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ANNUAL REPORT
Officers
President Fatulatetele Tolo
Board Karen Fifield (Chairperson) Fiona Cassidy Gayle Hare Karen Harvey Nicki Zande Anthony Karauria
Staff General Manager Sue Geale Games Coordinator Kylie Tuffery Netball Development Officer Maria Hegarty Netball Development Coordinator John Neho Finance Administrator Jo Beckwith Emerging Talent Officer Sandra Edge
Life Membership Committee Dale Wortman, Chris Archer, Pat Maddocks, Fatulatetele Tolo
Life Members Mrs K.E.J. McCann (MBE), Mrs D. Wortman (MNZM), Mrs C. Archer, Miss P. Maddocks, Miss M. Munro, Mrs M. Perry, Mrs H. Verry, Mrs D. Wilson-Young, Ms M. Haggie, Ms W. Taumaunu, Ms F. Tolo, Ms M. Taru, Mrs B. Brider, Mrs B. Reweti, Ms. S. Edge
Service Award Holders Miss A.M. Temple, Mrs P. Cleland, Mrs J. Prankerd, Mrs K. Doyle, Mrs M. Dixon, Mrs J. Patchett, Mrs G. Hare, Mrs D. Morris, Mr B. Hare, Mrs F. Maurirere, Mrs M. Bradshaw, Mrs A. Hay, Mrs S. Raemaki, Ms V. Mitchell, Mrs K. Greaves, Ms C. Meredith, Ms K. Herbert, Ms K. Lloyd, Mrs P. O’Reilly, Mrs D. Mills, Ms D. Patchett, Ms J. Minchin, Mrs R. Aiono, Mrs L. Cournane, Ms S. Sullivan, Mrs S. Geale, Ms E. Dorricott, Mr R. Hogan, Ms C. Kirkpatrick, Ms P. Semu, Ms F. Solia
Front cover photo credit: Fiona Cassidy NWC Centenary celebrations – Mary Blackwell & Fatulatetele Tolo pictured
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CHAIR’S MESSAGE
Netball Wellington Centre has had yet another successful year and we celebrated our centenary in fine fashion. We are committed to showcasing our talented players, umpires, coaches, officials and volunteers as often as we can and our social media presence this year has done just that.
I would like to give my utmost thanks to our very committed Board who have made sure we govern our Centre in a professional and supportive fashion. Our President, Fatulatetele Tolo, and Board members Nicki Zande, Karen Harvey, Fiona Cassidy, Anthony Karauria and Gayle Hare have made sound decisions so that our Centre is financially sustainable and successful. It is a pleasure to have Daphne Martinez on the Board this year as our Board Youth Intern – an initiative we promised at last year’s AGM.
I really enjoyed the celebration for our Centenary – I loved the event at the Hataitai Centre where all the stellar history of our Centre was on display and everyone had lots of fun. It is a testament to our Centre that so many people have been involved over many years and that everyone holds a special place in their hearts for our Centre. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the weekend celebrations so wonderful for everyone but especially Sue Geale, our amazing General Manager, for coordinating everything so brilliantly.
I would like to draw your attention to the changes in the accounts this year. The explanation for this is that this year we now have an additional staff member on board, we covered the cost of the Centenary, we updated the honours board at Hataitai which looks so fantastic, we painted the inside of Hataitai and still managed to hold within budget even with a significant drop in funding. Funding is ever more difficult and the Board has recognised that, while our team have continually made significant effort to find and gain funds, the future for funding will continue to remain tight and competitive. We believe that our brand is strong and we will achieve most of the funding we apply for but we also accept that we may not always achieve it all.
During the year NWC has achieved much and continued to be financially sustainable, making a small surplus this year. The Annual Report reflects the work done by our capable management team and all of you throughout the year. I hope you enjoy reading it. On behalf of the Board, I want to say a huge thank you to Sue and her team for all the work they do on everyone’s behalf - they always have your interests at heart.
Thank you all for the privilege of allowing me to be the Chair of NWC. I look forward to us taking the opportunities open to us to shine in the coming year. I am also very much looking forward to the Netball World Cup in 2019. Everyone can feel very proud of all that has been achieved by our Centre this year across all of our competitions and activities. Here’s to 2019!
Karen Fifield MNZM, Chairperson Netball Wellington Centre November 2018
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CENTENARY CELEBRATION
Happy 100th birthday to Netball Wellington Centre - and what a journey it has been! We started out as Wellington Ladies’ Basketball Association in 1918, Wellington Basketball Association in 1929, Wellington Netball Association Inc. in 1971, Wellington Netball Union Inc.in 1990, and Netball Wellington Centre Inc. in 2002 which is what we are known as today.
Netball arrived in New Zealand in the late 1880s, and was known as women’s basketball until 1970 where it changed to netball. In the early years team player numbers varied between six, seven and nine players. New Zealand teams played with nine players between 1924 and 1959 when the seven a-side game was adopted and still remains in place. Photo credit: Fiona Cassidy
Schools were netball’s nurturing ground throughout New Zealand. In Wellington it was two primary teachers, Miss J.G. Park and Miss F. Hind who championed netball and the schools are still where the base of our players come from and provide the feeders for our clubs.
Wellington Technical College (now Wellington High School) was the first local secondary school to adopt the game. Other schools followed as did business-house and college old-girls teams, all adding to the growing number of netball enthusiasts. It is exciting for us to still have some of the same schools and clubs involved with the Centre currently.
The first organised adult matches in Wellington were played around 1915 between Teachers’ Training College and YMCA. Three years later the Wellington Ladies Basketball Association (now Netball Wellington Centre) was established in 1918. The number of clubs joining the new association gradually grew over time, reaching 29 clubs in 1925 and team numbers to 60. Today we have 11 Clubs, 7 Member Teams and 9 Schools at Netball Wellington Centre and in our satellite we have 29 schools at Motu Kairangi, 19 schools at Northern Suburbs and 11 at Wellington West. We have a total of 90 club teams and 147 college teams, 121 intermediate teams, 873 year 5&6 players, 863 year 3&4 players and 392 year 1&2 players. These numbers tell quite a story in themselves.
Within the 100 years we have grown and developed both on and off the court as a Centre. However two things that we believe haven’t changed are how we have been blessed with the many volunteers that have contributed and still do, in the following ways: started the game of netball in the 1900’s, established the Centre, managed the many changes and restructures that were implemented by Netball New Zealand, administered the Life Membership and Service Awards system, set up the referee/umpire groups, been on committee’s/boards, become administrators for their clubs and schools or part of team management, umpires – the list is endless.
The second thing is the Netball Wellington Centre brand. We were proud of who we were back in 1918 and we are still incredibly proud of who we are now. We are the third biggest Centre in
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New Zealand with results that have us up there with the biggest Centre in New Zealand. Our base of players is wide and diverse where we have those that are highly competitive to those that simply love playing the game of netball with their friends – young and not so young. We are surrounded by the right people and we ensure that we have the game of netball and the people involved at the heart of all decisions we make.
To celebrate our 100th birthday we had an amazing weekend with many stories told, friendships rekindled, and fun times had by all that attended the following: Friday 22nd June – Meet and Greet at our Hataitai Netball Pavilion – along with who wants to be a netball guru quiz where the competitive streak came out for a few of our contestants. Saturday 23rd June – Celebrity game of walking netball where we had ex Silver Ferns Millie Munro and Sandra Edge playing and Waimarama Taumaunu umpiring, followed by a formal dinner at the Rydges Hotel in Wellington City. A special mention goes out to our amazing Emcee Kate Agnew and guest speaker Yvette McCausland-Durie. You made the evening fun and entertaining for everyone that attended. Sunday 24th June – Morning tea at our Dale Wortman U19 & U17 Invitational Fixtures event held at ASB Sport Centre.
We welcomed past members that came from all over New Zealand and from Australia. It was so special to see the passion of netball reignited, the reminiscing over the memorabilia on show, the ‘what happens on tour stays on tour’ stories being told, and being able to secure photos and items that we had thought were lost pieces of our history. The two pieces that really were show stoppers for everyone was a beautiful Maori doll that was given to the Silver Fern players when they took their first trip by boat to England and a diary that was kept by Joyce McCann of the long trip by boat to play against England. These two items are now in the Netball New Zealand museum where they are showcased with pride. Huge thanks to Joyce’s niece for allowing us to showcase these items and pass them on to Netball New Zealand.
We had some lovely thank you’s sent to us from those that attended which reinforced to us that everyone who was there got as much out of this as we did as a Centre, the Board and staff. For those of you unable to attend and/or should you want to know more about our 100 year journey we did have a book written called “100 years of Wellington Netball at the courts”. You can still secure yourself a copy of this book for $20 by contacting Sue on [email protected]. We promise it is a great read!
There were a number of people who helped with the planning of the Centenary and ensured that the celebration was a truly special event. Thanks goes out to Dale Wortman, Christine Archer, our 2018 Board Members and Netball Wellington Centre staff past and present, and also to those that shared their memories for the book and also the Netball New Zealand Centenary celebration video. Photo credit: Fiona Cassidy
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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE
Barbara Marchant (1915 – 2011)
Barbara was passionate about, and worked tirelessly for, Basketball/Netball and the Wellington Umpires Association – both of whom benefited greatly by having Barbara involved. Mentioning Basketball may sound like Barbara jumped from Basketball to Netball however back when Barbara started the game of netball was indeed called Basketball.
Helping youngsters develop as umpires and players was something to which Barbara dedicated much of her time and energy at Netball Wellington. We are delighted that netball here at the Centre will continue to benefit from Barbara’s generosity and commitment to the game of netball due to a wonderful legacy she bequeathed to Netball Wellington in 2011.
This bequeath was a lovely surprise to the Centre after being advised by Barbara’s solicitors in February 2018 of Barbara’s wishes. After consultation with those that knew Barbara well and the Board, it was agreed that the Barbara Marchant Fund will be set up and from 2019 the umpires connected to Netball Wellington Centre will be able to apply for funding in support of their umpiring.
We thank Barbara and her family sincerely for their continued support with the ongoing development of our netball community and in particular our umpires here at the Centre. We know that the individuals that the Barbara Marchant Fund supports will do themselves, the Centre and the Fund proud.
NETBALL OPERATIONS
Each year we keep asking ourselves - can we achieve better than what we have in the past? Is there still room for us to grow and challenge what we currently do? Well we are pleased to say that we have beaten the odds that were stacked against us and have indeed had another strong season where Netball Wellington met or exceeded expectations both on and off the court.
In amongst these expectations we also had our 100th birthday to celebrate as a Centre, wanting to ensure that we reconnected with many of our older members and rekindling memories with our amazing collection of photos and old uniforms.
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Reigniting friendships and the introduction of new acquaintances has provided a number of our clubs with connections for their birthday celebrations in 2019. We have ignited the passion for netball in ex players with some of them now attending our walking netball sessions and/or looking at getting back into coaching here at the Centre. We are proud to say that Shirley-Anne Thomson who at 84 years of age is still mixing it up with people as young as 20 on the court and holding her own comfortably.
Each year as a team (Board and Staff) we set ourselves some realistic targets to challenge our way of operating and thinking. We know that we cannot stand still and accept that what we are currently doing will help us to continue to grow and meet the expectations of our players, coaches, managers, umpires, statisticians, bench officials, families and our many volunteers. Like us they want to be kept challenged, enthused, energised and passionate about the game of netball and we believe we have kept the finger on the pulse and continued to offer what our members are wanting.
We have continued building and creating successes in all facets of the business and the game of netball, with a solid structure and well known brand that we believe does the Centre, the Board, the staff and its members proud. In 2018 we had strategic goal to ensure we kept the brand strong but also to ensure we got the message out there that our open door policy isn’t just for high performing netballers but netballers of all ages and abilities. This meant that we needed to be more connected to our satellites (Motu Kairangi, Northern Suburbs and Wellington West) that cater for our Year 1 to Year 8 players and understand their needs and challenges better. We had to connect into our community externally and internally and more importantly celebrate successes at all levels of the game. We feel that we have definitely worked towards these things over the 2018 season and really look forward to enhancing these relationships and opportunities more in 2019.
The Centre has continued to look at what we currently have on offer in regards to programmes and competitions. The programmes have all been reviewed with clear structures and plans now in place and an alignment to what Netball NZ recommend for each age group to get the best out of individuals in accordance to their age and ability. This alignment was something that we identified in 2017 and was very much a work on for the development team in 2018.
The follow on from this is that our Emerging Talent space has definitely been a growth area for the Centre. We know what we have coming through as players, umpires and coaches at the Year 8 level and how best we can work with these individuals over the next 3-5 years so that they are achieving the goals they set themselves along with meeting the Centre’s goals. At the higher end of the spectrum we once again secured great support from the Wellington City Council and Sport Wellington Emerging Talent programme where 12 players have been supported by High Performance Sport NZ, Les Mills and Sandra Edge to prepare them for the next step up the player pathway. To really cement that what we are doing is aligned to the Netball NZ and Netball Central pathway we were rewarded with a core group of players connected to Netball Wellington Centre clubs and schools being named in the Te Wānanga o Raukawa Central Pulse and Netball Central Beko team, and Silver Fern squads and teams.
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We were once again the Centre with a tag on our backs at the Under 15, 17 & 19 representative tournaments. This is a pleasant tag to have as it means we are known as the Centre that is doing some amazing things out there on the court and the team that everyone needs to beat. We were delighted to see our young Year 9 team come 2nd in the Under 15 B Grade allowing us another team up in A grade for 2019 and our Under 17 Black team winners of the A grade final. We were incredibly well supported in this area by some outstanding management teams that had their players at the forefront of their campaigns.
We say this every year but it is by no means a repetitive message without meaning. We have a solid base of volunteers within Netball Wellington Centre. We thank them sincerely for the time they put in and the commitment they give to the game of netball. We would not be able to operate as efficiently and effectively as we do without the contribution of these outstanding individuals. The many Board, Life Members, Service Award Holders, coaches, umpires, bench officials, managers, primary care people, school coordinators, club presidents and committees, and the parents and partners of our players – you are amazing individuals and your time and commitment towards the game of netball is fully appreciated by us here at the Centre.
I would also like to sincerely thank my team - John, Jo, Kylie, Maria, Sandra and Ray who have continued on with passion and commitment to the game of netball and the Centre. A special mention also to Georgia Kibblewhite who slotted in seamlessly into the team and kept the winter competition on track whilst staff took leave. To our team of casual staff members –Jasmine Diack, Laura Chu, Lilly Overton, Lucy Hegarty, Matisse Tiatia, and Tiara Hammond - thank you for your steadfast support to the Centre. We sadly bid farewell to Laura, Lilly and Tiara who venture off to university and Lucy into full time employment. We will miss you all greatly.
Last but not least. A huge thank you to our Chair Karen Fifield, President Fatulatetele Tolo, and Board members Nicki Zande, Karen Harvey, Fiona Cassidy, Gayle Hare and Anthony Karauria. Your strategic guidance, expertise and support has once again provided us with a solid framework to work to that has helped drive us to the successes we have achieved.
Sue Geale General Manager – Netball Wellington Centre
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FACILITY
Hataitai Park ASB Sports Centre houses our premier, senior club and college game play, social twilight and development for the Centre, with long term plans to maintain this arrangement. Hataitai continues to be the home of our winter competition minor collegiate grades (4 to 8) and the inter- satellite intermediate competition, coach and umpire development workshops, centre and club meetings, representative team trainings, regional tournaments, storage, spring and summer Twilight Competitions, and showcasing the history of Netball Wellington Centre.
Mike Neilson and the team from Pita Pit Newtown provided another year of great selection of healthy food options up at our Hataitai courts with demand exceeding supplies in many instances. The provision of indoor café facilities remains an important way to provide essential services and adds a welcoming atmosphere for our Saturday winter competition attendees.
