Team Bath is an English netball team based at the

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. Their senior team plays in the

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. In 2005–06 they were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the league. They were Superleague champions again in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and

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, and British Fast5 All-Stars Champions in 2021. The netball team is one of several sports teams based at the University of Bath that use the

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brand name. Others include an

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team and a

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team.

History

Early years

The modern Team Bath

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team was formed during the late 1990s following the merger of several clubs and teams. These include Bath Netball Club, Bath Tigers and the Toucans Netball Club. The Team Bath Toucans name is still used by Team Bath's National Premier League team.

Super Cup

Between 2001 and 2005, Team Bath Force, together with five other franchises –

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, London Hurricanes, University of Birmingham Blaze and Northern Thunder – competed in the Super Cup. In 2004, with a squad that included

Sara Bayman Sara Francis-Bayman ( Bayman, born 23 December 1984) is a netball player and coach from Billinge near Wigan, England. She represented England in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At a club level, Bayman has represented Team Bath, Manchester Thunde ...

Rachel Dunn Rachel Margaret Dunn (born 14 November 1982) is an English international netball player. Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa, and was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 a ...

Jess Garland Jess Thirlby (born 15 November 1979), previously known as Jess Garland, is a former England netball international and the current head coach of the England national netball team. As a player, she was a member of the Team Bath squad that won t ...

Tamsin Greenway Tamsin Greenway (born 6 October 1982) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. Between 2006 and 2018 sh ...

and

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, Team Bath won the Super Cup. In the final they defeated Northern Thunder 49–43. In 2005, with a squad that included Sara Bayman and

Pamela Cookey Pamela Asibie Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a former English netball player, usually posted to goal attack (GA). Club career In domestic netball, Cookey has played with Team Bath in the Netball Superleague sinc ...

, Team Bath also won the

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netball championship for the first time.

Netball Superleague

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Team Bath were named as the

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franchise in the new

. Together with

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, Northern Thunder, Loughborough Lightning and Team Northumbria, Team Bath were founder members of the league. In 2005–06 with a squad that included

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and

, Team Bath won the inaugural Netball Superleague title. Team Bath won further Netball Superleague titles in 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 and

Senior finals

Super Cup

Netball Superleague Grand Finals

Between

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and 2009–10, Team Bath played in four out of five

Grand Finals. They reached their first Grand Final for eight years in 2021.

Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

Team Bath played in the inaugural British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship final in 2017 and won the competition for the first time in 2021.

Home venue

Team Bath play their home matches in the Team Bath Arena at the Sports Training Village on the

campus.

Notable players

2023 squad

Internationals

; ; *

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; * Khanyisa Chawane *

Lenize Potgieter Lenize Potgieter (born 2 May 1994) is a South African professional netball player who currently plays for Manchester Thunder and the South Africa national netball team, South African national team. Early life Potgieter was born in Polokwane, L ...

Karla Pretorius Karla Pretorius (née Mostert; born 12 March 1990) is a South African netball player, currently playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning and the South Africa SPAR Proteas Netball. She plays in the positions of Goal Defence (GD) and Wing Defence ...

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; *

Vangelee Williams Vangelee Williams (born 26 May 1992) is a Jamaican international netball player. Williams is a member of the Jamaica national netball team, the Sunshine Girls, and primarily plays at WD, GD and GK. She debuted for the Sunshine Girls in 2012 again ...

; *

Claire Brownie Claire Maxwell (born 10 August 1988), also known as Claire Brownie, is a Scotland netball international. She captained Scotland at both the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2019 Netball World Cup. She also represented Scotland at the 2014 Common ...

; * Chelsea Lewis *Betsy Creak

Coaches

Head coaches

Directors of netball

Seasons

* 2016 Team Bath netball season * 2017 Team Bath netball season * 2018 Team Bath netball season * 2019 Team Bath netball season *

2020 Team Bath netball season The 2020 Team Bath netball season will see Team Bath play in the 2020 Netball Superleague. Squad Preseason Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship On 12 October 2019, Team Bath played in the Fast5 Netball All-Stars Cham ...

2021 Team Bath netball season

Honours

**''Winners'': 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,

: 5 **''Runners-up:'' 2021: 1 * British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship **''Winners:'' 2021: 1 **''Runners up'': 2017: 1 * Super Cup **''Winners'': 2004: 1 *

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**''Winners'': 2015: 1 **''Runners up'': 2016: 1

References

External links

Team Bath on Facebook

Team Bath on Twitter
{{University of Bath Netball teams in England

Netball Superleague teams