2013 Netball Superleague season

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2013 Netball Superleague season
League Netball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
Champions TeamBathColours.png Team Bath
  Runners-up CelticDragonsColours.png Celtic Dragons
Season MVP Stacey Francis (Team Bath) [1]
Seasons

The 2013 Netball Superleague season was the eighth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Team Bath who defeated Celtic Dragons in the grand final. 2013 used a three phases format similar to 2012.

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Teams

During the close season Northern Thunder changed their name to Manchester Thunder. [2]

2013 Superleague teamsHome venue/baseCountry/Region
Celtic Dragons Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Hertfordshire Mavericks University of Hertfordshire East of England
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Manchester Thunder Wright Robinson College North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield Yorkshire

Regular season

Phase 1

2013 Netball Superleague season – Phase 1
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAPPPtsQualification
1 Team Bath 7601396315125.718Qualified for Showdown
2 Surrey Storm 7502398328121.315
3 Celtic Dragons 7412405339119.513
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 7412343315108.913
5 Manchester Thunder 7403393319123.212Qualified for Challenger League
6 Yorkshire Jets 730434235396.99
7 Team Northumbria 710625541561.43
8 Loughborough Lightning 700726241263.60
Source: [ citation needed ]

Phase 2

2013 Netball Superleague season – Showdown
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAPPPtsQualification
1 Team Bath 6501358273131.115Qualified for semi-finals
2 Celtic Dragons 6402359343104.712
3 Surrey Storm 6303338322105.09
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 600624636367.86Qualified for 4th/5th place play-off
Source: [ citation needed ]
2013 Netball Superleague season – Challenger League
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAPPPtsQualification
5 Manchester Thunder 6600337225149.818Qualified for 4th/5th place play-off
6 Yorkshire Jets 6402305295103.412
7 Loughborough Lightning 610526231184.23
8 Team Northumbria 610525132477.53
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

4th/5th place play-off
16 May 2013 Hertfordshire Mavericks 3847 Manchester Thunder    [3] [4]
Semi-finals
19 May 2013 Team Bath 5343 Manchester Thunder    University of Bath [4] [5] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 25–22, 39–31, 52–50
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  27/30 (90%)
Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg  26/33 (79%)
Janelle Lawson Netball.svg  25/31 (81%)
Kathryn Turner Netball.svg  8/12 (67%)
Krista Enziano Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)
Alice Travis Netball.svg  8/10 (80%)
20 May 2013 Celtic Dragons 6552 Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre [6] [7]
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 31–30, 50–36, 65–52

Grand Final

25 May 2013 Team Bath 6256 Celtic Dragons    University of Worcester Arena, Worcester [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Attendance: 1,506
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Tracy Smith
Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 30–31, 46–44, 62–56
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  37/41 (90%)
Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg  25/38 (66%)
Lottysha Cato Netball.svg  54/58 (93%)
Cara Moseley Netball.svg  2/4

References

  1. "Stacey Francis". www.teambath.com. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. "Manchester Thunder: Superleague winners in name change". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "Mavericks end season with defeat to Manchester Thunder". www.whtimes.co.uk. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Team Bath prepare for epic Superleague semi". www.teambath.com. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. "Team Bath through to netball's Superleague final". www.teambath.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. "Celtic Dragons 65-52 Surrey Storm". www.bbc.co.uk. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. "Netball: Celtic Dragons beat Surrey Storm to final spot". www.sportsister.com. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. "Team Bath are champions". www.itv.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. "Pride for beaten Celtic Dragons". www.southwalesargus.co.uk. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  10. "Super show by Celtic Dragons recognised by Team Bath conquerors". www.walesonline.co.uk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. "Superleague final: Celtic Dragons 56–62 Team Bath". www.bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  12. "Team Bath are the 2013 Superleague Champions". www.teambath.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. "Worcester Arena gets thumbs up after first big event". www.worcesternews.co.uk. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.