Team Bath are taking on perennial rivals Hertfordshire Mavericks in tonight's Vitality Netball Superleague Super 10 finale. The match is a repeat of the last season's bronze medal encounter. If you can't follow us on Sky you might like this new live blog. Earlier today Loughborough Lightning beat Severn Stars 56-44, Wasps beat Team Northumbria 70-46, Sirens beat Dragons 73-36. The closest match of the round before the Blue and Gold took to the court...
England U21 international Jess Shaw is among an exciting eight-strong group of players who have committed themselves to Team Bath Netball for the 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague season. Returning favourites Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Samantha Cook, Chelsea Lewis, Paige Reed, Mia Ritchie and Rachel Shaw, Jess’s older sister, also join new arrival Layla Guscoth – an England defender and former Superleague player of the year – in forming the foundations of a dynamic squad for the year ahead....
West Country law firm Mogers Drewett has signed a one-year agreement to become Team Bath Netball’s education partner. As its key education partner, Mogers Drewett will fund a number of school workshops where members of Team Bath Netball visit local schools to run education sessions covering healthy lifestyles, nutritional hints and tips, and to practise netball skills. The firm, whose Bath office is based in Queen Square, also plans to organise a corporate netball tournament with Team Bath...
Team Bath Netball are inviting aspiring players to an open trial for the 2016-17 U21 squad. The Blue and Gold have a proud history of developing talented netballers to Superleague and international level, with the likes of Eboni Beckford-Chambers (pictured), MJ Church sporting ambassador Sam Cook and Mia Ritchie all having progressed through the Team Bath ranks. Defender Alana John, who made her Superleague debut last season, and goal-shooter Paige Reed, who impressed with the Netball...
Head Coach Anna Stembridge says she is feeling "really proud" after Team Bath Netball finished the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season on a memorable note. A pulsating 49-48 success against Hertfordshire Mavericks in front of an enthralled crowd at the Copper Box Arena in London ensured Team Bath finished an encouraging season in third place overall. “We went into the season with a group of retained athletes, new athletes and young athletes so we are very...
Team Bath Netball defender Sam Cook has been named in the England squad for next month’s Netball Europe competition in Newcastle. Cook has made a strong recovery from injury this season to help the Blue and Gold qualify for the Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals. She has 12 senior caps and last wore the Rose when she helped England win Netball Europe last year. Cook is joined in the squad by Ama Agbeze (captain), Laura Malcolm...
Team Bath Netball defender Karla Mostert has capped an impressive debut year in the Blue and Gold by being shortlisted for the Sky Sports Netball Player of the Season award. The South African international is nominated alongside Ama Agbeze (Loughborough Lightning), Sara Bayman (Manchester Thunder), Sophia Candappa (Surrey Storm) and Sammy Wallace (Hertfordshire Mavericks) for the coveted award, which is voted for by the public. CLICK HERE TO GIVE KARLA YOUR VOTE Mostert, who has played...
Team Bath Netball showed tremendous resilience and character as they beat fellow semi-finalists Hertfordshire Mavericks in one of the most exciting Vitality Netball Superleague matches of the 2016 season. The two teams went toe to toe throughout an absorbing encounter that finished 44-44 after 60 minutes, with Lenize Potgieter levelling for the visitors in the dying seconds. With no tied games in the league, the match went to two additional seven-minute periods where Team Bath...
Staff and athletes at the University of Bath were among the 12,700 runners who took part in the Vitality Bath Half Marathon on Sunday. For Bob Smith, Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Team Bath MCTA International High-Performance Tennis Academy, it was his 11th half-marathon in as many weeks as he continues his inspirational fundraising effort for the Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal at Bristol Children’s Hospital. His baby daughter Autumn was rushed to...
A sell-out crowd awaits Team Bath Netball for their first home match of the 2016 Vitality Superleague season – and England players Rachel Shaw and Eboni Beckford-Chambers are hoping to give the fans plenty to cheer. Around 1,600 supporters will be at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday to see Team Bath – backed by Carter Jonas – take on 2014 champions Manchester Thunder in a mouthwatering clash sponsored by The Royal...
