2009–10 Netball Superleague season

The 2009–10 Netball Superleague (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-operative Netball Superleague) was the fifth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Team Bath. Surrey Storm finished top of the table after the regular season but subsequently lost to both Team Bath and Hertfordshire Mavericks in the playoffs. For a fourth season out of five, Team Bath defeated Mavericks in the grand final.

2009–10 Netball Superleague
League	Netball Superleague
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports
Champions	Team Bath
Runners-up	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Season MVP	Pamela Cookey (Team Bath) ^[1]
Seasons
← 2008–09 2011 →

Teams

During the close season, Brunel Hurricanes ended their partnership with Brunel University London, relocated to the University of Surrey and became Surrey Storm.^[2][3][4] Galleria Mavericks were also renamed Hertfordshire Mavericks.^[5]

2009–10 Superleague teams	Home venue/base	Country/Region
Celtic Dragons	Welsh Institute of Sport	Wales
Glasgow Wildcats	Kelvin Hall/Bellahouston Sports Centre	Scotland
Hertfordshire Mavericks	University of Hertfordshire	East of England
Leeds Carnegie	Leeds Metropolitan University	Yorkshire
Loughborough Lightning	Loughborough University	East Midlands
Northern Thunder	Bury, Greater Manchester	North West England
Surrey Storm	Guildford Spectrum^[6]	Greater London/South East England
Team Bath	University of Bath	South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria	Gateshead	North East England

Regular season

Surrey Storm finished as regular season winners.^[3]

Final table

2009–10 Netball Superleague season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Surrey Storm	16	14	0	2	913	546	167.2	28	Qualified for major semi-final
2	Team Bath	16	13	1	2	807	585	137.9	27
3	Northern Thunder	16	13	0	3	877	661	132.7	26	Qualified for minor semi-final
4	Hertfordshire Mavericks	16	11	0	5	766	583	131.4	22
5	Leeds Carnegie	16	7	1	8	711	815	87.2	15
6	Celtic Dragons	16	3	1	12	562	812	69.2	7
7	Glasgow Wildcats	16	3	1	12	519	794	65.4	7
8	Loughborough Lightning	16	3	0	13	658	791	83.2	6
9	Team Northumbria	16	3	0	13	645	911	70.8	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

The play-offs utilised the Page–McIntyre system to determine the two grand finalists. This saw the top two from the regular season, Surrey Storm and Team Bath, play each other, with the winner going straight through to the grand final. The loser gets a second chance to reach the grand final via the minor final. The third and fourth placed teams, Northern Thunder and Hertfordshire Mavericks also play each other, and the winner advances to the minor final. The winner of the minor final qualifies for the grand final.

Minor semi-final

30 April 2010

Northern Thunder

45–46

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Castle Leisure Centre, Bury^[7]^[8]^[9]

Major semi-final

1 May 2010

Surrey Storm

42–57

Team Bath

Surrey Sports Park^[10]

Minor final

8 May 2010

Surrey Storm

47–52

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Surrey Sports Park^[11]

Grand Final

Further information: 2010 Netball Superleague Grand Final

15 May 2010 16.50 ^[12]		Team Bath	51–44	Hertfordshire Mavericks		Trent FM Arena^[13]^[14]^[12]^[15] Umpires: Gary Burgess and Judith Groves	Sky Sports^[1]
		Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 22–21, 36–33, 51–44
		Rosie Allison   26/34 (76%) Pamela Cookey   25/35 (71%)		Louisa Brownfield   32/40 (80%) Ella Clark   10/14 (71%) Monique Wood   2/5 (40%)

References

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5. Dr. Louise Mansfield & Dr. Lara Killick (1 January 2012). "The UK Netball Superleague: A Case Study of Franchising in Elite Women's Sport" (PDF). Brunel University, School of Sport and Education, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK; and University of the Pacific, Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Science, Stockton, CA.
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12. "Team Bath Champions of The Super League". www.womensportreport.com. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
13. "Team Bath beat off Mavericks to win Superleague Grand Final". www.express.co.uk. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
14. "TeamBath win fourth Superleague crown". www.sportfocus.com. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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