Manchester Thunder secured a comfortable win over Team Northumbria in their opening fixture of the 2016 Vitality Superleague season in Birmingham. Playing in the inaugural Super Saturday event, where all eight teams in the country’s top flight competed on the same day at the Genting Arena, Thunder were not at their vintage best, but their
In a scintillating final 15 minutes of netball’s Super Saturday, Team Bath turned a 10 goal deficit into a three goal 47-44 Vitality Superleague win over Surrey Storm. In one of sport’s more remarkable comebacks, the Team Bath squad responded to coach Anna Stembridge’s instructions to simply “get the basics right”. A packed and vocal
Yorkshire Jets were beaten in their opening game of the Vitality Netball Superleague season by an impressive Loughborough Lightning 34 points to 65. Head Coach Anna Carter’s Jets starting seven had a completely new look with just one player, Jess Shaw, part of last year’s campaign. Alongside new Captain Stacey Francis were Superleague debuts for
With Super Saturday taking place today, here is a full list of the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague fixtures: Round 1 – Super Saturday 30 January 2016 Celtic Dragons 39-60 Hertfordshire Mavericks Yorkshire Jets 34-65 Loughborough Lightning Manchester Thunder 59-37 Team Northumbria Team Bath 47-44 Surrey Storm Round 2 Monday 1st February Yorkshire Jets 38-58 Team Bath Friday 5th February Surrey
Yorkshire Jets begin their 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague campaign this weekend with two games in the space of three days. They take on Loughborough Lightning on Super Saturday – when all eight teams in the competition will play back-to-back at Birmingham’s Genting Arena live on Sky Sports. The Jets centre pass, at 4pm, will mark
Tracey Neville’s England side showed bags of promise in a series against Australia, but were ultimately outshone by the best the world has to offer. The third and final match started with Australia’s Elizabeth Watson taking the first centre pass and England made the first breakthrough defensively. Pressure from the Roses defence forced a stray
Tracey Neville’s Roses slipped from a four goal lead to lose 60-44 against a determined Australia side at the Copper Box Arena in London. The match started with the Diamonds a real dominant force taking a five-goal lead before the Roses had even had the chance to put up a shot. Despite incredible amounts of
Manchester Thunder have announced their new title sponsor for the Vitality Superleague 2016 season. The Dentsu Aegis Network Manchester – a creative, media and digital communications agency – has signed a deal with the Black and Yellows, replacing printer suppliers Midshire as the club’s primary sponsor. The partnership will form a key part of the Portland
England fell to a narrow 52-58 defeat to the Australian Diamonds in the opening match of the Vitality Netball International Series in an electric Echo Arena, Liverpool this evening. Both sides were much changed from last year’s World Cup campaign and a crowd of over 5,000 which packed into the venue that will host the
Northern netball giants Manchester Thunder and Yorkshire Jets are aiming to make sporting history when they face off at Netball Manchester Live on April 18th at the Manchester Arena. The two teams will play in a season-ending Roses clash which is aiming to break the record for the highest attended domestic netball match ever held
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