Canterbury Flames

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Canterbury Flames
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Founded 1998;26 years ago (1998)
Disbanded 2007;17 years ago (2007)
Based in Christchurch
Regions Canterbury
Tasman
Home venue Westpac Centre
League Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
Website www.canterburyflames.org.nz
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Canterbury Flames were a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007 they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2000 and 2002, Flames played in three successive grand finals. In 2004, they played in their fourth grand final. On all four occasions, they lost out to Southern Sting. In 2008, when the National Bank Cup was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Canterbury Flames were rebranded as Canterbury Tactix.

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History

Founding members

In 1998, together with, Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Capital Shakers, Counties Manukau Cometz, Northern Force, Otago Rebels, Southern Sting, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Flames, were founding members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. [1] [2]

Rebrand

In 2008, when the National Bank Cup was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Canterbury Flames were rebranded as Canterbury Tactix. [3] [4] Canterbury Tactix were subsequently renamed Mainland Tactix. [5] [6]

Home venues

Flames played the majority of their home matches at Christchurch's Westpac Centre. [7] [8]

Stats

SeasonPositionWonDrawnLost
19983rd
19996th
20002nd
20012nd
20022nd
20036th
20042nd
20056th
20064th
2007 [9] 5th403

  Runners Up

Sources: [10] [11] [12]

Grand finals

Coca-Cola Cup

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2000 [13] Southern Sting 43–40Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland
2001 [14] [15] Southern Sting 47–44Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland

National Bank Cup

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2002 [16] [17] Southern Sting 54–48Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland
2004 [5] [18] [19] Southern Sting 63–55Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland

Source: [20]

Notable former players

Internationals

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Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
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ANZ Championship players

Sources: [6] [10] [11] [12] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Captains

Years
Belinda Colling [22] [26] [27] [28] [29] 2001–2004
Julie Seymour [5] [30] 2004
Vilimaina Davu [7] [24] [31] 2005
Julie Seymour [11] [12] [21] 2007

Coaches

Head coaches

CoachYears
Leigh Gibbs [6] 1998–1999
Margaret Foster [32] 2000
Leigh Gibbs [6] [22] [33] 2001
Margaret Foster [11] [12] [21] [23] [32] 2002–2007

Source: [6]

Assistant coaches

CoachYears
Helen Mahon-Stroud [21] 2007

Main sponsors

SponsorsSeasons
Ballantynes [7] [34] [35] c. 2001–2005
Goldair [9] [11] [12] 2007

Honours

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