Steel left searching for Tactix
March 13, 2010 - Southern Steel
The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel ended its ANZ Championship build-up with a 51-58 defeat to the Canterbury Tactix in Dunedin today.
It was a lacklustre performance from the Southerners in their final game of an intense pre-season campaign which has taken place on both sides of the Tasman and featured 19 matches in the past five weeks.
But captain Megan Dehn wasn't looking for excuses, conceding her team simply wasn'
Ferns have gold in their sights
By Katarina Williams 4:00 AM Sunday Mar 14, 2010 - NZ Herald
The country's best will use the ANZ Championship as a springboard towards Silver Ferns selection.
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The Silver Ferns begin a highly compressed schedule this week.
They say a journey of 1000km begins with a single step. New Zealand netball's best and brightest know a strong showing in the upcoming ANZ Championship is pivotal for the journey leading to a Commonwealth Ga
Steel end build-up on sour note
NZPA - March 13, 2010, 7:18 pm
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The Southern Steel ended their trans-Tasman netball league build-up with a 51-58 defeat to the Canterbury Tactix in Dunedin today.
It was a lacklustre performance from the southerners in their final game of an intense pre-season campaign which has taken place on both sides of the Tasman and featured 19 matches in the past five weeks.
But captain Megan Dehn wasn't looking for excuses, conceding her team si
Wildcats spring off the bottom
13th March 2010 - NetballSuperleague.com
Glasgow Wildcats sprang was from the bottom of the Co-operative Netball Superleague on Saturday afternoon with a 10-goal win at home. The win over Loughborough Lightning sends the visitors to the bottom spot in the table.
It has been a testing week for Olivia Murphy’s squad who were without their in-form defender Layla Guscoth, who was captaining England’s U19 squad at the Netball Europe competition back at the universi
Mavericks consolidate third
13th March 2010 - NetballSuperleague.com
The battle for third and fourth place in the Co-operative Netball Superleague looks set to be a corker. Realistically there are three teams pushing for the two play-off spots and Hertfordshire Mavericks took a huge step toward guaranteeing it would be them with a decisive win over fellow rivals Leeds Carnegie.
Leeds have had a big week. Their university side managed to prevailed in the Kukri BUCS Championship final against
Steel left searching for Tactix
13th March 2010 - My Netball
The result of today's final pre-season match in Dunedin between Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel and Mercury Canterbury Tactix has only sharpened fans' appetite for the 2010 ANZ Championship, which begins next Saturday 20 March.
After 19 matches on both sides of the Tasman over the past five weeks, Steel put up a lacklustre performance against Tactix who won the match 58-51.
Steel captain Megan Dehn wasn't looking for excuses, con
The countdown is on...
Friday, March 12, 2010 - Victorian Mens Netball League
THE Victorian Cyclones are completing their final preparations for the 2010 Australian Men's and Mixed Netball Championships, with the event now just three weeks away.
The Cyclones squad is again looking strong as they look to defend their clean sweep of the men's, mixed and junior divisions at last year's championships.
The open men's and 23 and under sides have faced off in a series of practice matches in a bid
Shoulder injury forces Stephens' exit from team
By GEOFF LONGLEY - The Press Last updated 05:00 13/03/2010
The Tactix have lost their only import player for the ANZ netball championship, which starts next weekend, with Australian Peta Stephens succumbing to a chronic shoulder injury.
A replacement player will be considered, but there is no certainty of a signing.
The team will take an 11-member squad into their campaign which begins on Monday week against the Central Pulse.
Stephen
Slick performance sought in final hit-out
By Adrian Seconi on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 - ODT
All the hard work has been done - now it is about adding the finishing touches.
That is what Steel coach Robyn Broughton and her Tactix opposite Helen Mahon-Stroud are thinking a week out from the opening round of the ANZ Championship.
Both sides complete their pre-season build-up with a match at the Edgar Centre today and, while the result is immaterial, the performance is crucial.
A slick, well-drilled
Whipping Welsh netball into shape
By Nick Webb - 11th March 2010 - BBC SPort
It's a midweek evening at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff - and several hundred spectators, mostly under 25, mostly female, are making as much noise as their team can decently expect.
Celtic Dragons are the only Welsh club in netball's Superleague
But should they expect more? Netball is, after all, the most-played women's team sport in Wales - and this side, the Celtic Dragons, is the top te
Alex Wood set to carve a new niche
Mar 12 2010 Evening Chronicle
ALEX WOOD is expected to clarify her Super League future this weekend after the star shooter was dramatically withdrawn from Team Northumbria’s netball roster last night.
