2016 Netball Superleague season explained

2016 Netball Superleague season
League:Netball Superleague
No Of Teams:8
Season Champ Name:Champions
Second Place: Manchester Thunder
Mvp:Samantha Wallace
(Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1]
Prevseason Link:2015 Netball Superleague season
Prevseason Year:2015
Nextseason Link:2017 Netball Superleague season
Nextseason Year:2017

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]

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 teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaSport CentralNorth East England
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England
Yorkshire JetsHull / Leeds / SheffieldYorkshire

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.[11] [12] [13] [14] During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights.[15] Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.[16]

Final table

Play-offs

3rd/4th place play off

Grand Final

See also: 2016 Netball Superleague Grand Final.

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.[17] [18]

PositionPlayer Team
GK Ama AgbezeLoughborough Lightning
GD Layla Guscoth
WD Amy Flanagan
C Sara Bayman
WA Natalie Haythornthwaite
GA Pamela Cookey
GS Rachel DunnSurrey Storm

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sammy Wallace named netball's Vitality Superleague Player of the Season. www.skysports.com. 28 May 2020. 7 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Surrey Storm beat Manchester Thunder to win Netball Superleague. www.skysports.com. 7 May 2016. 7 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Netball Superleague 2016: Surrey Storm beat Manchester Thunder to retain title. www.bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2016. 7 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Grand Final: Manchester Thunder 53 v 55 Surrey Storm. www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 7 March 2020. 8 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Report: Storm retain Superleague Title. www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 7 March 2020. 8 May 2016.
  6. Web site: Looking back at 2016 – Vitality Netball Superleague!. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 28 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out. www.bbc.co.uk. 1 March 2020. 27 June 2016.
  8. Web site: New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 27 June 2016.
  9. Web site: Yorkshire Jets to shut down in September after loss of Netball Superleague franchise. www.skysports.com. 28 May 2020. 26 July 2016.
  10. Web site: End of the line for Yorkshire Jets after missing out on Superleague franchise. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 26 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Looking back at 2016 – Vitality Netball Superleague!. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 28 December 2016.
  12. Web site: Super Saturday serves up fitting finale. www.netballsl.com. 28 May 2020. 30 January 2016.
  13. Web site: Team Bath Netball produce remarkable Superleague comeback to stun Surrey Storm. www.teambath.com. 10 February 2020. 30 January 2016.
  14. Web site: Netball Superleague 2016: Team Bath shock Surrey Storm in season opener. www.bbc.co.uk. 10 February 2020. 30 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Looking back at 2016 – Vitality Netball Superleague!. www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 28 December 2016.
  16. Web site: Netball Superleague 2016: Surrey Storm beat Manchester Thunder to retain title. www.bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2016. 7 May 2016.
  17. Web site: Superleague Team of the Season. www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 28 May 2020. 24 May 2016.
  18. Web site: Superleague: Experts select the best seven players from last season. www.skysports.com. 28 May 2020. 28 May 2016.

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