News Archive, Tag: Team Bath Netball

Samantha Cook in action for Team Bath Netball, February 2016. PICTURE: David Roper for Matchtight

Star Team Bath defender Samantha Cook helps England retain Netball Europe crown

16 May 2016

Team Bath Netball’s Samantha Cook played a starring role as England retained the Netball Europe Open Championship title with wins against the other home nations over the weekend. The defender, who enjoyed a strong finish to the Vitality Netball Superleague season after returning from injury, came off the bench to help England to an 83-32 victory over Northern Ireland in the opening match. Cook then started the remaining two games and produced some outstanding intercepts...

Team Bath Netball won bronze in the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague

Team Bath Netball end season of Superleague progress on a thrilling high

10 May 2016

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...

Mia Ritchie in Superleague action against Hertfordshire Mavericks, February 2016

Team Bath Netball determined to end positive Superleague season on a winning note

03 May 2016

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...

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Slow start proves costly as battling Team Bath Netball slip to Superleague semi-final defeat

30 April 2016

Team Bath Netball were once again left to rue a slow start against Manchester Thunder as they missed out on a place in the Vitality Netball Superleague Grand Final despite a valiant fightback. The Blue and Gold found themselves trailing 17-6 at the end of a disappointing first quarter of Saturday’s semi-final in Manchester. And while they went to more than match their hosts for the remaining 45 minutes, Thunder – who were beaten just...

Dazzling Lightning show fires up Team Bath Netball ahead of Superleague semi-final at Thunder

26 April 2016

Team Bath Netball will head into this weekend’s Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals with confidence soaring after finishing the regular season with an emphatic 75-55 win at Loughborough Lightning. Saturday’s result – Team Bath’s biggest of the season in terms of goals scored – extended the Blue and Gold’s winning run to four matches and was their third successive victory on the road. Standing in their way of a Grand Final place is a table-topping Manchester...

Sam Cook in action for England Netball during their 65-42 victory over Trinidad & Tobago at the Sports Training Village. PICTURE: David Roper

Team Bath Netball’s Sam Cook returns to England squad for Netball Europe

19 April 2016

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...

Anna Stembridge punches the air after a Team Bath Netball goal during the 2016 Superleague season

Head coach hails Team Bath Netball’s resilience after dramatic extra-time win over Mavericks

18 April 2016

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...

Eboni Beckford-Chambers leads the celebrations for Team Bath Netball following victory in their last home game of the 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season

Team Bath Netball looking to build momentum after sealing Superleague semi-final place

11 April 2016

Team Bath Netball have achieved their first goal of the season after a hard-fought 51-41 win at Team Northumbria secured their place in the Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals. Now Director of Netball Jess Thirlby wants the team to play with freedom and commitment in their last two matches of the regular season and continue to build their confidence and momentum before challenging for a sixth Superleague crown. “Qualifying with two games to go is a...

Tamsin Greenway, Rachel Shaw and Mia Ritchie took part in a netball attacking masterclass at the Sports Training Village, March 2016

VIDEO: Team Bath Netball’s Mia Ritchie and Rachel Shaw provide attacking masterclass

08 April 2016

Mia Ritchie and Rachel Shaw have taken time out from Team Bath Netball’s Vitality Superleague play-off push to provide Sky Sports viewers with an attacking masterclass. The dynamic duo demonstrated such skills as how to attack the circle edge and how to position to successfully feed the shooters in the video, which was filmed at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. It also features University of Bath Media Studies graduate Tamsin Greenway, the current...

Team Bath Netball quell Dragons to keep play-off challenge alive

28 March 2016

Team Bath Netball kept their Vitality Superleague play-off challenge very much alive with a sparkling 60-42 win against Celtic Dragons at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Lying fourth as the match started, the 2013 Champions knew a home win would keep them ahead of close rivals for fourth spot, Loughborough Lightning, whom they play in the final match of the league phase on 23 April. A tough first quarter ended 12 apiece. Both sides showed...

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