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Mavericks were originally established in [[2005–06 Netball Superleague season|2005]] as the [[Netball Superleague]] franchise for the [[East of England]]. Together with [[Brunel Hurricanes]], [[Celtic Dragons]], [[Yorkshire Jets|Leeds Carnegie]], [[Loughborough Lightning (netball)|Loughborough Lightning]], [[Manchester Thunder|Northern Thunder]], [[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]] and [[Team Northumbria (netball)|Team Northumbria]], the Mavericks were founder members of the league.<ref name="netballeast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.netballeast.org.uk/assets/Documents/MV-SponsorshipBrochure-2.pdf|title=Hertfordshire Mavericks – Sponsorship Opportunities|publisher=www.netballeast.org.uk|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204180932/https://www.netballeast.org.uk/assets/Documents/MV-SponsorshipBrochure-2.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FranchisePaper">{{cite web|url=https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/8664/2/Fulltext.pdf|title=The UK Netball Superleague: A Case Study of Franchising in Elite Women's Sport|date=1 January 2012|work=Brunel University, School of Sport and Education, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK; and University of the Pacific, Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Science, Stockton, CA|author=Dr. Louise Mansfield & Dr. Lara Killick|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813082455/http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/8664/2/Fulltext.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The team was originally sponsored by [[The Galleria, Hatfield|The Galleria]], an [[outlet store]] in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], and as a result were known as the '''Galleria Mavericks'''.<ref name="whtimes311008">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/sweet-revenge-for-loughborough-as-champions-mavericks-beaten-1-24535|title=Sweet revenge for Loughborough as champions Mavericks beaten|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=31 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205162639/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/sweet-revenge-for-loughborough-as-champions-mavericks-beaten-1-24535|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes261108">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-storm-to-thunder-victory-on-the-road-1-16072|title=Mavericks storm to Thunder victory on the road|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=26 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205162636/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-storm-to-thunder-victory-on-the-road-1-16072|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> After playing and losing in the first two Grand Finals, the Mavericks won their first Netball Superleague title after defeating [[Loughborough Lightning (netball)|Loughborough Lightning]] by 43–39 in the [[2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2007–08 Grand Final]]. Mavericks' [[Louisa Brownfield]] was the top scorer in the final. Other members of the team included [[Amanda Newton (netball)|Amanda Newton]] and [[Karen Atkinson (netball)|Karen Atkinson]].<ref name="womensport090607">{{Cite web|url=http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|title=Team Bath defend their Super League Title|publisher=womensportreport.com|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=9 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205170621/http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes060408">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/third-time-lucky-for-magnificent-mavericks-1-15894|title=Third time lucky for magnificent Mavericks|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=6 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203210042/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/third-time-lucky-for-magnificent-mavericks-1-15894|archive-date=3 February 2020 |
Mavericks were originally established in [[2005–06 Netball Superleague season|2005]] as the [[Netball Superleague]] franchise for the [[East of England]]. Together with [[Brunel Hurricanes]], [[Celtic Dragons]], [[Yorkshire Jets|Leeds Carnegie]], [[Loughborough Lightning (netball)|Loughborough Lightning]], [[Manchester Thunder|Northern Thunder]], [[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]] and [[Team Northumbria (netball)|Team Northumbria]], the Mavericks were founder members of the league.<ref name="netballeast">{{Cite web|url=https://www.netballeast.org.uk/assets/Documents/MV-SponsorshipBrochure-2.pdf|title=Hertfordshire Mavericks – Sponsorship Opportunities|publisher=www.netballeast.org.uk|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204180932/https://www.netballeast.org.uk/assets/Documents/MV-SponsorshipBrochure-2.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FranchisePaper">{{cite web|url=https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/8664/2/Fulltext.pdf|title=The UK Netball Superleague: A Case Study of Franchising in Elite Women's Sport|date=1 January 2012|work=Brunel University, School of Sport and Education, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK; and University of the Pacific, Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Science, Stockton, CA|author=Dr. Louise Mansfield & Dr. Lara Killick|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813082455/http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/8664/2/Fulltext.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The team was originally sponsored by [[The Galleria, Hatfield|The Galleria]], an [[outlet store]] in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], and as a result were known as the '''Galleria Mavericks'''.<ref name="whtimes311008">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/sweet-revenge-for-loughborough-as-champions-mavericks-beaten-1-24535|title=Sweet revenge for Loughborough as champions Mavericks beaten|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=31 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205162639/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/sweet-revenge-for-loughborough-as-champions-mavericks-beaten-1-24535|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes261108">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-storm-to-thunder-victory-on-the-road-1-16072|title=Mavericks storm to Thunder victory on the road|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=26 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205162636/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-storm-to-thunder-victory-on-the-road-1-16072|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> After playing and losing in the first two Grand Finals, the Mavericks won their first Netball Superleague title after defeating [[Loughborough Lightning (netball)|Loughborough Lightning]] by 43–39 in the [[2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2007–08 Grand Final]]. Mavericks' [[Louisa Brownfield]] was the top scorer in the final. Other members of the team included [[Amanda Newton (netball)|Amanda Newton]] and [[Karen Atkinson (netball)|Karen Atkinson]].