2015 Netball Superleague season

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2015 Netball Superleague
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
2015 Netball Superleague
Season champions. Surrey Storm
Runners-upHertfordshireMavericksColours.png Hertfordshire Mavericks
Season MVPNatalie Haythornthwaite
(Yorkshire Jets) [1]
Top scorerLottysha Cato
(Yorkshire Jets) Goals scored 670/741 (90%)
Seasons

The 2015 Netball Superleague season saw Surrey Storm finish as champions for the first time after defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season but they subsequently lost to Mavericks in the semi-finals. Thunder eventually finished third overall. Yorkshire Jets were the surprise team of the season, finishing third during the regular season and fourth overall. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Teams[]

2015 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/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[]

This season saw extra time introduced for drawn matches. If the scores were even after sixty minutes of play, matches were to continue into extra-time, consisting of two seven 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.[9][10]

Results[]

Round 1
26 January 2015
19:45 		Report Manchester Thunder 55–52 Surrey Storm    Manchester Thunderdome[11]
Helen Housby Goals scored 34/37 (92%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 21/25 (84%) 		Rachel Dunn Goals scored 30/32 (94%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 22/25 (88%)
30 January 2015
20:00 		Yorkshire Jets 70–44 Loughborough Lightning    English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
31 January 2015
18:30 		Report Team Northumbria 33–49 Team Bath    Sport Central
31 January 2015
19:00 		Celtic Dragons 39–54 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Cardiff City House of Sport
Round 2
2 February 2015
19:45 		Celtic Dragons 34–48 Team Northumbria    Sport Wales National Centre
7 February 2015
16:00 		Hertfordshire Mavericks 48–40 Loughborough Lightning    Hertfordshire Sports Village
7 February 2015
17:00 		Report Manchester Thunder 51–32 Team Bath    Manchester Thunderdome
7 February 2015
19:00 		Report Surrey Storm 74–51 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 58/67 (87%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 16/20 (80%) 		Lottysha Cato Goals scored 48/51 (94%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Goals scored 3/3 (100%)
Round 3
9 February 2015
19:45 		Report Manchester Thunder 49–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Manchester Thunderdome
9 February 2015
19:30 		Loughborough Lightning 58–44 Celtic Dragons    Loughborough University
Peace Proscovia Goals scored 43/47 (91%)
Maryka Holtzhausen Goals scored 13/16 (81%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
9 February 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 42–56 Surrey Storm    University of Bath Sky Sports
Rosie Allison Goals scored 36/41 (88%)
Asha Francis Goals scored 3/6 (50%)
Rachel Shaw Goals scored 3/5 (60%) 		Rachel Dunn Goals scored 38/43 (88%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 18/19 (95%)
9 February 2015
19:30 		Team Northumbria 45–59 Yorkshire Jets    Sport Central
Round 4
13 February 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 34–51 Hertfordshire Mavericks    University of Bath
Rosie Allison Goals scored 19/25 (76%)
Asha Francis Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Rachel Shaw Goals scored 7/12 (58%) 		Sasha Corbin Goals scored 27/30 (90%)
Louisa Watson Goals scored 24/27 (89%)
13 February 2015
20:00 		Report Yorkshire Jets 51–54 Manchester Thunder    Leeds Beckett University
? Helen Housby Goals scored 32/32 (100%)
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 10/13 (77%)
Krista Enziano Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 4/7 (57%)
14 February 2015
19:00 		Report Surrey Storm 66–49 Celtic Dragons    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 41/46 (89%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 16/18 (89%)
Kat Hayes Goals scored 9/13 (69%) 		Chelsea Lewis Goals scored 35/45 (78%)
Cara Lea Moseley Goals scored 8/11 (73%)
Emma Thomas Goals scored 6/7 (86%)
16 February 2015
19:45 		Team Northumbria 48–57 Loughborough Lightning    Sport Central
Round 5
20 February 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 51–54 Yorkshire Jets    University of Bath
21 February 2015
16:00 		Hertfordshire Mavericks 61–35 Team Northumbria    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Louisa Watson Goals scored 30/33 (91%)
21 February 2015
18:00 		Report Loughborough Lightning 48–68 Surrey Storm    Loughborough University
23 February 2015
19:45 		Report Manchester Thunder 81–36 Celtic Dragons    Manchester Thunderdome
Round 6
28 February 2015
14:00 		Report Celtic Dragons 36–42 Team Bath    Deeside Leisure Centre
28 February 2015
17:00 		Report Manchester Thunder 68–52 Loughborough Lightning    Manchester Thunderdome
28 February 2015
20:00 		Report Surrey Storm 69–35 Team Northumbria    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 43/53 (81%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 20/22 (91%)
Katie Harris Goals scored 6/6 (100%) 		Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 16/22 (73%)
Caroline O'Hanlon Goals scored 8/14 (57%)
Ellie Smith Goals scored 7/9 (78%)
Kayley Moss Goals scored 5/6 (83%)
2 March 2015
19:45 		Yorkshire Jets 56–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    University of Huddersfield
Round 7
6 March 2015
19:30 		Report Team Northumbria 31–64 Manchester Thunder    Sport Central
