Manchester Thunder
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| Nickname(s) | The Black and Yellows |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Based in | Manchester |
| Home venue | Wright Robinson Sports College (Manchester Thunderdome) |
| CEO | Debbie Hallas |
| Head coach | Karen Greig |
| Asst coach | Sara Hale |
| Manager | Kath Pemberton |
| Captain | Emma Dovey |
| League | Netball Superleague |
| 2017 placing | 3rd |
Manchester Thunder are part of the Netball Superleague, which consists of the top ten netball teams in England, Scotland and Wales. The club is located in Manchester. They finished third in the 2017 Netball Superleague season, beating Team Bath in the third-place play off, were runners-up in 2016 to Surrey Storm and third in the 2015 Netball Superleague season, beating Yorkshire Jets 55-49 in the 3rd-place playoff.
Thunder's Director of Netball and Head Coach is Karen Greig , who previously worked as assistant coach at Thunder under previous Head Coach Dan Ryan. Ryan was appointed in June 2015 after previous coach Tracey Neville was appointed manager of the England national netball team.
The club's home court is the Wright Robinson Sports College, which is known as The Thunderdome when hosting Manchester Thunder matches. The club won the annual Mike Greenwood Trophy three times in a row between 2012-2014, before losing to Team Bath in the 2015 edition.
The full Manchester Thunder squad for the 2017 season was completed in October 2016 by Karen Greig.
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