<ref name="womensport090607">{{Cite web|url=http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|title=Team Bath defend their Super League Title|publisher=womensportreport.com|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=9 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205170621/http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes060408">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/third-time-lucky-for-magnificent-mavericks-1-15894|title=Third time lucky for magnificent Mavericks|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=6 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203210042/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/third-time-lucky-for-magnificent-mavericks-1-15894|archive-date=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="sportsister080408">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsister.com/2008/04/08/mavericks-win-netball-superleague-final/|title=Mavericks win Netball Superleague final|publisher=www.sportsister.com|accessdate=4 February 2020|date=8 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204183826/http://www.sportsister.com/2008/04/08/mavericks-win-netball-superleague-final/|archive-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> |
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|[[2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2006–07]]<ref name="womensport090607">{{Cite web|url=http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|title=Team Bath defend their Super League Title|publisher=womensportreport.com|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=9 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205170621/http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]]||53–45||'''Galleria Mavericks'''||[[Guildford Spectrum]] |
|[[2007 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2006–07]]<ref name="womensport090607">{{Cite web|url=http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|title=Team Bath defend their Super League Title|publisher=womensportreport.com|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=9 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205170621/http://womensportreport.com/team-bath-defend-their-super/wn/40|archive-date=5 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]]||53–45||'''Galleria Mavericks'''||[[Guildford Spectrum]] |
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|[[2008 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2007–08]]<ref name="whtimes060408"/><ref name="sportsister080408"/>||'''Galleria Mavericks'''||43–39||[[Loughborough Lightning (netball)|Loughborough Lightning]]||[[K2 Leisure Centre]] |
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|[[2009 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2008–09]]<ref name="whtimes050409">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/galleria-mavericks-lose-to-bath-in-superleague-grand-final-1-18032|title=Galleria Mavericks lose to Bath in Superleague Grand Final|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=5 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203205347/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/galleria-mavericks-lose-to-bath-in-superleague-grand-final-1-18032|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes070409">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/gallery-full-report-mavericks-lose-out-in-grand-final-to-team-bath-1-12315|title=Gallery: Full Report: Mavericks lose out in grand final to Team Bath|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=7 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203215756/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/gallery-full-report-mavericks-lose-out-in-grand-final-to-team-bath-1-12315|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]]||54–46||'''Galleria Mavericks'''||[[Coventry Skydome]] |
|[[2009 Netball Superleague Grand Final|2008–09]]<ref name="whtimes050409">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/galleria-mavericks-lose-to-bath-in-superleague-grand-final-1-18032|title=Galleria Mavericks lose to Bath in Superleague Grand Final|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=5 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203205347/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/galleria-mavericks-lose-to-bath-in-superleague-grand-final-1-18032|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes070409">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/gallery-full-report-mavericks-lose-out-in-grand-final-to-team-bath-1-12315|title=Gallery: Full Report: Mavericks lose out in grand final to Team Bath|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=7 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203215756/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/gallery-full-report-mavericks-lose-out-in-grand-final-to-team-bath-1-12315|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Team Bath (netball)|Team Bath]]||54–46||'''Galleria Mavericks'''||[[Coventry Skydome]] |
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===2024 squad=== |
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{{ANZC roster player |nat=ENG |name=Britney Clarke|pos=GS|dob= 3 November 2001|height=1.85}} |
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| head_coach = Camilla Buchanan |
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Maggie Jackson was the head coach when Mavericks were [[Netball Superleague]] champions in both [[2007–08 Netball Superleague season|2007–08]] and [[2011 Netball Superleague season|2011]].<ref name="whtimes060408" |
[[Maggie Jackson]] was the head coach when Mavericks were [[Netball Superleague]] champions in both [[2007–08 Netball Superleague season|2007–08]] and [[2011 Netball Superleague season|2011]].<ref name="whtimes060408"/><ref name="sportsister080408"/><ref name="skysports100611">{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/6979238/mavericks-crowned-champions|title=Mavericks crowned champions|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203221730/https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/6979238/mavericks-crowned-champions|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to been named head coach, both [[Robyn Broughton]] and Kathryn Ratnapala were given the role of Director of Netball.<ref name="mavericks260716">{{cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|title=Mavericks Unveil New Zealand Icon Robyn Broughton as First Director of Netball|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|date=26 July 2016|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204181928/https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mavericks290617">{{cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/kat-ratnapala-appointed-director-of-netball/|title=Kat Ratnapala Appointed Director of Netball|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|date=29 June 2017|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204185910/https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/kat-ratnapala-appointed-director-of-netball/|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{flagicon|England}} Maggie Jackson |
