Mainland Tactix

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Mainland Tactix
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Founded 2007
Based in Christchurch
Regions Canterbury
West Coast
Nelson Region
Marlborough Region
Home venue Wolfbrook Arena
Head coachMarianne Delaney-Hoshek
Captain Kimiora Poi
Vice-captain Karin Burger
League ANZ Premiership
Website tactixnetball.co.nz
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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

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History

Canterbury Flames

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]

ANZ Championship

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]

Regular season statistics
SeasonPositionWonDrawnLost
2008 [7] [8] 8th508
2009 [9] 6th508
2010 [10] 10th1012
2011 [11] 10th1012
2012 10th2011
2013 [4] [12] 9th2011
2014 [13] [14] 10th1012
2015 [15] [16] [17] 10th1012
2016 [18] [19] 8th2110

Source: [3]

ANZ Premiership

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]

Regular season statistics
SeasonPositionWonDrawnLost
2017 [28] [29] 6th2132
2018 [30] [31] 3rd785
2019 [32] [33] [34] 5th5100
2020 [35] 2nd942
2021 [36] 3rd906
2022 [37] 6th5010
2023 4th906

  Runners Up

Grand finals

ANZ Premiership
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2020 [38] [39] [40] Central Pulse 43–31Mainland Tactix Stadium Southland
2021 [41] [42] [43] Northern Mystics 61–59Mainland Tactix Spark Arena
Netball New Zealand Super Club
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2018 [21] [22] [44] Central Pulse 61–56Mainland Tactix Trafalgar Centre

Home venues

Years
Wolfbrook Arena [45] [46] 2008
Trafalgar Centre [45] 2012
Cowles Stadium [46] 2022

Notable players

2023 squad

2023 Mainland Tactix roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat.NamePosition(s)DoBHeight
Flag of New Zealand.svg Aliyah Dunn GS (1999-10-19) 19 October 1999 (age 24)1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jane Watson GK, GD (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 33)1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Karin Burger  (vc)GD, WD, GK (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 30)1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jess AllanGA,GS
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kate LloydGK, GD (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 27)1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kimiora Poi  (c)C, WA (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26)1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Te Paea Selby-Rickit GA, GS (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32)1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Greer SinclairGK, GD, WD (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 23)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Paris LokotuiWD,C (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 22)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Head coach
  • Marianne Delaney-Hoshek
Assistant coach
  • Tania Hoffman

Manager: Tommy Lamb
Physiotherapist:
Alana Malcolm


Notes
  • (c) Captain
  • (cc) Co-captain
  • (vc) Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 29 Nov 2022

Internationals

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Fast5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga

Source: [30]

Captains

Years
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]

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

ANZ Championship Best New Talent
SeasonPlayer
2014 [14] [62] Mwai Kumwenda

New Zealand Netball Awards

ANZ Premiership Player of the Year
SeasonWinner
2020 [63] Jane Watson
2021 [64] [65] Karin Burger

Source: [66]

Coaches

Head coaches

CoachYears
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–

Source: [3] [30]

Assistant coaches

CoachYears
Julie Seymour 2008–2014
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek2015–2017
Julie Seymour 2018–2021
Tania Hoffman [71] [72] 2021–

Source: [30]

Main sponsors

SponsorsSeasons
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–

Reserve team

Since 2016, Netball Mainland have entered a team in the National Netball League. They are effectively the reserve team of Mainland Tactix. [81]

Honours

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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.

The 2020 ANZ Premiership season was the fourth season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Rore and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn and Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. In the grand final, Pulse defeated Mainland Tactix 43–31, winning their second consecutive premiership. Throughout the season, Netball New Zealand had to deal with considerable disruption because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This initially saw the league suspended for April and May. On its return in June, Round 2 through to Round 7 matches were all played behind closed doors at a single venue. In August, all Round 10 and two Final Series matches were cancelled and the Grand final was played behind closed doors.

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The 2022 ANZ Premiership season was the sixth season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, co-captained by Kelly Jury and Tiana Metuarau and featuring Aliyah Dunn, Erikana Pedersen and Whitney Souness, Central Pulse won their third title. Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers, finishing above Northern Stars and Northern Mystics. In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Mystics 63–57. Pulse then defeated Stars 56–37 in the Grand final.

The 2018 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2018 ANZ Premiership and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick and Claire Kersten, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Southern Steel defeated Pulse 54–53. However, Pulse subsequently won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Mainland Tactix 61–56 in the final.

The 2018 Southern Steel season saw the Southern Steel netball team compete in the 2018 ANZ Premiership and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club. 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, Steel retained the ANZ Premiership title, winning their second consecutive premiership after defeating Central Pulse 54–53 in the grand final. In the Super Club tournament, Steel finished third.

Aliyah Dunn is a New Zealand netball international. Dunn was a prominent member of the Central Pulse teams that won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. She was also a fringe member of the 2017 Southern Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. Dunn was also a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series. Between 2015 and 2017, Dunn also represented the New Zealand women's national basketball team at under-17 and under-19 levels. In 2022 she played for Tokomanawa Queens in the new Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league.

The 2020 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2020 ANZ Premiership. As part of their pre-season preparations, Pulse competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club, finishing the tournament in third place. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Rore and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn and Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Pulse finished the regular ANZ Premiership season as minor premiers. In the grand final, Pulse defeated Mainland Tactix 43–31, winning their second consecutive premiership.

The 2020 Mainland Tactix season saw the Mainland Tactix netball team compete in the 2020 ANZ Premiership. As part of their pre-season preparations, Tactix competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club, finishing the tournament in sixth place. With a team coached by Marianne Delaney-Hoshek, captained by Jane Watson and featuring Ellie Bird, Temalisi Fakahokotau, Erikana Pedersen, Kimiora Poi and Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Tactix finished the regular ANZ Premiership season in second place, qualifying for their first grand final. However, in the grand final, Tactix lost to Central Pulse 43–31.

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.

The 2021 Mainland Tactix season saw the Mainland Tactix netball team compete in the 2021 ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Marianne Delaney-Hoshek, captained by Jane Watson and featuring Ellie Bird, Karin Burger, Erikana Pedersen, Kimiora Poi and Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Tactix finished the regular ANZ Premiership season in third place, behind Northern Mystics and Southern Steel. In the Elimination final, Tactix defeated Steel 54–49. However, in the grand final, they lost 61–59 to Mystics, finishing the season second overall.

The 2022 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2022 ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, co-captained by Kelly Jury and Tiana Metuarau and featuring Aliyah Dunn, Erikana Pedersen and Whitney Souness, Central Pulse won their third title. Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers, finishing above Northern Stars and Northern Mystics. Pulse defeated Stars 56–37 in the Grand final.

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