It was another winning weekend for Team Bath Netball in the 2021 Vitality Superleague as they recorded back-to-back victories over defending champions Manchester Thunder and West Country rivals Severn Stars. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold produced an outstanding performance on Friday to record an emphatic 60-35 victory over Thunder, who were the league's only other unbeaten team going into the match. Rengen Player of the Match Kim Borger and University of Bath sporting scholar...
“My aim is to help young female athletes understand the power of their bodies and what is happening with their physiology, so they have the knowledge to fuel their training correctly, manage their menstrual cycles and understand how it can impact their sport.” Anya Le Monnier, a training partner with Team Bath Netball’s Superleague squad and assistant coach of the U19s, is running a series of empowering workshops with the next generation of Blue &...
A dominant first-half performance set the platform for a 44-39 victory over Wasps on Monday night as Team Bath Netball made it three wins from three at the start of the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, buoyed by their opening weekend successes against Celtic Dragons and Loughborough Lightning, were outstanding against very strong opposition during the opening two quarters as they took a ten-goal lead into the interval. Wasps, champions...
Team Bath Netball completed a winning weekend in the 2021 Vitality Superleague as they came through a hard-fought encounter against Loughborough Lightning with a 48-44 victory on Sunday. After leading throughout their opening match against Celtic Dragons on Saturday, the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold had to show tremendous fight and resilience to take the points from their second game in 24 hours at the central venue in Wakefield. There was nothing to choose between...
Team Bath Netball got their 2021 Vitality Superleague season off to an impressive start as they eased to a 61-29 victory over Celtic Dragons on Saturday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, playing their first Superleague match for 11 months, held a narrow 13-9 lead after the first quarter but stepped it up another level during a dominant second quarter, looking sharp right across the court as they extended the lead to 16 goals, before...
Eboni Usoro-Brown, Kim Borger and Serena Guthrie have today been named as Team Bath Netball’s leadership group for the 2021 Vitality Superleague season, which starts this weekend. The inspirational trio, who have a vast amount of top-flight experience between them, have all previously captained the Blue & Gold and will share the responsibility during the forthcoming campaign which begins with back-to-back matches against Celtic Dragons on Saturday (4pm) and Loughborough Lightning on Sunday (2pm). Anna...
Almost exactly 11 months after they last took to the court for a Vitality Superleague game, Team Bath Netball begin their 2021 campaign with two matches in 24 hours this weekend – and all 15 players are buzzing to finally get started. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold face Welsh franchise Celtic Dragons in their opening fixture on Saturday (4pm centre-pass) before renewing rivalries with Loughborough Lightning the following afternoon (2pm). Both matches are being...
A quartet of Team Bath Netball players helped the Vitality Roses secure a 3-0 Legends Series victory over the Superleague All Stars and lift the Jean Hornsby Cup, named after the first black England netball player. Serena Guthrie co-captained the Roses and started all three games, with goal-defence Layla Guscoth lining up alongside her as England started the week with a 70-54 victory. They followed that up with a 67-44 win on Friday before an...
Anna Stembridge was pleased to see a youthful Team Bath Netball squad produce a highly-competitive performance against Severn Stars in their final external friendly before the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The Blue & Gold – sponsored by Principal Partners Haines Watts alongside Team Bath overall sponsor Rengen – made the short journey to Worcester on Saturday without their England internationals involved in this week’s Vitality Netball Legends Series and the vastly experienced trio of Kim...
Team Bath Netball and England defender Layla Guscoth has been named among the Daily Telegraph's 2020 Sportswomen of the Year in recognition of her off-court work with the NHS in the fight against Covid-19. Guscoth has returned to Bath after two years playing professionally in Australia as she wants to concentrate on her dual careers of netballer and doctor, having completed her two-year Foundation postgraduate medical training programme during her previous spell with the Blue...
