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Netball Superleague
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Netball Superleague season
File:ZeoNSLLogo1 .jpg
SportNetball
Founded2005
First season2005
No. of teams8
Country England,  Wales
Most recent
champion(s)
Surrey Storm
Most titlesTeam Bath (5 titles)
TV partner(s)Sky Sports (UK)

The Netball Superleague (ZEO NSL) is the elite netball competition in England and Wales. The league, which runs from January to May, features seven teams from England and one from Wales. It is regularly shown on TV through the sports broadcaster Sky Sports, thanks to a major television deal signed in 2006. Naming rights to the competition were secured by ZEO. The league includes players from around the world including Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, England, Grenada, Uganda, South Africa, Wales, Namibia and Scotland.

Teams

Team Base
. Celtic Dragons Cardiff, Wales
. Yorkshire Jets* Yorkshire, England
. Loughborough Lightning Loughborough, Leicestershire
. Hertfordshire Mavericks Hatfield, Hertfordshire
. Manchester Thunder** Manchester, Greater Manchester
. Surrey Storm*** Guildford, Surrey
. Team Bath Bath, Somerset
. Team Northumbria Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

* Formerly the Leeds Carnegie. ** Formerly Northern Thunder *** Formerly the Brunel Hurricanes.

Winners

  • 2015 - Surrey Storm
  • 2014 - Manchester Thunder[1]
  • 2013 - Team Bath[2]
  • 2012 – Northern Thunder (now Manchester Thunder)
  • 2011 – Hertfordshire Mavericks
  • 2010 – Team Bath
  • 2009 – Team Bath
  • 2008 – Hertfordshire Mavericks
  • 2007 – Team Bath
  • 2006 – Team Bath

References

  1. ^ "Champions! Manchester Thunder victorious in Superleague grand final". Manchester Evening News. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Superleague final: Celtic Dragons 56-62 Team Bath". BBC Sport. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  • http://www.netballsl.com/