Netball Superleague

This article is about the British tournament. For the Singaporean tournament, see Netball Super League.
Netball Superleague
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Netball Superleague season
Sport Netball
Founded 2005
Inaugural season 2005
No. of teams 10
Country  United Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)		 Surrey Storm
Most titles Team 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 ten teams from across England, Wales and Scotland. 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
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
Sirens Glasgow, Scotland
Severn Stars Worcester, Worcestershire
Wasps Netball Coventry, West Midlands

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

In 2016, it was announced that the Superleague was expanding from an 8-team competition to 10 teams. This change saw three new teams introduced to the league - Glasgow based Scottish Sirens, Coventry based Wasps and Worcester-Gloucester based Severn Stars.

The change also saw the demise of Yorkshire Jets. On June 25th 2016, Jets released a statement outlining England Netball's decision not to award the region a Superleague franchise for the forthcoming season.

Winners

References


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