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2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final

2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final
Event2017 Netball Superleague season
Wasps Loughborough Lightning
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Wasps make their debut grand final appearance and win their first title in their inaugural Netball Superleague season. Lightning make their second grand final appearance.
Date11 June 2017
VenueBarclaycard Arena, Birmingham
Player of the MatchBongiwe Msomi (Wasps)
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The 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Wasps and Loughborough Lightning. Wasps won the Netball Superleague title in their debut season, beating Lightning 55–51 in the grand final. Wasps led by one goal at the start of the final quarter, having dominated Lightning in the mid-court. Wasps centre, Bongiwe Msomi, was subsequently named player of the match. Wasps attacking combination of Rachel Dunn and Natalie Haythornthwaite proved too strong for Lightning.[1][2][3][4][5]

Route to the Final

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Further information: 2017 Netball Superleague season

Match summary

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11 June 2017
17:00 [6] 		Wasps 55–51 Loughborough Lightning    Barclaycard Arena[2][3][4][5] Sky Sports
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 27–26, 41–40, 55–51
Rachel Dunn Goals scored 43/47 (91%)
Natalie Haythornthwaite Goals scored 12/13 (92%) 		Peace Proscovia Goals scored 40/43 (93%)
Vanessa Walker Goals scored 11/16 (69%)

Teams

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Head Coach: Tamsin Greenway

Starting 7:
GS Rachel Dunn
GA Natalie Haythornthwaite
WA Tamsin Greenway
C Bongiwe Msomi
WD Amy Flanagan
GD Hannah Reid (c)
GK Josie Huckle

Substitutes:
WD Samantha May

Squad:[7]
GS, GA George Fisher
C, GA, WA Lucy Harris
GA, GS Lucy Parize
GD, WD Fran Williams

Head Coach: Karen Atkinson

Starting 7:
GS Peace Proscovia
GA Vanessa Walker
WA Hannah Joseph
C Natalie Panagarry
WD Beth Cobden
GD Vicky Oyesola
GK Joanna Trip

Squad:[8]
GA, GS Chloe Essam
GD, GK Ella Gibbons
C, GA, WD Rosie Harris
GS Olivia Mason
C, WD Caroline Tarnowski

References

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  1. ^ "Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham..." www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.skysports.com. 15 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. ^ "2017 Superleague results". www.scoreboard.com.
  7. ^ "Sensational Superleague contest sees Team Bath Netball fend off Wasps to boost top-four hopes". www.teambath.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Team Bath Netball's Grand Final hopes dashed by Lightning strike in Birmingham". www.teambath.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.