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Maggie Jackson]]<ref name="whtimes060408"/><ref name="sportsister080408"/><ref name="bedhof">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bedfordshire-netball.com/information/hall-of-fame/maggie-jackson.html|title=Maggie Jackson - Bedfordshire Hall of Fame|publisher=www.bedfordshire-netball.com|accessdate=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206201053/https://www.bedfordshire-netball.com/information/hall-of-fame/maggie-jackson.html|archive-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>||2005–2008 |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Kendra Slawinski]]<ref name="whtimes110209">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-coach-slawinski-steps-up-for-england-job-against-jamaica-1-20530|title=Mavericks coach Slawinski steps up for England job against Jamaica|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=6 February 2020|date=11 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206201538/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-coach-slawinski-steps-up-for-england-job-against-jamaica-1-20530|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2009–20xx |
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Kendra Slawinski]]<ref name="whtimes110209">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-coach-slawinski-steps-up-for-england-job-against-jamaica-1-20530|title=Mavericks coach Slawinski steps up for England job against Jamaica|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=6 February 2020|date=11 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206201538/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/mavericks-coach-slawinski-steps-up-for-england-job-against-jamaica-1-20530|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2009–20xx |
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|{{flagicon|England}} Maggie Jackson |
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Maggie Jackson]]<ref name="skysports100611">{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/6979238/mavericks-crowned-champions|title=Mavericks crowned champions|publisher=www.skysports.com|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203221730/https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/12415/6979238/mavericks-crowned-champions|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||c. 2011 |
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Karen Atkinson (netball)|Karen Atkinson]]<ref name="bbc090714">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/28231166|title=Hertfordshire Mavericks: Karen Atkinson and Kat Ratnapala exit|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203201153/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/28231166|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||20xx–2014 |
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|{{flagicon|England}} Sam Bird<ref name="bbc090714">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/28231166|title=Hertfordshire Mavericks: Karen Atkinson and Kat Ratnapala exit|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2020|date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203201153/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/28231166|archive-date=3 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whtimes270115">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/well-known-figure-to-lead-mavericks-in-netball-superleague-this-season-1-3932795|title=Well known figure to lead Mavericks in Netball Superleague this season|publisher=www.whtimes.co.uk|accessdate=6 February 2020|date=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206230446/https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/well-known-figure-to-lead-mavericks-in-netball-superleague-this-season-1-3932795|archive-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mavericks260716">{{cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|title=Mavericks Unveil New Zealand Icon Robyn Broughton as First Director of Netball|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|date=26 July 2016|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204181928/https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2014–2016 |
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|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Robyn Broughton]]<ref name="mavericks260716">{{cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|title=Mavericks Unveil New Zealand Icon Robyn Broughton as First Director of Netball|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|date=26 July 2016|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204181928/https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/news/mavericks-unveil-new-zealand-icon-robyn-broughton-as-first-director-of-netball/|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mavericks290617">{{cite web|url=https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/kat-ratnapala-appointed-director-of-netball/|title=Kat Ratnapala Appointed Director of Netball|publisher=www.mavericksnetball.co.uk|date=29 June 2017|accessdate=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204185910/https://www.mavericksnetball.co.uk/News/kat-ratnapala-appointed-director-of-netball/|archive-date=4 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>||2016–2017 |
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Revision as of 15:23, 10 May 2024
Founded | 2005 | ||
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Based in | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | ||
Regions | East of England | ||
Home venue | Herts Sports Village University of Hertfordshire | ||
Head coach | Camilla Buchanan | ||
League | Netball Superleague | ||
Website | www.saracens.com | ||
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Saracens Mavericks is an English netball team based at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. They were Superleague champions in 2007–08 and 2011. Due to various sponsorship deals and partnership arrangements, the team has played under several different names. Between 2005–06 and 2008–09 they played as Galleria Mavericks. Between 2009–10 and 2017 they played as Hertfordshire Mavericks. During this era they were also referred to as University of Hertfordshire Mavericks. During the 2018 season they played as benecosMavericks. They adopted their current name in 2019 after forming a partnership with the rugby union club, Saracens F.C.
