2015 Surrey Storm season

The 2015 Surrey Storm season saw them finish as Netball Superleague champions for the first time. Between 2011 and 2014, Surrey Storm played in three out of the four grand finals. After finishing as runners up in all three, Surrey Storm won their first Netball Superleague title in 2015. During the regular season they finish second behind Manchester Thunder. They subsequently defeated Yorkshire Jets at the semi-final stage before defeating Hertfordshire Mavericks in the grand final.[1][2][3][4][5]

Surrey Storm
2015 season
Head coachTamsin Greenway
CaptainHannah Reid
Main venueSurrey Sports Park
Season results
Wins–losses14–2
Regular season2nd
Finals placing1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Surrey Storm seasons
← 2014

Squad edit

2015 Surrey Storm roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
  Kathryn Ainsworth WD, WA, C
  Mikki Austin C, WA (1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 21) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
  Laurelle Borck C
  Pamela Cookey GA, GS, WA (1984-09-02)2 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Rachel Dunn GS, GA (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 32) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Amy Flanagan C, WD (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 21) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Becky Gentle GD
  Tamsin Greenway C, WA, GA (1982-10-06)6 October 1982 (aged 32) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Katie Harris GS, GA (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
  Katy Holland GK, GD (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 23) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Josie Huckle GK, GD (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Kat Hayes GA, WA
  Georgia Lees WA (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 20) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Bongiwe Msomi C, WA (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
  Hannah Reid (c) GD, GK
Head coach



Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  •   – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 27 May 2020

Source:[6][7][8][9]

Pre-season edit

Friendly
27 October 2014 Surrey Storm 40–51 Wales    Surrey Sports Park[10]
ReEnergise Tri-Tournament
29 November 2014 Surrey Storm 33–29 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Surrey Sports Park[11]
29 November 2014 Surrey Storm 29–27 Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park[11]

Regular season edit

Results edit

Round 1
26 January 2015
19:45
Report Manchester Thunder 55–52 Surrey Storm    Manchester Thunderdome[12]
Helen Housby   34/37 (92%)
Kathryn Turner   21/25 (84%)
Rachel Dunn   30/32 (94%)
Pamela Cookey   22/25 (88%)
Round 2
7 February 2015
19:00
Report Surrey Storm 74–51 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   58/67 (87%)
Pamela Cookey   16/20 (80%)
Lottysha Cato   48/51 (94%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite   3/3 (100%)
Round 3
9 February 2015
19:45
Report Team Bath 42–56 Surrey Storm    University of Bath Sky Sports
Rosie Allison   36/41 (88%)
Asha Francis   3/6 (50%)
Rachel Shaw   3/5 (60%)
Rachel Dunn   38/43 (88%)
Pamela Cookey   18/19 (95%)
Round 4
14 February 2015
19:00
Report Surrey Storm 66–49 Celtic Dragons    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   41/46 (89%)
Pamela Cookey   16/18 (89%)
Kat Hayes   9/13 (69%)
Chelsea Lewis   35/45 (78%)
Cara Lea Moseley   8/11 (73%)
Emma Thomas   6/7 (86%)
Round 5
21 February 2015
18:00
Report Loughborough Lightning 48–68 Surrey Storm    Loughborough University
Round 6
28 February 2015
20:00
Report Surrey Storm 69–35 Team Northumbria    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   43/53 (81%)
Pamela Cookey   20/22 (91%)
Katie Harris   6/6 (100%)
Jatjinda Kambatuku   16/22 (73%)
Caroline O'Hanlon   8/14 (57%)
Ellie Smith   7/9 (78%)
Kayley Moss   5/6 (83%)
Round 7
7 March 2015
18:00
Report Surrey Storm 55–42 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena
Attendance: 6,033
Rachel Dunn   36/38 (95%)
Pamela Cookey   19/22 (86%)
Louisa Watson   22/24 (92%)
Kadeen Corbin   15/18 (83%)
Sophie Hankin   4/7 (57%)
Sarah East   1/2 (50%)
Round 8
14 March 2015
19:00
Report Surrey Storm 47–58 Manchester Thunder    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   29/37 (78%)
Pamela Cookey   18/21 (86%)
Helen Housby   39/40 (98%)
Kathryn Turner   19/20 (95%)
Round 9
17 March 2015
20:00
Report Surrey Storm 61–39 Team Bath    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   41/50 (82%)
Pamela Cookey   20/22 (91%)
Rosie Allison   21/23 (91%)
Asha Francis   9/14 (64%)
Shaunagh Craig   7/9 (78%)
Rachel Shaw   2/2 (100%)
Round 10
20 March 2015
20:00
Report Yorkshire Jets 56–69 Surrey Storm    Leeds Beckett University
Round 11
28 March 2015
16:00
Report Celtic Dragons 30–73 Surrey Storm    Sport Wales National Centre
Round 12
4 April 2015
19:00
Report Surrey Storm 74–45 Loughborough Lightning    Surrey Sports Park
Rachel Dunn   46/56 (82%)
Pamela Cookey   23/26 (88%)
Katie Harris   5/6 (83%)
Peace Proscovia   40/43 (93%)
Flo Edwards   2/2 (100%)
Vanessa Walker   2/2 (100%)
Maryka Holtzhausen   1/1 (100%)
Round 13
6 April 2015
14:00
Report Hertfordshire Mavericks 41–59 Surrey Storm    Hertfordshire Sports Village
Sarah East   25/30 (83%)
Sophie Hankin   8/10 (80%)
Louisa Watson   8/10 (80%)
Rachel Dunn   30/43 (70%)
Pamela Cookey   29/33 (88%)
Round 14
13 April 2015
19:30
Report Team Northumbria 20–86 Surrey Storm    Sport Central
Jatjinda Kambatuku   4/7 (57%)
Ellie Smith   1/1 (100%)
Lisa Bowman   15/17 (88%)
Rachel Dunn   34/45 (76%)
Pamela Cookey   30/33 (91%)
Kat Hayes   11/13 (85%)
Katie Harris   11/12 (92%)

Source:[13]

Final table edit

2015 Netball Superleague
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Thunder (Q) 14 14 0 0 859 630 +229 42 Qualified for the play-offs
2 Surrey Storm (Q) 14 12 0 2 985 671 +314 36
3 Yorkshire Jets (Q) 14 10 0 4 880 806 +74 30
4 Hertfordshire Mavericks (Q) 14 8 0 6 747 666 +81 24
5 Team Bath 14 5 0 9 606 631 −25 15
6 Loughborough Lightning 14 4 0 10 688 747 −59 12
7 Celtic Dragons 14 2 0 12 564 821 −257 6
8 Team Northumbria 14 1 0 13 526 847 −321 3
Source: [14][15]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Play-offs edit

Semi-finals edit

18 April 2015
16:10
Surrey Storm 76–60 Yorkshire Jets    Surrey Sports Park[16]
Rachel Dunn   43/49 (88%)
Pamela Cookey   33/38 (87%)
Lottysha Cato   55/58 (95%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite   4/5 (80%)
Nikki Smith   1/1 (100%)

Grand Final edit

25 April 2015
18:10
Surrey Storm 56–39 Hertfordshire Mavericks    Copper Box Arena[3][4][5]
Attendance: 6,000
Umpires: Gary Burgess
Jackie Mizon
Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 26–20, 38–30, 56–39
Pamela Cookey  
Rachel Dunn  
Louisa Watson  
Kadeen Corbin  

References edit

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