6 March 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 45–43 Loughborough Lightning    University of Bath
Rosie Allison Goals scored 32/35 (91%)
Asha Francis Goals scored 13/17 (76%) 		Peace Proscovia Goals scored 36/38 (95%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 5/5 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen Goals scored 2/3 (67%)
7 March 2015
18:00 		Report Surrey Storm 55–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena
Attendance: 6,033
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 36/38 (95%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 19/22 (86%) 		Louisa Watson Goals scored 22/24 (92%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 15/18 (83%)
Sophie Hankin Goals scored 4/7 (57%)
Sarah East Goals scored 1/2 (50%)
7 March 2015
16:00 		Celtic Dragons 48–60 Yorkshire Jets    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 8
9 March 2015
19:30 		Loughborough Lightning 56–65 Yorkshire Jets    Loughborough University
13 March 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 63–24 Team Northumbria    University of Bath
14 March 2015
16:00 		Hertfordshire Mavericks 67–30 Celtic Dragons    Hertfordshire Sports Village
14 March 2015
19:00 		Report Surrey Storm 47–58 Manchester Thunder    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 29/37 (78%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 18/21 (86%) 		Helen Housby Goals scored 39/40 (98%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 19/20 (95%)
Round 9
16 March 2015
20:00 		Report Hertfordshire Mavericks 43–56 Manchester Thunder    Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge)
16 March 2015
19:45 		Celtic Dragons 53–52 Loughborough Lightning    Sport Wales National Centre
16 March 2015
20:00 		Yorkshire Jets 58–49 Team Northumbria    Hull Arena
17 March 2015
20:00 		Report Surrey Storm 61–39 Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 41/50 (82%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 20/22 (91%) 		Rosie Allison Goals scored 21/23 (91%)
Asha Francis Goals scored 9/14 (64%)
Shaunagh Craig Goals scored 7/9 (78%)
Rachel Shaw Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
Round 10
20 March 2015
20:00 		Report Yorkshire Jets 56–69 Surrey Storm    Leeds Beckett University
21 March 2015
18:00 		Loughborough Lightning 45–58 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Loughborough University
21 March 2015
18:30 		Team Northumbria 48–55 Celtic Dragons    Sport Central
23 March 2015
19:45 		Report Team Bath 37–40 Manchester Thunder    University of Bath
Round 11
27 March 2015
19:30 		Loughborough Lightning 57–36 Team Northumbria    Loughborough University
28 March 2015
17:00 		Report Manchester Thunder 57–56 Yorkshire Jets    Manchester Thunderdome
28 March 2015
16:00 		Report Celtic Dragons 30–73 Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre
30 March 2015
19:45 		Report Hertfordshire Mavericks 42–33 Team Bath    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Round 12
2 April 2015
18:00 		Team Northumbria 40–58 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Sport Central
2 April 2015
20:00 		Report Yorkshire Jets 55–44 Team Bath    Leeds Beckett University
4 April 2015
19:00 		Report Surrey Storm 74–45 Loughborough Lightning    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 46/56 (82%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 23/26 (88%)
Katie Harris Goals scored 5/6 (83%) 		Peace Proscovia Goals scored 40/43 (93%)
Flo Edwards Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen Goals scored 1/1 (100%)
4 April 2015
14:00 		Report Celtic Dragons 29–57 Manchester Thunder    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 13
6 April 2015
14:00 		Report Hertfordshire Mavericks 41–59 Surrey Storm    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Sarah East Goals scored 25/30 (83%)
Sophie Hankin Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Louisa Watson Goals scored 8/10 (80%) 		Rachel Dunn Goals scored 30/43 (70%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 29/33 (88%)
6 April 2015
19:45 		Yorkshire Jets 75–47 Celtic Dragons    Hull Arena
6 April 2015
17:00 		Report Manchester Thunder 77–34 Team Northumbria    Manchester Thunderdome
? Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 16/17 (94%)
6 April 2015
19:30 		Report Loughborough Lightning 51–45 Team Bath    Loughborough University
Round 14
11 April 2015
18:00 		Report Loughborough Lightning 40–51 Manchester Thunder    Loughborough University
Peace Proscovia Goals scored 24/27 (89%)
Maryka Holtzhausen Goals scored 6/10 (60%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 2/3 (67%) 		Helen Housby Goals scored 24/27 (89%)
Krista Enziano Goals scored 16/21 (76%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 8/11 (73%)
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 3/8 (38%)
11 April 2015
16:00 		Hertfordshire Mavericks 50–54 Yorkshire Jets    Jean Brown Indoor Arena (Redbridge) [8]
13 April 2015
19:30 		Report Team Northumbria 20–86 Surrey Storm    Sport Central
Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 4/7 (57%)
Ellie Smith Goals scored 1/1 (100%)
Lisa Bowman Goals scored 15/17 (88%) 		Rachel Dunn Goals scored 34/45 (76%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 30/33 (91%)
Kat Hayes Goals scored 11/13 (85%)
Katie Harris Goals scored 11/12 (92%)
13 April 2015
19:45 		Team Bath 50–34 Celtic Dragons    University of Bath[7]
Shaunagh Craig Goals scored 21/32 (66%)
Asha Francis Goals scored 15/22 (68%)
Rosie Allison Goals scored 14/16 (88%) 		Chelsea Lewis Goals scored 27/38 (71%)
Emma Thomas Goals scored 7/10 (70%)

