2013 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
Champions Team Bath
  Runners-up Celtic Dragons
Season MVPStacey Francis (Team Bath) [1]

The 2013 Netball Superleague season was the eighth season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Team Bath who defeated Celtic Dragons in the grand final. 2013 used a three phases format similar to 2012.

Teams

During the close season Northern Thunder changed their name to Manchester Thunder.[2]

2013 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaWest Gate Centre for Sport, NewcastleNorth East England
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England
Yorkshire JetsHull / Leeds / SheffieldYorkshire

Regular season

Phase 1

2013 Netball Superleague season – Phase 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PP Pts Qualification
1 Team Bath 7 6 0 1 396 315 125.7 18 Qualified for Showdown
2 Surrey Storm 7 5 0 2 398 328 121.3 15
3 Celtic Dragons 7 4 1 2 405 339 119.5 13
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 7 4 1 2 343 315 108.9 13
5 Manchester Thunder 7 4 0 3 393 319 123.2 12 Qualified for Challenger League
6 Yorkshire Jets 7 3 0 4 342 353 96.9 9
7 Team Northumbria 7 1 0 6 255 415 61.4 3
8 Loughborough Lightning 7 0 0 7 262 412 63.6 0
Source:

Phase 2

2013 Netball Superleague season – Showdown
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PP Pts Qualification
1 Team Bath 6 5 0 1 358 273 131.1 15 Qualified for semi-finals
2 Celtic Dragons 6 4 0 2 359 343 104.7 12
3 Surrey Storm 6 3 0 3 338 322 105.0 9
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks 6 0 0 6 246 363 67.8 6 Qualified for 4th/5th place play-off
Source:
2013 Netball Superleague season – Challenger League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PP Pts Qualification
5 Manchester Thunder 6 6 0 0 337 225 149.8 18 Qualified for 4th/5th place play-off
6 Yorkshire Jets 6 4 0 2 305 295 103.4 12
7 Loughborough Lightning 6 1 0 5 262 311 84.2 3
8 Team Northumbria 6 1 0 5 251 324 77.5 3
Source:

Playoffs

4th/5th place play-off
16 May 2013 Hertfordshire Mavericks38–47Manchester Thunder    [3][4]
Semi-finals
19 May 2013 Team Bath53–43Manchester Thunder    University of Bath[4][5] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 25–22, 39–31, 52–50
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 27/30 (90%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 26/33 (79%)		 Janelle Lawson Goals scored 25/31 (81%)
Kathryn Turner Goals scored 8/12 (67%)
Krista Enziano Goals scored 2/2 (100%)
Alice Travis Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
20 May 2013 Celtic Dragons65–52Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre[6][7]
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 31–30, 50–36, 65–52

Grand Final

25 May 2013 Team Bath62–56Celtic Dragons    University of Worcester Arena, Worcester[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Attendance: 1,506
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Tracy Smith		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 30–31, 46–44, 62–56
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 37/41 (90%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 25/38 (66%)		 Lottysha Cato Goals scored 54/58 (93%)
Cara Moseley Goals scored 2/4

References

  1. ↑ "Stacey Francis". www.teambath.com. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Manchester Thunder: Superleague winners in name change". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mavericks end season with defeat to Manchester Thunder". www.whtimes.co.uk. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Team Bath prepare for epic Superleague semi". www.teambath.com. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Team Bath through to netball's Superleague final". www.teambath.com. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Celtic Dragons 65-52 Surrey Storm". www.bbc.co.uk. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Netball: Celtic Dragons beat Surrey Storm to final spot". www.sportsister.com. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Team Bath are champions". www.itv.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Pride for beaten Celtic Dragons". www.southwalesargus.co.uk. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Super show by Celtic Dragons recognised by Team Bath conquerors". www.walesonline.co.uk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Superleague final: Celtic Dragons 56–62 Team Bath". www.bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Team Bath are the 2013 Superleague Champions". www.teambath.com. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Worcester Arena gets thumbs up after first big event". www.worcesternews.co.uk. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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