2006 Southern Sting season

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Southern Sting
2006 season
Head coach Robyn Broughton
Asst. coach Tania Dalton
ManagerKate Mackintosh
Main venue Stadium Southland
Season results
Wins–losses6–4
Season placing2nd
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Southern Sting seasons

The 2006 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 2006 National Bank Cup league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton and featuring Tania Dalton, Donna Loffhagen, Wendy Telfer, Lesley Rumball and Adine Wilson, Sting finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, they subsequently lost the major semi-final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 61–51. In the preliminary final they defeated Northern Force 64–59. In the grand final they lost 67–43 to Magic and finished the season as runners up. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses
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  • Katie Fay
  • Renee Jacobsen
  • Kylie Smith
  • Debbie Telfer

Sources: [8] [9]

2006 roster

2006 Southern Sting roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat.NamePosition(s)DoBHeight
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natalie Avellino WA, GA, GS (1970-12-15)15 December 1970 (aged 35)1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sarah BarnesWD, GD, GK(aged 24)1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Belinda Colling GA, WA (1975-09-12)12 September 1975 (aged 30)1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayley Crofts WD, C, WA (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 17)1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tania Dalton GS, GA (1971-11-26)26 November 1971 (aged 34)1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jenny Ferguson GD, WD(aged 27)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Anna Galvan GK, GD, WD (1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (aged 27)1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Megan Hutton GK (1976-03-26)26 March 1976 (aged 30)1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Loffhagen 1 GS, GA (1978-04-29)29 April 1978 (aged 28)1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lesley Rumball WD, C (1973-05-09)9 May 1973 (aged 32)1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit GK, GD (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 17)1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Wendy Telfer WD, C, WA (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 21)1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Adine Wilson WA, C, GA (1979-06-08)8 June 1979 (aged 26)1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach


Manager: Kate Mackintosh
Physiotherapist:
Neil Familton
Sports Science:
Steve Jackson

Notes
  • (c)– Captain
  • (cc)– Co-captain
  • (vc)– Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: [8] [9]

Notes

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1
Sat, 29 April Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 59–58 Southern Sting Mystery Creek Events Centre  

Sources: [2] [12]

Round 2
Mon, 8 May Southern Sting 78–33 Western Flyers Stadium Southland  

Source: [13]

Round 3
Sat, 13 May Southern Sting 61–38 Otago Rebels Stadium Southland  
4:00pm Tania Dalton Netball.svg  28/29 (97%)
Belinda Colling Netball.svg (86%)
Natalie Avellino Netball.svg (82%)		 Report
Angela Mitchell Netball.svg  30/45 (67%)

Sources: [13] [14]

Round 4
Sun, 21 May Northern Force 48–52 Southern Sting North Shore Events Centre  
Megan Dehn Netball.svg
Catherine Latu Netball.svg 		Report
Tania Dalton Netball.svg  29/30 (97%)

Sources: [15] [16]

Round 5
Sat, 27 May Southern Sting 55–44 Auckland Diamonds Stadium Southland  

Source: [17]

Round 6
Sun, 4 June Capital Shakers 43–62 Southern Sting Events Centre, Wellington  
Report

Source: [18]

Round 7
Mon, 12 June Southern Sting 48–51 Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland  
Tania Dalton Netball.svg  22/23 (96%)
Natalie Avellino Netball.svg  18/23 (78%)
Belinda Colling Netball.svg  8/11 (73%)		 Jade Topia Netball.svg  31/39 (79%)
Shelley Norris Netball.svg  20/21 (95%)

Sources: [19] [20]

Source: [21]

Regular season statistics

Goal Shooters (by Goals Scored)
Pos.PlayerGoals (%)
1 Tania Dalton Netball.svg  154/157 (98%)
2 Natalie Avellino Netball.svg  127/158 (80%)
3 Belinda Colling Netball.svg  118/146 (81%)
4 Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  15/18 (83%)

Source: [20]

Final table

PosTeamPldWLBPGFGAPts
1 Southern Sting 752241431617
2 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 752239430217
3 Northern Force 752235427317
4 Canterbury Flames 752132427516
5 Auckland Diamonds 752133629316
6 Capital Shakers 72512953787
7 Otago Rebels 71602653613
8 Western Flyers 70712384221

  Qualified for Semi-final 1 (major semi-final)
  Qualified for Semi-final 2 (minor semi-final)

Pts = Points

Source: [19]

Finals series

Semi-final 1 (major semi-final)

Fri, 16 June
7.30pm		 Southern Sting 51–61 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic    Stadium Southland ONESport
Tania Dalton Netball.svg  33/37 (89%)
Belinda Colling Netball.svg  11/14 (79%)
Natalie Avellino Netball.svg  7/10 (70%)		 Irene van Dyk Netball.svg  43/44 (98%)
Tanya Lund Netball.svg  18/23 (78%)

Sources: [1] [2] [22]

Semi-final 3 (preliminary final)

Fri, 23 June
7:30pm		 Southern Sting 64–59 Northern Force    Stadium Southland ONESport

Sources: [2] [11]

Grand final

Fri, 30 June
7:30pm		 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 67–43 Southern Sting    Mystery Creek Events Centre ONESport
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 32–27, 45–35, 67–43

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

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