Source:[12][13]

Final table[]

Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.[2] Surrey Storm finished second.[14] Yorkshire Jets finished third after winning ten games, six points ahead of fourth placed Hertfordshire Mavericks. This was the first season in Superleague history that Team Bath did not qualify for the semi-finals.[7][8]

2015 Netball Superleague
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Thunder (Q) 14 14 0 0 859 630 +229 42 Qualified for the play-offs
2 Surrey Storm (Q) 14 12 0 2 985 671 +314 36
3 Yorkshire Jets (Q) 14 10 0 4 880 806 +74 30
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks (Q) 14 8 0 6 747 666 +81 24
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
Source: [12][15]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Play-offs[]

Semi-finals[]

18 April 2015
16:10 		Surrey Storm 76–60 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park[16]
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 43/49 (88%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 33/38 (87%) 		Lottysha Cato Goals scored 55/58 (95%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Goals scored 4/5 (80%)
Nikki Smith Goals scored 1/1 (100%)
18 April 2015
18:10 		Manchester Thunder 41–48 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Manchester Arena[2]
Attendance: 4,000

3rd/4th place play off[]

25 April 2015
16:00 		Manchester Thunder 55–49 Yorkshire Jets    Copper Box Arena[3]

Grand Final[]

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

Top scorers[]

Player Team Attempts Goals %
Grenada Lottysha Cato Yorkshire Jets 741 670 90%
England Rachel Dunn Surrey Storm 646 552 85%
Uganda Peace Proscovia Loughborough Lightning 599 548 91%
Wales Chelsea Lewis Celtic Dragons 534 420 79%
England Helen Housby Manchester Thunder 418 380 91%
England Rosie Allison Team Bath 363 300 83%
England Pamela Cookey Surrey Storm 338 304 90%
Northern Ireland Lisa Bowman Team Northumbria 382 282 74%
England Louisa Watson Hertfordshire Mavericks 323 276 85%
Australia Sarah East Hertfordshire Mavericks 217 186 86%

Source:[17]

See also[]

References[]

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  13. ^ "Yorkshire Jets Unveil Squad For New Season". www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Superleague grand final: Greenway has faith in Surrey Storm side". www.bbc.co.uk. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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  17. ^ "Statistics". Super League Netball. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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