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2024 Netball Super League Season
The 2024 Netball Super League season was the nineteenth season of the Netball Super League, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning were the defending champions, as they won the 2023 Grand final. The season began on 17 February and ended with the Grand Final on 29 June. Loughborough Lightning won the competition, beating Manchester Thunder in the final to claim their second consecutive and third Super League title in four years. Format The season featured 10 teams and was the last using this format before relaunching as a professional 8 team league in 2025. Fixtures were played home and away across 18 rounds before the top four progressed to the semi-finals. The first round of fixtures were all held at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham. It would be the final Netball Super League season to feature Severn Stars, Strathclyde Sirens, Surrey Storm and Team Bath Team Bath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netball Super League (United Kingdom)
The Netball Super League is an elite netball league in the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in England, Wales and previously Scotland. The Super League commenced at the 2005–06 season, replacing the Super Cup as the elite netball competition in England. From 2016-21 the league was sponsored by VitalityHealth and, as a result, known as the Vitality Netball Super League. Since 2022, it has been known as the Netball Super League. The league's most successful teams are Team Bath, who have won five titles, Manchester Thunder who have won four titles and London Mavericks, who have played in seven grand finals. Surrey Storm won successive titles in 2015 and 2016 and Wasps played in three successive finals, winning two titles, between 2017 and 2019. Loughborough Lightning won their first title in 2021, beating Team Bath, following this with a second title in 2023 and third in 2024. Umpire Gary Burgess made history in 2018 by um ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey Storm
Surrey Storm was an English netball team based at the University of Surrey. Their senior team played in the Netball Super League between 2005 and 2024. Between 2001 and 2005 they played in the Super Cup as London Hurricanes. After forming a partnership with Brunel University London, they became the Brunel Hurricanes. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the new Netball Super League. Before the 2009–10 Netball Super League season, they relocated to the University of Surrey and became Surrey Storm. They were Super League champions in 2015 and 2016. In 2023, England Netball announced plans to relaunch the Netball Super League in 2025, with an aim to professionalise the league. During the tender process, the new operating standards for clubs made it unfeasible for Surrey Storm to participate in the league and the franchise disbanded after the 2024 season. History London Hurricanes Between 2001 and 2005, London Hurricanes, together with five other franchises – Northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geva Mentor
Geva Kate Mentor CBE (born 17 September 1984) is a former England netball international and current Netball Super League player for Leeds Rhinos Netball. She has competed for England in six Commonwealth Games, winning a historic gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the England teams that won the bronze medal at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups. Mentor was a member of the Team Bath teams that won the 2005–06 and 2006–07 Netball Superleague titles. In 2008 she began playing in the ANZ Championship, winning premierships with the 2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds and the 2014 Melbourne Vixens. She captained the Sunshine Coast Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. At the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games she read the Athletes Oath during the Opening Ceremony. In 2019 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liana Leota
Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague. Leota was a member of the Southern Sting in 2007, which won the National Bank Cup that year. She also played for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2006 and the Western Flyers from 2003–2005. She continued playing in Invercargill with the Southern Steel in the new ANZ Championship, which started in 2008. That same year, Leota debuted in the Silver Ferns against Australia. Since her debut, she has cemented her position in the Silver Ferns' midcourt. For the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Leota received the Most valuable Player award. Leota and Wendy Frew were named as co-captains of the Southern Steel for 2011. She signed for Netball Superleague side Manchester Thunder for the 2016 Season on 27 October 2015. Following a championship winning season with Thunder, Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Direct Arena
The Leeds Arena (currently known as the first direct bank arena for sponsorship reasons) is an entertainment-focused indoor arena located in the Arena Quarter of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the first in the United Kingdom to have a fan-shaped orientation. The arena officially opened on 4 September 2013, with Sir Elton John, playing to an audience of 12,000. Bruce Springsteen had, however, held the first concert on 24 July 2013, with an audience of 13,000. The arena's opening season in 2013 later included acts including Kaiser Chiefs, Rod Stewart, Status Quo and Depeche Mode. The building was named the "best new venue in the world" in 2014 by the Stadium Business Awards. History Public demand for an arena in Leeds Leeds had been the largest city in the United Kingdom without a major venue to hold music or indoor sporting events. , Bristol and Leeds were the only major cities without an arena style venue. Previously, the Queen's Hall was used for popular music concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Institute Of Sport, Sheffield
