Pamela Cookey was crowned Player of the Match.^[7]

Teams

The following teams competed in the 2015 season:

Team	Base
Celtic Dragons	Cardiff, Wales
Yorkshire Jets	Yorkshire, England
Loughborough Lightning	Loughborough, Leicestershire
Hertfordshire Mavericks	Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Manchester Thunder	Manchester, Greater Manchester
Surrey Storm	Guildford, Surrey
Team Bath	Bath, Somerset
Team Northumbria	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Note
1	Manchester Thunder	14	14	0	0	859	630	229	42	Advance to Play-Offs
2	Surrey Storm	14	12	0	2	985	671	314	36	Advance to Play-Offs
3	Yorkshire Jets	14	10	0	4	880	806	74	30	Advance to Play-Offs
4	Hertfordshire Mavericks	14	8	0	6	747	666	81	24	Advance to Play-Offs
5	Team Bath	14	5	0	9	606	631	-25	15
6	Loughborough Lightning	14	4	0	10	688	747	-59	12
7	Celtic Dragons	14	2	0	12	564	821	-257	6
8	Team Northumbria	14	1	0	13	526	847	-321	3

Regular season

Round 1

Mon 26 Jan	Manchester Thunder	55–52	Surrey Storm	Manchester Thunderdome
19:45	Helen Housby  34/37 (92%) Kathryn Turner  21/25 (84%)	Report	Rachel Dunn  30/32 (94%) Pamela Cookey  22/25 (88%)

Fri 30 Jan	Yorkshire Jets	70–44	Loughborough Lightning	English Institute of Sport – Sheffield
20:00		Report

Sat 31 Jan	Team Northumbria	33–49	Team Bath	Sport Central, Newcastle
18:30		Report

Sat 31 Jan	Celtic Dragons	39–54	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Cardiff City House of Sport
19:00		Report

Round 2

Mon 2 Feb	Celtic Dragons	34–48	Team Northumbria	Sport Wales National Centre
19:45		Report

Sat 7 Feb	Hertfordshire Mavericks	48–40	Loughborough Lightning	Hertfordshire Sports Village
16:00		Report

Sat 7 Feb	Manchester Thunder	51–32	Team Bath	Manchester Thunderdome
17:00		Report

Sat 7 Feb	Surrey Storm	74–51	Yorkshire Jets	Surrey Sports Park
19:00	Rachel Dunn  58/67 (87%) Pamela Cookey  16/20 (80%)	Report	Lottysha Cato  48/51 (94%) Natalie Haythornwaite  3/3 (100%)

Round 3

Mon 9 Feb	Manchester Thunder	49–42	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Manchester Thunderdome
19:45		Report

Mon 9 Feb	Loughborough Lightning	58–44	Celtic Dragons	Netball Centre, Loughborough University
19:30	Peace Proscovia  43/47 (91%) Maryka Holtzhausen  13/16 (81%) Vanessa Walker  2/2 (100%)	Report

Mon 9 Feb	Team Bath	42–56	Surrey Storm	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45	Rosie Allison  36/41 (88%) Asha Francis  3/6 (50%) Rachel Shaw  3/5 (60%)	Report	Rachel Dunn  38/43 (88%) Pamela Cookey  18/19 (95%)

Mon 9 Feb	Team Northumbria	45–59	Yorkshire Jets	Sport Central, Newcastle
19:30		Report

Round 4

Fri 13 Feb	Team Bath	34–51	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45	Rosie Allison  19/25 (76%) Asha Francis  8/10 (80%) Rachel Shaw  7/12 (58%)	Report	Sasha Corbin  27/30 (90%) Louisa Watson  24/27 (89%)

Fri 13 Feb	Yorkshire Jets	51–54	Manchester Thunder	Beckett University (Headingley Campus), Leeds
20:00		Report	Helen Housby  32/32 (100%) Eleanor Cardwell  10/13 (77%) Krista Enziano  8/10 (80%) Kathryn Turner  4/7 (57%)

Sat 14 Feb	Surrey Storm	66–49	Celtic Dragons	Surrey Sports Park
19:00	Rachel Dunn  41/46 (89%) Pamela Cookey  16/18 (89%) Kat Hayes  9/13 (69%)	Report	Chelsea Lewis  35/45 (78%) Cara Lea Moseley  8/11 (73%) Emma Thomas  6/7 (86%)

Mon 16 Feb	Team Northumbria	48–57	Loughborough Lightning	Sport Central, Newcastle
19:45		Report	Peace Proscovia  41/41 (100%)

Round 5

Fri 20 Feb	Team Bath	51–54	Yorkshire Jets	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45		Report

Sat 21 Feb	Hertfordshire Mavericks	61–35	Team Northumbria	Hertfordshire Sports Village
16:00	Louisa Watson  30/33 (91%)	Report

