Yorkshire Jets were an English netball team based at

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. Their senior team played in the

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. Between 2005–06 and

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they played as Leeds Met Carnegie or simply Leeds Carnegie. Together with the

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teams, the netball team was one of several sports teams associated with the Carnegie School of Physical Education, now part of Leeds Beckett University, that used the Leeds Carnegie brand name. In 2005–06, Leeds Carnegie were founder members of the Netball Superleague. As Leeds Carnegie, their best Superleague performance came in 2008–09, when they finished fourth. Between

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they played as Yorkshire Jets. Their best Superleague performance as Yorkshire Jets came in

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when they again finished fourth. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the Superleague and the franchise was subsequently wound up.

History

Leeds Carnegie

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, Leeds Met Carnegie were named as the

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. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Celtic Dragons, Team Northumbria, Galleria Mavericks, Northern Thunder, Loughborough Lightning and

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, Leeds Met Carnegie were founder members of the league. Future

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manager, Tracey Neville played for Leeds Carnegie during the 2007–08 season. Leeds Carnegie enjoyed their best season in the Superleague in 2008–09 when, with a team that included

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, they qualified for the play-offs and finished fourth overall. Other players from the Leeds Carnegie era included

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, Rachel Beale, Natalie Haythornthwaite and Natalie Panagarry.

Yorkshire Jets

Leeds Carnegie were rebranded as Yorkshire Jets. Jets enjoyed their best season in the Superleague in

. During the regular season they finished third after winning ten games, six points ahead of fourth placed

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. In the semi-finals they lost 76–60 to Surrey Storm. They eventually finished fourth overall after losing to Manchester Thunder in the 3rd/4th place play off. Natalie Haythornthwaite was subsequently named as the 2015 Netball Superleague Player of the Season. Stacey Francis captained Jets during the 2016 season. Other members of the 2016 squad included Vanes-Mari Du Toit. 2016 proved to be Yorkshire Jets final season in the

. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league and the franchise was subsequently wound up.

Home venues

As Leeds Carnegie, the team's main home venue was Headingley Campus at

. After becoming Yorkshire Jets and forming a partnership with Welcome to Yorkshire, the team also began to play home games at other venues across

. These included the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, the Hull Sports Arena and the

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Notable former players

Internationals

; *

* Stacey Francis * Natalie Haythornthwaite * Tracey Neville * Natalie Panagarry ; *

; * Vanes-Mari Du Toit

Head coaches

External links

Yorkshire Jets on Twitter

References

{{Authority control Netball in Yorkshire Sports clubs and teams in Yorkshire Defunct Netball Superleague teams Defunct netball teams in England Sports clubs and teams established in 2005 2005 establishments in England Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in England Leeds Carnegie Sport in Leeds