Superleague Netball Superhero 2021: Storm Surrey, Strathclyde Bath and Strathclyde Team Info Affects | Netball News

Surrey Storm, Team Bath Netball and Strathclyde Sirens won the second day of the Vitality Netball Superleague season in Wakefield on Saturday.

The trio teamed up with Leeds Rhinos Netball and Manchester Thunder in making a successful start to their campaigns in 2021 while an action weekend continued at Studio 001.

London rivals Storm and Pulse won the first exciting game of the day, with Storm emerging, before the Bath Netball Team showed off their title credentials against the Dragons.

Finally in court were Severn Stars and Strathclyde Sirens. The two did not disappoint as they pushed each other to the wire, before the Sirens won.

The start of the season continues on Sunday with three more games to be seen via the Sky Sports YouTube channel, before both tournaments go live on Monday Sky Sports Mix.

Kelly fires Storm to an opening win

Surrey Storm took on London Pulse in an exciting competition to kick-start Saturday’s action in Wakefield, 16-year-old Sophie Kelly, the hero for Mikki Austin’s team

The teams had met in one of the few games questioned in the 2020 season and, after Pulse won 12 months ago, it was Storm who got revenge with a 42-40 victory.

Kelly, part of England’s U17 and U19 teams, came on to make her Superleague debut when Storm’s starting attack, Emma Magee, suffered a head injury after just four minutes, but the teenager was not caught. -ever.

After a blistering start to the postponed 2020 season, Pulse wanted to pick up where they left off but Storm started faster, responding Lefebre Rademan opening the scoring with a run blistering of seven unanswered goals.

Traveling with four after the opening 12 minutes, Pulse then fell six behind before they finally managed to get away at Surrey’s win. Coach Sam Bird turned to Kira Rothwell for Rademan as she struggled to gain some control against a Storm defense that had Leah Middleton and Niamh Cooper uplifting.

Sigi Burger pulled a Pulse inside one and Rothwell was on hand to balance the scores for the first time since the opening exchanges, but Storm rebalanced and held on with two at half-time.

Pulse continued to create the clear openings, but they were a waste in the firing circle, in contrast Karyn Bailey and Kelly were relentlessly seizing the opportunities that came their way. Halfway through the third quarter Pulse managed to make his way into the lead for the first time from the opening score thanks to a three-goal explosion from Burger.

Bird’s team maintained their win, Olivia Tchine helping them into a one-goal lead going into the quarter-finals and then a two-goal win through the early stages of the final 12 minutes.

Storm pulled a level at 35-35 and made the decisive move in a low-scoring contest with a 5-1 run leading them to Pulse could not turn – despite one or two late chances to pull off. a draw that marked their afternoon work by feeding them into the ring letting them down.

It wasn’t going to be for Pulse who is back in action next Sunday, while Storm are looking to hold a 100 percent start in less than 24 hours when they face the Saracens Mavericks.

An encouraging first from the hopeful title Bath

Anna Stembridge’s Bath outfits, like Pulse and Thunder, had a quick start in the 2020 season before being relegated, and confirmed why they are among the favorites for the title with a 61st win. -29 over the Dragons.

Early on both teams made mistakes, as many have done after so long without competitive action. But as the opening quarter progressed, Bath began to attack their tempo and worked well in their newspapers.

When she returned to Superleague, England ‘s third captain Serena Guthrie enjoyed a lot of space and was successful, feeding the strong efforts of Sophie Drakeford-Lewis and Kim Borger without effort.

Bath’s bat work result was a six-goal advantage, but like Annika Lee-Jones they began to use her height more in the ring and Dragons looked to Amy Clinton earlier in the attack, the Welsh team finished the first quarter strongly to keep Bath to a 13-9 advantage.

At the start of the second quarter Eboni Usoro-Brown, who has been documenting his return to elite netball after his birth, returned to court and the quarterback responded international with no effort to -in Bath head protection. The most decorated side in Superleague history put their foot on the gas.

Imogen Allison worked hard in defense, while Borger got the better of Lee-Jones, and, as Friday night’s affairs were against the Rhinos, the Dragons found themselves facing a major half-time deficit. .

At 31-15 down, Tania Hoffman used the break to make wholesale changes. Christina Shaw showed how flexible she was as she moved from WD to GK, while Claire Jones put on the WD bib, with Sophie Morgan and Shona O’Dwyer finishing a modern midfield.

In what seemed to be a growing theme during the busy season, Stembridge also decided the third quarter was the time to mix things up, with Betsy Creek, Charlie Curtis and Abi Robson reaching the replacing Borger, Tash Pavelin and Guthrie.

The changes did little to get Bath on hold of the game, instead their playing speed and weight drained the Dragons ’tired energy resources and lifted them over the finish line, with plenty in the game. the tank for Sunday’s rain against Loughborough.

Sirens show awakening to Stars Stars

Strathclyde Valley picked up the wins from their first game on Friday night and went out on seven Stars 36-30 in a broadcast competition to end the day.

It was clear from the start that the game was going to compete strongly from post to post.

Despite good pressure from Lucy Herdman, Sirens ’Bethan Goodwin and Lyndsey Gallagher remained confident with their looks and, at the other end, Liana Leota set the tone for Stars with her feeds into Georgia Rowe.

Although the Sirens found a two-goal margin halfway through the quarter, they were dragged back in and just one goal they separated after the opening 12 minutes.

In the second quarter, Towera Vinkhumbo did his best to give the Sirens the ball they needed to break completely free, but Stars remained firm.

As the quarterback played out, he remained tight and tight before the Scottish outfit finished stronger and created a 19-16 half-time advantage.

After the interim. Melissa Bessell put Lucy Harris at C and Iman Thomas at GD, and Karen Atkinson decided to stick to the same line. The Sirens ’consistency paid off, as Vinkhumbo cast doubt on Stars’ minds, and the Scottish suit created a four-goal try.

From a 26-22 favor position, the final quarter was a zero test for Sirens and Stars.

The 18-year-old Goodwin hunter was introduced to mastery by Sirens Atkinson’s technical director and that change turned into a game-changer.

Goodwin created a big target in the ring and although Stars never gave up, the Sirens were finally able to move away and get the victory they wanted.

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