2017 Team Bath netball season

The 2017 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish fourth overall in the 2017 Netball Superleague. Team Bath won seven games in a row to finish fourth in the regular season. Their qualification for the play-offs was only secured on the last day. In the semi-final they were beaten by Loughborough Lightning. They went on to finish fourth overall after defeat to Manchester Thunder in the 3rd/4th place play-off.[1][2]

Team Bath

2017 season
Captain	Eboni Beckford-Chambers
Coach Director of Netball	Anna Stembridge Jess Thirlby
Netball Superleague	4th
Mike Greenwood Trophy	2nd
Tri-Tournament	1st

Squad

2017 Team Bath roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Imogen Allison WD, C, WA 24 April 1998 (aged 18) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Eboni Beckford-Chambers (c) GD, GK 4 February 1988 (aged 29) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Samantha Cook GK, GD 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Layla Guscoth GD, GK 2 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Chelsea Lewis GS, GA 24 November 1993 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Paige Reed GS, GA 9 July 1997 (aged 19) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Mia Ritchie C, WA 7 February 1990 (aged 27) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Laura Rudland GA, WA 6 November 1994 (aged 22) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Jess Shaw C, WA 17 April 1996 (aged 20) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Rachel Shaw GA, WA 29 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jazz Scott C, WA 21 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Shantal Slater GS, GA 24 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Amanda Varey C, WA 5 November 1987 (aged 29) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Vangelee Williams GK, GD, WD 26 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Head coach Anna Stembridge Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 12 February 2020

Source:[3][4][5]

Preseason

Mike Greenwood Trophy

Team Bath reached the final of the Mike Greenwood Trophy but lost to Netball Superleague newcomers Wasps.[6]

10 December 2016

Team Bath

25–14

Celtic Dragons

10 December 2016

Team Bath

24–13

Hertfordshire Mavericks

10 December 2016

Team Bath

26–18

Manchester Thunder

10 December 2016

Team Bath

15–19

Wasps

10 December 2016

Team Bath

15–22

Wasps

Tri-Tournament

On 7 January 2017 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Loughborough Lightning and Wasps.[7]

7 January 2017

Team Bath

39–26

Loughborough Lightning

University of Bath

7 January 2017

Team Bath

36–27

Wasps

University of Bath

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Win/Loss
18 February 2017	Celtic Dragons	A	41–51	W
25 February 2017	Hertfordshire Mavericks	A	42–49	W
6 March 2017	Loughborough Lightning	H	41–47	L
11 March 2017	Severn Stars	A	39–48	W
20 March 2017	Surrey Storm	H	46–52	L
24 March 2017	Team Northumbria	H	47–38	W
31 March 2017	Scottish Sirens	A	51–45	L
7 April 2017	Manchester Thunder	H	41–48	L
14 April 2017	Hertfordshire Mavericks	H	45–46	L
17 April 2017	Loughborough Lightning	A	40–49	L
22 April 2017	Celtic Dragons	H	58–48	W
28 April 2017	Severn Stars	H	59–33	W [8]
1 May 2017	Surrey Storm	A	49–56	W
8 May 2017	Wasps	H	55–53	W [9]
15 May 2017	Team Northumbria	A	44–56	W
19 May 2017	Scottish Sirens	H	63–47	W
29 May 2017	Manchester Thunder	A	45–57	W
3 June 2017	Wasps	A	49–35	L

Source:[10][11]

Final table

2017 Netball Superleague ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Loughborough Lightning (I)	18	17	0	1	1104	882	+222	51	Qualified for the Final Four
2	Wasps (I)	18	14	0	4	1068	863	+205	42
3	Manchester Thunder (I)	18	13	0	5	1016	941	+75	39
4	Team Bath (I)	18	11	0	7	892	821	+71	33
5	Surrey Storm (I)	18	10	0	8	1077	996	+81	30
6	Scottish Sirens	18	9	0	9	988	963	+25	27
7	Hertfordshire Mavericks (I)	18	6	0	12	897	1002	−105	18
8	Severn Stars (I)	18	5	0	13	847	993	−146	15
9	Team Northumbria (I)	18	3	0	15	884	1068	−184	9
10	Celtic Dragons	18	2	0	16	852	1096	−244	6

Source: [12][10][13][14]
(I) Invited to play in the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship.

Play offs

Semi-final

10 June 2017		Loughborough Lightning	66–45	Team Bath		Barclaycard Arena [1][15]
		Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 29–22, 52–32, 66–45

3rd/4th place play-off

11 June 2017 14:30		Manchester Thunder	56–48	Team Bath		Barclaycard Arena [2][16][17]
		Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 28–25, 42–33, 56–48
		?		Chelsea Lewis

Team Bath end-of-season awards

Award	Winners
Players' Player of the Year	Rachel Shaw
Coaches' Player of the Year	Layla Guscoth
Fans' Player of the Year	Samantha Cook
Endeavour Award	Imogen Allison

Source:[18]

References

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