Yorkshire Jets

Yorkshire Jets were an English netball team based at Leeds Beckett University. Their senior team played in the Netball Superleague. Between 2005–06 and 2011 they played as Leeds Met Carnegie or simply Leeds Carnegie. Together with the men's basketball, women's basketball, men's association football, women's association football and rugby union 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 2012 and 2016 they played as Yorkshire Jets. Their best Superleague performance as Yorkshire Jets came in 2015 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.

Yorkshire Jets
AssociationEngland Netball
Founded2005
Disbanded2016
Based inLeeds Beckett University
RegionsYorkshire
Home venueHeadingley Campus
Leeds Beckett University
LeagueNetball Superleague

Uniform

Uniform

History

Leeds Carnegie

In 2005, Leeds Met Carnegie were named as the Yorkshire franchise in the new Netball Superleague. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Celtic Dragons, Team Northumbria, Galleria Mavericks, Northern Thunder, Loughborough Lightning and Team Bath, Leeds Met Carnegie were founder members of the league. [1][2] Future England national netball team manager, Tracey Neville played for Leeds Carnegie during the 2007–08 season. [3][4][5][6]

Leeds Carnegie enjoyed their best season in the Superleague in 2008–09 when, with a team that included Ama Agbeze, they qualified for the play-offs and finished fourth overall. [7][8][9] Other players from the Leeds Carnegie era included Carla Dziwoki, Rachel Beale, Natalie Haythornthwaite and Natalie Panagarry. [10][11]

Yorkshire Jets

In 2012 Leeds Carnegie were rebranded as Yorkshire Jets. [12][13] Jets enjoyed their best season in the Superleague in 2015. During the regular season they finished third after winning ten games, six points ahead of fourth placed Hertfordshire Mavericks. 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. [14][15][16] Natalie Haythornthwaite was subsequently named as the 2015 Netball Superleague Player of the Season. [17] Stacey Francis captained Jets during the 2016 season. Other members of the 2016 squad included Vanes-Mari Du Toit. [18][19] 2016 proved to be Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league and the franchise was subsequently wound up. [20][21][22][23][24]

Home venues

As Leeds Carnegie, the team's main home venue was Headingley Campus at Leeds Beckett University. After becoming Yorkshire Jets and forming a partnership with Welcome to Yorkshire, the team also began to play home games at other venues across Yorkshire. These included the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, the Hull Sports Arena and the University of Huddersfield. [13][25]

Notable former players

Internationals
 England
 Australia
 South Africa

Head coaches
Coach Years
England Anna Newell Carter [3][10][26][25] 2007–2016

References
  1. Dr. Louise Mansfield & Dr. Lara Killick (1 January 2012). "The UK Netball Superleague: A Case Study of Franchising in Elite Women's Sport" (PDF). Brunel University, School of Sport and Education, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK; and University of the Pacific, Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Science, Stockton, CA.
  2. "Lightning to strike at Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "Sister club get off to winning start". www.yorkshirecarnegie.com. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Neville joins Leeds". www.skysports.com. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. "Neville back in action with Leeds". news.bbc.co.uk. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Loughborough still on top". www.womensportreport.com. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. "Carnegie crumble under Loughborough Lightning pressure". www.womensportreport.com. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. "Martin leads Carnegie to home win". www.express.co.uk. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. "Mavericks reach next stage of the play-offs". www.whtimes.co.uk. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. "Leeds Carnegie sign ANZ netball stars Dziwoki and Beale". www.express.co.uk. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  11. "Leeds Carnegie beat Wildcats to secure second Superleague win". www.express.co.uk. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  12. "FIAT Netball Superleague 2012 Format" (PDF). www.teambath.com. 15 September 2011.
  13. "Yorkshire Jets is new Superleague netball club for 2012". www.bbc.co.uk. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  14. "Superleague 2015: Yorkshire Jets beat Hertfordshire Mavericks". www.bbc.co.uk. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. "Report: Storm overcome Jets in NSL Semis". www.surreystormnetball.co.uk. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  16. "Manchester Thunder finish Third in Netball Superleague 2015". www.manchesterthunder.co.uk. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  17. "Natalie is Netball Superleague player of the year!". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  18. "Jets ready to soar into new Superleague year". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  19. "Stacey Francis – Featured Player of the Week". www.netballsl.com. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  20. "Netball Superleague: Three new teams added, but Yorkshire Jets left out". www.bbc.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  21. "New-look 10 team Vitality Netball Superleague for 2017". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  22. "Yorkshire Jets to shut down in September after loss of Netball Superleague franchise". www.skysports.com. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  23. "End of the line for Yorkshire Jets after missing out on Superleague franchise". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  24. "Yorkshire Jets: Team to close down after losing Superleague place". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  25. "Yorkshire Jets Unveil Squad For New Season". www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  26. "Netball: Lottysha Cato signs for Superleague side Yorkshire Jets". www.skysports.com. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.