Surrey Storm
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| Founded | 2005 (as the Brunel Hurricanes) |
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| Based in | Guildford, Surrey |
| Regions |
Greater London South East England |
| Home venue | Surrey Sports Park |
| Chairperson | Mark Garfoot |
| Head coach |
Kathryn Ratnapala Tallisa Haynes |
| Manager | Tom Reseigh |
| League | Netball Superleague |
| 2015/2016 placing | Champions |
The Surrey Storm are an English netball team based at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Surrey that compete in the Netball Superleague. They were formed as the Brunel Hurricanes in 2005 and played at Brunel University in London, before they moved to Guildford and played their matches at the nearby Guildford Spectrum for two seasons before they were rebranded as the Surrey Storm in August 2009 and moved to the Surrey Sports Park.
Surrey Storm are one of eight teams in the Netball Superleague, are the Netball Superleague franchise for London and the South East. Storm's partners, Surrey Sports Park and the University of Surrey have invested heavily in to building a world class squad of athletes as well as developing a new netball brand and vision.
Formed in 2009, following the disbandment of Brunel Hurricanes, Storm won their first regular season before narrowly missing out on a place in the Grand Final.
The 2010/11 campaign saw seven re-signed and seven newly contracted players take to the court, with the season starting on Saturday 22 January, at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford against Team Northumbria. The Storm progressed to the finals, but were defeated 57–46 by the Hertfordshire Mavericks.
They were placed fourth when they competed in the World Premier Club Challenge December 2012, narrowly beating Northern Panthers from Northern Ireland and Glasgow Wildcats from Scotland.
The 2011-12 season saw Storm reach their 2nd Superleague Grand Final in as many years after losing just one game throughout the regular season and finishing top of the table. Defeating Team Bath in the semi finals, Storm went on to face rivals Northern Thunder in the Grand Final, and once again missed out on the title by the narrowest of margins, losing 55-57 at the SportHouse in Dagenham, Essex.
The 2012-13 campaign was a rollercoaster season for Surrey Storm, who reached the semi finals after finishing top of the Showdown League following impressive wins against Team Bath and Manchester Thunder, losing out on a place in the Grand Final to Welsh surprise package Celtic Dragons. In 2013-14 Storm went the entire Superleague season unbeaten winning 12 games and drawing 2 in a season which featured their new record-breaking Netball London Live event. Storm broke the domestic netball attendance record in a nail-biting 52-50 victory over Mavericks in front of 3,151 fans at the Olympic Park's Copper Box Arena.
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