2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final

2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final
Event	2006–07 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.
Date	9 June 2007
Venue	Guildford Spectrum, Guildford
Player of the Match	Geva Mentor
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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]

Route to the Final

Match summary

9 June 2007	Team Bath	53–45	Galleria 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 Assistant Coaches: Fiona Murtagh and Sam Bird^[3] 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

^ ^a ^b "Team Bath defend their Super League Title". womensportreport.com. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "2006–07 Team Bath squad". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "2007 Netball Super League Final, Bath v Mavericks, Guildford, 9th June". www.ournetballhistory.org.uk. 9 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[womensport090607-1] "Team Bath defend their Super League Title". womensportreport.com. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[teambath200607-2] "2006–07 Team Bath squad". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[onh090607-3] "2007 Netball Super League Final, Bath v Mavericks, Guildford, 9th June". www.ournetballhistory.org.uk. 9 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

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