We had a steady flow of people wishing to hire the courts and pavilion including both our members and the outside public over the past year. With a variety of spaces available including a large upstairs area, an upstairs boardroom, small meeting room and a downstairs room on offer, it has the potential to remain well utilised for sporting events, prize-givings, private functions, seminars & workshops, indoor trainings, planning meetings and general meetings. This year painting the inside of our main room in the Hataitai building was a priority along with a new Honours Board for the Centenary celebrations, external signage, installation of new fluorescent lights and oven door replacement. In addition to this there was a massive clear out of unused furniture, broken items and rubbish and we are now proud to say that we have a place to gather that we are incredibly proud of.
We are still continuing discussions with Wellington City Council (WCC), Sport Wellington and other park users around the long term plans for Hataitai Park and the possibility of a Recreation Hub being established. General Manager Sue Geale has been the Chair of this group for the past three years and we are excited about what this might bring for the future for us as a sporting entity and the wider local community groups.
ASB Sports Centre The Centre remains one of the highest users of the ASB Sport Centre fully utilising 12 courts as part of our Saturday winter competition, for three nights a week for our twilight competitions, Intermediate and College League and development programmes, emerging talent groups, umpiring development, school holiday programmes, and school coaches programmes for year 1-8. We continually look for opportunities that we can offer during the day to the community to include all age groups, gender and abilities. This year was no exception with the continuation of walking netball and korfball coaching. 2019 will bring about some even more exciting ventures.
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FUNDING/SPONSORSHIP/SUPPORTERS
The funding from Gaming and Charitable Trusts is invaluable support to the Centre financially for securing staff 12 months of the year, providing a wide range of competitions to meet the diverse range of patrons in the game of netball, development programmes and academies to cater for all ages and abilities, providing a pathway for players as well as umpires, officials, managers and coaches by running representative programmes for Year 9, Under 15, 17 and 19 age groups plus emerging talent programmes.
During 2018, gaming and racing board trust funding was granted by New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT), Infinity Foundation Limited, Four Winds Foundation Limited, Pelorus Trust, The Lion Foundation, New Zealand Racing Board, Eastern Suburbs Sports Trust, One Foundation, Air Rescue & Community Services and Wellington Community Trust. We thank these funders greatly for their ongoing support to the Centre and our members. Without them the cost to play the game of netball would be beyond the reach of many and we would not be able to sustain our current status as the 3rd biggest netball centre in New Zealand both financially or in participant numbers.
NZCT and Infinity Foundation Limited provide a large portion of the funding outside of the membership fees. These funds were put towards the salaries of staff for the Centre and court hire. The remaining funders contributed towards the costs of representative team travel and accommodation, development, operational cost, affiliation fees and first aid services.
We are incredibly fortunate that all our previous partners renewed their sponsorship in 2018, contributing to the Centre’s operational success. We would like to thank them all for their support, and the trust they put in us to deliver back to them. We look forward to continuing to grow and foster our relationship in 2019.
PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie continued their support towards our representative team food costs and our Good Sorts vouchers for our Winter competition. Thanks to Dean and Brian Galt and the team at PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie for their ongoing support.
Jamie & Will Williams and the team from Wellington Hospitality Group continued their generous support implementing their player of the day initiative across the Centre for our ASB winter competition, and our three Junior Satellites – Motu Kairangi, Northern Suburbs Netball and Wellington West Netball. Their venues are spread throughout the Wellington region allowing voucher redemption to be accessible to all recipients.
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Mama Brown is our naming rights sponsors for our Centre Twilight leagues. They contributed towards food and drink vouchers for our winner and runner-up teams, match balls, plus spot prizes (vouchers and drink bottles) throughout the competition and also on final nights. We extend much thanks to Shah & Arsel Aslam, Johnny Durham and the team located at Mama Brown on the corner of Tory & Wakefield Streets.
Capital Business Technology provides support that enables the Centre administration to have a more professional and efficient appearance with an amazing photocopier/printer/fax. Thanks to Nick and the team at Capital Business Technology.
Les Mills supports our emerging talent players and umpires with 15 gym memberships. This sponsorship has supported our athletes to achieve and perform at top level with invitations to a number of Netball NZ camps or squads. A big thank you to the team at Les Mills for their ongoing support.
Wellington City Council and Sport Wellington have been an amazing in their contribution towards our emerging talent development programme. Sport Wellington have also supported us with Leadership development and development of our young student coaches. Thank you.
Wellington Sports Med has once again been our ‘go to’ service provider at the ASB Sports Centre for injury care, strapping and for major injuries sustained by netballers at all levels and follow up treatment and also providing educational workshops. Sport Doctor expertise has also provided additional professional care. The players much appreciate the support that they received over the 2018 season.
Jason Pine from Newstalk ZB provided us with the opportunity to showcase our premier competition over the 2018 Winter Competition along with any special events we had on the horizon. We really appreciated the air time and exposure that this gave our teams and players and look forward to continuing this relationship in 2019.
Mike Neilson and the team from Newtown Pita Pit provided some amazing healthy food options at Hataitai during the 2018 season and other events such as the Primary SportsFest & Year 7 PDP FunFest. Player of the Day vouchers for college grades at Hataitai plus drink bottles and netballs for the grade winners were also gratefully received.
BLK have continued their support supplying our representative t-shirts and hoodies. As a result our Centre representatives proudly showcase themselves and take pride in their appearance wearing not only tidy t-shirts and hoodies but also a stand-out playing dress.
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COMPETITION
As this was my first season as Games Coordinator I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. With the change to our competition structure, the introduction of Premier Reserve 5 and also the introduction of the three week finals series, this made for a few areas under trial for the first time. In addition we lost four clubs at the start of our season which made for a bit of a rocky start. It is pleasing to report however that the winter competition was only down one team in comparison to 2017 participant numbers, so we did not lose too many players. Wellington East Netball Club had the largest growth expanding by three new teams. Overall 90 club teams and 147 college teams took part in the 2018 winter competition.
With the Commonwealth Games held this year it meant that the Pulse season and BEKO season experienced a delayed start therefore their competitions did not finish until July/August. This resulted in a challenging season of deferments, sometimes at the last minute because of late team announcements. That said, we thank our Premier One teams, management and umpires for their patience and willingness to work with us to reschedule games throughout the season.
The introduction of Premier Reserve 5 after round one provided strong competition for the four collegiate teams and four Senior teams involved. Over the seven weeks of round two there were a total of 12 bonus points awarded indicating some very tightly contested games. The winner of this grade ultimately moved up into Premier Reserve 4 for 2019. The final match played out between a collegiate team and a senior team, so a great way to end the first year of implementation.
Another change to our competition was the introduction of splitting grades into top four, bottom four after round two. Both top and bottom of the grade then played a three week finals series. The second week of finals saw some very challenging games that made for very exciting semi finals. Following the 2018 season review it has however been decided that the finals week will be played over two weeks in 2019 – set to include a semi final and then final.
Our Centre season review provided some positive feedback and a chance to discuss areas that need some change. It was great to have an open discussion to address areas that require further consideration. It was nice to get the chance to welcome representatives from our clubs, colleges, Board, umpires and NWC staff at the review evening. There was a lot of positivity shared surrounding the competition and are all agreed we are fortunate to have an excellent facility at Hataitai and a truly first-class facility in the ASB Sports Centre. As there is room to expand the competition should team numbers increase, there are a lot of reassuring elements surrounding our winter competition which bodes well for the future.
Overall it has been another positive season for us and our three Satellites - Motu Kairangi, Wellington West, and Northern Suburbs Netball. We look forward to providing a competition in 2019 that will serve the needs of our netball community as best we can.
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COMPETITION FINAL PLACINGS
Premier 1 2018 saw a continuation of the format that allowed our Premier 1 teams to stay in our competition for the entire season. However the second round changes meant that teams were playing to be in the top four of the premier competition after the second round. We also had two college teams fighting for a place in the Premier 1 grade for round two – Wellington East Girls’ College and St Mary’s College. Vic Uni also secured two teams in the Premier 1 grade for round two. Similar to last season, Beko National League brought about some challenges for some teams with a number of games deferred and rescheduled to accommodate the Beko players. As the ANZ Premiership did not finish until the 12th of August and given the Pulse made it to the final, this meant we were unable to see many of the franchise players on court very often. Top four provided some great games, with a three week finals series meaning all teams played off each other. We congratulate PIC 1 for taking out the final. The bottom four of Premier 1 had some very challenging games with every team fighting to stay up in the competition for the start of 2019. 2019 sees Vic Uni secure two teams in Premier 1 and two college teams will also start 2019 in Premier 1. It’s sure to be an exciting competition ahead.
Premier 2 & 3, Premier Reserve & Senior competition The rest of the grades from Premier 2 to Senior 6 performed well over the season with very few issues eventuating other than umpiring concerns which is unfortunately something that is an ongoing issue for all sports where passion becomes involved. Our umpire group were quick to move courtside to right any wrongs that were occurring which provided a mostly positive season for participants.
This year Premier 2 and 3 provided some very tight games - many resulting in bonus points. QMC were able to pull off a very good win in the semi finals against Premier 2 favourites PIC3. This secured their place in the final which they won. Premier 3 to Senior 6 provided some fantastic competition. The introduction of Premier Reserve 5 proved a real success, allowing for four collegiate and four senior teams to compete for a place in Premier Reserve 4. The season review night also confirmed that the introduction of this grade was positive and will return as part of the 2019 season.
The 2018 season ran for 17 weeks from 28th April through to the 1st September (Finals Day), taking into account holidays. We removed the split round in the holidays, meaning all games were played on the last weekend of the holidays. This allowed all teams to benefit from a break through the holidays. The season review evening confirms that in 2019 we will play a 16 week season, 27th of April to the 24th of August (Finals Day). We look forward to the season ahead.
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Results and final placings for Winter Competition Premier Grades Prem 1 Prem 2 Premier 3 PIC 1 QMC 1 PIC 4 Wgtn East 1 SMOG 3 NCOG 2 PIC 2 PIC 3 Wgtn Girls 1 SMOG 1 Wgtn East 4 Wgtn East 3 Vic Uni 1 SMOG 2 Kia Ora 1 WEGC 1 Wgtn East 2 Vic Uni 3 Vic Uni 2 Marsden 1 Newlands 1 St. Marys 1 SMOG 4 Vic Uni 5
Prem Res 1 Prem Res 2 Prem Res 3 Prem Res 4 Prem Res 5 PIC 5 SMOG 6 Vic Uni 7 Wgtn Girls 5 Kia Ora 6 Karori 1 Wgtn East 7 WEGC 3 St. Marys 5 St. Marys 8 Vic Uni 4 Kia Ora 2 Vic Uni 6 Wgtn East 8 QMC 2 St. Marys 2 St. Caths 1 SMOG 7 Onslow 1 SN WAGs SMOG 5 WEGC 2 NCOG 1 Wgtn East 9 Wgtn Girls 4 Wgtn Girls 2 Kia Ora 3 St. Francis 1 Kia Ora 4 Kia Ora 5 Tawa 1 Wgtn East 5 Ories 1 SMOG8 Nga Mokopuna 1 St. Marys 3 Wgtn East 6 Karori 2 Wgtn Girls 3 Karori 3
Senior 1 Senior 2 Senior 3 Senior 4 Vic Uni 10 Wgtn East 10 Wgtn Olympic Vic Uni 16 Vic Uni 9 Vic Uni 12 Wgtn East 12 Kia Ora 10 Wgtn East 11 Ories 2 Misfits 1 Karori 4 Kia Ora 7 SCOG 1 Vic Uni 14 SCOG 2 St. Francis 3 SMOG 11 St. Francis 4 Vic Uni 15 Vic Uni 8 Vic Uni 11 Kia Ora 9 Vic Uni 17 SMOG 9 Nga Mokopuna 2 Kia Ora 8 Wgtn Wildcats St. Francis 2 SMOG 10 Vic Uni 13 Wgtn East 13
Senior 5 Senior 6 Wgtn East 15 Kia Ora 13
Ories 3 Vic Uni 21
Kia Ora 11 Vic Uni 19 Kia Ora 12 Vic Uni 22 Ab Fabs Vic Uni 20
SMOG 12 Kia Ora 14
Vic Uni 18 Wgtn East 14
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Regional Secondary School League (RSSL) This was the seventh year this competition has been run by the Centre and College Sport Wellington, where 23 teams in three divisions took part from across Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kapi Mana, Kapiti and Wairarapa. The competition began on Monday 25th June after the first round of the school’s winter competition with seeding’s based on 2017 Lower North Island Secondary School tournament results. The finals day took place at the ASB Sports Centre on Monday 27th August where St Mary’s College won against Sacred Heart College (31-24) to win the Division One title. Onslow played St Catherine’s College in the final of Division Three, Onslow won (36-32) to take out the title.
The Netball Wellington Centre affiliated teams finished in the following positions:
Division 1 St Mary’s College 1st Samuel Marsden Collegiate 3rd Wellington East Girls’ College 5th Wellington Girls’ College 6th Queen Margaret College 7th Newlands College 8th
Division 2 Tawa College 7th (15th overall)
Division 3 Onslow College 1st (17th Overall) St Catherine’s College 2nd (18th Overall)
NWC Collegiate Competition The Collegiate grades are made up of three distinct groups: Collegiate Grades 1-3 Open grade (No age limit), Top four grades Hosted at the ASB Sports Centre Collegiate Grade 4 & 5 Open grade (No age limit), more ‘social’ grade Hosted at the Hataitai Netball Courts Junior Collegiate Grades 1-2 Junior grade (Year 9 & 10 Only) Hosted at the Hataitai Netball Courts
Our 2018 Collegiate competition really benefited with the introduction of the Premier Reserve 5 grade. The top of Collegiate 1 after 5 weeks of grading, WGC 5, went on to win Premier Reserve 4 beating SMC 5 in the final. Great results for our collegiate teams that were new arrivals to the premier reserve grades. The rest of the collegiate grades proved to be very competitive. We were also pretty lucky with the weather as not have one cancellation at Hataitai. After a season review with our Netball/Sports Coordinators from our various colleges, we have decided on a few minor changes to next years competition that will help make it even better in 2019.
