Coronation Street stars beaten by Emmerdale rivals in AO Arena match over the weekend
Coronation Street stars were beaten by their Emmerdale rivals in a netball match that took place in Manchester over the weekend.
Thousands of fans from across the UK flocked to the AO Netball Manchester Live event on Sunday, one of the biggest events of the netballing year.
The evening saw plenty of drama as both netball stars and soap stars delivered a showdown that didn’t disappoint to kick of the new Netball Super League.
On a day of three big games, the four-times Netball Super League champions Manchester Thunder opened their 2025 season by meeting the reigning champions Loughborough Lightning at 6.30pm.
Starting off the event though was a battle of the small screen as actors and crew from Coronation Street and Emmerdale, alongside some familiar netball faces, met to see whether cobbles or countryside come out on top and lift the Soap Challenge Trophy.
Who took part?
The Coronation Street team featured Vicky Myers (DS Lisa Swain), Cait Fitton (Lauren Bolton), Jane Hazlegrove (Bernie Winter), Sydney Martin (Betsy Swain), Channique Sterling Brown (Dee Dee Bailey), Dolly-Rose Campbell (Gemma Winter), Elle Mulvaney (Amy Barlow), Harriet Bibby (Summer Spellman) and Katy Kav (Julie Carp)
They were also joined by crew members Tracy Nichols (Crewing), Rachel Blair (H&S), Gillian Walsh (Make up), Molly Eborall (Production), Laura Monahan (Production), Abi Hynes (Design) and Abi Newton (Production).
Facing the Manchester based stars was then an Emmerdale team made up of Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle), Michelle Hardwick (Vanessa Woodfield),Rosie Bentham (Gabby Thomas), Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas), Amy Walsh (Tracy Metcalfe), Zoe Henry (Rhona Goskirk), Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor), Katie Hill (Sarah Sugden), Gabrielle Downing (Cathy Hope) and Olivia Bromley (Dawn Taylor).
The Emmerdale stars were the joined by crew Marie Dainty (Crewing), Karen Revell (Makeup), Josie Tomlin (Locations), Saksia Dunlop (AD's), Ruth Howard (Sound), Mirusha Jegatheeswaran (Engineer), Emma Clarke (Production), Katie Fenton Green (Director).
What was the final result?
Emmerdale came out on top – beating Corrie 16-9.
Will more celebrity netball matches be on the cards?
After their defeat against Loughborough Lightning on Sunday, Manchester Thunder will be coming back fighting when they face Birmingham Panthers at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Sunday May 18th.
With the next match taking place in Liverpool, there has been no mention yet as to whether the Corrie stars will be coming along with them to battle it out agaisnt the Merseysoide soap stars of Hollyoaks- but what this space!
Returning to the world of netball, the top four teams at the end of the Super League season will progress to the semi-finals on June 2022, ahead of a new preliminary final of the weekend of June 28-29, before the showpiece Grand Final at the O2 on July 6.
The Grand Final is being held at the O2 in Greenwich, where Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning may again face each other to clinch victory.
Visit Fanbase or https://www.manchesterthunder.co.uk for tickets.