London Mavericks

London Mavericks is an English netball team based at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Their senior team plays in the Netball Super League where they were a founding member in 2005–06. They are two time Super League champions in 2007–08 and 2011. Due to various sponsorship deals and partnership arrangements, the team has played under several different 'Mavericks' names. They adopted their current name ahead of the 2025 season.^[1] Previously the franchise represented just England Netball's East Region, however as London Mavericks this has expanded to include Middlesex from London and South East.^[2]

London Mavericks

Founded	2005
Based in	Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Regions	East of England & Middlesex
Home venues	Herts Sports Village, University of Hertfordshire Wembley Arena
Head coach	Camilla Buchanan
Asst coach	Mikki Austin
Captain	Ellie Rattu
Premierships	2008, 2011
League	Netball Superleague
Website	londonmavericks.co.uk
Home Away

History

Galleria Mavericks

Mavericks were originally established in 2005 as the Netball Super League franchise for the East of England. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Celtic Dragons, Leeds Carnegie, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Thunder, Team Bath and Team Northumbria, the Mavericks were founder members of the league.^[3][4] The team was originally sponsored by The Galleria, an outlet store in Hatfield, and as a result were known as the Galleria Mavericks.^[5][6] After playing and losing in the first two Grand Finals, the Mavericks won their first Netball Super League title after defeating Loughborough Lightning by 43–39 in the 2007–08 Grand Final. Mavericks' Louisa Brownfield was the top scorer in the final. Other members of the team included Amanda Newton and Karen Atkinson.^[7][8][9]

Hertfordshire Mavericks

In 2009–10 the team was renamed Hertfordshire Mavericks.^[4] During this era they were also referred to as University of Hertfordshire Mavericks.^[10] In 2011, with a team featuring Louisa Brownfield, Layla Guscoth and Lindsay Keable, Mavericks' won their second Netball Super League title after defeating Surrey Storm by 57–46 in the Grand Final.^[11][12]

benecosMavericks

In July 2016 Mavericks signed a sponsorship deal with the natural beauty brand, benecos.^[13] In September 2017 benecos became Mavericks main sponsor and the team name changed from Hertfordshire Mavericks to benecosMavericks.^[14] They subsequently used this name during the 2018 season.^[15]

Saracens Mavericks

In January 2019 Mavericks formed a new partnership with the rugby union club, Saracens F.C. This saw the team become the Saracens Mavericks.^[16][17][18] They announced their split from Saracens at the end of the 2024 season.^[19]

London Mavericks

In May 2024 Mavericks announced its rebrand as London Mavericks as part of the 2025 Netball Super League relaunch.^[1][20] Tamsin Greenway was named as Director of Netball.^[21] In the 2025 season Mavericks finished in the top four for the first time since 2016, with the franchise finishing fifth in five of the last six seasons.^[22]

Senior finals

Netball Super League Grand Finals

Between 2006 and 2011, Mavericks played in six successive Netball Super League Grand Finals.

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2005–06[23]	Team Bath	43–35	Galleria Mavericks	Guildford Spectrum
2006–07[7]	Team Bath	53–45	Galleria Mavericks	Guildford Spectrum
2007–08[8][9]	Galleria Mavericks	43–39	Loughborough Lightning	K2 Leisure Centre
2008–09[24][25]	Team Bath	54–46	Galleria Mavericks	Coventry Skydome
2009–10[26]	Team Bath	51–44	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Trent FM Arena
2011[11][12]	Hertfordshire Mavericks	57–46	Surrey Storm	Herts Sports Village
2015[27][28]	Surrey Storm	56–39	Hertfordshire Mavericks	Copper Box Arena

Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2018 [29]	Wasps Netball	42–32	benecosMavericks	Copper Box Arena

Home venue

Mavericks play their home games at the University of Hertfordshire, Wembley Arena, Brentwood Centre, Essex and Brighton Sports Centre.^[30]

Notable players

2025 squad

2025 London Mavericks roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Emma Thacker (vc) GA, GS 22 August 2003 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Razia Quashie GK, GD 16 September 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Kira Rothwell GA, WA 29 October 2000 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Vicki Oyesola (vc)  GD, WD 16 January 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Ellie Rattu (c) C, WD 4 April 2000 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Isabella Phillips C, WD, GD 9 April 2006 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Suzie Liveseidge GA, WA 1 June 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Amelia Hall C, WA, GA 29 April 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Emily Andrew GS 28 February 2003 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Chelsea Blackman  GD, GK 29 September 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Jemma Donoghue GD, WD 10 June 2001 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Amy Hepworth-Wain (TRP) WD, C 1 November 1993 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Head coach Camilla Buchanan Assistant coach Mikki Austin Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 18 April 2025

Internationals

England
Ama Agbeze[31] Karen Atkinson Louisa Brownfield Ella Clark Kadeen Corbin	Sasha Corbin Shaunagh Craig Chloe Essam George Fisher Jodie Gibson	Layla Guscoth Jo Harten Lindsay Keable Amanda Newton Razia Quashie	Vicki Oyesola Ellie Ratu

Northern Ireland

Shaunagh Craig Michelle Drayne

Australia

Karyn Bailey Samantha May

New Zealand

Keshia Grant Joline Henry

Jamaica

Jhaniele Fowler[31]

Trinidad and Tobago

Samantha Wallace

Head coaches

Maggie Jackson was the head coach when Mavericks were Netball Super League champions in both 2007–08 and 2011.^[8][9][12] In addition to been named head coach, both Robyn Broughton and Kathryn Ratnapala were given the role of Director of Netball.^[32][33]

Camilla Buchanan is the current head coach of London Mavericks, having played at the club since 2008, winning the Super League title.^[34] Tamsin Greenway was named Director of Netball ahead of the 2025 season.^[21]

Coach	Years
Maggie Jackson[8][9][35]	2005–2008
Kendra Slawinski[36]	2009–20xx
Maggie Jackson[12]	c. 2011
Karen Atkinson[37]	20xx–2014
Sam Bird[37][38][32]	2014–2016
Robyn Broughton[32][33]	2016–2017
Kathryn Ratnapala[33]	2017–2022
Camilla Buchanan	2023–

Director of Netball	Years
Robyn Broughton[32][33]	2016–2017
Kathryn Ratnapala[39]	2017-2022
Tamsin Greenway[21]	2025-

Pathway

London Mavericks region consist of 8 counties where it supports the development of talent and participation.^[2] These are Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, East Essex, Essex Thurrock, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk from England Netball's East Region and expanded to include Middlesex from London and South East during its rebrand to London Mavericks.^[2]

In this region Mavericks offers NXT Gen (U23), U19, U17 and U15 squads as well as 6 x player development pathway squads (including a U21 team) and Mavericks Future programs.^[40]

It has 6 partner schools: Queenswood School, Berkhamsted School, Samuel Ryder Academy, The Bishop's Stortford High School and Stephen Perse Foundation.^[2]

Honours

• Netball Super League
  • Winners: 2007–08, 2011: 2
  • Runners up: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015: 5
• British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
  • Runners up: 2018: 1