2011 Netball Superleague season

The 2011 FIAT Netball Superleague season saw Hertfordshire Mavericks finish as champions for the second time. In the grand final they defeated Surrey Storm. For the first time, the season was completed in a single calendar year, starting on 22 January and concluding on 9 June with the grand final. Fiat Group Automobiles became the Netball Superleague's new sponsor.[3][4]

2011 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
Champions Hertfordshire Mavericks
Runners-up Surrey Storm
Season MVPStacey Francis (Team Bath) [1][2]

Teams
2011 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Glasgow WildcatsKelvin Hall/Bellahouston Sports CentreScotland
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Leeds CarnegieLeeds Metropolitan UniversityYorkshire
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Northern ThunderOldham/Bury, Greater Manchester [5]North West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaWest Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle [6]North East England
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England

Regular season

Hertfordshire Mavericks finished top of the table during the regular season after winning 14 games, losing just one game all season. Mavericks confirmed their place at the top of the table after a win and a draw during the final weekend of the regular season. On Saturday, 14 May they defeated Celtic Dragons 49–41 away and Sunday, 15 May they drew 48–48 draw with Surrey Storm at home.[7][8]

Final table
2011 Netball Superleague season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PP Pts Qualification
1 Hertfordshire Mavericks 16 14 1 1 815 600 135.8 29 Qualified for major semi-final
2 Northern Thunder 16 14 0 2 871 656 132.8 26[lower-alpha 1]
3 Team Bath 16 11 0 5 829 622 133.3 22 Qualified for minor semi-final
4 Surrey Storm 16 10 1 5 874 726 120.4 21
5 Loughborough Lightning 16 8 0 8 820 779 105.3 16
6 Celtic Dragons 16 6 0 10 755 776 97.3 12
7 Leeds Carnegie 16 4 0 12 715 884 80.9 8
8 Team Northumbria 16 4 0 12 578 778 74.3 8
9 Glasgow Wildcats 16 0 0 16 503 905 55.6 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. 2 points deducted?

Play offs

The play-offs utilised the Page–McIntyre system to determine the two grand finalists. This saw the top two from the regular season, Hertfordshire Mavericks and Northern Thunder, play each other, with the winner going straight through to the grand final. The loser gets a second chance to reach the grand final via the minor final. The third and fourth placed teams, Team Bath and Surrey Storm also play each other, and the winner advances to the minor final. The winner of the minor final qualifies for the grand final.[9]

Minor semi-final
27 May 2011 Team Bath53–57Surrey Storm    University of Bath [10] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 27–25, 42–37, 53–57
Rosie Allison  31/37 (84%)
Pamela Cookey  22/26 (85%)		 Rachel Dunn  52/61 (85%)
Tamsin Greenway  3/9 (33%)
Gemma Cosentino  2/4 (50%)
Major semi-final
28 May 2011 Hertfordshire Mavericks55–44Northern Thunder    Herts Sports Village [7][11]
Minor final
6 June 2011 Northern Thunder48–64Surrey Storm    Oldham Sports Centre [5][12]
Scoring by half: 25–30, 48–64

Grand Final
Further information: 2011 Netball Superleague Grand Final
9 June 2011
19.30 [8]		 Hertfordshire Mavericks57–46Surrey Storm    Herts Sports Village [3][13][14][15]
Attendance: 1,000
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 26–27, 41–37, 57–46
Louisa Brownfield  37/45 (82%)
Vicklyn Joseph  13/19 (68%)
Monique Wood  7/8 (88%)		 Rachel Dunn  41/49 (84%)
Tamsin Greenway  3/4 (75%)
Gemma Cosentino  2/4 (50%)

References
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  4. "Fiat agrees netball partnership". www.sportspromedia.com. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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  6. "Netball Superleague: Team Northumbria v Team Bath". www.sportsister.com. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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  9. "Netball Superleague sides prepare for play-offs". news.bbc.co.uk. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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  15. "Hertfordshire Mavericks win Netball Superleague crown". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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