2015 Surrey Storm season

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Surrey Storm
2015 season
Head coach Tamsin Greenway
CaptainHannah Reid
Main venue Surrey Sports Park
Season results
Wins–losses14–2
Regular season2nd
Finals placing1st
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← 2014

The 2015 Surrey Storm season saw them finish as Netball Superleague champions for the first time. Between 2011 and 2014, Surrey Storm played in three out of the four grand finals. After finishing as runners up in all three, Surrey Storm won their first Netball Superleague title in 2015. During the regular season they finish second behind Manchester Thunder. They subsequently defeated Yorkshire Jets at the semi-final stage before defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Squad

2015 Surrey Storm roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat.NamePosition(s)DoBHeight
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kathryn Ainsworth WD, WA, C–
Flag of England.svg Mikki AustinC, WA (1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 21)1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Laurelle BorckC–
Flag of England.svg Pamela Cookey GA, GS, WA (1984-09-02)2 September 1984 (aged 30)1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of England.svg Rachel Dunn GS, GA (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 32)1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Flag of England.svg Amy FlanaganC, WD (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 21)1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of England.svg Becky GentleGD–
Flag of England.svg Tamsin Greenway C, WA, GA (1982-10-06)6 October 1982 (aged 32)1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of England.svg Katie HarrisGS, GA (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 (aged 20)1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Flag of England.svg Katy HollandGK, GD (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 23)1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of England.svg Josie HuckleGK, GD (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 23)1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Flag of England.svg Kat HayesGA, WA–
Flag of England.svg Georgia LeesWA (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 20)1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of South Africa.svg Bongiwe Msomi C, WA (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 27)1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Flag of England.svg Hannah Reid (c)GD, GK–
Head coach


Notes
  • (c)– Captain
  • (cc)– Co-captain
  • (vc)– Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 27 May 2020

Source: [6] [7] [8] [9]

Pre-season

Friendly
27 October 2014 Surrey Storm 40–51 Wales    Surrey Sports Park [10]
ReEnergise Tri-Tournament
29 November 2014 Surrey Storm 33–29 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park [11]
29 November 2014 Surrey Storm 29–27 Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park [11]

Regular season

Results

Round 1
26 January 2015
19:45		 Report Manchester Thunder 55–52 Surrey Storm    Manchester Thunderdome [12]
Helen Housby Netball.svg  34/37 (92%)
Kathryn Turner Netball.svg  21/25 (84%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  30/32 (94%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  22/25 (88%)
Round 2
7 February 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm 74–51 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  58/67 (87%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  16/20 (80%)		Lottysha Cato Netball.svg  48/51 (94%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Netball.svg  3/3 (100%)
Round 3
9 February 2015
19:45		 Report Team Bath 42–56 Surrey Storm    University of Bath Sky Sports
Rosie Allison Netball.svg  36/41 (88%)
Asha Francis Netball.svg  3/6 (50%)
Rachel Shaw Netball.svg  3/5 (60%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  38/43 (88%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  18/19 (95%)
Round 4
14 February 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm 66–49 Celtic Dragons    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  41/46 (89%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  16/18 (89%)
Kat Hayes Netball.svg  9/13 (69%)		 Chelsea Lewis Netball.svg  35/45 (78%)
Cara Lea Moseley Netball.svg  8/11 (73%)
Emma Thomas Netball.svg  6/7 (86%)
Round 5
21 February 2015
18:00		 Report Loughborough Lightning 48–68 Surrey Storm    Loughborough University
Round 6
28 February 2015
20:00		 Report Surrey Storm 69–35 Team Northumbria    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  43/53 (81%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  20/22 (91%)
Katie Harris Netball.svg  6/6 (100%)		Jatjinda Kambatuku Netball.svg  16/22 (73%)
Caroline O'Hanlon Netball.svg  8/14 (57%)
Ellie Smith Netball.svg  7/9 (78%)
Kayley Moss Netball.svg  5/6 (83%)
Round 7
7 March 2015
18:00		 Report Surrey Storm 55–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena
Attendance: 6,033
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  36/38 (95%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  19/22 (86%)		 Louisa Watson Netball.svg  22/24 (92%)
Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg  15/18 (83%)
Sophie Hankin Netball.svg  4/7 (57%)
Sarah East Netball.svg  1/2 (50%)
Round 8
14 March 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm 47–58 Manchester Thunder    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  29/37 (78%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  18/21 (86%)		 Helen Housby Netball.svg  39/40 (98%)
Kathryn Turner Netball.svg  19/20 (95%)
Round 9
17 March 2015
20:00		 Report Surrey Storm 61–39 Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  41/50 (82%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  20/22 (91%)		Rosie Allison Netball.svg  21/23 (91%)
Asha Francis Netball.svg  9/14 (64%)
Shaunagh Craig Netball.svg  7/9 (78%)
Rachel Shaw Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)
Round 10
20 March 2015
20:00		 Report Yorkshire Jets 56–69 Surrey Storm    Leeds Beckett University
Round 11
28 March 2015
16:00		 Report Celtic Dragons 30–73 Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 12
4 April 2015
19:00		 Report Surrey Storm 74–45 Loughborough Lightning    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  46/56 (82%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  23/26 (88%)
Katie Harris Netball.svg  5/6 (83%)		 Peace Proscovia Netball.svg  40/43 (93%)
Flo Edwards Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)
Vanessa Walker Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen Netball.svg  1/1 (100%)
Round 13
6 April 2015
14:00		 Report Hertfordshire Mavericks 41–59 Surrey Storm    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Sarah East Netball.svg  25/30 (83%)
Sophie Hankin Netball.svg  8/10 (80%)
Louisa Watson Netball.svg  8/10 (80%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  30/43 (70%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  29/33 (88%)
Round 14
13 April 2015
19:30		 Report Team Northumbria 20–86 Surrey Storm    Sport Central
Jatjinda Kambatuku Netball.svg  4/7 (57%)
Ellie Smith Netball.svg  1/1 (100%)
Lisa Bowman Netball.svg  15/17 (88%)		 Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  34/45 (76%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  30/33 (91%)
Kat Hayes Netball.svg  11/13 (85%)
Katie Harris Netball.svg  11/12 (92%)

Source: [13]

Final table

2015 Netball Superleague
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Manchester Thunder (Q)141400859630+22942Qualified for the play-offs
2 Surrey Storm (Q)141202985671+31436
3 Yorkshire Jets (Q)141004880806+7430
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks (Q)14806747666+8124
5 Team Bath 14509606631−2515
6 Loughborough Lightning 144010688747−5912
7 Celtic Dragons 142012564821−2576
8 Team Northumbria 141013526847−3213
Source: [14] [15]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

18 April 2015
16:10		 Surrey Storm 76–60 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park [16]
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  43/49 (88%)
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  33/38 (87%)		Lottysha Cato Netball.svg  55/58 (95%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Netball.svg  4/5 (80%)
Nikki Smith Netball.svg  1/1 (100%)

Grand Final

25 April 2015
18:10		 Surrey Storm 56–39 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena [3] [4] [5]
Attendance: 6,000
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Jackie Mizon		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 26–20, 38–30, 56–39
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg 		Louisa Watson Netball.svg
Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg

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