The English Institute of Sport is a multi-sport facility in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The facility designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects was opened in December 2003 at a cost of £24 million. Its main feature is a 200m indoor track, but it also hosts several other sporting arenas as well as a large gym and extensive sports medicine facilities. It is in the Lower Don Valley between the Sheffield Arena and Don Valley Bowl. It is managed by SIV (Sheffield International Venues). Sports The facility is the training venue of choice for a number of sports including athletics, basketball, boxing, fencing, futsal, judo, netball, table tennis and volleyball. There are many clubs which meet at the venue including City of Sheffield Athletic Club, Sheffield Sharks, Sheffield Futsal Club, Sheffield Sword Club, Concorde Netball Club, England Netball, and England Volleyball, as well as hosting snooker's main professional academy. The centre also often hosts sports days fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon Medical Arena
Park Community Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as Canon Medical Arena, is a sports arena located within the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park in Sheffield, England. The arena's main tenants are the Sheffield Sharks and Sheffield Hatters basketball teams, who relocated from their previous homes at Ponds Forge and All Saints Sports Centre for the start of the 2023–24 season. The arena has a capacity of 2,500 seats for basketball matches. History Plans were in place for a 2,500 capacity basketball arena within the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium as far back as 2016. After subsequent delays and changes to the plans, the £14 million Park Community Arena, developed by Canon Medical Systems, broke ground in 2022. A 10-year naming rights deal was confirmed in August 2023, with the facility officially branded as Canon Medical Arena until 2033. The arena officially opened on 5 October, with the first basketball match held on 8 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds Rhinos Netball
Leeds Rhinos Netball are an English netball team based in Leeds. They were founded in 2017. Together with the men's rugby league and women's rugby league teams, they are part of the Leeds Rhinos family of clubs. In 2018–19 they entered an under-19 team in England Netball's National Performance League. They joined the Netball Superleague in 2021. History Foundation Leeds Rhinos Netball was founded in July 2017 in partnership with the rugby league Super League club Leeds Rhinos and their charity, the Leeds Rhinos Foundation. Ashton Golding became an ambassador for the team. National Performance League In 2018–19 Leeds Rhinos entered an under-19 team in England Netball's National Performance League, competing against the under-19 teams of Netball Superleague teams. On 15 December 2018 they made their NPL debut with a 54–53 win against Mavericks. Leeds Rhinos subsequently finished fourth in their inaugural NPL season. They secured fourth place with a 63–55 win over Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nia Jones
Nia Jones (born 6 April 1992) is an athlete who has represented Wales internationally at both netball and football. She won the FAW Young Player of the Year Award in 2011. She was nominated for the SportingWales Magazine and UWIC Rising Star Award in 2013. She currently plays for Adran Premier club Swansea City. Early and personal life Jones was born in Wrexham. After attending school at Ysgol Maes Garmon she later studied Sports and PE at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Netball career Jones plays netball as either goal defence or wing defence. She began her career at Mold Netball Club, and she captained the Welsh national teams at under-17 and under-21 youth level. She also played for Manchester Thunder Youth and Junior Dragons. She was also Co-Captain of the Wales Senior Team. She was captain of the Celtic Dragons for their 2019 Super League season. During the 2021-2022 season she captained the Celtic Dragons, before moving to play for the Leeds Rhinos in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill McIntosh
Jill McIntosh is a former Australia netball international and national team head coach. As a player, McIntosh was a member of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the 1983 World Netball Championships. She later coached Australia at the 1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships and at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, guiding the team to four gold medals. In 2009 she was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame. McIntosh subsequently worked as a coach with the International Netball Federation, Central Pulse and with the national teams of Singapore, Northern Ireland and Jamaica. Early life and family McIntosh is originally from Perth, Western Australia. She is the daughter of Betty and Merv McIntosh. Her father played Australian rules football for Perth during the 1940s and early 1950s. She has six siblings. As well as playing netball, in her youth McIntosh also represented Western Australia at the Australian Swimming Championships, winning medals at butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utilita Arena Cardiff
Cardiff International Arena (formerly known as Cardiff International Arena & Convention Centre and Motorpoint Arena Cardiff and currently, for sponsorship reasons, as Utilita Arena Cardiff) is an indoor exhibition centre and events arena located in Cardiff, Wales, and was opened on 9 September 1993 by singer Shirley Bassey. It is Cardiff's largest purpose-built exhibition facility and its former name was due to a sponsorship agreement from 2011 to 2022. The upstairs of the building is known as the World Trade Centre. The arena contains a number of function areas, the largest being the main arena which has hosted many national and international events, such as concerts, sports and comedy performances. History During the construction phase, the venue was known as the Cardiff World Trade Centre and was first expected to open in January 1992. It formed part of a complex which included a new hotel built opposite that opened in 1990, the nearby Wales National Ice Rink and a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