Sat 21 Feb	Loughborough Lightning	48–68	Surrey Storm	Netball Centre, Loughborough University
18:00		Report

Mon 23 Feb	Manchester Thunder	81–36	Celtic Dragons	Manchester Thunderdome
19:45		Report

Round 6

Sat 28 Feb	Celtic Dragons	36–42	Team Bath	Deeside Leisure Centre
14:00		Report

Sat 28 Feb	Manchester Thunder	68–52	Loughborough Lightning	Manchester Thunderdome
17:00		Report

Sat 28 Feb	Surrey Storm	69–35	Team Northumbria	Surrey Sports Park
20:00	Rachel Dunn  43/53 (81%) Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%) Katie Harris  6/6 (100%)	Report	Jatjinda Toetsie Kambatuku  16/22 (73%) Caroline O'Hanlon  8/14 (57%) Ellie Smith  7/9 (78%) Kayley Moss  5/6 (83%)

Mon 2 Mar	Yorkshire Jets	56–42	Hertfordshire Mavericks	University of Huddersfield
19:45		Report

Round 7

Fri 6 Mar	Team Northumbria	31–64	Manchester Thunder	Sport Central, Newcastle
19:30		Report

Fri 6 Mar	Team Bath	45–43	Loughborough Lightning	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45	Rosie Allison  32/35 (91%) Asha Francis  13/17 (76%)	Report	Peace Proscovia  36/38 (95%) Vanessa Walker  5/5 (100%) Maryka Holtzhausen  2/3 (67%)

Sat 7 Mar	Surrey Storm	55–42	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Copper Box Arena, London
18:00	Rachel Dunn  36/38 (95%) Pamela Cookey  19/22 (86%)	Report	Louisa Watson  22/24 (92%) Kadeen Corbin  15/18 (83%) Sophie Hankin  4/7 (57%) Sarah East  1/2 (50%)

Sat 7 Mar	Celtic Dragons	48–60	Yorkshire Jets	Sport Wales National Centre
16:00		Report

Round 8

Mon 9 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	56–65	Yorkshire Jets	David Wallace Sports Hall, Loughborough University
19:30		Report

Fri 13 Mar	Team Bath	63–24	Team Northumbria	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45		Report

Sat 14 Mar	Hertfordshire Mavericks	67–30	Celtic Dragons	Hertfordshire Sports Village
16:00		Report

Sat 14 Mar	Surrey Storm	47–58	Manchester Thunder	Surrey Sports Park
19:00	Rachel Dunn  29/37 (78%) Pamela Cookey  18/21 (86%)	Report	Helen Housby  39/40 (98%) Kathryn Turner  19/20 (95%)

Round 9

Mon 16 Mar	Hertfordshire Mavericks	43–56	Manchester Thunder	Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge)
20:00		Report

Mon 16 Mar	Celtic Dragons	53–52	Loughborough Lightning	Sport Wales National Centre
19:45		Report

Mon 16 Mar	Yorkshire Jets	58–49	Team Northumbria	Hull Arena
20:00		Report

Tue 17 Mar	Surrey Storm	61–39	Team Bath	Surrey Sports Park
20:00	Rachel Dunn  41/50 (82%) Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%)	Report	Rosie Allison  21/23 (91%) Asha Francis  9/14 (64%) Shaunagh Craig  7/9 (78%) Rachel Shaw  2/2 (100%)

Round 10

Fri 20 Mar	Yorkshire Jets	56–69	Surrey Storm	Beckett University (Headingley Campus), Leeds
20:00		Report

Sat 21 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	45–58	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Netball Centre, Loughborough University
18:00		Report

Sat 21 Mar	Team Northumbria	48–55	Celtic Dragons	Sport Central, Newcastle
18:30		Report

Mon 23 Mar	Team Bath	37–40	Manchester Thunder	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45		Report

Round 11

Fri 27 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	57–36	Team Northumbria	David Wallace Sports Hall, Loughborough University
19:30		Report

Sat 28 Mar	Manchester Thunder	57–56	Yorkshire Jets	Manchester Thunderdome
17:00		Report

Sat 28 Mar	Celtic Dragons	30–73	Surrey Storm	Sport Wales National Centre
16:00		Report

Mon 30 Mar	Hertfordshire Mavericks	42–33	Team Bath	Hertfordshire Sports Village
19:45		Report

Round 12

Thu 2 Apr	Team Northumbria	40–58	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Sport Central, Newcastle
18:00		Report

Thu 2 Apr	Yorkshire Jets	55–44	Team Bath	Beckett University (Headingley Campus), Leeds
20:00		Report

