2018 Team Bath netball season

The 2018 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish fourth in the 2018 Netball Superleague regular season. They subsequently lost to Wasps in a play-off semi-final.^[1] During their pre-season, Team Bath also played in the inaugural Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship and finished as runners up after losing the final to Loughborough Lightning.^[2][3][4]

Team Bath netball
2018 season
Head coach	Anna Stembridge
Captain	Eboni Beckford-Chambers
Main venue	Team Bath Arena Sports Training Village University of Bath
Season results
Wins–losses	11–8
Regular season	4th
Finals placing	Semi-finals
Team colours

Squad

2018 Team Bath roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Imogen Allison WD, C, WA (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 19) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Eboni Beckford-Chambers (c) GD, GK (1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 30) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kadeen Corbin GA, GS (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 (aged 26) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sophie Drakeford-Lewis WA, GA (1998-12-10)10 December 1998 (aged 19) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Asha Francis GA, WA (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 (aged 31) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Layla Guscoth GD, GK (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 25) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Josie Janz-Dawson GD, GK (1988-02-24)24 February 1988 (aged 29) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Chelsea Lewis GS, GA (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 24) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Tash Pavelin GD, GK, WD (1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 19) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Paige Reed GS, GA (1997-07-09)9 July 1997 (aged 20) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Mia Ritchie C, WA (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 28) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Abi Robson WD, C (1998-09-15)15 September 1998 (aged 19) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Jess Shaw C, WA (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 21) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Rachel Shaw GA, WA (1992-04-29)29 April 1992 (aged 25) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jazz Scott C, WA (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 23) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Zanele Vimbela GD, GK (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 (aged 28) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Head coach Anna Stembridge Director Of Netball: Jess Thirlby Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 13 February 2020

Source:^[5][6][7][8]

Preseason

Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

On 24 September 2017, Team Bath played in the inaugural Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. Team Bath reached the final but lost to Loughborough Lightning.^[2][3][4]

Double Elimination Stage

24 September 2017

Team Bath

19–18

Team Northumbria

The O2 Arena

24 September 2017

Team Bath

26–5

benecosMavericks

The O2 Arena

Semi-final

24 September 2017

Team Bath

34–26

Severn Stars

The O2 Arena

Final

24 September 2017

Team Bath

33–35

Loughborough Lightning

The O2 Arena[4]

Tri-Tournament

On 6 January 2018 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Severn Stars and Wasps. The tournament was broadcast live on BBC Sport.^[9]

6 January 2018

Team Bath

35–27

Severn Stars

Team Bath Arena

BBC Sport

6 January 2018

Team Bath

29–25

Wasps

Team Bath Arena

BBC Sport

Mike Greenwood Trophy

Team Bath played three games at the 2018 Mike Greenwood Trophy tournament but failed to register a win. Traditionally a pre-season tournament, the 2018 event, was switched to April this season to act as a warm-up for the restart of the 2018 Netball Superleague season, following the five-week Commonwealth Games break.^[10][11]

14 April 2018

Team Bath

24–27

Team Northumbria

14 April 2018

Team Bath

24–31

Manchester Thunder

14 April 2018

Team Bath

20–31

benecosMavericks

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Date	Opponents	H/A	Result	Win/loss
10 February 2018	Team Northumbria	A	39–52	W
19 February 2018	Celtic Dragons	A	35–54	W
23 February 2018	Surrey Storm	H	60–44	W
26 February 2018	Severn Stars	A	47–48	W
9 March 2018	Manchester Thunder	H	51–60	L
17 March 2018	Loughborough Lightning	A	54–59	W
22 April 2018	Wasps	A	61–44	L
29 April 2018	benecosMavericks	A	57–41	L
4 May 2018	Celtic Dragons	H	66–39	W
7 May 2018	Severn Stars	H	51–35	W
12 May 2018	Surrey Storm	A	56–51	W
21 May 2018	Team Northumbria	H	54–42	W
26 May 2018	Sirens	A	51–43	L
1 June 2018	benecosMavericks	H	54–45	W
4 June 2018	Sirens	H	60–34	W
8 June 2018	Loughborough Lightning	H	42–43	L
15 June 2018	Wasps	H	40–58	L
23 June 2018	Manchester Thunder	A	54–47	L

Source:^[12][13]

Final table

2018 Netball Superleague ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wasps Netball (Q)	18	16	2	1123	821	+302	48	Qualify for the play-offs
2	Loughborough Lightning (Q)	18	15	3	1054	852	+202	45
3	Manchester Thunder (Q)	18	15	3	1056	887	+169	45
4	Team Bath (Q)	18	11	7	922	849	+73	33
5	benecosMavericks (Q)	18	10	8	979	912	+67	30
6	Severn Stars (Q)	18	8	10	904	883	+21	24
7	Surrey Storm (Q)	18	5	13	904	1004	−100	15
8	Sirens (Q)	18	5	13	815	962	−147	15
9	Team Northumbria[a]	18	3	15	817	1022	−205	9
10	Celtic Dragons	18	2	16	768	1150	−382	6

Source: ^[12][14]
(Q) Top eight qualify for the 2018 Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
Notes:

1. London Pulse replaced Team Northumbria for the 2019 Netball Superleague season

Playoffs

Semi-final

30 June 2018		Team Bath	39–54	Wasps		University of Worcester Arena[1]
		Scoring by quarter: 7–12, 13–29, 25–41, 39–54
		Scoring by half: 13, 29

Team Bath end-of-season awards

Award	Winners
Players' Player of the Year	Mia Ritchie
Coaches' Player of the Year	Layla Guscoth
Fans' Player of the Year	Kadeen Corbin
Endeavour Award	Jazz Scott

Source:^[15]