In a further twist, it has emerged the former England international will join TN coach Barbara Brown on the bench at tomorrow’s homecourt clash with Celtic Dragons.
There is a strong rumour Wood has decided to call time on her playing career in a bid to con
Netball Weekly Roundup - 12th March 2010
12 March 2010 - IFNA
With the Commonwealth Games in Delhi only seven months away, India’s netballers continued their preparations for the competition this week with a brief tour of Australia, during which time they visited the Australian Institute of Sport as well as the SOPA Cup in Sydney. Currently without a world ranking, the Indian side also played a friendly match against a parliamentary team, led by Australia’s minister for
Magic coach Noeline Taurua cuts couple loose
By MATT RICHENS - Waikato Times Last updated 12:00 11/03/2010
Noeline Taurua is known for her wacky and wild coaching ideas and 2010 appears to be no different for the Waikato-Bay of Plenty netball coach.
She's flinging two of her 12-player squad back to the provinces for the first five weeks of the ANZ Championship and is contemplating having as many as five captains.
From the opening year of the trans-Tasman competition, Taurua has said a squa
Henry finds passion after Mystics shift
Published: 6:49PM Friday March 12, 2010 Source: ONE Sport
Joline Henry
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After playing in the Waikato for over a decade Silver Fern Joline Henry is crediting her shift North for reigniting her passion for netball.
Although the 27-year-old is happy with her decision to switch allegances ahead of the 2010 ANZ Championship season, not everyone was pleased.
After admitting she still cops a 'little bit' of fl
Concerns council will fall short on netball wish list
DAVID BRAITHWAITE - 12 Mar, 2010 04:00 AM - Gippsland Times
Gippsland MHR Darren Chester (left), Sale Netball Association works committee chair Joan Foat and project manager John Paraskevas inspect construction of the Gippsland Regional Sports Complex.
WHILE welcoming progress on the construction of its new home, a senior member of the Sale Netball Association has raised concerns about Wellington Shire Council fulfilling promis
Fitness level pleases netball coach
Sera Whippy - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Fiji TImes
NETBALL Fiji coach Una Rokoura is very happy with the fitness shown by the players after their first raining session at the on Tuesday.
"It was quite a high-intensity work out because after the girls eight weeks it is time for an increase in their fitness levels. I was very happy with the response from the girls because they were very good right to the end of the session," said Rokoura.
"I expected them
Ja name U-16 netball squad for April event
BY DANIA BOGLE Jamaica Observer - Thursday, March 11, 2010
DESPITE having a close to impeccable record at the event, defending champions Jamaica will be taking nothing for granted as they prepare for next month's Jean Pierre Youth Netball Championship in Barbados.
So says assistant coach Minneth Reynolds of the 12-member squad which was named on Monday for the Championship from April 8-18.
The line-up features seven new invitees including Sade Ffr
Selectors Workshops in 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010 By Netball NSW
Netball NSW will be hosting two Selectors Workshops for those wishing to gain knowledge on being a selector and/or those applying to be a Netball NSW selector in 2011.
The workshop will inform you on the workings of selection processes and attributes required of different playing positions.
Netball NSW selectors are required to attend the workshop once every four years. But is a great opportunity for grass roots s
Netball camp gets underway
Express News Service - Thursday , Mar 11, 2010 at 0123 hrs
The netball training camp for the Youth Championships in July ¿ a Commonwealth Games test event ¿ got under way at the Genesis Global School in Greater Noida on Wednesday, with the girls playing a practice game.
There was hardly any difference between the two teams — Red and Black— and while both the national and foreign coaches, Panchali Tatke and Mary Mecia Lourdes Jayasekera, said there was an improveme
O'Sullivan hoping to continue her netball development ahead of BUCS finals
Mar 12 2010 by Richard Rush, Loughborough Echo
LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s Sarah-Jane O’Sullivan is looking forward to the netball BUCS final as the University look to retain their title.
They take on Brunel in the final and victory will see them face Leeds Met or UWIC in the final at the BUCS games in Sheffield.
And if the favourites win it will be another feather in the cap for the sporty O’Sullivan family.
