In the Zone March 2019

CEO Update are pleased to announce four new partners with Hart Sports, Harwood Hall Wines, PIC Insurance and Waitakere Foot. Hart Sport backing of elite level in New Zealand will not only benefit professional players but will also add value to community netball. Further details will be announced on the benefits for community netball closer to the start of the netball season.

PIC Insurance will be providing insurance for all Northern Zone vehicles and we are grateful to know we are covered as we travel around the Zone in support of community netball. Harwood Hall Wines are excited to support the Northern Mystics through

hospitality and entertainment which helps us achieve our fundraising goals. Waitakere

Foot have also come on board to support the Mystics with foot and lower limb conditions, not just injuries but all those bruised toenails from tight circle work.

NetballSmart The Dynamic Warm-up was delivered at St Mary’s College, where the students were challenged to update their drills and warm-ups to incorporate the movements within the NetballSmart Warm-up. They demonstrated excellent creativity and confidence as leaders. A mass warmup was delivered to teams attending the College Rifles Club Day. The teams played a Fast Five tournament with a focus on preparing the body and better understanding of netball movements. Ten Intermediate school coaches from Whangarei attended the AIMS Netball Smart Workshop at Whangarei Netball Centre focusing on the Power Warm Up, Tournament preparation, Safe Jumping and Landing techniques and incorporating into training.

Waiuku Netball Centre Open Day On 16th February, the Northern Mystics and Zone Community Team spent a wonderful morning with Waiuku Netball Centre showcasing the Mother Earth FutureFERNS programme and the modified netball games as part of their Open Day. It was a great day to experience different parts of the junior netball programme and we had a number of new to netball participants. Everyone had a fantastic time developing their skills and playing the modified games. The Mystics players really enjoyed getting to interact with the Waiuku players and were really impressed with their skills. Best wishes for the season.

Coaching for Success Workshop 30 coaches from the far north and deep south of our zone came together at Netball Waitakere for the “Coaching for Success” workshop on Sunday 31st March. Deb Fuller (Silver Ferns assistant coach), Charissa Barham (NZSS Coach), Nic Kelly (P.E. expert) and Sharon Kearney (former Silver Ferns physio) shared their expert knowledge and love of the sport with our enthusiastic coaches. We also had 12 coaches achieve their Community Coach Award Level 1 (CCA1) and were thrilled to have Noeline Taurua presenting their awards. Noeline surprised us by attending the morning and everyone could feel her mana and wished her and Deb good luck for the World Cup in July. Thank you to Netball Waitakere for hosting us for a wonderful day and to our coaches, thank you for your energy and knowledge shared.

Netball Leaders at Botany Downs Secondary College Netball Northern Zone in collaboration with Netball Centre delivered the Netball Leaders course to 21 students from Botany Downs Secondary College. The two day leadership course provided deep learning about leadership and how the students can influence and give back to netball. It was impressive to see the students learn more about themselves, develop their confidence and take ownership of their netball experience. Through the course, the students provided a Youth Voice and are advocating for netball at their school. All students are committed to giving back to netball through Youth

Voice, coaching or umpiring.

Coaching partnership with Unitec Our NetballSmart and Coaching team were warmly welcomed at UNITEC for another year to explore netball coaching workshops. The first-year students participated in the NetballSmart warm-up, the art of questioning, the junior netball philosophy and implementing the new tools into coaching an activity to the wider group. On the final day the students tried the 6 v 6 game. The UNITEC students are now visiting local primary schools to put their new skills into practice. Thank you to Rob and Ange from UNITEC for facilitating the knowledge sharing with your enthusiastic students.

Children’s Fun Day at Netball Rodney A Children’s Fun Day was held at Centennial Park delivered by the Wellsford Districts Sport and Recreation Collective. Community groups, provided activity stations around Centennial Park for children to try different sports. Netball Northern Zone supported Netball Rodney in delivering netball stations for all ages and stages. Buckets for the babies, varying goals for children 3 years and up. The theme for the day was “Everyone have a go”.

Thanks to our Funders Junior Coordinator Workshop by Anne Nicholson, Auckland Netball Centre Junior Co-ordinators are vital to the success of the Mother Earth futureFERNS Programme. The Zone recently held a cluster Junior Coordinator Workshop as a fantastic initiative to share and learn. The networking and sharing between the ladies from Waiuku, Pukekohe, Pohutakawa Coast - HPNC satellite, , Manurewa, Mangere Otahuhu and Auckland netball centres was invaluable. For Junior Coordinators to know they are not alone, and there is shared time, effort and energy invested into our young players is humbling. There was a strong sense of shared capability building to address the local challenges in delivering the junior netball programme.