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Results and final placings for Collegiate Competition
Collegiate Grades Coll 1A Coll 1B Coll 1C 1 Marsden 3 Tawa 2 Newlands 3 2 Marsden 2 WEGC 5 Wgtn Girls 9 3 Newlands 2 St. Marys 6 Wgtn Girls 7 4 QMC 3 Wgtn High 1 Onslow 2 5 St. Caths 2 Newlands 6 WEGC 6 6 WEGC 4 Wgtn Girls 8 St. Marys 7
Coll 2A Coll 2B Coll 2C Coll 2D 1 Tawa 4 Wgtn Girls 13 Wgtn Girls 15 Tawa 3 2 Onslow 3 St. Marys 4 Wgtn Girls 14 Wgtn Girls 17 3 Newlands 9 Wgtn Girls 6 St. Marys 11 St. Marys 12 4 Wgtn Girls 11 WEGC 9 St. Marys 9 Wgtn High 2 5 Wgtn Girls 10 Marsden 4 St. Marys 10 Wgtn Girls 16 6 WEGC 7 Wgtn Girls 12 WEGC 10 Marsden 5
Coll 3A Coll 3B Coll 3C 1 St. Marys 13 QMC 5 WEGC 15 2 WEGC 11 Wgtn Girls 19 WEGC 14 3 Wgtn High 3 St. Marys 14 QMC 6 4 Wgtn Girls 18 WEGC 13 Wgtn Girls 22 5 QMC 4 WEGC 12 St. Caths 3 6 WEGC 8 Onslow 4 Wgtn Girls 21
Coll 4A Coll 4B Coll 4C Coll 4D 1 St. Marys 15 Marsden 6 Wgtn Girls 28 WEGC 19 2 Wgtn Girls 26 WEGC 16 WEGC 17 Wgtn Girls 33 3 Wgtn Girls 20 Wgtn Girls 25 Marsden 7 St Marys 17 4 Newlands 4 QMC 7 Marsden 8 Wgtn Girls 30 5 Wgtn Girls 24 Wgtn Girls 23 Wgtn Girls 27 Marsden 9 6 St. Marys 16 Wgtn High 4 Onslow 5 Wgtn Girls 29
Coll 5A Coll 5B 1 Wgtn Girls 31 St. Marys 20 2 WEGC 20 St. Marys 19 3 Wgtn Girls 32 Newlands 5 4 St Marys 18 St. Caths 4
JColl 1A JColl 1B JColl 1C JColl 1D 1 Newlands 7 Newlands 10 Newlands 11 WEGC 24 2 WEGC 22 Onslow 6 Wgtn Girls 38 WEGC 25 3 Wgtn Girls 35 WEGC 23 Wgtn Girls 36 Wgtn Girls 42 4 Wgtn High 5 Wgtn Girls 34 QMC 9 Wgtn Girls 40 5 WEGC 21 Newlands 8 Wgtn Girls 37 Wgtn Girls 39 6 Marsden 10 St. Marys 21 QMC 10 Onslow 7
JColl 2A JColl 2B 1 Marsden 11 Wgtn Girls 41 2 Newlands 12 WEGC 27 3 WEGC 26 Newlands 13 4 Wgtn High 6 QMC 11 Wgtn Girls 43 Onslow 8
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PRIZE-GIVING AWARDS
Congratulations to these award recipients honoured at our 2018 NWC Prize-Giving Ceremony. College Awards Grade Recipient Trophy Collegiate Cup Winner: WEGC 1 Premier College Championship Cup Collegiate 1A Winner: Marsden 3 Marie Hopkins Trophy Runner Up: Marsden 2 Collegiate 1B Winner: Tawa 2 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 5 Collegiate 1C Winner: Newlands 3 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 9 Collegiate 2A Winner: Tawa 4 Esme Moore Trophy Runner Up: Onslow 3 Collegiate 2B Winner: Wgtn Girls 13 NWC Cup Runner Up: St Mary’s 4 Collegiate 2C Winner: Wgtn Girls 15 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 14 Collegiate 2D Winner: Tawa 3 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 17 Collegiate 3A Winner: St Mary’s 13 WNA Cup Runner Up: WEGC 11 Collegiate 3B Winner: QMC 5 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 19 Collegiate 3C Winner: WEGC 15 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 14 Collegiate 4A Winner: St Mary’s 15 Hazel Paul Trophy (plate) Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 26 Collegiate 4B Winner: Marsden 6 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 16 Collegiate 4C Winner: Wgtn Girls 28 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 17 Collegiate 4D Winner: WEGC 19 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 33 Collegiate 5A Winner: Wgtn Girls 31 ‘Y’ Cup Runner Up: WEGC 20 Collegiate 5B Winner: St Mary’s 20 NWC Cup Runner Up: St Mary’s 19 JColl 1A Winner: Newlands 7 Jamie Trophy Runner Up: WEGC 22 JColl 1B Winner: Newlands 10 NWC Cup Runner Up: Onslow 6 JColl 1C Winner: Newlands 11 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn Girls 38 JColl 1D Winner: WEGC 24 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 25
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JColl 2A Winner: Marsden 11 Doyle Cup Runner Up: Newlands 12 JColl 2B Winner: Wgtn Girls 41 NWC Cup Runner Up: WEGC 27 Intermediate Winner: EBIS Manuka Intermediate Cup Runner Up: Tawa Diamonds Special Mention Newlands 3 Won all games – unbeaten: Newlands 10 WEGC 19 WEGC 15 Wgtn East 15 WGC 5 Collegiate Highest Goal Average Marsden 3 Shirley Smith Trophy Collegiate Best Defensive Play Newlands 10 Lady Appleton Trophy Highest Finishing College Team Wellington East Girls’ College Acorn Cup
Senior Awards Grade Recipient Trophy Winner: Vic Uni 10 Senior 1 WEOG Cup Runner Up: Vic Uni 9 Winner: Wgtn East 10 Senior 2 NWC Cup Runner Up: Vic Uni 12 Winner: Wgtn Olympic Senior 3 NWC Cup Runner Up: Wgtn East 12 Winner: Vic Uni 16 Senior 4 NWC Cup Runner Up: Kia Ora 10 Winner: Wgtn East 15 Senior 5 SMOG Cup Runner Up: Ories 3 Winner: Kia Ora 13 Senior 6 NWC Cup Runner UP: Vic Uni 21 Senior - Highest Goal Average Wgtn East 15 Betty Armstrong Cup Senior - Best Defensive Play Kia Ora 13 Barbara Marchant Trophy Senior Team Award Winner: SMOG 9 Senior Team Award Trophy
Premier Awards Grade Recipient Trophy Premier 1 Winner: PIC 1 NZ Community Trust Trophy Runner Up: Wgtn East 1 Premier 2 Winner: QMC 1 Anna Wuffli/O’Neill Cup Runner Up: SMOG 3 Premier 3 Winner: PIC 4 Dorothy Smith Trophy Runner Up: NCOG 2 Premier Reserve 1 Winner: PIC 5 Smith Cup Runner Up: Karori 1 Premier Reserve 2 Winner: SMOG 6 Johnsonville/Marion Smith Trophy Runner Up: Wgtn East 7 Premier Reserve 3 Winner: Vic Uni 7 Premier Cup Runner Up: WEGC3 Premier Reserve 4 Winner: Wgtn Girls 5 Annie Calder Trophy/Trustbank Cup Runner Up: St Mary’s 5 Premier Reserve 5 Winner: Kia Ora 6 Runner Up: St Mary’s 8 Premier - Highest Goal Average PIC 1 Lady Fowler Cup Premier - Best Defensive Play Wgtn East 9 Umpires Jubilee Trophy
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Special Awards Award Recipient Trophy Club Uniform Winner: SMOG Paul Cameron Trophy Nominations: SMOG and Vic Uni Volunteer of the Year Winners: Paul and Bronwyn Kingdom PIC Nominations: Sonia Kupuri – U15 Reps Haggie Cup Rosie Kirkpatrick – SMOG Aleisha Amohia – Vic Uni Fair Play Award Winner: Emma Kirkpatrick Nominations: NWC Cup Ruci Tueli – Vic Uni 5 Club Administrator Winner: Kelsey Firmin – Vic Uni Nominations: Tania Absolom – SMOG Geale Family Cup Pare Wiki-Cummings – Tawa Paul Kingdom – PIC Tina Parker – WEGC Coach of the Year – Winner: Efaraima Fa’atau - Marsden Developing players Nominations: NWC Trophy Billie Gruschow – Vic Uni Special Mention: Sophie Day – Vic Uni Chantel McKee – WGC Anna Andrews Tasola – PIC Coach of the Year Winner: Frances Solia – QMC Nominations: Pelesa Semu – PIC Dale Wortman Trophy Special Mention: Tash Wilson – Vic Uni Toni Wood & Rebecca Cochrane – SMOG Fiona Trappitt – Tawa College Most Improved Team PIC 5 Sykes Cup Club Achievement Wgtn East Club Marjorie Jenden Trophy Club Championship – Small Club Wellington Olympic Betts Cup Club Championship – Large Club PIC Netball Club Lady Iris Kitts Trophy
Umpire Awards Award Recipient Trophy Contribution to Umpiring Amelia Wheeler Freda Maurirere Trophy Junior Umpire of the Year Lachlan McLaren Barbara Fabish Trophy Most Improved Umpire Marlissa Howard Kirsten Lloyd Trophy Umpire of the Year Ann Hay Denise Young Trophy
Representative Awards Award Recipient U19 - Most Valuable Player Jordan Vailini U19 – Most Improved Player Luisa Stillwell U17 Black - Most Valuable Players Lauren Smith U17 Black – Most Improved Players Rachel Albiston U17 Gold - Most Valuable Player Lucy Ross U17 Gold - Most Improved Players Maia Grace-Paul & Saro Thomson U15 Black - Most Valuable Player Waimarie Weston U15 Black - Most Improved Player Eve Waititi U15 Gold - Most Valuable Player Hinetekawa Thomson-Laulu U15 Gold - Most Improved Players Jessica Jackson & Tawhirikura Doyle Year 9 – Most Valuable Players Mercy-Lea Tekii-Lilo Year 9 – Most Improved Player Zoe Hannah
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Congratulations to the following award recipients honored as part of the 2018 Wellington Regional Netball Prize-giving Awards:
Umpire of the Year Gareth Fowler – HV Regional Cup Emerging Player of the Year Saviour Tui - NWC Dale Wortman Cup Player of the Year Karin Burger – HV/NWC The Presidents Cup
Key: HV = Netball Hutt Valley Centre KM = Kapi Mana Netball Centre K – Netball Kapiti NWC = Netball Wellington Centre Wai = Netball Wairarapa
SOCIAL COMPETITION
Social Twilight leagues remain a core part of our competitions on offer. Spaces for our indoor twilight are snapped up in a matter of minutes causing a lot of disappointment for those that miss out. We are fortunate that it remains so popular, with an increase of 17 teams this year that equates to 120 new players to our competition. In our autumn and winter competition we are limited by the court space available so often have 8-10 teams on our waiting list. We are grateful to have Mama Brown as our sponsor for our Twilight Competitions again this year. This sponsorship continues to be a benefit to both the Centre and Mama Brown and we hope this relationship will continue in 2019.
Twilight Leagues offered in 2016/2017 Grade Venue # of teams Spring 2017 (October – December) - Monday Mixed Hataitai 6 Spring 2017 (October – December) - Monday Womens Hataitai 14 Spring 2017 (October – December) - Wednesday Mixed ASB 12 Spring 2017 (October – December) - Wednesday Womens ASB 14 Spring 2017 (October – December) - Thursday Mixed ASB 10 Spring 2017 (October – December) - Thursday Womens ASB 18 Summer 2018 (February – April) – Monday Mixed Hataitai 6 Summer 2018 (February – April) – Monday Womens Hataitai 16 Summer 2018 (February – April) - Wednesday Mixed ASB 8 Summer 2018 (February – April) - Wednesday Womens ASB 16 Summer 2018 (February – April) - Thursday Mixed ASB 12 Summer 2018 (February – April) - Thursday Womens ASB 16 Autumn 2018 (May – June) – Wednesday Mixed ASB 8 Autumn 2018 (May – June) – Wednesday Womens ASB 12 Autumn 2018 (May – June) – Thursday Mixed ASB 8 Autumn 2018 (May – June) – Thursday Womens ASB 10 Winter 2018 (July - September) - Wednesday Mixed ASB 10 Winter 2018 (July - September) - Wednesday Womens ASB 8 Winter 2018 (July - September) - Thursday Mixed ASB 8 Winter 2018 (July - September) - Thursday Womens ASB 16 Total number of teams in 2016/2017 – 211 (21 Leagues) Total number of teams in 2017/2018 – 228 (20 Leagues)
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INTERMEDIATE COMPETITION
We offered a 6-a-side Year 5 & 6 Competition in term four yet unfortunately this didn’t get enough interest to be continued in term one. Our Intermediate Comp however proves to be popular and highly competitive. These competitions run over a 6 week period and showcase some great young talent coming through. The competition provides not only a bit of fun for our young players but is also a great opportunity for our junior umpires to further develop their skills. The initiative to involve recent ‘graduates’ from the Kiwi Whistler programme based throughout the three Junior Satellites over winter, along with John Neho acting as a dedicated umpire coach, has seen a large number of these youngsters build their skills and confidence.
# of teams # of teams Junior Grades offered Grade 2016-2017 2017-2018 Term 4 (October – December) Wednesday Year 5,6&7 9 4 Term 4 (October – December) Thursday Year 5,6&7 cancelled cancelled Term 1 (February – April) Year 5&6 cancelled cancelled Year 7&8 Shifted into Term 1 (February – April) Wednesday Tween League cancelled Year 7&8 Shifted into Term 1 (February – April) Thursday Tween League 4 Total number of teams in 2016/2017 – 9 (1 League) Total number of teams in 2017/2018 – 8 (2 Leagues)
COLLEGE COMPETITION
The College Competition continued as an off-season competition offered on both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The competition was open to Year 9 to Year 13. As a result, the competition has really enticed a lot more players into our competition for the pure reason of playing netball for fun with their mates. This has been a real joy to watch and was the exact reason for offering such an opportunity. It was great to see a number of these teams self coached and self managed – a promising way to grow our volunteers of the future. We also welcomed a number o f mixed teams in our college comp. This is an area we really want to look to promote as it is good to see male college students really enjoying the game of netball. Our next step is to establish a full college comp for boys - something we are working towards in 2019.
# of teams # of teams College Grades offered Grade 2016-2017 2017-2018 Term 4 (October – December) Wednesday Year 9-13 16 5 Term 4 (October – December) Thursday Year 9-13 cancelled 10 Term 1 (February – April) Wednesday Year 9-13 8 cancelled Term 1 (February – April) Thursday Year 9-13 cancelled 6 Total number of teams in 2016/2017 – 24 (2 Leagues) Total number of teams in 2017/2018 – 20 (3 Leagues)
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WALKING NETBALL
Walking Netball continues to gain popularity with thanks to a cored dedicated bunch of attendees. Originating in the UK with a few simple rule modifications, Walking Netball offers a low impact alternative which is easier on the joints therefore more appealing for participants of all ages. Our core group currently range from 84 years young to early 20s. This modified version of the game also makes for a social yet sweat-inducing fun work- out. Rule modifications include ruling out jumping or running so one foot must always maintain contact with the ground at all times, allowing an extra step before coming to a complete stop, allowing four seconds to hold the ball, and the centre pass is always awarded to the non-scoring team.
When we first initiated Walking Netball in 2017 it was held for an hour on Friday nights at the ASB Sports Centre. Since then participant numbers have slowly increased thanks to word of mouth and solid marketing to our database of people and Facebook followers. We started with small numbers of up to 14 players each session. Since then we have attracted a total of 53 participants popping in on a casual basis. We plan to keep up the momentum by offering Walking Netball in each term and extend it to mid-day offerings making the most of the free court space during off-peak hours at ASB Sports Centre. We hope to appeal to men and women, mixed generations, those returning to sport after injury or pregnancy, stay-at-home Mums and/or shift workers.
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UMPIRES & BENCH OFFICIALS
The 2018 year has provided another successful season for the Wellington Umpires and Bench Officials. A healthy number of umpires have achieved umpiring qualifications and a number of umpires have been rewarded with appointments to international and national tournaments, NNZ squads and Talent ID programmes for both Netball New Zealand and Netball Central Zone. Congratulations to Marlissa Howard who gained her NZ B Award – a well deserve achievement, and a special mention to Ann Hay on her international appointments.
We attribute their success to the personal commitment and accountability of the umpires and bench officials and also to the work of a panel of volunteers. A majority of these volunteers commit their time to umpiring or bench official work, as well as coaching or mentoring others. The panel put a lot of effort into becoming accredited to coach, mentor or assess which we know takes a lot of their own personal time and investment, and is deeply appreciated by those they are developing just as much as the Centre.
This year we celebrated great success in the umpire theory achievements. Amelia Wheeler tutored Zone theory. We had 100% pass rate with four Zone candidates enjoying the taste of how hard work pays off. The Centre is extremely lucky to have tutors of such high calibre and the results show the importance of these six-weeks of classes.
Some of the Netball Wellington Centre umpires voluntarily assisted in delivery of the Kiwi Whistler programme to junior and adult umpire sessions in all three of our Junior Netball Satellites. It was great to see our umpires giving back and illustrates a great deal about the charisma of umpires that are involved in our Centre. Big thanks to Lachlan McLaren, Amelia Wheeler, and Sue Geale.
We continued to offer an umpire holiday programme at ASB Sport Centre in both January and April which attracted the interest of over 30 students. Going over the rules with these players, along with practical application, provides them with the confidence to complete umpire duties as a player or a family member throughout the season.
Umpiring 101 workshops were offered again in 2018 with three dates carefully potted in the calendar aiming to help player-umpires to be a little more confident with whistle in hand and start the season off without need for panic. Workshops were spaced out in the lead-up to the start of the season – one in March, one in April and one in May especially for anyone slow to realise player-umpire duty is compulsory. March appeared to be a little too early for most with just 7 attending however on the flip side May was extremely popular with 59 in attendance. Despite three offerings some were unaware of this opportunity therefore more effort will go towards effective promotion in 2019. In addition we may roll out this style of workshop to Premier players and College players as demand dictates and resources allow.
