2015 Surrey Storm season

The 2015 Surrey Storm season saw them finish as Netball Superleague champions for the first time. Between 2011 and 2014, Surrey Storm played in three out of the four grand finals. After finishing as runners up in all three, Surrey Storm won their first Netball Superleague title in 2015. During the regular season they finish second behind Manchester Thunder. They subsequently defeated Yorkshire Jets at the semi-final stage before defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final.[1][2][3][4][5]

Surrey Storm

2015 season
Captain	Hannah Reid
Coach Director of Netball	Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway
Netball Superleague	1st
Top goalscorer	League: Rachel Dunn All: Rachel Dunn  552/646 (85%)

Squad

2015 Surrey Storm roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Kathryn Ainsworth WD, WA, C – Mikki Austin C, WA 2 August 1993 (aged 21) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Laurelle Borck C – Pamela Cookey GA, GS, WA 2 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Rachel Dunn GS, GA 14 November 1982 (aged 32) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Amy Flanagan C, WD 1 November 1993 (aged 21) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Becky Gentle GD – Tamsin Greenway C, WA, GA 6 October 1982 (aged 32) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Katie Harris GS, GA 30 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Katy Holland GK, GD 19 February 1991 (aged 23) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Josie Huckle GK, GD 24 September 1991 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kat Hayes GA, WA – Georgia Lees WA 15 February 1994 (aged 20) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bongiwe Msomi C, WA 19 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) Hannah Reid (c) GD, GK –	Head coach Tamsin Greenway Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 27 May 2020

Source:[6][7][8][9]

Pre-season

Friendly

27 October 2014

Surrey Storm

40–51

Wales

Surrey Sports Park [10]

ReEnergise Tri-Tournament

29 November 2014

Surrey Storm

33–29

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Surrey Sports Park [11]

29 November 2014

Surrey Storm

29–27

Team Bath

Surrey Sports Park [11]

Regular season

Results

Round 1

26 January 2015 19:45	Report	Manchester Thunder	55–52	Surrey Storm		Manchester Thunderdome [12]
		Helen Housby  34/37 (92%) Kathryn Turner  21/25 (84%)		Rachel Dunn  30/32 (94%) Pamela Cookey  22/25 (88%)

Round 2

7 February 2015 19:00	Report	Surrey Storm	74–51	Yorkshire Jets		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  58/67 (87%) Pamela Cookey  16/20 (80%)		Lottysha Cato  48/51 (94%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  3/3 (100%)

Round 3

9 February 2015 19:45	Report	Team Bath	42–56	Surrey Storm		University of Bath	Sky Sports
		Rosie Allison  36/41 (88%) Asha Francis  3/6 (50%) Rachel Shaw  3/5 (60%)		Rachel Dunn  38/43 (88%) Pamela Cookey  18/19 (95%)

Round 4

14 February 2015 19:00	Report	Surrey Storm	66–49	Celtic Dragons		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  41/46 (89%) Pamela Cookey  16/18 (89%) Kat Hayes  9/13 (69%)		Chelsea Lewis  35/45 (78%) Cara Lea Moseley  8/11 (73%) Emma Thomas  6/7 (86%)

Round 5

21 February 2015 18:00

Report

Loughborough Lightning

48–68

Surrey Storm

Loughborough University

Round 6

28 February 2015 20:00	Report	Surrey Storm	69–35	Team Northumbria		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  43/53 (81%) Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%) Katie Harris  6/6 (100%)		Jatjinda Kambatuku  16/22 (73%) Caroline O'Hanlon  8/14 (57%) Ellie Smith  7/9 (78%) Kayley Moss  5/6 (83%)

Round 7

7 March 2015 18:00	Report	Surrey Storm	55–42	Hertfordshire Mavericks		Copper Box Arena Attendance: 6,033
		Rachel Dunn  36/38 (95%) Pamela Cookey  19/22 (86%)		Louisa Watson  22/24 (92%) Kadeen Corbin  15/18 (83%) Sophie Hankin  4/7 (57%) Sarah East  1/2 (50%)

Round 8

14 March 2015 19:00	Report	Surrey Storm	47–58	Manchester Thunder		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  29/37 (78%) Pamela Cookey  18/21 (86%)		Helen Housby  39/40 (98%) Kathryn Turner  19/20 (95%)

Round 9

17 March 2015 20:00	Report	Surrey Storm	61–39	Team Bath		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  41/50 (82%) Pamela Cookey  20/22 (91%)		Rosie Allison  21/23 (91%) Asha Francis  9/14 (64%) Shaunagh Craig  7/9 (78%) Rachel Shaw  2/2 (100%)

Round 10

20 March 2015 20:00

Report

Yorkshire Jets

56–69

Surrey Storm

Leeds Beckett University

Round 11

28 March 2015 16:00

Report

Celtic Dragons

30–73

Surrey Storm

Sport Wales National Centre

Round 12

4 April 2015 19:00	Report	Surrey Storm	74–45	Loughborough Lightning		Surrey Sports Park
		Rachel Dunn  46/56 (82%) Pamela Cookey  23/26 (88%) Katie Harris  5/6 (83%)		Peace Proscovia  40/43 (93%) Flo Edwards  2/2 (100%) Vanessa Walker  2/2 (100%) Maryka Holtzhausen  1/1 (100%)

Round 13

6 April 2015 14:00	Report	Hertfordshire Mavericks	41–59	Surrey Storm		Hertfordshire Sports Village
		Sarah East  25/30 (83%) Sophie Hankin  8/10 (80%) Louisa Watson  8/10 (80%)		Rachel Dunn  30/43 (70%) Pamela Cookey  29/33 (88%)

Round 14

13 April 2015 19:30	Report	Team Northumbria	20–86	Surrey Storm		Sport Central
		Jatjinda Kambatuku  4/7 (57%) Ellie Smith  1/1 (100%) Lisa Bowman  15/17 (88%)		Rachel Dunn  34/45 (76%) Pamela Cookey  30/33 (91%) Kat Hayes  11/13 (85%) Katie Harris  11/12 (92%)

Source:[13]

Final table

2015 Netball Superleague

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester Thunder (Q)	14	14	0	0	859	630	+229	42	Qualified for the play-offs
2	Surrey Storm (Q)	14	12	0	2	985	671	+314	36
3	Yorkshire Jets (Q)	14	10	0	4	880	806	+74	30
4	Hertfordshire Mavericks (Q)	14	8	0	6	747	666	+81	24
5	Team Bath	14	5	0	9	606	631	−25	15
6	Loughborough Lightning	14	4	0	10	688	747	−59	12
7	Celtic Dragons	14	2	0	12	564	821	−257	6
8	Team Northumbria	14	1	0	13	526	847	−321	3

Source: [13][14]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-offs

Semi-finals

18 April 2015 16:10		Surrey Storm	76–60	Yorkshire Jets		Surrey Sports Park [15]
		Rachel Dunn  43/49 (88%) Pamela Cookey  33/38 (87%)		Lottysha Cato  55/58 (95%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  4/5 (80%) Nikki Smith  1/1 (100%)

Grand Final

25 April 2015 18:10		Surrey Storm	56–39	Hertfordshire Mavericks		Copper Box Arena [3][4][5] Attendance: 6,000 Umpires: Gary Burgess Jackie Mizon	Sky Sports
		Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 26–20, 38–30, 56–39
		Pamela Cookey Rachel Dunn		Louisa Watson Kadeen Corbin

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