2012 Netball Superleague season

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2012 Netball Superleague season
League
Northern Thunder
  Runners-up. Surrey Storm
Seasons

The 2012

Northern Thunder. In the grand final Northern Thunder defeated Surrey Storm
. 2012 saw the introduction of a new format, featuring three distinct phases, including a Showdown Weekend.

Teams

Following the conclusion of the

Leeds Carnegie were re-branded as Yorkshire Jets.[3][4]

2012 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Celtic Dragons
 Sport Wales National Centre Wales
Hertfordshire Mavericks
 University of Hertfordshire East of England
Loughborough Lightning Loughborough University East Midlands
Northern Thunder
 Wright Robinson College[5] North West England
Team Bath University of Bath South West England/West of England
Team Northumbria West Gate Centre for Sport, Newcastle North East England
Surrey Storm University of Surrey Greater London/South East England
Yorkshire Jets
Leeds / Sheffield[4]
 Yorkshire

Regular season

Phase 1

Phase 1 featured all eight teams playing a single round of matches in a league format. At the end of the seven rounds, the top four and bottom four split into two tiers.

Northern Thunder were unbeaten in Phase 1 of the season.[6]

2012 Netball Superleague season – Phase 1
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA PP Pts Qualification
1
Northern Thunder
 7 7 0 0 443 269 164.7 21 Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 1
2 Surrey Storm 7 6 1 0 441 336 131.3 18
3
Hertfordshire Mavericks
 7 4 3 0 336 342 98.2 12
4 Team Bath 7 3 4 0 356 353 100.8 9
5
Celtic Dragons
 7 3 4 0 351 355 98.9 9 Qualified for Phase 2 Tier 2
6 Yorkshire Jets 7 3 4 0 306 336 91.1 9
7 Team Northumbria 7 1 6 0 337 387 87.1 3
8 Loughborough Lightning 7 1 6 0 257 398 64.6 3
Source: [citation needed]

Phase 2

Phase 2 was effectively a

group stage, with the teams in each group playing each other home and away.[3]

2012 Netball Superleague season – Tier 1
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA PP Pts Qualification
1 Surrey Storm 6 6 0 0 376 302 124.5 18 Qualified for semi-finals
2
Northern Thunder
 6 4 2 0 376 278 135.3 12
3
Hertfordshire Mavericks
 6 2 4 0 266 342 77.8 6
4 Team Bath 6 0 6 0 269 365 73.7 0 Qualified for Eliminator
Source: [citation needed]
2012 Netball Superleague season – Tier 2
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA PP Pts Qualification
5
Celtic Dragons
 6 6 0 0 342 249 137.3 18 Qualified for Eliminator
6 Yorkshire Jets 6 4 2 0 319 270 118.1 12
7 Team Northumbria 6 1 5 0 273 336 81.3 3
8 Loughborough Lightning 6 1 5 0 239 318 75.2 3
Source: [citation needed]

Eliminator

The Eliminator was effectively a 4th/5th place play-off with the winner qualifying for the semi-finals.[3]

14 May 2012 Team Bath 52–50
Celtic Dragons
    University of Bath[7][8]
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 28–19, 44–29, 52–50

Showdown Weekend

Semi Final 1
19 May 2012
Northern Thunder
 57–33
Hertfordshire Mavericks
    SportHouse, Dagenham[6]
Semi Final 2
19 May 2012 Surrey Storm 62–38 Team Bath    SportHouse, Dagenham[9]
3rd/4th Place Play Off
20 May 2012
Hertfordshire Mavericks
 46–39 Team Bath    SportHouse, Dagenham[6][9]
Grand Final
Further information: 2012 Netball Superleague Grand Final
20 May 2012
Northern Thunder
 57–55 Surrey Storm    SportHouse, Dagenham[6][10][11]
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Louise Travis
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 28–25, 42–40, 57–55
Janelle Lawson Goals scored 33/39 (85%)
Karen Greig Goals scored 24/28 (86%) 		Rachel Dunn Goals scored 35/41 (85%)
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 20/23 (87%)

References

  1. ^ "Loughborough Lightning secure place in Netball Super League". www.lboro.ac.uk. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Coach Holland confident of Wildcats striking back". www.bbc.co.uk. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "FIAT Netball Superleague 2012 Format" (PDF). www.teambath.com. 15 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Yorkshire Jets is new Superleague netball club for 2012". www.bbc.co.uk. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the Thunderdome as netball stars come to Gorton". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Northern Thunder win first Superleague title". www.bbc.co.uk. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Team Bath through to netball's showdown superleague weekend". www.sportfocus.com. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Netballers through to superleague semis". www.teambath.com. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Team Bath end Superleague season in fourth". www.sportfocus.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Manchester Thunder: Superleague winners in name change". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ "History". www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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