Once again our umpires took up the opportunity to umpire trials, attend representative tournaments, attend club/school/representative trainings and coaching clinics, and took up one or more games on a Saturday to ensure that we managed to cover all of our premier games using qualified umpires. We are still well below the required numbers to meet the objective of being in the position to cover all Premier Reserve games but the foundations are being laid with a good cohort of umpires coming through at the introductory and centre level.
A big thank you to all for the time, commitment and dedication you give to the game of netball here at the Centre and in support of our teams. It is greatly appreciated.
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2018 Netball Wellington Centre Umpire Awards We say every year that it gets harder and harder for us to name one umpire for each of our special awards. This year was no different with multiple worthy candidates for four categories.
Contribution to Umpiring – This year’s award was presented to Amelia Wheeler. Amelia for the last two season has been the social convenor for the NWC Umpire Group, kept all informed of any upcoming umpire workshops via Facebook and provided updates on how NWC umpires are doing at NNZ Champs & international tournaments. Amelia was also one of the facilitators for our Umpire 101 workshops, Zone theory tutor for the last two years with a 100% pass rate, umpired at club & representative trials and Pulse & Beko team training games, as well Saturday winter competition when available. Amelia was appointed to umpire at NNZ U19 Champs & NZSS Champs yet unfortunately had to withdraw from the NZSS Champs because of injury.
Most Improved Umpire – A number of umpires put their hands up this season making it a very difficult decision however one umpire had the upper edge due to the journey she has taken to achieve her NZB umpire badge. Congratulations to Marlissa (Marly) Howard on this very well deserved recognition. Over the season Marly became one of our more consistent umpires on our Premier 1 competition, she headed off to U19 nationals in Tauranga and NZSS in Timaru where she was awarded the final. It has been a year of building confidence and maintaining consistency for Marly and she has managed this brilliantly. Well done on an awesome year of umpiring Marly.
Junior Umpire of the Year – Lachlan (Lockie) McLaren followed on from his success in 2017 receiving this award for a consecutive year by building on his confidence and consistency. He attended a number of regional and national representative tournaments at the U15, U17 and Open Grade levels. Lockie was appointed to NNZ U17 Champs in Palmerston North and NZSS Champs in Timaru. This year he was NWC Zone panel lead as an umpire coach and assessor, and shared the role of Kiwi Whistler facilitator at Northern Suburbs Netball – which he surely remembers progressing through himself not so long ago. Lockie is a great role model and inspiration to our umpires following in his footsteps.
Umpire of the Year – Ann Hay along with having a young family manages to fit in so much in and around the game of netball. This year Ann has contributed in the follow way: Appointed as an NZUDG Cadet, NWC Panel Convenor, NZ Theory Tutor, NWC Squad Coach, NZ Umpire Tester, NWC member of development team and facilitator of development workshops. This list is not by any means complete as Ann continuously gives her time to the umpires in the Wellington region and Netball Central Zone. Ann umpired at Mini Pacific Games (Vanuatu 2017), ANZ Premiership 2018, 2019 Oceania (Auckland) & 2019 Asia (Singapore) World Cup Qualifier Tournaments, NNZ Super Club (Nelson), NWC competitions and training games for Pulse and Beko. But it is not all about attendance - it is about consistency and umpiring to a standard recognised by NNZ and IFNA. Ann works tirelessly towards her own umpiring and the appointments she is awarded are true recognition of her capability. Ann is an elite umpire that enjoys what she does and this shows through every time she takes the court. We look forward to seeing Ann continue on with her successes in 2019. Congratulations Ann - a just reward for all you give to the game of netball and our umpires.
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Umpire development opportunities offered by Netball Wellington Centre for the period between October 2017 to September 2018:
Date Event Facilitator Attended Oct College Netball League - umpire mentoring (6 wks) John Neho 15 Jan Umpire Holiday Programme Year 8 & above Sue Geale & John Neho 20 Feb Intermediate & College Netball League - umpire mentoring (8 wks) John Neho 12 Mar Umpiring 101 Workshop Amelia Wheeler & 7 Caleb Binns College Sport Secondary School Officials Workshop Sue Geale & John Neho 93 Apr Umpire Holiday Programme - Year 8 and above Sue Geale 11 Umpiring 101 Workshop Amelia Wheeler & 39 Caleb Binns Adult Kiwi Whistler Motu Kairangi Satellite Year 5-8 (one-off Sue Geale 37 theory/practical) May Kiwi Whistler Wellington West Satellite (6 wks theory/pract) Maria Nunns 24 Kiwi Whistler Northern Suburbs Satellite (6 wks theory/pract) Lachlan McLaren & 12 Amelia Wheeler Kiwi Whistler Motu Kairangi Satellite (6 wks theory/prac) Sue Geale 13 Umpiring 101 Workshop Amelia Wheeler & Caleb 59 Binns Development Session 1: Game Techniques and Protocols Ann Hay 15 June Development Session 2: Obstruction Gareth Fowler 15 Development Session 3 : Contact, Contest & Advantage Marlissa Howard 15 July Development Session 4 : Game Management & Panel Workshop Kelly Herbert 15 Sept Tournament Preparation for NZSSs Gareth Fowler 2 17 umpire development opportunities offered in 2016-2017 – total participants 383 17 umpire development opportunities offered in 2017-2018 - total participants 404
The goal for this year was to focus on practical assessments so the number of workshop opportunities reduced as a result. The effort put in by umpire coaches and umpires on the court this season was rewarded with the achievement of a healthy number of qualifications. Congratulations to the following umpires who gained practical qualifications and theory passes this year:
NZ B Award NZ Theory Zone Theory Centre Award Introductory Award Marlissa Howard Nil Briar Pawson Kendra Boyes Anatia Ioapo Caleb Barr (endorsement) Ashley Barr NZ C Award Zone Award Inger Deighton Pare Wiki-Cummings Courtney Doig Megan Jamieson Briar Pawson Kendra Boyes (endorsement) Isabella Ioapo Melissa Price Caleb Barr Sarah Hay Rhiannon Bond Lagi Tuimavave Genevieve Sharnay Leef (endorsement) Coleman (endorsement)
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We wish to acknowledge the fantastic achievements of the following umpires appointed for tournaments during 2017/2018: Umpire Tournament selection Amelia Wheeler Netball New Zealand Under 19 Age Group Championship 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club 2018 Ann Hay Mini Pacific Games 2017 - Vanuatu ANZ Premiership 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club 2018 Oceania World Cup Qualifiers 2019 – Auckland Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2019–Singapore Fast 5 Netball World Series 2018 – Melbourne Netball Quad Series 2018 – Auckland Anthony Karauria NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles National Tournament 2018 (Panel Member) North Island U15 Championship 2018 (Panel Member) Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament 2018 (Panel Member) Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball – Service Award Briar Pawson Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 North Island U15 Championship 2018 Netball Central Zone Talent ID Cluster Day – Porirua Caleb Barr North Island U15 Championship 2018 Caleb Binns Netball New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club 2018 Cheyanne Coleman Netball Central Zone Super Club 2018
Daisy Smith Netball New Zealand Under 17 Age Group Championship 2018 Frances Bacon Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Geoff Howard Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club 2018 Genevieve Coleman Netball Central Zone Talent ID Cluster Day – Porirua Greg Barbet NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Jess Lea ANZ Premiership Pre-Season Tournament in Otaki 2018 Beko National League 2018 John Neho Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy National Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Talent ID Cluster Day – Porirua Ken Allen NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Talent ID Cluster Day – Porirua Kendra Boys Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament 2018 Kris Kincaid Molly Dorne Tournament 2018 Lagi Tuimavave Netball New Zealand Under 17 Age Group Championship 2018 Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Dale Wortman U17 & U19 Fixtures 2018
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Lachlan McLaren College Sport Wellington Male Student Official of the Year 2017 Netball New Zealand Under 17 Age Group Championship 2018 Netball New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Dale Wortman U17 & U19 Invitational Fixtures 2018 Marlissa Howard Netball New Zealand Under 19 Age Group Championship 2018 Netball New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club Tournament 2018 Megan Jamieson Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club Tournament 2018 Melissa Price Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Netball Central Zone Advanced Secondary School Camp Otaki Michelle Taylor Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018
Paul Smith Netball New Zealand Under 19 Age Group Championship 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Dale Wortman U17 & U19 Fixtures 2018 Rangi Wano Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles National Tournament 2018
Regan Thompson Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament 2018 Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy National Tournament 2018 Betty Steffensen Tournament 2018 Sarah Hay Molly Dorne Tournament 2018 Tapeni Simmons NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Marjorie Jenden Tournament 2018 Dale Wortman U17 & U19 Fixtures 2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club Tournament 2018 Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament 2018 Aotearoa Maori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles National Tournament 2018 Yvonne Small North Island U15 Championship 2018 Zoe Smith College Sport Wellington Female Student Official of the Year 2017
Congratulations to the following umpires who have achieved honours on a regional level: Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tapeni Simmons – Umpire Merit Award & Umpire Silver Award
Waste Management North Island U15 Championship 2018 Caleb Barr – Umpire Merit Award
Congratulations to the following umpires who have achieved honours on a national level: 2018 National Umpire Squad Ann Hay Jess Lea Gareth Fowler (Hutt Valley)
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We wish to acknowledge the dedicated achievements of the following bench officials appointed on events throughout 2018
Official Event selection Bernice Robertson ANZ Premiership 2018 Constellation Cup 2018 Greg Barbet ANZ Premiership 2018 NZ Mixed & Men’s Netball Association Men’s National Tournament 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club 2018
NETBALL DEVELOPMENT
Netball Wellington Centre endeavour to ensure netball is accessible and inclusive for as many as possible. At the forefront of our mind is the need to provide opportunities that accommodate varying ages and abilities in consideration of just how much age and stage dictates participation. We pride ourselves on being open to trying different initiatives. Sometimes it is hit or miss depending on promotional avenues, timing and eventual uptake yet offering up new ideas is a good thing which we’ll continue to do in 2019. We recognise that change takes time to grow on people – the futureFERNS game modifications are a prime example of this. We are happy to report that the vast majority of feedback is positive and above all most seem pleased with the variety of netball opportunities on offer. It is our job to continually adapt to keep up with the ever-evolving needs of our active wider community.
In 2018 we pulled back a little by experimenting with offering a reduced number of programmes during the term time and retiring our holiday programme all together. We still offered development opportunities in all four terms yet put a concentrated effort into maximising lead- in time for promotional purposes and focused on delivering programmes of a quality standard with content that aligned to correct pathways rather than fall short by stretching ourselves a little thin. While total participant numbers declined from the 2016/2017 period we received surprisingly few enquiries as to why certain programmes were not on offer. Once advised of alternative opportunities and dates people seemed happy enough to work in with whatever is on offer. The goalposts are ever-changing so we’ll continue to listen and work on responding to ever-changing demand in 2019.
NWC Development Staff John Neho and Maria Hegarty worked cohesively to ignite a passion for netball in people from all walks of life. Despite two annual regional events disbanding in 2018, NWC Staff still managed to deliver over 100 hours of netball and korfball coaching for schools and tertiary groups visiting the ASB Sports Centre. It is an uplifting experience to hear teachers and aides thank us for taking the time to engage children not usually inclined to actively involve themselves in sporting activity. The benefits of winning over young males with a tendency to shy away from netball and hear them exclaim how fun it was really is satisfying. Our development opportunities offered in conjunction with our competition opportunities allow us to cover a number of bases in the hopes there’s something for everyone.
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The pitch-in culture remains strong amongst our close-knit team of staff whereby we’re well accustomed to stepping in to cover gaps as and when required. Much gratitude goes to fellow colleagues Sue Geale, John Neho, Sandra Edge and Kylie Tuffery who rise to the occasion each and every time. Certainly helps to heed the call whether it’s in-school visits, workshop delivery, coach training, selection duties or getting new initiatives such as mid-day walking netball off the ground. Much appreciated.
Netball Wellington Centre enjoys making the most of further opportunities to foster good working relationships with counterparts such as the Wellington City Council, Sport Wellington and College Sport Wellington. As we set our sights on 2019 we aim to grow our netball community by providing more quality development opportunities that appeal to the interests of our all-age patrons from first-time to experienced players, coaches, umpires, and managers.
In addition to our own programmes the Centre provides ongoing support to our three Junior Netball Satellites as they embrace and deliver Netball New Zealand’s futureFERNS programme which now expands to Year 1-8. While we have been established in the netball business for a number of years, it’s important for old-school netballers to remember the game has changed and it’s necessary to assist those new to the game with the transition from the Year 1&2 4-a-side game right the way through to the adult 7-a-side game. We shall continue to provide support and guidance in 2019 especially as Year 8 representatives are phased-out as per Netball New Zealand’s directive and the Year 7&8 Player Development Programme comes to full fruition.
DEVELOPMENT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMES
Off-Season and Pre-Season Netball Development Programme The Off-Season Development Programme is offered in term four held at the ASB Sports Centre from October to December with the intention to equip players with ideas to maintain their skills over the holiday period and make the return to netball not so daunting. The programme runs after school for 6 weeks catering to two age groups – Year 7&8 on Mondays for an hour and recombine Year 9-11 on Tuesdays for 1.5 hours. The return to offer a combined Year 9-11 session and extend duration capitalises on the tendency for this age group to only really start to knuckle down half an hour into a session therefore not cut-short their learning. In the past players were grouped in anticipation of the age group they enter for the upcoming season. Given Year 7 representative teams ceased to exist in 2018 and Year 8 representative teams follow suit in 2019 we shall return to grouping attendees based on current age group.
The Pre-Season Development Programme is offered in term one held at the ASB Sports Centre from February to March. The programme starts as soon a possible once the school year begins in an effort to aid players with a lead-in to school and representative trials. The focus is to refresh key footwork, ball and movement skills underlining the need to perform them consistently well and give participants a confidence-boost ahead of trials.
With summer sports and prioritisation of study time for exams taking precedence in term four, the decline in attendance in the off-season period prevails. For this reason the Year 9-11 group did not go ahead at the end of 2017 yet we will continue to offer the opportunity given demand varies year to year. Holiday Skills Clinics shall remain in place as a shorter term opportunity for skill revision for those unable to commit to six weeks mid-term.
Many thanks extended to Sandra Edge for her sound knowledge base and knack for compiling exciting programme content that seems to go down really well with attendees. Thank you also to the attendees and parents for taking up these learning opportunities.
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Get Ready For Netball The Get Ready for Netball programme for Year 5&6 took a break in term one with the mind to canvass demand for this particular age group and concentrate our Year 5&6 efforts within the holiday period. While not inundated with requests we believe there will be a need for the programme to return in a revised format in early 2019 to assist Year 4 players moving into Year 5 who may appreciate time to familiarise themselves with the change in format from the four-a- side to five-a-side game. The programme will hold a similar aim as our pre-season programme serving as a reminder of the basics prior to school trials. It should also bolster those who are late starters to the game only just acquainting themselves with the sport. A concerted effort will be put into promotion in the hopes of attracting a good uptake for 2019.
Junior Netball Academy The PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie Junior Netball Academy is a development programme for Year 5-8 traditionally held in-season. The Academy was not offered in term two this year in favour of prioritising preparations for Centenary celebrations. It returned in term three with healthy numbers allowing a good flow of activities and varying skill levels to be catered for with ease. The Academy runs over 6 weeks on Wednesdays at ASB Sports Centre consisting of two age groups. We welcomed 13 Year 5&6 attendees and 16 Year 7&8. Focus falls on increasing player understanding around how to confidently perform basic fundamental skills such as movement, footwork, ball skills, attack, defence and shooting with consistency. This year we welcomed participants who had never played netball before as well as some unable to take part in school teams for various reasons as well as those generally seeking additional coaching to boost their game. In this way the Academy provides the opportunity for new entrants to learn and practice new skills while those already familiar with netball are challenged to improve their skills and all can benefit from socialising and learn from others attending. Netball Development Staff John Neho and Maria Hegarty took up coaching duties. In 2019 we shall return to offering the Academy in two terms and continue efforts to tweak our product and promotion to ensure it benefits attendees as much as possible. Many thanks to our sponsor PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie for their ongoing support along with parents and participants who make the most of our junior development opportunities.
