2011 Netball Superleague season

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2011 Netball Superleague season
League Netball Superleague
Number of teams9
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
Champions HertfordshireMavericksColours.png Hertfordshire Mavericks
  Runners-up SurreyStormColours.png Surrey Storm
Season MVP Stacey Francis (Team Bath) [1] [2]
Seasons

The 2011 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the FIAT Netball Superleague) was the sixth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Hertfordshire Mavericks. In the grand final Hertfordshire Mavericks defeated Surrey Storm. For the first time, the season was completed in a single calendar year, starting on 22 January and concluding on 9 June with the grand final. Fiat Group Automobiles became the Netball Superleague's new sponsor. [3] [4]

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Teams

2011 Superleague teamsHome venue/baseCountry/Region
Celtic Dragons Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Glasgow Wildcats Kelvin Hall/Bellahouston Sports Centre Scotland
Hertfordshire Mavericks University of Hertfordshire East of England
Leeds Carnegie Leeds Metropolitan University Yorkshire
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Northern Thunder Oldham/Bury, Greater Manchester [5] North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle [6] North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England

Regular season

Hertfordshire Mavericks finished top of the table during the regular season after winning 14 games, losing just one game all season. Mavericks confirmed their place at the top of the table after a win and a draw during the final weekend of the regular season. On Saturday, 14 May they defeated Celtic Dragons 49–41 away and Sunday, 15 May they drew 48–48 draw with Surrey Storm at home. [7] [8]

Final table

2011 Netball Superleague season
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAPPPtsQualification
1 Hertfordshire Mavericks 161411815600135.829Qualified for major semi-final
2 Northern Thunder 161402871656132.826 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Team Bath 161105829622133.322Qualified for minor semi-final
4 Surrey Storm 161015874726120.421
5 Loughborough Lightning 16808820779105.316
6 Celtic Dragons 16601075577697.312
7 Leeds Carnegie 16401271588480.98
8 Team Northumbria 16401257877874.38
9 Glasgow Wildcats 16001650390555.60
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. ↑ 2 points deducted?

Playoffs

The play-offs utilised the Page–McIntyre system to determine the two grand finalists. This saw the top two from the regular season, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Northern Thunder, play each other, with the winner going straight through to the grand final. The loser gets a second chance to reach the grand final via the minor final. The third and fourth placed teams, Team Bath and Surrey Storm also play each other, and the winner advances to the minor final. The winner of the minor final qualifies for the grand final. [9]

Minor semi-final
27 May 2011 Team Bath 53–57 Surrey Storm    University of Bath [10] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 27–25, 42–37, 53–57
Rosie Allison Netball.svg  31/37 (84%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  22/26 (85%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  52/61 (85%)
Tamsin Greenway Netball.svg  3/9 (33%)
Gemma Cosentino Netball.svg  2/4 (50%)
Major semi-final
28 May 2011 Hertfordshire Mavericks 55–44 Northern Thunder    Herts Sports Village [7] [11]
Minor final
6 June 2011 Northern Thunder 48–64 Surrey Storm    Oldham Sports Centre [5] [12]
Scoring by half: 25–30, 48–64

Grand Final

9 June 2011
19.30 [8] 		Hertfordshire Mavericks 57–46 Surrey Storm    Herts Sports Village [3] [13] [14] [15]
Attendance: 1,000
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 26–27, 41–37, 57–46
Louisa Brownfield Netball.svg  37/45 (82%)
Vicklyn Joseph Netball.svg  13/19 (68%)
Monique Wood Netball.svg  7/8 (88%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  41/49 (84%)
Tamsin Greenway Netball.svg  3/4 (75%)
Gemma Cosentino Netball.svg  2/4 (50%)

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