Loughborough Lightning won the Fast5 trophy

By James Dielhenn

Loughborough Lightning won the inaugural Fast5 Netball All Stars Netball Championship with a last-gasp win over Team Bath on Saturday.

Lightning scored a five-pointer in the last 20 seconds to win 35-33 in coach Karen Atkinson's last match.

The unique eight-team format includes shortened match times, three different scoring zones, unlimited roll-on-roll-off substitutions, and the opportunity to call a double point power play and, eventually, Loughborough came out on top.

Chelsea Lewis' early shooting gave Bath a 17-9 lead, but a Loughborough power play enabled them to overturn that score through Peace Proscovia's accuracy.

Kadeen Corbin earned 10 points with one goal during a Bath power play, regaining them the lead with four minutes left on the clock but Lewis missed an identical opportunity.

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It was 30-30 with less than two minutes to go - Corbin scored three points for Bath but it wasn't enough.

Group stage
Surrey Storm 11-20 Hertfordshire Mavericks
Manchester Thunder 31-42 Loughborough Lightning
Severn Stars 24-28 Wasps Netball
Team Bath 19-18 Team Northumbria
Loughborough Lightning 35-23 Wasps Netball
Hertfordshire Mavericks 5-26 Team Bath
Surrey Storm 35-22 Team Northumbria
Manchester Thunder 9-24 Severn Stars
Wasps Netball 34-21 Surrey Storm
Hertfordshire Mavericks 8-24 Severn Stars

Also See:

Semi-finals
Loughborough Lightning 31-27 Wasps Netball
Team Bath 34-26 Severn Stars

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