# 2019 Team Bath netball season

The 2019 Team Bath netball season saw Team Bath finish third in the 2019 Netball Superleague regular season and qualify for the playoffs. In the semifinals they lost to the eventual overall champions, Manchester Thunder. Team Bath subsequently defeated Loughborough Lightning in the third place play-off.

## Squad

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## Preseason
### Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship

On 13 October 2018, Team Bath played in the Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. They were knocked out in the double elimination stage.

#### Double Elimination Stage

| 13 October 2018 | Team Bath | 23–18 | Manchester Thunder | Copper Box Arena |
| 13 October 2018 | Team Bath | 23–37 | Wasps | Copper Box Arena |
| 13 October 2018 | Team Bath | 21–47 | benecosMavericks | Copper Box Arena |

### Friendly

| 9 December 2018 | Team Bath | 101–74 | Knights Men's Netball | Sports Training Village |

### Tri-Tournament

On 15 December 2018 Team Bath hosted and won a three team tournament which also featured Surrey Storm and benecosMavericks. The tournament was broadcast live on BBC Sport.
| 15 December 2018 | Team Bath | 40–34 | Surrey Storm | Team Bath Arena | BBC Sport |
| 15 December 2018 | Team Bath | 46–32 | benecosMavericks | Team Bath Arena | BBC Sport |

## Regular season
### Fixtures and results

| Date | Opponents | H/A | Result | Win/loss |
| 5 January 2019 | Celtic Dragons | A | 41–58 | W |
| 11 January 2019 | Strathclyde Sirens | A | 45–55 | W |
| 28 January 2019 | Surrey Storm | H | 50–56 | L |
| 9 February 2019 | Loughborough Lightning | A | 50–75 | W |
| 16 February 2019 | Saracens Mavericks | A | 68–45 | L |
| 22 February 2019 | Wasps | H | 46–57 | L |
| 1 March 2019 | Manchester Thunder | H | 60–56 | W |
| 11 March 2019 | London Pulse | A | 60–64 | W |
| 16 March 2019 | Celtic Dragons | H | 56–50 | W |
| 22 March 2019 | Strathclyde Sirens | H | 51–47 | W |
| 25 March 2019 | Severn Stars | H | 53–43 | W |
| 1 April 2019 | Surrey Storm | A | 48–57 | W |
| 6 April 2019 | Wasps | A | 61–46 | L |
| 12 April 2019 | Loughborough Lightning | H | 57–55 | W |
| 20 April 2019 | Severn Stars | A | 42–53 | W |
| 21 April 2019 | Saracens Mavericks | H | 45–51 | L |
| 27 April 2019 | Manchester Thunder | A | 53–56 | W |
| 4 May 2019 | London Pulse | H | 72–50 | W |
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### Final table

2019 Netball Superleague ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wasps (Q) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1092 | 844 | +248 | 45 | Qualified for the Finals series |
| 2 | Manchester Thunder (Q) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1111 | 913 | +198 | 39 | Qualified for the Finals series |
| 3 | Team Bath (Q) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 999 | 933 | +66 | 39 | Qualified for the Finals series |
| 4 | Loughborough Lightning (Q) | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1047 | 1022 | +25 | 39 | Qualified for the Finals series |
| 5 | Saracens Mavericks (Q) | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1039 | 881 | +158 | 36 | |
| 6 | Severn Stars (Q) | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 888 | 933 | −45 | 18 | |
| 7 | Celtic Dragons (Q) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 930 | 1043 | −113 | 18 | |
| 8 | Surrey Storm (Q) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 906 | 1026 | −120 | 18 | |
| 9 | Strathclyde Sirens | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 803 | 995 | −192 | 9 | |
| 10 | London Pulse | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 889 | 1114 | −225 | 6 | |
* ↑ Severn Stars were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in Round 5.

## Playoffs
### Semi-final

| 11 May 2019 | Manchester Thunder | 57–54 | Team Bath | Manchester Thunderdome | Sky Sports |
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### 3rd-place play-off

| 18 May 2019 | Team Bath | 62–56 | Loughborough Lightning | Copper Box Arena | Sky Sports |

## Team Bath end-of-season awards

| Award | Winners |
| Players' Player of the Year | Kim Commane |
| Coaches' Player of the Year | Kim Commane |
| Fans' Player of the Year | Kim Commane |
| Endeavour Award | Sophie Drakeford-Lewis |
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