Source: Mark Pritchard

Lacklustre Thunder win against battling Lightning 51-40

Manchester Thunder limped to an unconvincing victory over Loughborough Lightning.  The defending champions controlled the game for large patches, but Lightning offered significant resistance to Thunder’s noticeable off-colour attack. It is an attack that has been out of form in the past few Superleague rounds and Thunder will need to recapture their fire-power to beat

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Source: Mark Pritchard

Football and Coronation Street stars in comedy video to promote netball

Former England and Manchester United football legends, England women’s footballers and stars from Coronation Street have joined forces with netball team Manchester Thunder for a special promotional video ahead of the team’s Superleague semi final match at the Manchester Arena on 18th April. In the video, Manchester United legends Gary and Phil Neville (whose sister

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Source: Gary Baker

Storm secure home semi-final

Surrey Storm Netball booked themselves a home semi-final on Monday afternoon with a 41-59 win over Hertfordshire Mavericks – their second victory over the Easter weekend. The visitors powered ahead early in the opening quarter to effectively finish off the match and bag their second win of the season against their Netball London Live rivals.

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Source: David Roper for Matchtight

Team Bath aim to finish season on a high

Team Bath Netball head coach Jess Thirlby is determined to finish the Superleague season on a high when Celtic Dragons visit the Sports Training Village for a televised fixture next week. A run of three away defeats in seven days, culminating in Easter Monday’s 51-45 reverse at improving Loughborough Lightning, mean Team Bath will not

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Source: Mark Pritchard

Thunder cruise to another win

Manchester Thunder cruised to a win over Team Northumbria in their last home game of the regular season 77-34. A sell-out Thunderdome looked on as the defending Superleague champions displayed passages of absolute dominance over the team now rooted to the bottom of the table. The Black and Yellows will now head to Loughborough on

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Source: Lee Crabbe - Scrumpix

Netball Superleague Round 13

At the end of round 13 Manchester Thunder remain unbeaten, Storm, Lightning and Jets also pick up convincing wins.   Full scores and table: Hertfordshire Mavericks 41-59 Surrey Storm Manchester Thunder 77-34 Team Northumbria Loughborough Lightning 51-45 Team Bath Yorkshire Jets 75-47 Celtic Dragons Team Played Points Won Lost + – +/- Manchester Thunder 13

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Source: Mark Pritchard

Netball Superleague Round 12

Round 12 was completed yesterday evening with convincing wins for Thunder and Storm. The scores are as follows: Team Northumbria 40-58 Hertfordshire Mavericks Yorkshire Jets 55-44 Team Bath Celtic Dragons 29-57 Manchester Thunder Surrey Storm 74-45 Loughborough Lightning Updated table: Team Played Points Won Lost + – +/- Manchester Thunder 12 36 12 0 690

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Source: Scrumpix

Netball Superleague Update 2 April 2015

Round 12 – 2 April 2015 Team Northumbria 40-58 Hertfordshire Mavericks Yorkshire Jets 55-44 Team Bath Team Played Points Manchester Thunder 11 33 Surrey Storm 11 27 Hertfordshire Mavericks 12 24 Yorkshire Jets 12 24 Team Bath 12 12 Loughborough Lightning 11 9 Celtic Dragons 11 6 Team Northumbria 12 3


Source: Surrey Storm

Round 11 Netball Superleague

Round 11 of the Netball Superleague was completed last night when Mavericks came through a tough match against Team Bath to win 42-33.  Thunder roll on unbeaten although on Saturday it was nail-bitingly close.  All the scores from Round 11 and the Table as it now stands: Round 11 Loughborough Lightning 57-36 Team Northumbria Celtic

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Source: David Roper for Matchtight

Stacey Francis confident she will be fit for the World Cup

Stacey Francis is confident she will be fit for England’s Netball World Cup campaign, despite being ruled out for the remainder of Team Bath Netball’s regular Superleague season. The influential defender sat out Monday night’s 42-33 defeat at Hertfordshire Mavericks after being told she must rest a knee injury. She will also miss Thursday’s must-win

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