2005–06 Netball Superleague season

Netball Superleague season 2005–06 Netball Superleague season Netball Superleague 8 20px Team Bath Champions 20px Galleria Mavericks AENA Super Cup 2005 2006–07 Netball Superleague season 2006–07 The 2005–06 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the figleaves.com Netball Superleague) was the inaugural season of the new Netball Superleague which replaced the Super Cup as the top level netball competition in England. The inaugural champions were Team Bath, who defeated Galleria Mavericks in the grand final. Overview The Netball Superleague replaced the Super Cup as the top level netball competition in England. Four of the six Super Cup teams – Brunel Hurricanes, Northern Thunder, Team Bath and Team Northumbria – were joined by four new teams – Celtic Dragons, Galleria Mavericks, Leeds Carnegie and Loughborough Lightning – to become the eight founder members of the Netball Superleague. The season started in October 2005 and concluded in June 2006. Its main sponsor was figleaves.com.https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/8664/2/Fulltext.pdf The UK Netball Superleague: A Case Study of Franchising in Elite Women's Sport 1 January 2012 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 Dr. Louise Mansfield & Dr. Lara Killickhttps://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-sport-netball-108766848.html SPORT Netball www.alamy.com 2 April 2020 4 October 2005https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/netball-abbys-habit-given-a-new-lease-of-life-510170.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/netball-abbys-habit-given-a-new-lease-of-life-510170.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Netball: Abby's habit given a new lease of life www.independent.co.uk 2 April 2020 9 October 2005https://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2005/102_LboroLightning.html Lightning to strike at Loughborough University www.lboro.ac.uk 2 April 2020 28 October 2005 3 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200603161249/https://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2005/102_LboroLightning.html deadhttp://www.sportfocus.com/newspub/story.cfm?ID=17391 Competition Intensifies as figleaves.com Netball Superleague Progresses www.sportfocus.com 2 April 2020 11 February 2006 With a squad that included Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Stacey Francis, Jess Garland, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor, Team Bath won the inaugural Netball Superleague title.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/netball/5045504.stm TeamBath take Superleague title news.bbc.co.uk 5 April 2020 4 June 2006http://www.teambath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Team-Bath-Netball-2005-06-squad.jpg 2005–06 Team Bath squad www.teambath.com 18 February 2020 10 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200110220040/https://www.teambath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Team-Bath-Netball-2005-06-squad.jpg deadhttp://www.teambath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Team-Bath-Netball-2006-07-squad.jpg 2006–07 Team Bath squad www.teambath.com 1 April 2020 10 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200110220111/https://www.teambath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Team-Bath-Netball-2006-07-squad.jpg dead Teams 2005–06 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 Centrehttp://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/other-sport/netball-worked-into-a-sweat-4597642 Netball: Worked into a sweat! www.thejournal.co.uk 2 April 2020 27 November 2005August 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes North East England Source:https://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2005/102_LboroLightning.html Lightning to strike at Loughborough University www.lboro.ac.uk 2 April 2020 28 October 2005 3 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200603161249/https://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2005/102_LboroLightning.html deadhttp://www.sportfocus.com/newspub/story.cfm?ID=17391 Competition Intensifies as figleaves.com Netball Superleague Progresses www.sportfocus.com 2 April 2020 11 February 2006 Grand final 2006 Netball Superleague Grand Final #EEEEEE 10 June 2006 Team Bath 43 Galleria Mavericks 35 10–8 22–15 32–22 43–35 Rachel Dunn 29 34Pamela Cookey 14 28 Lynsey Armitage 15 18Louisa Brownfield 13 19Ann Marie Muller 4 8Heather Clarke 3 6 Guildford Spectrumhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/netball/5045504.stm TeamBath take Superleague title news.bbc.co.uk 5 April 2020 4 June 2006 Bill Alexanderand Margaret Deighan References 3 2005-06 Category:2005 in Welsh women's sport Category:2006 in Welsh women's sport