Senior Netball Academy In 2018 the Senior Netball Academy took a break in term two as focus fell on preparation for our Centenary celebrations however the programme was resurrected in term three with 29 keen attendees. The Senior Netball Academy was initiated in 2012 to ensure participants not selected in U15 representative teams remain engaged and eager for more development. This year the programme ran towards the end of the season for 1.5 hours over six weeks from August to September at ASB Sports Centre. Our Emerging Talent Officer Sandra Edge fronted the sessions with support from John Neho, Kylie Tuffery and Maria Hegarty. The key focus continues to fall on fundamental skills along with NetballSmart specific strength and conditioning to help our players perform consistently well and hopefully stand-out for future team selection be it school or representative aspirations. Attendees are invited to participate from the pool of Year 9 and U15 representative trialists who narrowly missed selection. We aim to continue our efforts to encourage this particular age group to stay in sport and rise above disappointment after non-selection to set sights on performing even better at the next available opportunity. We are grateful for the efforts undertaken by Sandra to tap into the interests of this particular age group to fully engage, challenge and extend them, and overall nurture thinking netballers.
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Fitness Initiatives Following on from the success of our pre-season group fitness sessions offered in the past, this year we welcomed the return of Ngarama Milner-Olsen who led Five Weeks of Fitness throughout February. The initiative was so well received an additional two dates were added extending into March. The sessions attracted players, umpires and parents alike covering a variety of ages and stages. Ngarama worked hard to include everyone and challenge attendees to give it their all at their own pace. We are hopeful to provide similar initiatives in 2019 to assist with preparing our netball community to start their netball season off on the best foot possible with the aim of remaining injury-free. Many thanks to Ngarama Milner-Olsen from Mobile Fitness Solutions for all her energy, expertise and enthusiasm shared with us all.
Participation figures for the period from October 2017 to September 2018:
Development Opportunities 2016-2017 2017-2018 Term 4 (October to December) Off-Season Development Programme Year 7 & 8 30 20 Off-Season Development Programme Year 9 12 cancelled Off-Season Development Programme Year 10 & 11 12 limited interest Term 1 (January to March) Pre-Season Development Programme Year 7 & 8 47 23 Pre-Season Development Programme Year 9 17 23 Pre-Season Development Programme Year 10 & 11 22 futureFERNS Year 6 6v6 Taster Session #1 24 N/A* futureFERNS Year 6 6v6 Taster Session #2 39 N/A* February/March Fitness 61 51 Get Ready For Netball Programme Year 5 & 6 14 not offered** Term 2 (April to June) Junior Netball Academy Year 5 & 6 13 not offered** Junior Netball Academy Year 7 & 8 6 not offered** Senior Netball Academy Year 9-13 8 not offered** Term 3 (July to September) Junior Netball Academy Year 5 & 6 13 13 Junior Netball Academy Year 7 & 8 10 16 Senior Netball Academy Year 9-11 24 29 Total number of participants in Development Opportunities 2016-2017 – 352 Total number of participants in Development Opportunities 2017-2018 – 175 *N/A - Satellites now responsible for providing these opportunities themselves **not offered – programmes not offered to prioritise Centenary preparations
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HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES
Since the early 2000s, holiday programmes have been a staple development opportunity provided by Netball Wellington Centre. Traditionally the programmes only ran in-season in April and July however in 2013/2014 to meet popular demand the centre expanded to run programmes in October and January as well. What initially began as a week-long holiday programme then grew to be offered over two weeks with the additional option of half day and full day attendance in an effort to suit the various requirements of attendees and parents. As time dictates, trends change along with needs. Over the past year there has been a notable shift in the interests of holiday programme goers. There are now an ever-increasing number of holiday programme providers offering a wide variety of activities that appeal to the vast interests and availability of participants these days. The decline in attendee numbers reflects an increasingly competitive environment. Upon comparison with Council-run holiday programmes amongst other sporting codes, the declining interest appears to be echoed. With this factor in mind we have opted to forego holiday programmes at this point in time and move to offer bite- sized development opportunities in the form of holiday netball clinics. Our focus remains on providing quality products that appeal to the needs of our netball-loving and netball-curious community.
Participation figures for the period from October 2017 to September 2018: Holiday Period Held 2016-2017 2017-2018 Week 2 18 half day, 17 full day cancelled October 35 total due to limited interest 2nd to last week 9 half day, 11 full day January 20 total not offered January Last week not offered* not offered 30 half day, 12 full day cancelled April Week 2 42 total due to limited interest July Week 1 not offered* not offered 32 half day, 14 full day July Week 2 46 total not offered Total participants attending Holiday Programmes 2016/2017 – 143 Total participants attending Holiday Programmes 2017/2018 – 0 *not offered last week of Jan to avoid return to school or first week July as hosting 2017 NZ U19 Champs
Holiday Netball Skills Clinic In 2017, participant numbers indicated a preference for utilising the holiday period to participate in shorter format skills clinics rather than week-long holiday programmes. In response we hosted six skills clinics in total over each holiday period between October 2017 to September 2018 aimed at Year 5-11. Opportunities were extended to the Year 12&13 age bracket however there is a tendency not to engage in organised holiday activities upon reaching this newfound age of independence and free choice. Our three hour October holiday skills clinic attracted interest within the Year 6-8 group yet received no uptake from the Year 9-13 age group. As expected, participant numbers were lower in comparison to in-season offerings.
In January two clinics were held a week apart. The first was a three hour netball-specific skills session for Year 7&8 run in the morning and Year 9-13 held in the afternoon. Both attracted a good number of keen participants who diligently worked through the content with enthusiasm.
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The second January clinic was position-specific involving three sessions each two hours in duration run by shooting specialist Ameliaranne Ekenasio, mid-court specialist Sandra Edge and defence enthusiasts Kylie Tuffery & Maria Hegarty. All three clinics were well attended with a number of attendees opting to take part in multiple sessions. Similarly in April we ran two clinics in the same week following the same format as in January – one with a netball skills focus, the other with a position-specific focus. As the timing fell in-season it wasn’t as easy to secure assistance from experienced specialists so NWC Development Staff picked up the reins. While only slightly lower than our January offerings attendance-wise, the clinics were still popular.
For July the format and age group varied to provide a two hour skill-specific session for Year 5&6 in the morning and Year 7&8 in the afternoon. The sessions attracted healthy numbers and participants appeared to enjoy the punchy format combining basic skill work with modified game time. Thank you to all NWC Staff – Sandra Edge, John Neho, Kylie Tuffery, Sue Geale & Maria Hegarty for your input, and pitch-in attitude when it comes to delivery. Thank you also to PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie for their support as naming rights sponsor of our holiday clinics. We appreciate the support of parents, caregivers and participants willing to share holiday fun and development with us and the valuable word of mouth they contribute.
In 2019 we shall continue to trial various timing, format, duration and age groups for delivery as we strive to hit upon the most beneficial type of holiday activity to suit our younger members.
Holiday Period Held 2016-2017 2017-2018 October Week 1 13 Year 6-8, 0 Year 9-13 13 total January Mid January 19 Year 7&8, 14 Year 9-13 14 Year 7&8, 10 Year 9-13 33 total 24 total January 2nd to last week 29 Shooters 32 Shooters 22 Mid Courters 26 Mid Courters 29 Defence 17 Defence 80 total 75 total April Week 1 23 Year 7&8, 20 Year 9-13 25 Year 7-10 (combined) 43 total 25 total April Week 1 15 Shooters 24 Mid Courters 17 Defence 56 total July Week 1 Not offered* 23 Year 5&6, 16 Year 7&8 39 total Total participants attending Holiday Clinics 2016/2017 – 156 Total participants attending Holiday Clinics 2017/2018 – 232 *not offered in July 2017 due to hosting NZ U19 Champs
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School & Tertiary Development Netball Wellington Centre continue to partner with the Wellington City Council to deliver engaging quality coaching experiences for visiting groups hosted at the ASB Sports Centre. Delivery hours continue to increase over the past year despite two major regional events no longer on offer. Since its inception in 2004, the annual Sport Wellington Stadium Sports Festival offered engaging experiences for all stakeholders involved however the number of schools and children able to participate became a considerable limitation. In 2017 20 schools attended yet 54 schools applied to participate in total. For this reason, Sport Wellington decided to cease the festival in favour of instead increasing their reach by encouraging and assisting the development of locally- led festival opportunities. We were proud supporters of the event having been involved for over 11 years and much appreciate the efforts Sport Wellington put into organising this well-run event throughout the years. Its exclusion from the 2018 calendar diminishes personal engagement opportunities with just over 150 students from the wider Wellington region. Similarly, in 2018 the Wellington City Council decided not to run their annual SportsFest for Year 5-8. The event was introduced in 2015 with the aim to provide the opportunity for students to compete in a regional multi-sports tournament to experience the sense of achievement and enjoyment that sport can deliver. Netball was always in high demand and we did our best to extend registrations to cater for as many teams as possible at the Hataitai Courts yet teams still missed out. As the event attracted 32 Year 5&6 teams and 32 Year 7&8 teams (over 500 participants region-wide) its withdrawal from the 2018 calendar significantly reduces playing opportunities provided in previous years. Overall, the Centre’s coaching hours and reach continues to expand. Term 3 remains our busiest period of time with regards to school visits. Korfball appears to be gaining in popularity most likely due to schools looking to expose children to alternative sports by running activity days featuring a taster-style format of 30 minutes per activity. Korfball certainly shares a common skill-set with netball involving quick passes to shift defence players in order to create space to put up an unobstructed shot. Korfball also holds a certain appeal to boys given it encourages long-range shots and could provide a perfect cross-over or lead-in to college boys netball which is an area we hope to explore further in 2019. We wish to thank the ASB Sports Centre staff Cameron Neilson, Daniel Leggett, Emma Wright and Will Dewhirst for working closely with us provide valuable netball and korfball opportunities to the wider community. We enjoy the chance to attract first-timers to our sport, exhibit the top notch services ASB Sports Centre has to offer and engage more people in fun and inclusive sport participation. In 2019 we aim to further our reach to encompass local primary, intermediate, secondary, tertiary and senior participants within our community.
The Education Abroad Network visit from the USA
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Participation figures for the period from October 2017 to September 2018:
Group Age Hours Attendees Term 4 2017 (October to December) Wellington Home Education Network – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 20 Wellington Home Education Network – korfball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 26 Waterloo School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 5 1.5 44 St Marks Primary School – netball (ASBSC) Year 8 1 24 Bellevue School – netball (ASBSC) Year 5&6 3 80 Wadestown School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 5&6 2 96 Karori Normal School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 7&8 4 128 Wellington Home Education Network – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 22 Crofton Downs School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-6 2 112 West Park School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-6 2 88 Term 1 2018 (January to April) ASBSC Jan Sporting Skills Hol Prog – netball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 20 ASBSC Jan Sporting Skills Hol Prog – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 20 The Education Abroad Network visit from USA - netball & Tertiary 2.5 39 korfball (ASBSC) Wellington Home Education Network - netball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 20 Holy Cross School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 4-8 3 92 ASBSC Apr Sporting Skills Hol Prog – netball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 18 ASBSC Apr Sporting Skills Hol Prog – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 18 Term 2 2018 (May to June) Pulse Community Player Development Event – netball 1.5 Year 7-10 58 (ASBSC) Raroa Intermediate – korfball (ASBSC) Year 7&8 7 84 Wellington Home Education Network - netball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 20 St Patrick’s Primary School – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-8 6 90 West Park School – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-6 9 372 Mt Cook School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 2.25 60 St Brigid’s School – netball (ASBSC) Year 5&6 4.5 132 Otari School – netball (ASBSC) Year 1-4 3 114 Term 3 2018 (July to September) ASBSC July Sporting Skills Hol Prog – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 21 ASBSC July Sporting Skills Hol Prog – korfball (ASBSC) Year 1-8 1 30 Hataitai School – netball (ASBSC) Year 3&4 6 92 Raroa Intermediate – korfball (ASBSC) Year 7&8 7 84 St Patrick’s Primary School – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-8 6 90 Karori West Normal School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 5&6 9 84 Ridgway School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 4-8 1.5 40 Cashmere Avenue School – netball (ASBSC) Year 0-2 3 156 Brooklyn Primary School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 7&8 3 56 Sacred Heart Cathedral School – netball (ASBSC) Year 4-6 2.25 78 Wellington Home Education Group - netball (ASBSC) Year 0-13 2 25 Otari School – korfball (ASBSC) Year 5-8 3 100 Total coaching hours 2016-2017 – 108.25 Total attendees 2016-2017 – 2356 Total coaching hours 2017-2018 – 113 Total attendees 2017-2018 – 2653 ASBSC: ASB Sports Centre
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JUNIOR NETBALL SATELLITES
Netball Wellington Centre has three affiliated Satellites. Wellington West Netball, Northern Suburbs Netball and Motu Kairangi Netball are stand alone entities and the Centre supports them with opportunities such as Kiwi Whistler and adult umpiring programmes, coaching programmes, Intermediate Inter-Satellite Year 7&8 competition, futureFERNS for Year 1-6, Year 7 Player Development Programme and FunFest tournament, player development opportunities from Year 1-8, and operational support.
It was a pleasure to once again host the annual Intermediate Inter-Satellite Competition over the 2018 season. We enjoy seeing the future Netball Wellington players, coaches, umpires and management in action and once again we were not disappointed with what we witnessed in regards to skill level and abilities for these Year 8 players. The grand final was between Evans Bay Intermediate School EBIS Manuka and Tawa Diamonds with EBIS securing the win on the day with a consistent display of netball.
2018 Inter-Satellite Final Placings 1 EBIS Manuka 2 Tawa Diamonds 3 Karori Normal Rimu 4 Raroa Eagles 5 Kelburn A 6 Newlands Intermediate Kauri 7 Sacred Heart Grenades 8 SWIS Haumoamoa
Well done to all players, coaches, managers, umpires & supporters who made the season another highly enjoyable one. We are very excited about the strong foundation of players that will join us as college players in 2019.
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Netball New Zealand’s Mother Earth futureFERNS programme has been successfully rolled out in each Satellite with all three taking full control of organisation in-house. This includes modified game formats for Year 1&2 (four-a-side), Year 3&4 (five-a-side), Year 5&6 (six-a-side) and Year 7&8 (seven-a-side) along with information and taster sessions. Each Satellite receives five complimentary coach workshops organised by Netball Wellington Centre in support of these initiatives. Workshops aim to best prepare coaches and parents involved to deliver the modified game and relevant training plans with a focus remaining on fun. Sixteen coach workshops were run helping to increase the confidence of 243 Satellite affiliates in total within the past year. These workshops were delivered by Netball Wellington Centre development staff with support from Netball Central Zone Junior Development Officer Irene van Dyk as available.
In accordance with Netball New Zealand’s directive for 2018, all Centres and Satellites began the process of phasing out Year 7 representative teams with the intention to no longer select Year 7 or Year 8 representative teams in 2019. NNZ has developed a Year 7&8 Player Development Programme (PDP) as an extension to the futureFERNS programme with the focus on widening the bottle neck, thereby broadening the talent pool at this age and inspire a lifelong love of netball. The PDP replaces the representative programme previously offered whereby only 12 players are fortunate to be selected per team and receive additional development opportunities. Instead the PDP allows for upwards of 60 players per Satellite to develop and extend their technical, tactical and athlete development skills, fostering a larger talent pool and continuing to engage players.
