NETBALL EVENTS CALENDAR 2012

MONTH DATES NNZ EVENTS

JANUARY

Friday to Sun NNZ Council meeting FEBRUARY 24 - 26 Heritage Hotel,

2 - 4 ANZC pre-season event MARCH TECT Arena, Tauranga

Sunday 1 April ANZ Championship commences APRIL College commences

MAY ANZ Championship & College Netball

ANZ Championship & College Netball JUNE

7 / 9 – Semis ANZ Championship FINALS 15 / 16 – Prelim 22 / 23 – Grand Final

2 - 5 NZAGC - U19/U21 JULY st 1 week school hols The Trusts Stadium, Auckland Waitakere (Mon to Thu)

9 - 12 NZAGC– U17 2nd week school hols Hagley Park, Netball Centre, Christchurch (Mon to Thu)

AUGUST

Sun 16 Holden Netball Series - Silver Ferns V Australia SEPTEMBER New World Netball Series V AUSTRALIA Thurs 20 Vector Arena, Auckland Sunday 23 CBS Arena, Christchurch

Lion Foundation Netball Champs 1st/2nd 1st Grade Round robin games 8th/9th 1st Grade Round robin games 15th/16th 1st Grade Round robin games 22nd/23rd 1st Grade Round robin games

st th OCTOBER Week of 1 to 6 Lion Foundation Netball Champs Finals TECT Arena, Tauranga

9th to 12th NZ Secondary Schools Championship SBS Stadium, Timaru

Holden Netball Series Sunday 14 Wednesday 17 Newcastle Sunday 21 Sydney

New World Netball Series V QUAD Thursday 25 TSB Bank Arena, Sunday 28 TECT Arena, Tauranga Thursday 1 Nov Claudelands, Hamilton

Thursday 1 Claudelands, Hamilton

NOVEMBER Friday 9 - Sunday 11 World Netball Series

The New World Netball Series for 2012 will consist of two test series’ played in September and October.

New World Netball Series Silver Ferns V Australian Diamonds

Thursday 20 September Vector Arena, Auckland Sunday 23 September CBS Arena, Christchurch

New World Netball Series Silver Ferns V QUAD

The October Quad series is a joint venture with created to provide a different and unique offering to New Zealand and Australian netball fans and commercial partners. The four teams will each play six matches over 2 ½ weeks across the two countries.

Teams will play in Australia first and then travel to New Zealand where the series will culminate at , Hamilton.

In New Zealand, the Silver Ferns will play the main game of the night, with the visiting teams alternating as the curtain raiser matches. For fans attending in-stadium and the viewers at home, people will see two quality international matches per night.

Holden Netball Series Sunday 14 October Adelaide TBC TBC

Wednesday 17 October Newcastle TBC TBC

Sunday 21 October Sydney TBC TBC

New World Quad Series Thursday 25 October TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Australian Diamonds V South Africa Silver Ferns V England

Sunday 28 October TECT Arena, Tauranga Australian Diamonds V England Silver Ferns V South Africa

Thursday 1 November Claudelands Arena, Hamilton England V South Africa Silver Ferns V Australian Diamonds

For the 2012 International Netball season …

… 15 Test Matches will be broadcast on Sport … the Silver Ferns will take to the court for 9 of them … 5 of these test matches will be on home soil and 4 in Australia