History
Galleria Mavericks
Mavericks were originally established in 2005 as the Netball Superleague franchise for the East of England. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Celtic Dragons, Leeds Carnegie, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Thunder, Team Bath and Team Northumbria, the Mavericks were founder members of the league.[1][2] The team was originally sponsored by The Galleria, an outlet store in Hatfield, and as a result were known as the Galleria Mavericks.[3][4] After playing and losing in the first two Grand Finals, the Mavericks won their first Netball Superleague title after defeating Loughborough Lightning by 43–39 in the 2007–08 Grand Final. Mavericks' Louisa Brownfield was the top scorer in the final. Other members of the team included Amanda Newton and Karen Atkinson.[5][6][7]
Hertfordshire Mavericks
In 2009–10 the team was renamed Hertfordshire Mavericks.[2] During this era they were also referred to as University of Hertfordshire Mavericks.[8] In 2011, with a team featuring Louisa Brownfield, Layla Guscoth and Lindsay Keable, Mavericks' won their second Netball Superleague title after defeating Surrey Storm by 57–46 in the Grand Final.[9][10]
benecosMavericks
In July 2016 Mavericks signed a sponsorship deal with the natural beauty brand, benecos.[11] In September 2017 benecos became Mavericks main sponsor and the team name changed from Hertfordshire Mavericks to benecosMavericks.[12] They subsequently used this name during the 2018 season.[13]
Saracens Mavericks
In January 2019 Mavericks formed a new partnership with the rugby union club, Saracens F.C. This saw the team become the Saracens Mavericks.[14][15][16]
Senior finals
Netball Superleague Grand Finals
Between 2006 and 2011, Mavericks played in six successive Netball Superleague Grand Finals.
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2005–06[17] | Team Bath | 43–35 | Galleria Mavericks | Guildford Spectrum |
2006–07[5] | Team Bath | 53–45 | Galleria Mavericks | Guildford Spectrum |
2007–08[6][7] | Galleria Mavericks | 43–39 | Loughborough Lightning | K2 Leisure Centre |
2008–09[18][19] | Team Bath | 54–46 | Galleria Mavericks | Coventry Skydome |
2009–10[20] | Team Bath | 51–44 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Trent FM Arena |
2011[9][10] | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 57–46 | Surrey Storm | Herts Sports Village |
2015[21][22] | Surrey Storm | 56–39 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Copper Box Arena |
Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2018 [23] | Wasps Netball | 42–32 | benecosMavericks | Copper Box Arena |
Home venue
Mavericks play their home games at the Herts Sports Village at the University of Hertfordshire.[15][24][25] During the 2019 Netball Superleague season, Mavericks also played home games at the Essex Sport Arena at the University of Essex[26][27] and at the Marshall Arena.[28][29][30][31]
Notable players
2024 squad
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Internationals
Head coaches
Maggie Jackson was the head coach when Mavericks were Netball Superleague champions in both 2007–08 and 2011.[6][7][10] In addition to been named head coach, both Robyn Broughton and Kathryn Ratnapala were given the role of Director of Netball.[33][34]
Coach | Years |
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Maggie Jackson[6][7][35] | 2005–2008 |
Kendra Slawinski[36] | 2009–20xx |
Maggie Jackson[10] | c. 2011 |
Karen Atkinson[37] | 20xx–2014 |
Sam Bird[37][38][33] | 2014–2016 |
Robyn Broughton[33][34] | 2016–2017 |
Kathryn Ratnapala[34] | 2017–2022 |
Camilla Buchanan | 2023– |
Honours
- Netball Superleague
- British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
- Runners up: 2018: 1
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