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....
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 are determined to finish a positive Vitality Netball Superleague season on an appropriately high note when they face Hertfordshire Mavericks in the third-place play-off. Director of Netball Jess Thirlby admitted the players and staff were “hurting to put it mildly” after last weekend’s 53-46 semi-final defeat at Manchester Thunder ended their dream of a sixth Superleague title. But she has urged the Blue and Gold to lift themselves and ensure they go...
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...
A terrific performance saw Team Bath Netball record their biggest win of the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season on Friday, a 67-37 victory over Yorkshire Jets. The visitors put in a spirited performance and kept fighting until the end but Team Bath simply had too much quality right across the court as they gave another 1,600-strong Team Bath Arena crowd plenty to cheer. Shooters Lenize Potgieter and Chelsea Lewis were ruthless in front of goal, each...
Fifteen potential Superleague stars of the future have been named in the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2016 Netball Performance League (NPL) season. They include University of Bath sporting scholar Paige Reed (pictured), who was recently included in England Netball’s High Performance Programme, and two 2016 National Academy players – Ella Powell-Davies and Abi Robson. The NPL, open to players aged between 14 and 19, runs alongside the Vitality Superleague season and features all eight...
Team Bath Netball’s Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Rachel Shaw have been named in the England Netball squad for the Vitality Netball International Series against Australia in January. Superleague players Sam Cook, Shaunagh Craig, Alana John, Mia Ritchie and Jazz Scott have also been selected for England’s 2016 High Performance Programme, as have University of Bath students Sophie Carter and Paige Reed. Defender Beckford-Chambers is one of only five England players who competed at this year’s World Cup to...