The Junior Coordinators are a special group of people who week in

and week out are charged with delivering quality netball experiences

for our young players and their families. This is a huge investment for

the future of our sport. As Wayne Goldsmith outlines the only kid

who can’t improve is the one who is not there. The value of the

Mother Earth futureFERNS programmes and especially the Junior Co-

ordinators on game day really do make a difference to the fun and

learning that happens with our young players.

Golden Oldies Tournament in Hawaii, 2020 The momentum continues to grow for an amazing netball competition in Hawaii in 2020. There are over 60 teams confirmed and the sold out sign is starting to go up on some accommodation options. If you are interested, submit your entry to ensure you get your preferred accommodation. We are here to help, any questions about flights, accommodation, optional tours, please get in contact: LEE-ANN GILBERT - Festival Director [email protected] Golden Oldies Netball Hawaii 2020

Calendar

Date Topic Location Title 6/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Manurewa Netball Centre Selecting & Attacking Fundamentals 8/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Pukekohe Netball Centre Player Centred Coaching 8/4/19 CCA2 Workshop Netball North Harbour Circle Work 8/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Manurewa Netball Centre Planning (Season & Session) 8/4/19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 1 – 4 8/4/19 NetballSmart Pukekohe NetballSmart & Player Centre Coaching 9/4/19 CCA2 Workshop Netball North Harbour Circle Work 10/4/19 Foundation Manurewa Netball Centre Year 7 & 8 11/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Netball North Harbour Attacking Fundamentals 11/4/19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 1 – 4 13/4/19 Foundation Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 13/4/19 Foundation Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 13/4/19 Foundation Hibiscus Coast Netball Centre Year 7 & 8 13/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Manurewa Netball Centre Skills Analysis & Building Effective Relationships 15/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Manurewa Netball Centre Shooting 23/4/19 Umpire Exam All Zone Zone Theory Applications due 27/4/19 NetballSmart North Harbour UmpireSmart 29/4/19 CCA1 Workshop Manurewa Netball Centre Defence 29/4/19 Foundation Pukekohe Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 29/4/19 Foundation Netball North Harbour Year 1 – 3 29/4/19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 (Umpires) 29/4/19 Foundation Windmill Road (ANC) Year 7 & 8 30/4/19 Foundation Howick Pakuranga NC Year 1 – 4 30/4/19 Foundation Waitakere Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 30/4/19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 1 – 4 30/4/19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 1 – 4 30/4/19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 7 & 8 01-05-19 Foundation Kerikeri Netball Centre Year 1-4 01-05-19 CCA1 Pukekohe Netball Centre Team Culture 01-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 01-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 02-05-19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 02-05-19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 02-05-19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 02-05-19 Foundation Papakura Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 Umpiring 02-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 03-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 03-05-19 Foundation Pukekohe Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 05-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 05-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 05-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 06-05-19 CCA2 Pukekohe Netball Centre Developing Physical Capacity 06-05-19 CCA1 Manurewa Netball Centre Team Culture 07-05-19 Foundation Waitakere Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 07-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 08-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 08-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 3 & 4 08-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 09-05-19 Foundation Waitakere Netball Centre Year 5 & 6 09-05-19 Foundation Waitakere Netball Centre Year 7 & 8 09-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 1 & 2 Star Helper 09-05-19 Foundation Auckland Netball Centre Year 3 & 4

Mystic Highlights It has been a tough start to the season for the Northern Mystics but a thrilling win on Monday 1 April has given the team a confidence boost going into their next game on Sunday 7 April at Trust’s Arena. Tickets are available at: www.northernmystics.co.nz/tickets2019/ Special $15 tickets have been released in the blue zone for all remaining home games.

On Sunday 7 April, the Northern Mystics are holding the Long Lunch as a fundraising initiative. This will be a great event to showcase yesterday, today and tomorrow of netball.

Performance Highlights

The NZEPP and Northern Zone BEKO teams have been doing a good job preparing athletes and

coaches for the ANZ premiership. Recently, we’ve seen Northern Marvels athletes Samon Nathan

and Grace Nweke on court in the ANZ Premiership. Congratulations to Samon who has moved south to Christchurch and will play out the 2019 season with the Good Oil Tactix www.anzpremiership.co.nz/teams/team/player/samon-nathan.

Likewise, Northern Comets athletes Tori Kolose and Nadia Loveday have taken the court for the Northern Stars. Over the past two years Nadia has spent time in the NZEPP and BEKO working back to elite netball. Nadia last played in the ANZ Championship as a Mystic in 2016. It’s exciting to see her on-court again.

Congratulations also to Michelle Parsons who was appointed apprentice coach for the Northern Stars www.northernstars.co.nz/northern-stars/news/7007-michelle-parsons-appointed-apprentice- coach.html. Michelle was the Northern Comets assistant coach in 2017 and Northern Marvels

assistant coach in 2018.