Capital Shakers

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Capital Shakers
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Founded 1998;26 years ago (1998)
Disbanded 2007;17 years ago (2007)
Based in Wellington
Region Wellington Region
Home venue TSB Bank Arena [1]
League Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
Website www.capitalshakers.co.nz
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Capital Shakers are a former New Zealand netball team that were based in Wellington. Between 1998 and 2007, Shakers played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2000 and 2002, Shakers were semi-finalists three years in succession. Ahead of the 2008 season, Shakers merged with Western Flyers to form the new ANZ Championship team, Central Pulse.

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History

Founding members

In 1998, together with Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Canterbury Flames, Counties Manukau Cometz, Northern Force, Otago Rebels, Southern Sting, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Shakers, were founding members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. [2] [3]

Irene van Dyk era

Between 2000 and 2002, Shakers were semi-finalists three years in succession. They finished third in 2000 and fourth in 2001 and 2002. [4] [5] Between 2000 and 2002, Irene van Dyk played for Shakers. [6] [7] In 2000, van Dyk's scored 367 goals from 396 attempts with a 93% shooting success rate as she helped a Shakers team coached by Lois Muir and captained by Noeline Taurua reach their first semi-final. [8] However, they subsequently lost 50–35 to Canterbury Flames. [9] In 2001, with a team coached by Tanya Dearns, captained by Gail Parata and featuring Debbie Matoe, Frances Solia, Jodi Te Huna and van Dyk, Shakers defeated Southern Sting 51–48 in a Round 4 match. It ended a winning run of 18 matches over two years for Sting. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] During the 2001 season, van Dyk had a 91% shooting success rate as she played a major role in leading Shakers to their second semi-final. However, they lost 60–49 to Sting. [13] [15] [16] In 2002, Shakers qualified for their third semi-final. However, they were once again defeated by Sting, losing 68–49. [17] [18]

Merger

Ahead of the 2008 season, Shakers merged with Western Flyers to form the new ANZ Championship team, Central Pulse. [19] [20] [21]

Stats

SeasonPositionWonDrawnLost
1998 [22] 8th
19997th
2000 [1] 3rd
20014th
20024th
2003 [23] 8th
2004 [24] 7th
2005 [25] 8th
2006 [1] 6th
2007 [26] 7th106

Source: [4] [5]

Notable former players

Internationals

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

ANZ Championship players

Sources: [1] [4] [5] [8] [12] [25] [22] [24] [27] [28] [29]

Captains

Years
Noeline Taurua [8] 2000
Gail Parata [12] [14] [28] 2001
Debbie Matoe [29] 2002
Cushla Lichtwark [25] 2006
Frances Solia [5] [30] 2007

Coaches

Head coaches

CoachYears
Lois Muir [8] 1998–2000
Tanya Dearns [12] [29] [31] 2001–2002
Maria Lynch [23] [32] 2003
Sheryl George-Burns [4] [24] [33] [34] 2004–2005
Waimarama Taumaunu [1] [5] [25] 2006–2007

Assistant coaches

CoachYears
Tanya Dearns 2000
Waimarama Taumaunu [23] [35] 2004
Gail Parata [1] [14] 2007

Main sponsors

SponsorsSeasons
Genesis Energy [1] [5] [26] [36] 20xx–2007

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