Team Bath Netball emerged with three vital points from a tight and tense last home match of the 2022 Superleague season against Wasps to take a huge step closer to securing a play-off place. Friday’s 43-41 success in front of a capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena means the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold are six points clear of fifth-placed Saracens Mavericks, who now must win their penultimate match at Leeds Rhinos on Saturday...
Team Bath Netball head into their final home game of the 2022 Vitality Superleague season this week with their play-off fate still in their own hands after digging deep for an important away win over Celtic Dragons on Monday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold overcame a slow start in Cardiff to build their way back into the game and hold a 14-12 lead after the first quarter. They stretched that to five goals at...
Head Coach Anna Stembridge admitted she had mixed emotions after Team Bath Netball produced an improved performance but were beaten 52-46 at Loughborough Lightning in the Vitality Superleague on Monday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold were looking for a response to the previous week’s disappointing display against league leaders Manchester Thunder and got off to a strong start against the team sitting second in the table, winning a competitive first quarter 12-10. There remained...
Team Bath Netball’s Imogen Allison, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis and Layla Guscoth have once again been named in the England Vitality Roses programme for the 2022-23 season – and there is a first Futures call-up for Tash Pavelin too. Allison, Drakeford-Lewis and Guscoth, who are all part of the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold leadership team, have retained their places in the senior England squad for a huge season which starts with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games...
Team Bath Netball kept their fans in almost cardiac suspense until the final seconds of Friday’s Vitality Superleague clash with Saracens Mavericks before edging the thriller by a single goal, 50-49 at the Team Bath Arena. With a continuing place in the league’s top four at stake and a long history of classic match-ups between the two sides, the crowd anticipated and received a peach of a game in which Bath came back from three...
Team Bath Netball's fans, players and coaches had chance to celebrate the incredible career of Serena Guthrie during a special presentation following Saturday's Vitality Superleague win against Severn Stars at the Team Bath Arena. On-court tributes to the England skipper, who is retiring to focus on family life, came from current Blue & Gold captain Imogen Allison, England team-mate Layla Guscoth and Team Bath Head Coach Anna Stembridge, while video messages flooded in from around...
Team Bath Netball got back to winning ways in the 2022 Vitality Superleague on Saturday with a 50-40 victory over local rivals Severn Stars on an emotional afternoon at the Team Bath Arena. The Sky Sports cameras were on hand to capture highlights of the win, which moved the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold back into the top four. And here’s what Player of the Match Layla Guscoth and Team Bath Superleague Head Coach Anna Stembridge had to say after the...
Anna Stembridge said she felt Easter Sunday’s Spring Showdown defeat to Leeds Rhinos was “a missed opportunity” to keep building momentum in the race for the Vitality Superleague play-off places. A 64-54 reverse to Rhinos at Resorts World Birmingham ended a three-game winning run for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold and saw them drop back to fifth in the table, three points behind Saracens Mavericks who they still have to face twice this season....
Team Bath Netball Head Coach Anna Stembridge has today announced that she is stepping away from Superleague coaching at the end of the 2022 season for personal reasons. The former England Roses coach, one of the most respected coaches in the game, is in her second spell with the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold having also been a player in the pre-Superleague Super Cup-winning squad. Her two-decade association with Team Bath meant it was not...
The Sky Sports cameras were in the Team Bath Arena on Monday to capture highlights of Team Bath Netball's impressive 62-41 victory over Superleague play-off rivals London Pulse. Wing-attack Kirsty Harris was named as player of the match after a standout performance in a fantastic all-round team display which built on Friday's big win at Surrey Storm and moved the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold into the top three on goal difference. Watch the highlights...
