2006–07 Netball Superleague season

The 2006–07 Netball Superleague season saw Team Bath finish as champions for the second time. Team Bath retained the title without losing a single match all season. For a second successive season they defeated Galleria Mavericks in the grand final. This was also the first season that Sky Sports began to broadcast matches.

2006–07 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sports
Champions Team Bath
  Runners-up Galleria Mavericks

Overview

In November 2006 it was announced that Sky Sports would begin to broadcast Superleague matches.[1][2][3][4] Team Bath retained the title without losing a single match all season.[3][5]

Teams
2006–07 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region
Brunel HurricanesBrunel University LondonGreater London/South East England
Celtic DragonsWelsh Institute of SportWales
Galleria MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Leeds Met CarnegieLeeds Metropolitan UniversityYorkshire
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Northern ThunderBury, Greater ManchesterNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaGateshead Leisure CentreNorth East England

Regular season

Final table
2006–07 Netball Superleague
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PP Pts
1 Team Bath 14 14 0 0 920 436 211.0 28
2 Galleria Mavericks 14 10 0 4 658 466 141.2 20
3 Brunel Hurricanes 14 10 0 4 556 479 116.1 20
4 Loughborough Lightning 14 9 1 4 687 531 129.4 19
5 Team Northumbria 14 6 1 7 547 635 86.1 13
6 Northern Thunder 14 4 0 10 510 656 77.7 8
7 Celtic Dragons 14 2 0 12 435 698 62.3 4
8 Leeds Met Carnegie 14 0 0 14 376 788 47.7 0
Source:

Grand Final
Further information: 2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final
9 June 2007 Team Bath53–45Galleria Mavericks    Guildford Spectrum[5]
Umpires: Bill Alexander
Judith Groves		 Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 21–22, 36–35, 53–45
Pamela Cookey Goals scored 22/26 (85%)
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 31/41 (76%)		 Louisa Brownfield Goals scored 28/34 (82%)
Joanne Harten Goals scored 15/19 (79%)

References
  1. "Netball's shot at the big time". www.independent.co.uk. 27 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Sky deal sees netball leap into the big time". www.walesonline.co.uk. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "History of England Netball (1891–2008)". www.englandnetball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  4. "Loughborough Lightning welcome Netball Superleague TV deal". www.lboro.ac.uk. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. "Team Bath defend their Super League Title". womensportreport.com. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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