Founded | 2007 | ||
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Based in | Christchurch | ||
Regions | Canterbury West Coast Nelson Region Marlborough Region | ||
Home venue | Wolfbrook Arena | ||
Head coach | Marianne Delaney-Hoshek | ||
Captain | Kimiora Poi | ||
Vice-captain | Karin Burger | ||
League | ANZ Premiership | ||
Website | tactixnetball.co.nz | ||
Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Between 2008 and 2012 they were known as Canterbury Tactix. However, after Netball Mainland was established in October 2012, the team subsequently adopted their current name. Netball Mainland is the governing body that represents the South Island regions of Canterbury, West Coast, Nelson and Marlborough. Since 2017, Tactix have represented Netball Mainland in the ANZ Premiership. During the ANZ Championship era, Tactix won just 20 of their 114 games and never featured in a finals series. However, during the ANZ Premiership era they emerged as challengers. They were grand finalists in both 2020 and 2021
Between 1997 and 2007, Canterbury Flames, competed in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. In 2008, when the National Bank Cup was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Canterbury Flames were rebranded as Canterbury Tactix. [1] [2]
Between 2008 and 2016, Tactix played in the ANZ Championship. [3] Helen Mahon-Stroud became the first Tactix head coach and Julie Seymour became their first captain. [2] Netball Mainland was established in October 2012 and Canterbury Tactix subsequently became Mainland Tactix. [4] During their nine seasons in the ANZ Championship, Tactix won just 20 of their 114 games, never winning more than five games in a season and never featuring in a finals series. [5] [6]
Season | Position | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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2008 [7] [8] | 8th | 5 | 0 | 8 |
2009 [9] | 6th | 5 | 0 | 8 |
2010 [10] | 10th | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2011 [11] | 10th | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2012 | 10th | 2 | 0 | 11 |
2013 [4] [12] | 9th | 2 | 0 | 11 |
2014 [13] [14] | 10th | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2015 [15] [16] [17] | 10th | 1 | 0 | 12 |
2016 [18] [19] | 8th | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Source: [3]
Since 2017, Tactix have played in the ANZ Premiership. [3] [20] They were runners up in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. [21] [22] In 2020 and 2021, with a team coached by Marianna Delaney-Hoshek and captained by Jane Watson, Tactix played in two successive grand finals. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]
Season | Position | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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2017 [28] [29] | 6th | 2 | 13 | 2 |
2018 [30] [31] | 3rd | 7 | 8 | 5 |
2019 [32] [33] [34] | 5th | 5 | 10 | 0 |
2020 [35] | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 2 |
2021 [36] | 3rd | 9 | 0 | 6 |
2022 [37] | 6th | 5 | 0 | 10 |
2023 | 4th | 9 | 0 | 6 |
Runners Up
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2020 [38] [39] [40] | Central Pulse | 43–31 | Mainland Tactix | Stadium Southland |
2021 [41] [42] [43] | Northern Mystics | 61–59 | Mainland Tactix | Spark Arena |
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2018 [21] [22] [44] | Central Pulse | 61–56 | Mainland Tactix | Trafalgar Centre |
Years | |
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Wolfbrook Arena [45] [46] | 2008– |
Trafalgar Centre [45] | 2012– |
Cowles Stadium [46] | 2022– |
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Manager: Tommy Lamb
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Player profiles: Team website | Last updated: 29 Nov 2022 |
Source: [30]
Years | |
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Julie Seymour [2] [47] [48] [49] | 2008–2009 |
Maree Bowden [50] [51] | 2010–2012 |
Donna Wilkins [51] | 2011 |
Anna Thompson [4] [15] [18] [52] | 2013–2016 |
Jess Moulds [30] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] | 2017–2018 |
Jane Watson [30] [58] [59] [60] | 2018–2021 |
Kimiora Poi [59] [60] [61] | 2021– |
Source: [3]
Season | Player |
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2014 [14] [62] | Mwai Kumwenda |
Season | Winner |
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2020 [63] | Jane Watson |
2021 [64] [65] | Karin Burger |
Source: [66]
Coach | Years |
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Helen Mahon-Stroud [2] [49] [67] | 2007–2011 |
Leigh Gibbs [4] [13] | 2012–2014 |
Sue Hawkins [15] [18] [68] | 2014–2017 |
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek [69] [70] | 2017– |
Coach | Years |
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Julie Seymour | 2008–2014 |
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek | 2015–2017 |
Julie Seymour | 2018–2021 |
Tania Hoffman [71] [72] | 2021– |
Source: [30]
Sponsors | Seasons |
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Skope [2] | 2008 |
Mercury Energy [73] [74] [75] [76] | 2009–2011 |
Easiyo [4] [13] [14] [77] [78] | 2012–2014 |
Silvermoon [28] [30] | 2017–2018 |
The Good Oil [34] [79] | 2019–2021 |
Trident Homes [80] | 2022– |
Since 2016, Netball Mainland have entered a team in the National Netball League. They are effectively the reserve team of Mainland Tactix. [81]
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The 2018 ANZ Premiership season was the second season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Shannon Francois, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, Southern Steel retained the title, winning their second consecutive premiership. Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Steel defeated Pulse 54–53. The top three teams from the season – Steel, Pulse and Mainland Tactix qualified for the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club.
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Kimiora Poi is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup, the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Since 2018, Poi has played for Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Premiership. Poi was a prominent member of the 2020 and 2021 Mainland Tactix teams that played in two successive grand finals. Ahead of the 2022 season, Poi was appointed Tactix captain.
Karin Burger is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Burger has also played for both Central Pulse and Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Premiership. She was a member of the Pulse teams that won 2019 and 2020 ANZ Premiership titles. While playing for Tactix, she was named 2021 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.
Jane Watson is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Watson has also played for both Mainland Tactix and Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship and the ANZ Premiership. In 2017 she was a member of the Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. She was named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2020. In April 2022, Watson was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.
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Erikana Pedersen is a former New Zealand netball international. She began her senior netball playing career with Northern Mystics during the ANZ Championship era. Between 2015 and 2021, Pedersen played for Mainland Tactix. In both 2020 and 2021, she was a prominent member of the Tactix teams that finished as ANZ Premiership runners up and grand finalists. In 2022 she was a member of the Central Pulse team that were ANZ Premiership champions. As a result, between 2020 and 2022, Pedersen played in three successive ANZ Premiership grand finals.
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