2016 Netball Superleague season
2016 Netball Superleague season | |
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League | Netball Superleague |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sports |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Season MVP | Samantha Wallace (Hertfordshire Mavericks) [1] |
The 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season saw Surrey Storm retain the title 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]
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
Template:2016 Netball Superleague ladder
Play-offs
Semi-finals
30 April 2016 16:00 |
Manchester Thunder | 53–46 | Team Bath | Manchester Thunderdome [14][15][16][17] | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 30–18, 43–30, 53–46 | ||||||
Helen Housby ![]() Eleanor Cardwell ![]() |
Lenize Potgieter ![]() Chelsea Lewis ![]() |
30 April 2016 18:00 |
Surrey Storm | 53–51 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Surrey Sports Park [16][18] | ||
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 24–26, 40–39, 53–51 | ||||||
Rachel Dunn ![]() Pamela Cookey ![]() |
Samantha Wallace ![]() Ella Clark ![]() |
3rd/4th place play off
7 May 2016 14:30 |
Team Bath | 49–48 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Copper Box Arena [19][20] | ||
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] | Sky Sports | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–19, 43–36, 55–53 | |||||||
Pamela Cookey ![]() Rachel Dunn ![]() |
Helen Housby ![]() Kathryn Turner ![]() Eleanor Cardwell ![]() |
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. [21][22]
Position | Player | Team |
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GK | ![]() |
Loughborough Lightning |
GD | ![]() |
Hertfordshire Mavericks |
WD | ![]() |
Surrey Storm |
C | ![]() |
Manchester Thunder |
WA | ![]() |
Manchester Thunder |
GA | ![]() |
Surrey Storm |
GS | ![]() |
Surrey Storm |
See also
References
- ^ "Sammy Wallace named netball's Vitality Superleague Player of the Season". www.skysports.com. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Surrey Storm beat Manchester Thunder to win Netball Superleague". www.skysports.com. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Netball Superleague 2016: Surrey Storm beat Manchester Thunder to retain title". www.bbc.co.uk. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Grand Final: Manchester Thunder 53 v 55 Surrey Storm". www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Report: Storm retain Superleague Title". www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Looking back at 2016 – Vitality Netball Superleague!". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out". www.bbc.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Yorkshire Jets to shut down in September after loss of Netball Superleague franchise". www.skysports.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "End of the line for Yorkshire Jets after missing out on Superleague franchise". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Super Saturday serves up fitting finale". www.netballsl.com. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Team Bath Netball produce remarkable Superleague comeback to stun Surrey Storm". www.teambath.com. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Netball Superleague 2016: Team Bath shock Surrey Storm in season opener". www.bbc.co.uk. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Team Bath lose out on place in the Vitality Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.itv.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Slow start proves costly as battling Team Bath Netball slip to Superleague semi-final defeat". www.teambath.com. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Manchester Thunder and Surrey Storm reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Semi-Final: Manchester Thunder 53 vs 46 Team Bath". www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Report: Storm steal Semi Victory". www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Team Bath Netball end season of Superleague progress on a thrilling high". www.teambath.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Narrow third-fourth play-off defeat for Mavericks to Team Bath". www.whtimes.co.uk. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Superleague Team of the Season". www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Superleague: Experts select the best seven players from last season". www.skysports.com. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.