Each Satellite ran the programme within their own area utilising local volunteer coaches working with the first 60-80 Year 7 players to register on a first-come, first-in basis. While optimal to allow as many as possible to take part it was necessary to cap participant numbers based on venue availability and coach resources in keeping with a suggested coach ratio of 1:10 players for quality delivery. Five 1.5 hour sessions were held on Sundays timed at the end of the traditional representative season in July and August. A FunFest was hosted by NWC at the Hataitai Courts on Sunday 9th September attended by 14 teams – six from Netball Northern Suburbs, five from Motu Kairangi and three from Wellington West. Teams were encouraged to don fancy dress and invent creative team names highlighting the fun factor and eliminating a satellite vs satellite feel. Scores were kept yet no overall winners were announced. The day included a mass NetballSmart warm-up facilitated by Netball Central Zone’s NetballSmart Development Officer Lee Spence, Kiwi Whistlers from each Satellite got the chance to put their skills into practice, and Irene van Dyk distributed spot prizes throughout the day. The FunFest was well received by all involved. With the addition of Year 8 next year we look forward to providing further support to our Satellites and expanding to host an even bigger fun-filled event for the enjoyment of all.
We wish to thank Netball Central Zone staff for their ongoing support implementing the futureFERNS initiative – in particular Junior Development Officer Irene van Dyk and Community Netball Manager Stuart Savage for guidance throughout the year. Thank you for the many volunteer hours and dedication exhibited by our hardworking Satellite liaisons - Yvonne Hill, Rebecca Jackson, Fiona Murphy, Julie Green and Ann Hay from Northern Suburbs Netball; Maria Nunns, Keila Rankin and Winona Hewitt from Wellington West Netball; and Jo Graham-Mika, Maria Bertram, Jenny Smith and Fiona Gore from Motu Kairangi Netball. A big thank you also to the enthusiastic parents, teachers and wee netball stars enjoying themselves and helping to spread the futureFERNS word.
We are extremely happy with the progress made within each Satellite and look forward to showing our continued support throughout 2019.
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REPRESENTATIVE NETBALL
The 2018 season has featured numerous successes amongst the six teams representing Netball Wellington Centre. This year we selected one Year 9 team, two representative teams in the U15 and U17 age group, and one team in the U19 age group. It is a joint effort to ensure all six campaigns run smoothly for the duration and involves a variety of input to cover all organisational aspects including logistics, fundraising and the commitment of all-important human resources willing to invest their expertise for the season.
The Year 9, U15 and U17 team trials were held in April. Trials for the shorter U19 campaign were held in May at the ASB Sport Centre. Trial dates were promoted directly to all previous trialists courtesy of mailing lists collated from past trial attendees and via the Netball Wellington Centre website and Facebook. Sport Coordinators and Club Captains were emailed and encouraged to prompt Senior/Junior A and B players and Premier/Prem-Reserve level players to nominate. Sport Coordinators were updated with a list of registered trialists in an effort to afford the chance to follow-up glaring omissions by coaxing those they felt would benefit from trialling.
Trial numbers reduced significantly for Year 9 from 70 trialists in 2017 to 45 trialists in 2018. In comparison, U15 remained roughly the same while U17s and U19s slightly increased. In 2018 the format for Year 9 & U15’s trials changed as follows: Trial one: Skill assessment including Turning on the ball, Movement, Getting free & Intercepts. Players were rated on these four skills. Trial Two: Mini tournament. Players were divided evenly into seven teams and played a round robin competition of six games. A coach was allocated to each team to ensure all players had even playing time. After this Selectors whittled down numbers. The top 34 were called back to final trials. Trial three: Game time. The selectors and management team did an outstanding job at keeping track of players ensuring that all 80 girls were warmed up well and were seen at least twice on court and at least once in their preferred playing position.
U15 trials continue to attract a strong level of talent. 43 registered to trial supporting the selection of two strong teams made up of 24 players. The Black team was particularly strong in the lead-up to Nationals while the Gold team produced steady results with some good learning along the way. The U17 trialist numbers increased to 34 this year allowing the selection of two teams to attend Nationals in Palmerston North. As returning champions, our U17 Black team were the team to beat right from the start of the tournament however they rose above this pressure and they went on to clinch another National Championship win from a clinical and well drilled Auckland side.
U19 trialist numbers for 2018 rose slightly to 24 in attendance again welcoming a number of newcomers to our Centre. The group spent a short time as a squad which encouraged all players to give their best for hopeful final team selection yet final decisions still proved difficult. The unknown entities of the combined team worked in their favour when entering Nationals as they maintained some mystery. After a solid string of victories the team placed 2nd following a hard fought final match against a very strong Auckland team.
Funding proved difficult to acquire this year therefore the success of the Netball Wellington Centre representative programme was made possible thanks to funding towards costs of travel, accommodation, training venue hire and uniform generously provided by the New Zealand Racing Board. PAK’nSAVE Kilbirnie also supported with food vouchers for which we are again incredibly grateful.
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This year we had a very high standard of coaches and managers appointed for all of our teams. U19: Frances Solia (Lead Coach), Tarron Duffill (Assistant Coach), Lissa Collier (Manager) U17 Black: Dion Te Whetu (Lead Coach), Irene van Dyk (Assistant Coach), Melissa Salvador (Manager) U17 Gold: Tash Tawhara (Lead Coach), Tanya Wilson (Assistant Coach), Kylee Baker (Manager) U15 Black: Erika Campbell (Lead Coach), Jane Moananu (Assistant Coach), Lorna Spellacey (Manager) U15 Gold: Rona Singer (Lead Coach), Sally Tiatia & Kylie Tuffery (Assistant Coach), Sonia Kupuri (Manager) Year 9: Safron Auelua (Lead Coach), John Neho (Assistant Coach), Rebecca Ngarimu (Manager)
This formidable line up of coaches is what Netball Wellington Centre would consider as one of our key weapons for why we as a Centre are doing so well in the representative arena and furthermore producing players who make Beko Netball League and Pulse selection. The players in their own right possess skills yet it takes good coaching to harness skill and perform when it matters most. Many thanks to our management teams for giving their personal time, and the dedication and commitment that they give to their campaigns and players.
As a centre we have some KPIs for each of our teams that sit ever-present in the back of the mind when compiling coaching plans for the season. Year 9, U15 and U17 attend three pre- national tournaments while there are only two pre-national opportunities for our U19s. Our focus remained on building up combinations, not so much winning so that when teams attend nationals they were ready for action, no matter who took the court. In saying this, each of the coaches still exhibited that competitive spirit with their 2nd goal most definitely about putting themselves under pressure so that they could feel what it was like to secure the win as a team.
We want to commend all of our management teams and players for the way they have showcased themselves and the Centre whilst attending all tournaments throughout the rep season. The pride and passion that our teams display towards their netball is really noteable. As a Centre we love receiving compliments regarding how well our players present themselves and their impeccable behaviour. Due credit falls on our players as individuals as much as their whanau for instilling such respect & good values.
Another representative season has come to an end with some great results listed below. While still growing and learning as a centre, we’ve learnt the importance of celebrating where we are at today and achievements whether big or small along the way. The future is bright for many of our young players – hard work, determination, and resilience will help you reach your goals.
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UNDER 19 TEAM
Lead Coach: Frances Solia
Assistant Coach: Tarron Duffill
Manager: Lissa Collier
Co- Captain: Diahn Strickland & Grace McLean Team Members: Danielle Tafili, Emily Malaulau, Jordan Vailini, Luisa Stillwell, Mairangi Karaitiana , Tali Uia, Tamara Baker, Taumia Schuster, Tiuana-Maria Aiono, Storm Gilmer
Under 19 Representative Team Results
Steffensen Tournament U19/U17 Dale Wortman Invitational Fixtures Opposition Score Win/Loss Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Manawatu 19-34 Loss Game 1 Christchurch U19 33-34 Loss Game 2 Nelson 59-13 Win Game 2 Christchurch U17 35-22 Win Game 3 Hutt Valley 44-21 Win Game 3 Manawatu U19 29-20 Win
nd Game 4 Manawatu U17 31-26 Win Final 2 /3 teams 2 wins, 1 loss placing (on goal differential) Final N/A 3 wins, 1 loss placing
Netball New Zealand Under 19 Age Group Championships Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Howick/Pakuranga 44-30 Win Game 2 Christchurch 40-28 Win Game 3 Russell’s Curtains & Blinds 63-13 Win Nelson Game 4 Waitakere 36-21 Win Quarter Final Trust Waikato Hamilton City 33-21 Win Semi Final Manawatu 33-25 Win Final Auckland 39-21 Loss
Final placing 2nd / 16 teams 6 wins, 1 loss
Congratulations to the following players for selection amongst a list of 16 players named in the U19 NZ Age Group Championships Tournament Selection: Grace McLean (Wellington East Netball Club) Tali Uia (Wellington East Netball Club)
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UNDER 17 TEAMS
U17 Wellington Black
Lead Coach: Dion Te Whetu
Assistant Coach: Irene van Dyk
Managers: Melissa Salvador
Co-Captain: Charity Leef & Sharnay Leef Team Members: Charlotte Strowger-Turnock, Danae Abolins-Thompson, Grace Masseurs, Lauren Smith, Lynette Sosefo, Maddie Feaunati, Paris Lokotui, Rachael Albiston, Saviour Tui, Tesara-Rose Faleafaga
U17 Wellington Gold
Lead Coach: Tash Tawhara
Assistant Coach: Tanya Wilson
Manager: Kylee Baker
Captain: Alice Wotton Team Members: Arnia Toheriri, Clare Tutuila, Charise Perez, Emma Benfell, Lucy Ross, Maia Grace-Paul, Olivia Preston, Saro Thomson, Sophia Higgs, Rhiannon Bond
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Under 17 Representative Team Results
Marjorie Jenden Tournament U17 BLACK Opposition Score Win/Loss U17 GOLD Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Kapi Mana 40-8 Win Game 1 Horowhenua 30-18 Win Game 2 Hawke’s Bay Black 19-33 Loss Game 2 Hutt Valley Green 21-17 Win Game 3 Hutt Valley Gold 27-17 Win Game 3 Manawatu D 21-23 Loss Game 4 Whanganui 30-21 Win Game 4 Kapiti 21-22 Loss Game 5 Marlborough 37-14 Win Game 5 Hawke’s Bay White 26.23 Win Game 6 Manawatu 19-20 Loss Game 6 Taranaki 29-22 Win
Final placing 3rd / 7 teams 4 wins, 2 losses Final placing 2nd / 8 teams 4 wins, 2 losses
Steffensen Tournament U17 BLACK Opposition Score Win/Loss U17 GOLD Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Manawatu 22-19 Win Game 1 Manawatu D 24-36 Loss Game 2 Whanganui Blue 28-27 Win Game 2 Taranaki D 24-25 Loss Game 3 Hawke’s Bay Black 37-24 Win Game 3 Hutt Valley Green 28-18 Win Game 4 Hutt Valley 28-24 Win Game 4 Hawke’s Bay White 23-28 Loss
Final placing 1st / 5 teams in Div 1 4 wins Final placing 4th / 5 teams in Div 2 1 wins, 3 losses
U19 & U17 Dale Wortman Invitational Fixtures U17 BLACK Opposition Score Win/Loss U17 GOLD Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Manawatu U19 26-21 Win Game 1 Hutt Valley Gold U17 31-39 Loss Game 2 Christchurch U19 30-24 Win Game 2 Manawatu D U17 23-34 Loss Game 3 Manawatu A U17 32-20 Win Game 3 Taranaki B U17 18-32 Loss Game 4 Christchurch U17 34-21 Win Game 4 Hutt Valley U19 32-23 Win
Final placing N/A 4 wins Final placing N/A 1 win, 3 loss
Netball New Zealand Under 17 Age Group Championships U17 BLACK Opposition Score Win/Loss U17 GOLD Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Dunedin 28-27 Win Game 1 Eastern Bay of Plenty 30-35 Loss Game 2 Selwyn 39-19 Win Game 2 Taranaki B 33-36 Loss Game 3 Waitakere 2 40-20 Win Game 3 Eastern Waikato 25-37 Loss Game 4 Rotorua 56-16 Win Game 4 Nelson 32-26 Win Game 5 North Harbour 1 44-22 Win Game 5 Harbourside 22-35 Loss Quarter Final Auckland 2 40-26 Win Quarter Final Nga Awa Hou 46-32 Win Semi Final Howick/Pakuranga 28-27 Win Semi Final Selwyn 40-21 Win Final Auckland 1 41-29 Win Final North Harbour 2 37-33 Win
Final placing 1st out of 42 teams 8 wins Final placing 25th out of 42 teams 4 wins, 4 loss
Congratulations to the following players for selection amongst a list of 18 players named in the U17 NZ Age Group Championships Tournament Selection: Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College)
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UNDER 15 TEAMS
U15 Wellington Black
Lead Coach: Erika Campbell
Assistant Coach: Jane Moananu
Manager: Lorna Spellacey
Co-Captain: Torren Isaako & Waimarie Weston Team Members: Amelia Feaunati, Anna Tirikatene , Eve Waititi, Joy-Maria Edwards, Justice Firestone, Mollie Nicol, Rachel Price, Roimata Kapene, Taylor Bryers, Temalesi-Isabel Rayasi
U15 Wellington Gold
Lead Coach: Rona Singer
Assistant Coach Sally Tiatia Kylie Tuffery
Manager: Sonia Kupuri
Co- Captain: Araraina Takuira-Mita & Hinetekawa Thomson-Laulu Team Members: Artikah Allan, Ashley Barr, Hannah Geale, Jessica Jackson, Kyrah Whitman, Lamai Mataiti, Lily Marshall ,Olivia Quinn, Sharon Kennedy , Tawhirikura Doyle
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Under 15 Representative Tournament Results
Marjorie Jenden Tournament U15 BLACK Opposition Score Win/ U15 GOLD Opposition Score Win/ Loss Loss Game 1 Kapi Mana 35-12 Win Game 1 Kapiti 27-17 Win Game 2 Taranaki 48-17 Win Game 2 Hutt Valley Green 27-15 Win Game 3 Hutt Valley Gold 25-20 Win Game 3 Hawke’s Bay White 26-16 Win Game 4 Manawatu A 29-18 Win Game 4 Wairarapa 26-10 Win Game 5 Whanganui Blue 34-19 Win Game 5 Horowhenua 40-7 Win Game 6 Hawke’s Bay Black 30-20 Win Semi Final Manawatu D 25-13 Win
Final placing 1st /7 teams in Div 1 6 wins Final placing 1st / 7 teams in Div 2 6 wins
Steffensen Tournament U15 BLACK Opposition Score Win/ U15 GOL Opposition Score Win/ Division 1 Loss Division 2 Loss Game 1 Manawatu A 22-19 Win Game 1 Kapi Mana 27-13 Win Game 2 Whanganui Blue 28-27 Win Game 2 Kapiti 22-19 Win Game 3 Hawke’s Bay Black 37-24 Win Game 3 Hawke’s Bay White 27-22 Win Game 4 Hutt Valley Gold 28-24 Win Game 4 Taranaki YR 9 34-19 Win
Final placing 1st / 5 teams in Div 1 4 wins Final placing 1st / 5 teams in Div 2 4 wins
Molly Dorne Tournament U15 BLACK Opposition Score Win/ U15 GOLD Opposition Score Win/ Loss Loss Game 1 Wairarapa Game 1 Manawatu D 17-18 Loss Game 2 Whanganui Blue Game 2 Whanganui 28-16 Win Game 3 Kapi Mana Game 3 Hutt Valley Green 20-18 Win Game 4 Manawatu Game 4 Manawatu D 27-16 Win
Final placing 1st / 8 teams Final placing 1st / 4 teams in Div 2 3 wins, 1 loss
North Island Under 15 Netball Championship U15 BLACK Opposition Score Win/ U15 GOLD Opposition Score Win/ A Grade Loss B Grade Loss Game 1 Hamilton City A 38-17 Win Game 1 Papakura 14-14 Draw Game 2 Hutt Valley Gold 29-20 Win Game 2 Howick/Pakuranga B 22-10 Win Game 3 Auckland U15 2 18-23 Loss Game 3 Wellington YR 9 20-18 Win Game 4 North Harbour U15 1 21-21 Draw Game 4 North Harbour U15 2 24-18 Win Game 5 Auckland U15 2 19-33 Loss Game 5l Papakura 28-20 Win Game 6 Auckland U15 1 15-35 Loss Game 6 Pukekohe U15 25-20 Win Semi Final Taranaki U15 1 37-13 WIn Semi Final Hawke’s Bay White 30-12 Win Final Auckland U15 2 21-35 Loss Final Papakura 23-25 Loss
th th Final placing 5 / 16 teams in 3 wins, 4 losses & Final placing 11 / 16 teams in 6 wins, 1 loss & A Grade B Grade th 1 draw th 1draw 5 / 48 teams total 27 / 48 teams total
Congratulations to the following player who was named amongst 12 players selected in the 2018 North Island Under 15 A Grade Championship Team: Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club)
Shooter of the Tournament: Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club)
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YEAR 9 TEAM
U15 Wellington Black
Lead Coach: Safron Auelua
Assistant Coach: John Neho
Manager: Rebecca Ngarimu
Co-Captain: Mercy-Lea Tekii-Lilo & Pippa Nicol Team Members: Caitlin Leatham, Erana Ngarimu, Eva Whitfield, Holly Morgan, Kiara Leigh Davidson-Korewha, Laura Gedye, Nadia Langhorn, Natalia Savali, Pepi Olliver-Bell, Zoe Hannah
Year 9 Representative Tournament Results Marjorie Jenden Tournament Steffensen Tournament Year 9 Opposition Score Win/Loss Year 9 Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Hutt Valley Gold 28-19 Win Game 1 Hutt Valley Gold 33-23 Win Game 2 Taranaki 26-20 Win Game 2 Kapiti YR 9 49-9 Win Game 3 Kapi Mana 45-13 Win Game 3 Whanganui YR 9 37-19 Win Game 4 Kapiti 40-19 Win Game 4 Taranaki Dev YR 9 37-5 Win Game 5 Wairarapa 36-10 Win Game 6 Hutt Valley Green 35-22 Win
Final placing 1st /7 teams 7 wins Final placing 1st / 4 teams 4 wins
Molly Dorne Tournament North Island Under 15 Netball Champs Year 9 Opposition Score Win/Loss Year 9 Opposition Score Win/Loss Game 1 Hutt Valley Gold YR9 24-22 Win Game 1 Howick Pakuranga B 19-18 Win Game 2 Whanganui YR9 36-18 Win Game 2 Papakura U15 20-16 Win Game 3 Kapi Mana YR9 39-7 Win Game 3 Wellington Gold U15 18-20 Loss Game 4 Wairarapa YR9 24-19 Win Game 4 Harbourside U15 16-28 Loss Game 5 Howick Pakuranga B 22-19 Win Game 6 Manawatu U15 D 22-20 Win Semi Final Waitakere Year 9 25-21 Win Final Harbourside U15 23-28 Loss
Final 2nd / 16 teams in 5 wins, 3 loss Final placing 1st / 4 teams 4 wins placing B Grade Promoted to A 34th/ 48 teams total Grade for 2019
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NETBALL WELLINGTON CENTRE TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Netball Wellington Centre aligns with the Netball Central Zone’s (NCZ) performance vision which is “to become the pre-eminent netball zone in the country by achieving consistent and regular success in the ANZ Premiership and the Beko League, by dominating zone representation in the UPDATE FOR 2016 Silver Ferns, the NZ Under 21 team and the NZ secondary schools team; and by supporting our Centres to dominate national age group competitions”. We are proud of the achievements of our age group representative teams, and we are also determined that individual players are supported and encouraged to build relational and performance character to realise their full potential in netball and in life through the NWC talent development programmes.
