Loughborough Lightning beat London Pulse 18-17 in the final of the Netball Super Cup on Saturday.
London Pulse were looking to defend their title after winning the inaugural event last year but Loughborough Lightning pipped them in a close final and put down a marker for the season ahead.
The one-day standalone tournament saw all eight Netball Super League teams in action ahead of the start of the regular season.
The eight teams were drawn into two pools for the group stages, during which each team played three shorter length, seven-a-side games.
The two top teams from the two groups progressed to the semi-finals. Lightning beat NIC Leeds Rhinos 13-9 in the first semi-final, while Pulse defeated LexisNexis Dragons 18-16.
The one-goal victory in the final secures the Soft & Gentle Netball Super Cup for Lightning’s trophy cabinet.
Full results
- Loughborough Lightning 23-21 Nottingham Forest
- AO Manchester Thunder 9-16 NIC Leeds Rhinos
- London Pulse 15-8 London Mavericks
- Birmingham Panthers 6-18 LexisNexis Dragons
- London Pulse 21-13 AO Manchester Thunder
- Nottingham Forest 14-12 Birmingham Panthers
- LexisNexis Dragons 15-18 Loughborough Lightning
- London Mavericks 13-13 NIC Leeds Rhinos
- Nottingham Forest 9-16 LexisNexis Dragons
- AO Manchester Thunder 8-19 London Mavericks
- NIC Leeds Rhinos 12-13 London Pulse
- Birmingham Panthers 18-21 Loughborough Lightning
- Semi-final 1: Loughborough Lightning 13-9 NIC Leeds Rhinos
- Semi-final 2: LexisNexis Dragons 16-18 London Pulse
- Final: London Pulse 17-18 Loughborough Lightning
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