Sat 4 Apr	Surrey Storm	74–45	Loughborough Lightning	Surrey Sports Park
19:00	Rachel Dunn  46/56 (82%) Pamela Cookey  23/26 (88%) Katie Harris  5/6 (83%)	Report	Peace Proscovia  40/43 (93%) Flo Edwards  2/2 (100%) Vanessa Walker  2/2 (100%) Maryka Holtzhausen  1/1 (100%)

Sat 4 Apr	Celtic Dragons	29–57	Manchester Thunder	Sport Wales National Centre
14:00		Report

Round 13

Mon 6 Apr	Hertfordshire Mavericks	41–59	Surrey Storm	Hertfordshire Sports Village
14:00	Sarah East  25/30 (83%) Sophie Hankin  8/10 (80%) Louisa Watson  8/10 (80%)	Report	Rachel Dunn  30/43 (70%) Pamela Cookey  29/33 (88%)

Mon 6 Apr	Yorkshire Jets	75–47	Celtic Dragons	Hull Arena
19:45		Report

Mon 6 Apr	Manchester Thunder	77–34	Team Northumbria	Manchester Thunderdome
17:00		Report	Jatjinda Toetsie Kambatuku  16/17 (94%)

Mon 6 Apr	Loughborough Lightning	51–45	Team Bath	Netball Centre, Loughborough University
19:30		Report

Round 14

Sat 11 Apr	Loughborough Lightning	40–51	Manchester Thunder	Netball Centre, Loughborough University
18:00	Peace Proscovia  24/27 (89%) Maryka Holtzhausen  6/10 (60%) Vanessa Walker  2/3 (67%)	Report	Helen Housby  24/27 (89%) Krista Enziano  16/21 (76%) Kathryn Turner  8/11 (73%) Eleanor Cardwell  3/8 (38%)

Sat 11 Apr	Hertfordshire Mavericks	50–54	Yorkshire Jets	Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge)
16:00		Report

Mon 13 Apr	Team Northumbria	20–86	Surrey Storm	Sport Central, Newcastle
19:30		Report

Mon 13 Apr	Team Bath	50–34	Celtic Dragons	Sports Training Village, University of Bath
19:45	Shaunagh Craig  21/32 (66%) Asha Francis  15/22 (68%) Rosie Allison  14/16 (88%)	Report	Chelsea Lewis  27/38 (71%) Emma Thomas  7/10 (70%)

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Play-Offs

Semi-finals

Sat 18 Apr	Surrey Storm	76–60	Yorkshire Jets	Surrey Sports Park
16:10	Rachel Dunn  43/49 (88%) Pamela Cookey  33/38 (87%)	Report	Lottysha Cato  55/58 (95%) Natalie Haythornwaite  4/5 (80%) Nikki Smith  1/1 (100%)

Sat 18 Apr	Manchester Thunder	41–48	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Manchester Arena
18:10		Report

Third place match

Sat 25 Apr	Yorkshire Jets	49–55	Manchester Thunder	Copper Box Arena, London
16:00		Report

Final

Sat 25 Apr	Surrey Storm	56–39	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Copper Box Arena, London
18:10		Report

Statistics

Individual Shooting

Player	Team	Attempts	Goals[16]	%
Lottysha Cato	Jets	741	670	90%
Rachel Dunn	Storm	646	552	85%
Peace Proscovia	Lightning	599	548	91%
Chelsea Lewis	Dragons	534	420	79%
Helen Housby	Thunder	418	380	91%
Rosie Allison	Bath	363	300	83%
Pamela Cookey	Storm	338	304	90%
Lisa Bowman	Northumbria	382	282	74%
Louisa Watson	Mavericks	323	276	85%
Sarah East	Mavericks	217	186	86%

See also

• Netball in England
• Netball in Wales

References

2. Manchester Thunder, press release
3. "Superleague 2015: Manchester Thunder 55-52 Surrey Storm". BBC.co.uk.
4. "Hertfordshire Mavericks beat Manchester Thunder to make final". BBC.co.uk.
5. "Manchester Thunder finish Third in Netball Superleague 2015". ManchesterThunder.com.
6. "Surrey Storm beat Hertfordshire Mavericks to Superleague title". BBC.co.uk.
7. "Champions! Surrey Storm 56 - 39 Hertfordshire Mavericks". Surrey Storm Official Website.
8. http://loughboroughsport.com/loughborough-lightning/fixturesandresults/
9. http://www.teambath.com/sport/netball/fixtures-results/
10. http://nusportcentral.com/team-northumbria/netball-superleague
11. http://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/nsl-fixtures/
12. http://www.manchesterthunder.com/fixtures.html
13. http://www.yorkshirejets.net/fixtures.html
14. http://surreystormnetball.co.uk/fixtures/index.php
15. http://www.ticketline.co.uk/netball-superleague-celtic-dragons#bio
16. "Statistics". Super League Netball. Retrieved 19 April 2015.