Wellington City Council Sports Talent Development Programme The Wellington City Council Sports Talent Development Programme is funded by Wellington City Council with the view to increase the number of sportspeople from Wellington City achieving national and international sporting success. Managed by Mark Watson and his Performance Hub team at Sport Wellington and in consultation with High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) 11 NWC players have appreciated support in the areas of strength and conditioning, mental skills, personal development, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and nutrition. Hamish Kyne, Adam Allen, and for the second half of the year David Sturrock have led the weekly Thursday morning strength and conditioning sessions. Helen Regan and Becky Jones have shared their expertise in the areas of athlete life and nutrition respectively. Sport Wellington also ran informative and inspirational workshops by Dr Ralph Pim (Competitiveness, Growing into Greatness), Kathryn Berkett (Stress Responses), and Dr Natalie Hogg (Values and Character). The players also enjoyed learning from Waimarama Taumaunu, Irene van Dyk and Whitney Souness, and they enjoyed hearing about the rugby pathway through talented Wellington Lions and Hurricanes team member James Blackwell. We are very grateful to Les Mills for sponsoring gym membership for all the players on this programme. Players have valued this immensely making full use of their memberships and this is reflected in their on court performances, and ability to rehabilitate from injury.
2018 NWC Wellington City Council Talent Development Squad Danae Abolins-Thompson (Onslow College) Maya Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Grace Masseurs (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Rachel Albiston (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Jordan Vailini (PIC Netball Club) Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ School) Lauren Smith (Newlands College) Tamara Baker (Wellington East Girls’ College) Luisa Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Tesara-Rose Faleafaga (St Mary’s College) Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College)
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NWC Emerging Talent Squad The following group of players have attended Thursday morning conditioning sessions during the year to support their game development, and to reduce the risk of injury. This group worked on their aerobic base, strength, core, and balance. Sincere thanks to Kylie Tuffery and Nicki Zande for their contribution and support of this squad. Alice Wotton (Wellington Girls’ College) Amelia Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Arnia Toheriri (PIC Netball Club) Bronté Tuffery (Wellington East Girls’ College) Charise Perez (St Mary’s College) Clare Tutuila (St Mary’s College) Charlotte Strowger-Turnock (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Emma Benfell (Onslow College) Lucy Ross (St Mary’s College) Maia Grace-Paul (Wellington High School) Maria Deligiannis (Wellington East Girls’ College) Molly Nicol (Queen Margaret College) Ollie Preston (Wellington Girls’ College) Rhiannon Bond (Wellington Girls’ College) Saro Thomson (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Tomairangi Weston (PIC Netball Club) Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club)
NWC Development Squad Like the NWC Emerging Talent squad these players have attended Thursday morning conditioning sessions during the year to support their game development, and to reduce the risk of injury. This squad continues to work on their aerobic base, strength, core, and balance. Special thanks to Sue Geale for leading this squad and John Neho for his valued contribution and support. Anna Tirikatene (Wellington Girls’ College) Araraina Takuira-Mita (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Ashley Barr (Newlands College) Eve Waititi (Wellington Girls’ College) Georgia Rhodes (Onslow College) Hannah Geale (Wellington East Girls’ College) Jessica Jackson (St Mary’s College) Joy-Maria Edwards (St Mary’s College) Justice Firestone (Wellington Girls’ College) Lamai Mataiti (St Mary’s College) Rachel Price (St Catherine’s College) Roimata Kapene (St Mary’s College) Sharon Kennedy (Queen Margaret College) Taylor Bryers (Wellington Girls’ College) Waimarie Weston (PIC Netball Club)
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Players selected for the Netball New Zealand Pathway to Podium Programme 2018/2019 The players on this programme were named with an eye on defending the Netball World Youth Cup crown in 2021. “The Netball New Zealand programme is designed to complement and extend players development within their zone, through additional support delivered at the six HPSNZ National Training Centres, cross sport workshops, and two netball specific training camps.” Irene van Dyk and Sandra Edge are specialist coaches for this programme. Ainsleyana Puleiata (PIC Netball Club) Braxton Te Riini (PIC Netball Club) Maddy Gordon (PIC Netball Club) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Salote-Alison Taufa (PIC Netball Club) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College)
NWC Players selected to attend NCZ Talent Identification Day in Otaki October 2017 Beyoncé Rehutai (Wellington East Girls’ College) Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Jordan Vailini (PIC Netball Club) Laura Turner (Wellington Girls’ College) Luisa Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Maya Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ College) Tesara-Rose Faleafaga (St Mary’s College) Tiuana-Marie Aiono (Queen Margaret College)
Players selected to attend Netball NZ National Talent Development Camp in January 2018 Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) - withdrew due to injury Beyoncé Rehutai (Wellington East Girls’ College) Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Jordan Vailini (PIC Netball Club) Luisa Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ College) Tesara-Rose Faleafaga (St Mary’s College) Tiuana-Marie Aiono (Queen Margaret College)
Salote-Alison Taufa (PIC Netball Club) - for New Zealand U21 development
Congratulations to Dion Te Whetu (SMOG Netball Club/NWC U17 Black Lead Coach) and Tash Tawhara (PIC Netball Club/NWC U17 Gold Lead Coach) for being selected to coach at this camp.
Silver Ferns Squad 2018 Silver Ferns Development Squad 2018 Aliyah Dunn (PIC Netball Club) Claire Kersten (Wellington East Netball Club) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (PIC Netball Club) Sulu Fitzpatrick Karin Burger (SMOG Netball Club) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Katrina Grant (PIC Netball Club) Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club)
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2018 Central Pulse Team Finished 2nd place in 2018 Aliyah Dunn (PIC Netball Club) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (PIC Netball Club) Claire Kersten (Wellington East Netball Club) Karin Burger (SMOG Netball Club) Katrina Grant (PIC Netball Club) - Captain Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club) Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club) Training Partners: Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) - withdrawn due to injury Elle Temu (PIC Netball Club) Maddy Gordon (PIC Netball Club)
2018 Pulse Training Partner Trialists Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) Api Taufa (PIC Netball Club) Danielle Tafili (PIC Netball Club) Emma-May Murray-Fifita (Victoria University Netball Club) Georgia White (SMOG Netball Club) Grace McLean (Wellington East Netball Club) Jenna Barrett (Wellington East Netball Club) Jermaine Howard-Vallance (PIC Netball Club) Kate Wells (Wellington East Netball Club) Marcelle Parkes (PIC Netball Club) Monalisa Groom (Wellington East Netball Club) Salote-Alison Taufa (PIC Netball Club) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Sheridan Bignall (PIC Netball Club) Victoria Miller (Victoria University Netball Club)
2018 BEKO Central Squad (Winners) Finished 1st place in 2018 Ainsleyana Puleiata (PIC Netball Club) Salote-Alison Taufa (PIC Netball Club) Braxton Te Riini (PIC Netball Club) Colleen Faleafaga (PIC Netball Club) Danielle Tafili (PIC Netball Club) Elle Temu (PIC Netball Club) Georgia White (SMOG Netball Club) Grace McLean (Wellington East Netball Club) Jenna Barrett (Wellington East Netball Club) Jermaine Howard-Vallance (PIC Netball Club) Layce Walker (SMOG Netball Club) Maddy Gordon (PIC Netball Club) Monalisa Groom (Wellington East Netball Club) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Victoria Miller (Victoria University Netball Club) *Names in bold indicates players who took the court during the majority of the season
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High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) Carded Athletes at 2 July 2018 Carding is used to identify which athletes are eligible for performance support. HPSNZ and national sport organisations jointly consider and agree cases for carding status. Level 1 Katrina Grant (PIC Netball Club) Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club) Level 2 Ameliaranne Ekenasio (PIC Netball Club) Claire Kersten (Wellington East Netball Club) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College)
HONOURS LIST
Congratulations to the following players, teams, management and administrators who have been recognised for various regional and national honours:
2017 New World Volunteer Award Nominees Ann Hay - Official Frances Solia - Coach
2017 Massey University Blues Award Sportswoman of the Year – Maia Wilson (PIC Netball Club)
2017 Porirua Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year - Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club) Young Sportswoman of the Year - Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club)
2017 NZ Secondary Schools Netball Championships 7th - St Mary’s College (coach Ngarama Milner-Olsen) 14th - Queen Margaret College (coach Frances Solia) Tournament Selection Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) Grace McLean (Queen Margaret College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Tournament Awards Shooter of the Tournament: Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Player of the Tournament: Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College)
2017 College Sport Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Nominees (SPOTYs) Nominees: Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) Danae Abolins-Thompson (Onslow College) Danielle Tafili (Sacred Heart College/PIC Netball Club) Grace Masseurs (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Grace McLean (Queen Margaret College) Jordan Vailini (Upper Hutt College/PIC Netball Club) Julia Law (Kapiti College) Lauren Smith (Newlands College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Rapata Wiki-Cummings (Tawa College) 2017 Netball Award Winner – Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College)
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2017 Fast5 Ferns Ameliaranne Ekenasio (PIC Netball Club) Maia Wilson (PIC Netball Club) Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club)
2018 New Zealand Masters Games 46-50 Social Competitive Netball Gold Medal – Wellington East Diehards
2018 Netball New Zealand Service Award Sandra Edge Ann Hay Bubs Reweti
2017/2018 Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball Teams U15 Squad Eve Waititi (Wellington Girls’ College) Pepi Olliver-Bell (Northern Suburbs Y8) Roimata Kapene (St Mary’s College) Taylor Bryers (Wellington Girls’ College) Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club) Trinity Richardson-Dann (St Mary’s College) U17 Team 2018 NNZ AGM Service Award recipients - Beyoncé Rehutai (Wellington East Girls’ College) Sandra Edge, Ann Hay, Bubs Reweti Charlotte Strowger-Turnock (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Lucy Ross ( St Mary’s College) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ College) Alice Wotton (Wellington Girls’ College) U19 Team Aliyah Dunn (PIC Netball Club) Dana-Jayne Mills (SMOG Netball Club) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Julia Law (PIC Netball Club) Mairangi Karaitiana (Wellington East Girls’ College) Tekiriahi Weston (PIC Netball Club) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Premier Team Brooke Rasch-Leota (PIC Netball Club) Colleen Faleafaga (PIC Netball Club) Jermaine Howard-Vallance (PIC Netball Club) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club) Te Amo Amaru Tibble (PIC Netball Club)
2018 Aotearoa Māori Netball International Secondary School Team Trialists Mairangi Karaitiana (Wellington East Girls’ College) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College)
2018 AMNOHL Secondary Schools Team Representatives Non Travelling Reserve - Mairangi Karaitiana (Wellington East Girls’ College)
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2018 Aotearoa Māori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles Tournament Winner – Ikaroa ki te Tonga U17 (coach Tash Tawhara) Winner – Ikaroa ki te Tonga U19 (coach Waimarama Taumaunu) Winner - Ikaroa ki te Tonga Premier (coach Bubs Reweti) Runner Up – Ikaroa ki te Tonga U15 (coach Ngarama Milner-Olsen) U17 Tournament Team Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ College) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) U19 Tournament Team Aliyah Dunn (PIC Netball Club) Julia Law (PIC Netball Club) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Premier Tournament Team Colleen Faleafaga (PIC Netball Club) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club)
2018 New Zealand Secondary Schools Team Trialists 2018 Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) - withdrew due to injury Beyoncé Rehutai (Wellington East Girls’ College) Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Jordan Vailini (PIC Netball Club) Luisa Stillwell (St Mary’s College) Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Sharnay Leef (Wellington East Girls’ College) Tesara-Rose Faleafaga (St Mary’s College) Tiuana-Marie Aiono (Queen Margaret College) Salote-Alison Taufa (PIC Netball Club) NB: Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) and Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) were both eligible but had Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse commitments while Ainsleyana Puleiata (St Mary’s College) had to withdraw due to injury.
