2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final

The 2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Team Bath and Galleria Mavericks. Team Bath would eventually retain the title but in the grand final it was Mavericks who started the stronger and were leading 10–12 after the first quarter and 21–22 at half time. Both Rachel Dunn and Pamela Cookey initially underperformed for Team Bath. However in the third quarter, Cookey scored 7/8 while Player of the Match, Geva Mentor, made a number of key turnovers to deny Mavericks shooting opportunities. Their combined efforts saw Team Bath take the lead for the first time. However a return of 9/9 from Mavericks' Louisa Brownfield saw Team Bath lead by just 36–35 after three quarters. With just four minutes remaining the score was still 45–45. However after an injury time out, Team Bath returned the stronger with both Dunn and Cookey converting the goals that eventually saw them finish as winners by 53–45.[1]

2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final
Event2006–07 Netball Superleague season
Team Bath and Galleria Mavericks meet in the Netball Superleague grand final for a second time. Team Bath win their second title.
Date9 June 2007
VenueGuildford Spectrum, Guildford
Player of the MatchGeva Mentor

Route to the Final

Match summary

9 June 2007 Team Bath5345Galleria Mavericks    Guildford Spectrum [1]
Umpires: Bill Alexander
Judith Groves
Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 21–22, 36–35, 53–45
Pamela Cookey  22/26 (85%)
Rachel Dunn  31/41 (76%)
Louisa Brownfield  28/34 (82%)
Joanne Harten  15/19 (79%)

Teams

Head Coach: Jan Crabtree

Starting 7:
GS Rachel Dunn
GA Pamela Cookey
WA Tamsin Greenway
C Sara Bayman
WD Natalie Seaton
GD Ursula Bowers (c)
GK Geva Mentor


Substitutes:
C Joanna Binns for Bayman (Q3)


Squad: [2]
GS/GD/GK Eboni Beckford-Chambers
C/WA Sasha Corbin
GD/GK Gemma Fletcher
GD/GK/WD Stacey Francis
C/WA Serena Guthrie
GD/GK Samantha Perry
GA/GS Monique Wood

Head Coach: Maggie Jackson

Starting 7:
GS Joanne Harten
GA Louisa Brownfield
WA Karen Atkinson
C Deb Jones
WD Naomi Siddall
GD Amanda Newton
GK Janet Coulburne


Substitutes:


Changes:

References

  1. "Team Bath defend their Super League Title". womensportreport.com. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. "2006–07 Team Bath squad". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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