The 2005–06
Netball Superleague
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season (known for sponsorship reasons as the
figleaves.com Netball Superleague) was the inaugural season of the new Netball Superleague which replaced the
Super Cup
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as the top level netball competition in
England
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. The inaugural champions were
Team Bath
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, who defeated
Galleria Mavericks in the
grand final
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.
Overview
The
Netball Superleague
The Netball Super League is an elite netball league in the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in Netball in England, England, Netball in Wales, Wales and previously Netball in Scotland, Scotland. ...
replaced the
Super Cup
A super cup is a competition, in association football, basketball, handball, volleyball and rugby union which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competi ...
as the top level netball competition in
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
. Four of the six Super Cup teams –
Brunel Hurricanes,
Northern Thunder,
Team Bath
Team Bath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, Team Bath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper o ...
and
Team Northumbria – were joined by four new teams –
Celtic Dragons,
Galleria Mavericks,
Leeds Carnegie
Leeds Carnegie was a brand name used by several sports teams associated with the Carnegie School of Physical Education, now part of Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LM ...
and
Loughborough Lightning – to become the eight founder members of the
Netball Superleague
The Netball Super League is an elite netball league in the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in Netball in England, England, Netball in Wales, Wales and previously Netball in Scotland, Scotland. ...
. The season started in October 2005 and concluded in June 2006. Its main sponsor was
figleaves.com.
With a squad that included
Pamela Cookey
Pamela Asibie Cookey (born 2 September 1984 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a former English netball player who mostly played at goal attack (GA).
Club career
In domestic netball, Cookey has played with Team Bath in the Netball Superleague sin ...
,
Rachel Dunn
Rachel Margaret Dunn (born 14 November 1982) is an English former international netball player who was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and who has over 250 Netball Super League appea ...
,
Stacey Francis
Stacey Francis-Bayman ( Francis, born 1 January 1988) 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. At club ...
,
Jess Garland,
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 she ...
and
Geva Mentor
Geva Kate Mentor CBE (born 17 September 1984) is a former England netball international and current Netball Super League player for Leeds Rhinos Netball. She has competed for England in six Commonwealth Games, winning a historic gold medal a ...
, Team Bath won the inaugural Netball Superleague title.
Teams
Grand final
References
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2005-06
2005 in Welsh women's sport
2006 in Welsh women's sport