2018 New Zealand Secondary Schools Squad Representatives Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Tiuana-Marie Aiono (Queen Margaret College)
2018 New Zealand Secondary Schools Team Representatives Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College)
2018 National U19 Age Group Championships Tournament Selection Grace McLean (Wellington East Netball Club) Tali Uia (Wellington East Netball Club)
2018 National U17 Age Group Championships Tournament Selection Charity Polu (PIC Netball Club) Maddie Feaunati (St Mary’s College) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College)
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2018 North Island U15 Championship A Grade Tournament Selection Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club) North Island U15 Championship Shooter of the Tournament Torren Isaako (PIC Netball Club)
2018 Netball Central Zone Super Club Tournament Winner – Wellington East 1 Runner-up – PIC 1 4th - PIC 2 6th - Victoria University Mid-Courter of the Tournament – Stacey Bascand (Wellington East 1) Defender of the Tournament – Danielle Tafili (PIC 1) Most Valuable Player of the Tournament – Tiana Metuarau (PIC 1)
2018 NZ Indoor Netball Team 19 & Under Women - Tianna Rutene (Victoria University Netball Club) 30 & Over Women – Melissa Salvador (SMOG Netball Club) 30 & Over Mixed –Erika Rawlings-Blackmore (SMOG Netball Club)
2018 Super Club Tournament Central Pulse Team Finished 1st Place in 2018 Aliyah Dunn (PIC Netball Club) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (PIC Netball Club) Claire Kersten (Wellington East Netball Club) Elle Temu (PIC Netball Club) Karin Burger (SMOG Netball Club) Maddy Gordon (PIC Netball Club) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club) Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret College) Renee Savai’inaea (St Mary’s College) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Sulu Fitzpatrick Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club)
2018 College Sport Wellington Junior Netball Tournament 1st - St Mary’s College 3rd -Wellington Girls’ College 4th - Wellington East Girls’ College 8th - Samuel Marsden Collegiate 10th - Queen Margaret College 11th - Newlands College 12th - Tawa College 17th - Onslow College
2018 College Sport Wellington Junior Netball Tournament Winners St Mary’s College
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2018 Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards Finalists Personality of the Year – Whitney Souness (Wellington East Netball Club) Official of the Year – Gareth Fowler (Hutt Valley) Overall Winners Emerging Talent of the Year – Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (PIC Netball Club) Volunteer of the Year – Bubs Reweti (PIC Netball Club)
2018 College Sport Wellington Premier Netball Tournament 1st - Sacred Heart College (coach Bubs Reweti) 2nd - St Mary’s College (coach Tash Tawhara) rd 2018 Wellington Volunteer of the Year 3 - Wellington East Girls’ College (coach James Laursen) Winner - Bubs Reweti 4th - Samuel Marsden Collegiate (coach Leigh Graham) Photo credit: Fiona Cassidy th 5 - Newlands College (coach Eileen Dorricott & Deb Mills) 8th - Queen Margaret College (coach Frances Solia) 10th - Wellington Girls’ College (coach Stacey Bascand) 14th - Tawa College (coach Jim Wiki) 17th - St Catherine’s College (coach Rosie Price) 19th – Onslow College (coach Jo Te Morenga)
2018 Netball NZ Youth Advisory Group Member Amelia Wheeler
2018 Lower North Island Secondary Schools Tournament A Grade 7th – St Mary’s College 8th – Wellington Girls’ College 10th – Samuel Marsden Collegiate 15th – Queen Margaret College 17th – Newlands College 28th – Tawa College B Grade 4th – Onslow College (Plate Final winner)
2018 Lower North Island Secondary Schools Tournament Team Selection A Grade Beyoncé Rehutai (Wellington East Girls’ College) Charity Polu (St Mary’s College) Rachel Albiston (Samuel Marsden Collegiate) Saviour Tui (St Mary’s College) Tiana Metuarau (Wellington East Girls’ College) B Grade Emma Benfell (Onslow College) LNISS Service Award Anthony Karauria
2018 NZ Secondary School Tournament qualifier Wellington East Girls’ College
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COACH DEVELOPMENT
Netball Wellington Centre retains the role of Lead Centre for Coach Development in the Wellington region with support from Netball Central Zone (NCZ). NCZ maintain duties to organise delivery of Netball New Zealand (NNZ) accredited coaching modules along with informal opportunities throughout our Zone. This involves compiling the annual coach calendar in collaboration with input from each Centre, assisting with securing coach developers to facilitate workshops, overseeing registrations and invoicing and providing print copies of workbooks for workshops. The last half of 2018 has seen a shift whereby the Centre has resumed direct communication with attendees in the form of confirmation in the lead-up, reminders prior and follow-up emails sent to attendees after attending. Timing for modules has been trial and error in the past however it is pleasing to report only one cancelled workshop for 2018 in comparison to seven in 2018. Clearer messages and promotional avenues appear to be hitting the mark.
NNZ’s five tier coaching framework remains in place as the official performance pathway. Much time has been dedicated to clearly explaining the changes and promoting the value these modules hold. The content is continually revised and teamed with the opportunity to network and learn from the experience in the room, the workshops still prove popular for all skills levels. More focus has been placed on ensuring these modules are extended in a wider capacity given many of the principles such as Player Centred Coaching, Planning, Team Culture and Mental Skills are applicable across many sporting codes. Slowly but surely the changes are sinking in. It remains vital to maintain an up to date database to assist those any enquirers seeking a point in the right direction for next steps on their development journey. Furthermore a database easily helps to identify which modules need to be scheduled so as to enable coaches to advance upwards along the pathway and achieve certification within the space of a year.
Foundation level development opportunities aimed at junior coaches remain well attended. We are grateful to Junior Netball Satellite representatives who do their best to support their local Year 1-8 coaches by arranging workshops held locally. The futureFERN workshops support beginner level coaches, many of whom may have been gently coaxed into taking up a coaching role. The aim is to enable them to feel that much more confident in their capabilities so as to start their season off on the right foot and ensure they start coaching essential basics for young players to build upon. NNZ has ceased to offer print resources instead rewarding those who attend workshop with an online code to unlock digital resources accessible via whatever platform they choose.
Coach developers continue to be an important area to nurture and develop in 2019. It is fantastic to have a large number of workshop offerings hosted around the five centres in our greater Wellington region. To sustain this we need to grow the number of capable workshop facilitators so duties don’t just fall on a select few. Attendees then also benefit from a variety of presenters with fresh perspectives and experiences to share. Given the demand and 2-3 hour duration of workshops, the coach developer role can become a viable pathway for players, coaches, managers and administrators who may wish to remain entrenched in netball culture yet can no longer commit to a full season of netball. It would be great to make the most of their passion for the game within a coach developer role. We wish to thank our established coach developers who give their time to deliver within our Wellington region.
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Many thanks to Tash Rowlands, Karen Bevan, Sandra Edge, Maria Hegarty, Carmell Wagg, Irene van Dyk and Lee Spence for the value you add while delivering engaging workshop content.
Tash Rowlands has become firmly ingrained in her role as Coach Development Officer for NCZ maintaining vital communication between centres and dedicating a large amount of time and energy to the ongoing development of our coach community. We are grateful for her new initiatives, extremely capable organisation and record-keeping skills and willingness to pitch in to assist with delivery where ever able.
For 2018, NNZ decided that the annual Community Netball National Coach Development Forum should take a more focused approach thereby reducing attendance by all development staff to only key staff within each Zone. This meant it was the first time in since 2013 NWC staff did not attend the Auckland event. Information was instead disseminated via updates from key Zone staff shared at development forums hosted internally. The opportunity to network with fellow colleagues who provide development opportunities around the country and swap ideas was dearly missed. As a result, the desire to put efforts into increasing inter-centre interaction and collaboration has been identified as an area for further exploration in 2019.
Netball New Zealand accredited coaching modules hosted by Netball Wellington Centre between October 2017 to September 2018 kindly organised by Netball Central Zone:
Date Course Attendees 15 October futureFERNS Star Helper Workshop – Northern Suburbs 27 18 October Through Court 18 25 October Selecting 16 30 October Skills Analysis 13 9 November Centre Pass 12 27 November Circle Work 17 12 February futureFERNS Year 3&4 Coach Workshop – Motu Kairangi 14 12 February futureFERNS Junior Coordinator Training – Motu Kairangi 2 15 February futureFERNS Year 1&2 Star Helper Workshop – Motu Kairangi 14 22 February Player Centred Coaching cancelled 26 February Developing Physical Capacity 8 5 March Mental Skills 9 10 March Defence 8 10 March Attacking Fundamentals 10 11 March Shooting 6 11 March Centre Pass 7 22 March futureFERNS Year 7&8 Coach Workshop – Wellington West 10 26 March Team Culture 5 27 March futureFERNS Year 3&4 Coach Workshop – Wellington West 13 29 March futureFERNS Year 5&6 Coach Workshop – Wellington West 9 5 April futureFERNS Year 1&2 Star Helper Workshop – Wellington West 7 5 April futureFERNS Junior Coordinator Training – Wellington West 3 9 April Building Effective Relationships 9 12 April futureFERNS Year 7&8 Coach Workshop – Motu Kairangi 19 15 April Player Centred Coaching 7 10 May futureFERNS Year 5&6 Coach Workshop – Motu Kairangi 8 17 May futureFERNS Year 3&4 Coach Workshop – Northern Suburbs 56 17 May futureFERNS Junior Coordinator Training – Northern Suburbs 5 20 May futureFERNS Year 7&8 Coach Workshop – Northern Suburbs 11 21 May Planning Annual Tournaments 13
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21 May futureFERNS Year 5&6 Coach Workshop – Northern Suburbs 20 28 May Skill Analysis 7 29 July futureFERNS Year 1&2 Star Helper Workshop – Northern Suburbs 25 15 September Through Court 11 16 September Game Analysis 7 24 September Mental Skills 12 47 courses offered in 2016-2017 – total participants 324 36 courses offered in 2017-2018 – total participants 438 *cancellation due to insufficient interest
As Lead Centre for Coach Development, Netball Wellington Centre assists with promotion of Netball New Zealand accredited offerings throughout the wider Wellington region and zone. Many thanks to the Netball Central Zone for facilitating such a wide array of opportunities made accessible to all.
Date Course Location Attendees 17 October Game Analysis Hutt Valley 5 17 October Player Centred Coaching Kapiti cancelled 24 October Player Centred Coaching Kapi Mana 6 26 October Planning Kapiti cancelled 30 October Planning Kapi Mana cancelled 31 October Attacking Fundamentals Hutt Valley 13 2 November Building Effective Relationships Kapiti cancelled 7 November Defence Hutt Valley 14 14 November Selecting Kapi Mana 5 16 November Game Analysis Kapiti 9 21 November Building Effective Relationships Kapiti 5 28 November Planning Annual Tournaments Kapi Mana 5 7 February Selecting Wairarapa 14 11 February Selecting Hutt Valley rescheduled 15 February Planning Kapiti rescheduled 19 February Selecting Hutt Valley 7 20 February Defence Kapiti rescheduled 27 February Planning Kapiti 6 28 February Game Analysis Wairarapa 10 3 March Planning Hutt Valley 3 3 March Circle Work Hutt Valley 4 5 March Defence Kapiti 6 12 March Game Analysis Hutt Valley cancelled 15 March Team Culture Kapiti rescheduled 17 March Shooting Wairarapa 5 17 March Defence Wairarapa 4 19 March Developing Physical Capacity Hutt Valley 10 20 March Player Centred Coaching Kapiti cancelled 5 April Circle Work Kapiti 10 8 April Skill Analysis Kapi Mana 10
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8 April Shooting Kapi Mana 10 11 April Attacking Fundamentals Wairarapa 8 12 April Through Court Kapi Mana 6 1 May Player Centred Coaching Kapi Mana cancelled 10 May Mental Skills Kapiti cancelled 13 May Game Analysis Kapi Mana 8 15 May Attacking Fundamentals Kapi Mana 9 15 May Team Culture Kapiti cancelled 22 May Team Culture Hutt Valley cancelled 19 September Skill Analysis Wairarapa cancelled 40 courses offered in 2017-2018 – total of participants 192 *cancellation due to insufficient interest
A dedicated focus has been made towards re-education and promotion of the Netball New Zealand Coach Framework opportunities. Wellington Regional Centres continue to make a combined effort to offer courses scheduled for the right time of year as meets the needs of coaches. Informal workshops remain a valuable learning opportunity. They provide a practical opportunity to learn, ask questions on the spot and benefit from first-hand observation in an engaging environment. This year Netball Central Zone replaced the term “informal” with “Fill Your Kete” – an acknowledgment of how this less formal type of forum really complements theoretical learning, bolsters understanding and pads your coaching toolkit further. NCZ are committed to deliver two Fill Your Kete offerings per year per region which tend to be well attended. We aim to continue to explore additional offerings to appeal to the variety of kinaesthetic, aural, and visual learning needs of our coach community in 2019.
Informal coach development opportunities attended by coaches within the Wellington region from October 2017 to September 2018 include:
Date Opportunity Attendees October Wellington Region Talent Development Day 8 Zone Talent Development Cluster Day 6 Netball NZ National Talent Development Camp 2 February Player Diary Management session for rep team management 11 Unit Defence workshop with Yvonne Willering – Wellington 52 March NetballSmart workshop 15 NetballSmart Social Warm-Up session 2 April College Sport Student Coaching Day 40 Midcourt Defence workshop with Sandra Edge – Wairarapa 13 May NetballSmart workshop cancelled NetballSmart Warm-Up session 2 My Team & Me – Wellington 4 Defence workshop with Waimarama Taumaunu – Hutt Valley 37 – 22 from NWC June My Team & Me – Wairarapa 9 NetballSmart Rep Tournament Power Warm-Up session - NWC 39 Defence workshop with Waimarama Taumaunu – Wellington 37 – 25 from NWC July My Team & Me – Kapi Mana 14 My Team & Me – Kapiti cancelled Pulse Coach workshop with Yvette McCausland-Durie & 20 Sandra Edge – Wairarapa September Wellington Region Talent Development Day 6 Zone Super Club – Tournament Selection 1 Emerging Talent & Development Squad morning sessions 3 22 informal development opportunities in 2017-2018 – total of participants 321 *cancellation due to insufficient interest
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In the period spanning October 2017 to September 2018 a total of 32 coaches from throughout the wider Wellington region have completed the required modules to receive the NNZ Community Coach Award Level 1 (CCA 1). Of those, five have moved on to achieve the NNZ Community Coach Award Level 2 (CCA 2) within the year. Netball Wellington Centre has yet to welcome additional coaches to the NNZ Performance Coach Qualification (PCQ) during this period however expect to get the chance to do so in the coming year as coaches continue to apply themselves to progress up the NNZ coaching framework.
Congratulations to the following coaches affiliated to the Netball Wellington Centre for their dedicated efforts throughout the past year in order to achieve the following accreditation:
Community Coach Award Level 1 (CCA 1) Veronica Adams (Victoria University Netball Club) Cynthia Lendrum (Kelburn Normal School) Yvonne Hill (Queen Margaret College) Delwynn Walker (Onslow College) Jenny Smith (SWIS/Wellington East Girls’ College) Nicki Zande (St Mary’s College) Tash Wilson (Victoria University Netball Club) Kylie Tuffery Sue Geale (Wellington East Girls’ College) Lynette Poulton (Brooklyn Primary School) Joy Bates
Community Coach Award Level 2 (CCA 2) Yvonne Hill (Queen Margaret College)
Performance Coach Qualification (PCQ) Belinda Wotton (Victoria University Netball Club)
We wish to extend congratulations to the coaches below who achieved honours on a regional or national level:
Anna Andrews-Tasola Beko National League Assistant Coach 2017/2018
Belinda Wotton Victoria University Tertiary Netball Team Head Coach 2018
Bubs Reweti Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball Premier Head Coach 2017/2018
Gail Parata Scottish Thistles National Head Coach 2018
Ngarama Milner-Olsen Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball U15 Head Coach 2017/2018
Pelesa Semu Beko National League Head Coach 2017/2018
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Sandra Edge Central Pulse Assistant Coach 2017/2018
Tanya Dearns Strathclyde Sirens Head Coach in Scottish Netball Superleague 2017/2018
Tash Tawhara Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball U17 Head Coach 2017/2018 Indoor Netball NZ 30 & Over Women Head Coach 2018
Waimarama Taumaunu Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball U19 Head Coach 2017/2018
Congratulations also to the following managers who achieved honours on a regional or national level:
Jo Holmes Central Pulse Team Manager 2017/2018
Moana Fox Ikaroa ki te Tonga Māori Netball Premier Team Manager 2017/2018
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