Sarah ha
Knee blow halts Melbourne Vixen
Rebecca Williams - From: Herald Sun - March 12, 2010 12:00AM
Melbourne Vixens star Julie Corletto. Source: HWT Image Library
MELBOURNE Vixens star defender Julie Corletto is in doubt for the start of the season as she battles swelling on her left knee.
Corletto missed last weekend's pre-season tournament in Sydney and is unlikely to participate in tonight's practice match against Victorian Netball League side Monash at the State Netball and Hockey Ce
Successful Australian tour for Indian Netball team
Thursday, March 11, 2010 By Netball Australia
With the Commonwealth Games in Delhi only seven months away and despite being currently unranked, the Indian Netball team will take the court in November as the host county at the 2010 Games.
As part of the preparation and development of the team, India’s coach Lourdes Jayasekhra and her team recently visited Australia spending time at the Australian Institute of Sport and SOPA Cup in Sydney.
Shooting circle in Julianna Naoupu's sights
By BRENDON EGAN - The Southland Times Last updated 05:00 11/03/2010
Southern Steel shooter Julianna Naoupu realises that 2010 has got to be the year she translates promise into performance.
The 20-year-old has been with Steel since the inception of the ANZ Championship and has had a sprinkling of opportunities in the world's toughest club netball competition. This season she looks set to see far more court time in the shooting circle, with
Teams tune up before season proper
Ben Carbonaro - Wednesday March 10, 2010 - SportsAustralia.com
Each of the five Australian ANZ Championship teams tuned up for season 2010 during a pre-season tournament in Sydney last weekend.
Joining the Adelaide Thunderbirds, Queensland Firebirds, New South Wales Swifts, Melbourne Vixens and the West Coast Fever were also two New Zealand based franchises.
The Central Pulse and Southern Steel joined Australia’s teams in using games played to gauge their
Surrey Storm sign Janet Coulburne
Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:20 - Surrey Storm
Surrey Storm have made a further signing in the transfer window strengthening their defence with the experienced ex England and Jamaican international Janet Coulburne.
Janet, originally from Portland in Jamaica has spent the past 9 years living in London and has represented both Jamaica and England and competed for England in the 2003 World Championships.
The 36 year is old defender will bring further experie
Lois Muir Challenge channels talent
Netball Otago/Netball Southland - 10th March 201
Seven players making their ANZ Championship debut this season can credit the Lois Muir Challenge (LMC) with propelling them into the elite ranks.
Designed as a feeder competition for netball's showcase trans-Tasman competition, the LMC is proving a valuable stepping stone for players with ANZ Championship aspirations - and its namesake couldn't be more proud.
Dame Lois Muir knows the future of New
Chokljat on HawksActive
10th March 2010 - Melbourne Vixens
Speedy Vixens Centre Natasha Chokljat has joined the HawksActive team in 2010 to answer your questions on netball and life.
The Hawthorn Football Club`s family- friendly TV show HawksActive will be broadcast every Friday at 5pm on Southern Cross TV in Tasmania and the Northern Territory throughout the footy season, and Tash will host a segment including her tips on skills, advice for a career in sport, Vixens club in
MARS SIGNS UP WITH ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP ON EVE OF 2010 SEASON
10th March 2010 - ANZ
MARS was today announced as a Major Sponsor for the ANZ Championship. Featuring five Australian and five New Zealand teams, the ANZ Championship commences its third season of trans-Tasman netball in just ten days.
Peter West, General Manager for Mars Snackfood, said “It was an easy decision by Mars to sponsor the ANZ Championship. It is a reflection of the broad popularity of netball and the outstanding at
Sorovaki is new netball boss
Indra Singh - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Fiji Times
NEW Suva Netball Association president Rubyann Sorovaki said this year they would name a High Performance squad, which will stay in place throughout the season.
Sorovaki was voted in as the new president during the AGM on Monday, replacing Vasiti Vocea, who left the country last year.
Maria Bereso, the mum of national rep and namesake Maria Bereso, is the vice-president, with Tupou Lemeki elected secretary.
Bowden takes tactical step into captaincy
By GEOFF LONGLEY - The Press Last updated 05:00 10/03/2010
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EYE ON THE BALL: Maree Bowden will lead the Tactix in this year's trans-Tasman netball league.
Maree Bowden has always been a Canterbury netball pacesetter via her fitness, and is now leading the Tactix from the front as captain too.
Bowden, 30, was the natural successor to Julie Seymour as Tactix captain this season, an appointment confirmed toda
