Team Bath buried memories of their only Superleague defeat this season by thrashing Surrey Storm 65-39 at the University of Bath tonight (Monday). Team Bath topped Phase One of the Superleague with Surrey Storm finishing second. But with Storm winning the Phase One fixture between the two teams 61-46, the signs suggested we were in store for a close encounter at the Sports Training Village. But starting with a seven featuring five players just back...
Team Bath’s netballers will continue their quest for a fifth Superleague title with what promise to be three thrilling home fixtures against Surrey Storm, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Celtic Dragons next month. The action gets underway in Phase Two of the Superleague, the Showdown League, with a televised game against Surrey Storm at the Sports Training Village on Monday 15 April. Three days later, on Thursday 18 April, Team Bath host Hertfordshire Mavericks. And on Monday...
Team Bath’s netballers have made sure of a top-three finish in phase one of the Superleague – and with it a place in the Showdown League for phase two. Team Bath overcame Yorkshire Jets 54-51 in Friday night’s penultimate phase one game. They travel to Hertfordshire Mavericks on Friday (22 March) for their last game of phase one in joint first place with Surrey Storm. Defender Samantha Cook made a welcome return from injury against...
Team Bath kept that winning feeling going today for the home fans with a solid but not spectacular 61-35 netball Superleague victory over Team Northumbria at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village. Mia Ritchie, the all-action pocket-rocket in the mid-court for the home team, summed up the mood in the post-match camp when she said that they were “not as happy as we would have liked to be”. “We didn’t put them under enough...
It was a case of normal service resumed for Team Bath as they ran out 69-30 winners over Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Superleague at the University of Bath tonight (Friday). Playing in front of a sell-out crowd of almost 1400 fans, Team Bath quickly erased memories of last week’s defeat. The two teams looked evenly matched early on as they probed each other for weaknesses. Team Bath took the first quarter 13-8. Team Bath...
Head coach Jess Thirlby is looking for an instant response from her team in Friday’s Netball Superleague fixture against Loughborough Lightning after her side suffered their first defeat of the season at Surrey Storm at the weekend. Team Bath host Loughborough at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday 1st March. The game comes just days after eight Team Bath Superleague players were selected for forthcoming England tours – five for the senior...
Team Bath’s netballers made it two wins from two with a thrilling one-goal victory over defending Superleague champions Manchester Thunder. Team Bath edged Saturday night’s contest in Manchester 55-54, with Kadeen Corbin netting the decisive goal in the dying moments of the game after a strong team performance. Jess Thirlby, Team Bath’s head coach, said: “It was great to beat Thunder on their own turf. We had to work hard for it though, and we’re...
Team Bath’s netballers made a winning start to their 2013 Superleague campaign with a 57-50 victory over Celtic Dragons at the University of Bath tonight. The four-times Superleague champions made a strong start, taking the opening quarter 16-8. But they had to rely on an equally impressive final quarter to eventually put away Dragons and secure the spoils. Jess Thirlby, Team Bath’s head coach, said: “I was particularly pleased with the spirit we showed in...
Asha Francis will captain Team Bath for the new Netball Superleague season, with Serena Guthrie as her vice-captain. Team Bath begin their 2013 campaign at home to Celtic Dragons on Thursday (7 February) in a game being televised live on Sky Sports. Asha (right), a Singapore international, retains the captaincy from the 2012 Superleague season. She lifted the FastNet Grand Prix trophy, which Team Bath won for the first time last month, and said: “It’s...
Crowds at the University of Bath Sports Training Village saw history in the making tonight as England took on and beat Australia 58-53 – only their third win over the 11-times World Netball Champions since 1956. A delighted England and Team Bath stalwart Stacey Francis said: “We were very confident before the game. We had a good feeling about it and Bath is not a place that we are used to losing in”. Indeed Team...
