2016 Netball Superleague season

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2016 Netball Superleague season
League Netball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) Sky Sports
Champions SurreyStormColours.png Surrey Storm
  Runners-up ManchesterThunder.png Manchester Thunder
Season MVP Samantha Wallace
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]
Seasons

The 2016 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the eleventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Surrey Storm 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]

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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 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 Sport Central North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets Hull / Leeds / Sheffield Yorkshire

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

2016 Netball Superleague ladder
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Manchester Thunder 141301848673+17539Qualified for the play-offs
2 Surrey Storm 141004777650+12730
3 Hertfordshire Mavericks 141004769653+11630
4 Team Bath 141004768669+9930
5 Loughborough Lightning 14608719720−118
6 Team Northumbria 144010613770−15712
7 Celtic Dragons 142012667800−1336
8 Yorkshire Jets 141013549775−2263
Source: [14] [15] [16]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

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

3rd/4th place play off

7 May 2016
14:30		 Team Bath 49–48 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena [22] [23]
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 26–24, 39–38, 49–48

Grand Final

7 May 2016
17:00		 Surrey Storm 55–53 Manchester Thunder    Copper Box Arena [2] [3] [4] [5]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–19, 43–36, 55–53
Pamela Cookey Netball.svg  28/31 (90%)
Rachel Dunn Netball.svg  27/32 (84%)		 Helen Housby Netball.svg  38/39 (97%)
Kathryn Turner Netball.svg  8/10 (80%)
Eleanor Cardwell Netball.svg  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]

PositionPlayerTeam
GK Flag of England.svg Ama Agbeze Loughborough Lightning
GD Flag of England.svg Layla Guscoth Hertfordshire Mavericks
WD Flag of England.svg Amy Flanagan Surrey Storm
C Flag of England.svg Sara Bayman Manchester Thunder
WA Flag of England.svg Natalie Haythornthwaite Manchester Thunder
GA Flag of England.svg Pamela Cookey Surrey Storm
GS Flag of England.svg Rachel Dunn Surrey Storm

Source: [24] [25]

See also

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