2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club | |
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League | Netball New Zealand Super Club |
Sport | Netball |
Duration | 2 July – 7 July 2017 |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sport (New Zealand) |
Winners | Southern Steel |
Runners-up | Central Pulse |
The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. [1] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Southern Steel finished the tournament as inaugural winners. [2] Steel went through the tournament unbeaten, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final. [3] [4] [5] [6] All the matches were hosted at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson between 2 July and 7 July 2007. All the matches were broadcast live on Sky Sport (New Zealand). [7] [8] [9] [10]
The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2017 ANZ Premiership season – Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Northern Mystics. [7] [11]
^1 Celtic Flames were effectively the Wales national netball team plus guests. Wales play as Celtic Dragons in the Netball Superleague. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones. They also included two New Zealand internationals as guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
^2 Marama Vou were a Netball Fiji representative team featuring mainly Fiji under-19 players. The team also included Brooke Leaver and Erikana Pedersen of Mainland Tactix as guest players. [11] [19] [20]
^3 The New South Wales Institute of Sport team was effectively a combined New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball team. Its head coach was Briony Akle while Julie Fitzgerald was an assistant coach. [21] [22] [23] [24]
Source: [10]
2 July 2017 | NSWIS | 74–46 | UTT | ||
Kristina Brice ![]() Sophie Garbin ![]() Angela Frketic ![]() | Report Stats | Samantha Wallace ![]() Kalifa McCollin ![]() |
2 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 81–37 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() Olivia Bates ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() | Stats | Ine-Marí Venter ![]() Renske Stoltz ![]() Chante Louw ![]() Anique Grobler ![]() |
3 July 2017 | NSWIS | 74–45 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
3:00pm | Kristina Brice ![]() Sophie Garbin ![]() Angela Frketic ![]() | Report Stats | Ine-Marí Venter ![]() Renske Stoltz ![]() Chante Louw ![]() |
3 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 86–55 | UTT | ||
6:40pm | Jhaniele Fowler-Reid ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() Olivia Bates ![]() | Stats | Samantha Wallace ![]() Kalifa McCollin ![]() |
5 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 77–61 | NSWIS | ||
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() Olivia Bates ![]() | Report | Kristina Brice ![]() Sophie Garbin ![]() Georgia Marshall ![]() |
5 July 2017 | Gauteng Jaguars | 63–63 | UTT | ||
Ine-Marí Venter ![]() Renske Stoltz ![]() | Stats | Samantha Wallace ![]() Kalifa McCollin ![]() |
Source: [29]
Group A | ||||||||||
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 153 | 6 | ||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 209 | 168 | 4 | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 223 | 1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 218 | 1 | ||
Qualified for Semi-finals
5th/8th place classification
Source: [30]
2 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 92–43 | Marama Vou | ||
Tera-Maria Amani ![]() Paula Griffin ![]() Maria Tutaia ![]() | Stats | Afa Rusivakula ![]() Maria Lutua ![]() Kelera Nawai ![]() |
2 July 2017 | Central Pulse | 65–41 | Celtic Flames | ||
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble ![]() Cathrine Tuivaiti ![]() Jermaine Howard-Vallance ![]() Eseta Autagavaia ![]() | Report Stats | Chelsea Lewis ![]() Anna Thompson ![]() Georgia Rowe ![]() |
3 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 68–41 | Marama Vou | ||
4:50pm | Chelsea Lewis ![]() Anna Thompson ![]() Georgia Rowe ![]() Eleanor Roberts ![]() | Stats | Brooke Leaver ![]() Maria Lutua ![]() Afa Rusivakula ![]() |
3 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 59–54 | Central Pulse | ||
8:30pm | Bailey Mes ![]() Maria Tutaia ![]() | Stats | Cathrine Tuivaiti ![]() Te Amo Amaru-Tibble ![]() |
5 July 2017 | Central Pulse | 67–50 | Marama Vou | ||
Cathrine Tuivaiti ![]() Te Amo Amaru-Tibble ![]() Jermaine Howard-Vallance ![]() Eseta Autagavaia ![]() | Stats | Afa Rusivakula ![]() Brooke Leaver ![]() Maria Lutua ![]() |
5 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 66–43 | Celtic Flames | ||
Tera-Maria Amani ![]() Paula Griffin ![]() Maria Tutaia ![]() | Report Stats | Chelsea Lewis ![]() Georgia Rowe ![]() Anna Thompson ![]() Eleanor Roberts ![]() |
Source: [29]
Group B | ||||||||||
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 140 | 6 | ||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 150 | 4 | ||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 172 | 2 | ||
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 227 | 0 | ||
Qualified for Semi-finals
5th/8th place classification
Source: [30]
6 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 57–45 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
3:00pm | Chelsea Lewis ![]() Anna Thompson ![]() Georgia Rowe ![]() | Stats | Ine-Marí Venter ![]() Renske Stoltz ![]() |
6 July 2017 | UTT | 57–56 | Marama Vou | ||
4:50pm | Samantha Wallace ![]() Kalifa McCollin ![]() | Stats | Brooke Leaver ![]() Maria Lutua ![]() Afa Rusivakula ![]() |
7 July 2017 | Gauteng Jaguars | 68–49 | Marama Vou | ||
Ine-Marí Venter ![]() Renske Stoltz ![]() | Stats | Afa Rusivakula ![]() Brooke Leaver ![]() Maria Lutua ![]() |
Celtic Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand. [6] [31] [32]
7 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 62–47 | UTT | ||
Georgia Rowe ![]() Chelsea Lewis ![]() Anna Thompson ![]() Eleanor Roberts ![]() | Report Stats | Samantha Wallace ![]() Kalifa McCollin ![]() |
6 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 70–54 | Central Pulse | ||
6:40pm | Jhaniele Fowler-Reid ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Olivia Bates ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() | Stats | Cathrine Tuivaiti ![]() Te Amo Amaru-Tibble ![]() |
6 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 66–48 | NSWIS | ||
8:30pm | Bailey Mes ![]() Maria Tutaia ![]() | Report Stats | Kristina Brice ![]() Sophie Garbin ![]() Georgia Marshall ![]() Angela Frketic ![]() |
Source: [33]
7 July 2017 | Stats | NSWIS | 48–46 | Central Pulse | Sky Sport | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–29, 34–39, 48–46 | |||||||
Kristina Brice ![]() Sophie Garbin ![]() Georgia Marshall ![]() | Te Amo Amaru-Tibble ![]() Jermaine Howard-Vallance ![]() Eseta Autagavaia ![]() Cathrine Tuivaiti ![]() |
7 July 2017 | Stats | Southern Steel | 79–58 | Northern Mystics | Sky Sport | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 32–34, 53–46, 79–58 | |||||||
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Olivia Bates ![]() | Bailey Mes ![]() Maria Tutaia ![]() Tera-Maria Amani ![]() |
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Sources: [6]
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