Netball Superleague

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Netball Superleague
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Netball Superleague season
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Sport Netball
Founded 2005
Inaugural season 2005
No. of teams 8
Country  England,  Wales
Most recent champion(s) Surrey Storm
Most titles Team Bath (5 titles)
TV partner(s) Sky Sports (UK)

The Netball Superleague (ZEO NSL) is the elite netball competition in England and Wales. The league, which runs from January to May, features seven teams from England and one from Wales. It is regularly shown on TV through the sports broadcaster Sky Sports, thanks to a major television deal signed in 2006. Naming rights to the competition were secured by ZEO. The league includes players from around the world including Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, England, Grenada, Uganda, South Africa, Wales, Namibia and Scotland.

Teams

Team Base
. Celtic Dragons Cardiff, Wales
. Yorkshire Jets* Yorkshire, England
. Loughborough Lightning Loughborough, Leicestershire
. Hertfordshire Mavericks Hatfield, Hertfordshire
. Manchester Thunder** Manchester, Greater Manchester
. Surrey Storm*** Guildford, Surrey
. Team Bath Bath, Somerset
. Team Northumbria Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

* Formerly the Leeds Carnegie. ** Formerly Northern Thunder *** Formerly the Brunel Hurricanes.

Winners

  • 2006 – Team Bath
  • 2007 – Team Bath
  • 2008 – Hertfordshire Mavericks
  • 2009 – Team Bath
  • 2010 – Team Bath
  • 2011 – Hertfordshire Mavericks
  • 2012 – Northern Thunder (now Manchester Thunder)
  • 2013 - Team Bath
  • 2014 - Manchester Poo
  • 2015 - Surrey Storm
  • 2016 - Surrey Storm

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