2011 Netball Superleague season

The 2011 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the FIAT Netball Superleague) was the sixth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Hertfordshire Mavericks. In the grand final Hertfordshire Mavericks defeated Surrey Storm. For the first time, the season was completed in a single calendar year, starting on 22 January and concluding on 9 June with the grand final. Fiat Group Automobiles became the Netball Superleague's new sponsor.^[3][4]

2011 Netball Superleague season
League	Netball Superleague
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports
Champions	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Runners-up	Surrey Storm
Season MVP	Stacey Francis (Team Bath) ^[1]^[2]
Seasons
← 2009–10 2012 →

Teams

2011 Superleague teams	Home venue/base	Country/Region
Celtic Dragons	Sport Wales National Centre	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	Oldham/Bury, Greater Manchester^[5]	North West England
Team Bath	University of Bath	South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria	West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle ^[6]	North East England
Surrey Storm	University of Surrey	Greater London/South East England

Regular season

Hertfordshire Mavericks finished top of the table during the regular season after winning 14 games, losing just one game all season. Mavericks confirmed their place at the top of the table after a win and a draw during the final weekend of the regular season. On Saturday, 14 May they defeated Celtic Dragons 49–41 away and Sunday, 15 May they drew 48–48 draw with Surrey Storm at home.^[7][8]

Final table

2011 Netball Superleague season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Hertfordshire Mavericks	16	14	1	1	815	600	135.8	29	Qualified for major semi-final
2	Northern Thunder	16	14	0	2	871	656	132.8	26^[a]
3	Team Bath	16	11	0	5	829	622	133.3	22	Qualified for minor semi-final
4	Surrey Storm	16	10	1	5	874	726	120.4	21
5	Loughborough Lightning	16	8	0	8	820	779	105.3	16
6	Celtic Dragons	16	6	0	10	755	776	97.3	12
7	Leeds Carnegie	16	4	0	12	715	884	80.9	8
8	Team Northumbria	16	4	0	12	578	778	74.3	8
9	Glasgow Wildcats	16	0	0	16	503	905	55.6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 2 points deducted?

Playoffs

The play-offs utilised the Page–McIntyre system to determine the two grand finalists. This saw the top two from the regular season, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Northern Thunder, 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, Team Bath and Surrey Storm also play each other, and the winner advances to the minor final. The winner of the minor final qualifies for the grand final.^[9]

Minor semi-final

27 May 2011		Team Bath	53–57	Surrey Storm		University of Bath^[10]	Sky Sports
		Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 27–25, 42–37, 53–57
		Rosie Allison   31/37 (84%) Pamela Cookey   22/26 (85%)		Rachel Dunn   52/61 (85%) Tamsin Greenway   3/9 (33%) Gemma Cosentino   2/4 (50%)

Major semi-final

28 May 2011

Hertfordshire Mavericks

55–44

Northern Thunder

Herts Sports Village^[7]^[11]

Minor final

6 June 2011		Northern Thunder	48–64	Surrey Storm		Oldham Sports Centre^[5]^[12]
		Scoring by half: 25–30, 48–64

Grand Final

Further information: 2011 Netball Superleague Grand Final

9 June 2011 19.30 ^[8]		Hertfordshire Mavericks	57–46	Surrey Storm		Herts Sports Village^[3]^[13]^[14]^[15] Attendance: 1,000 Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis	Sky Sports
		Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 26–27, 41–37, 57–46
		Louisa Brownfield   37/45 (82%) Vicklyn Joseph   13/19 (68%) Monique Wood   7/8 (88%)		Rachel Dunn   41/49 (84%) Tamsin Greenway   3/4 (75%) Gemma Cosentino   2/4 (50%)

References

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