From August 19-23, Netball Fiji hosts 21U teams from New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore at Vodafone Arena in Suva. The tournament will provide valuable experience for teams as they look towards next year’s World Youth Cup in Gibraltar. The tour won’t just be about playing netball. It will also include community engagement and cultural exchanges with the people of Fiji. The series is run with the cooperation of the Fiji National sports Commission and PacificAus Sports.
TEAMS
FIJI
The host nation, Fiji, will have two teams of 18 players representing them in this series, Fiji Black and Fiji Blue. Fiji’s 21U coach is Simone Nalatu.
AUSTRALIA
Like Fiji, Australia will also field two teams, Australia Green and Australia Gold. The players will be drawn from the current Australian 21U squad.
Check out Jenny Sinclair’s profile of Australian 21U coach Cathy Fellows.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has named a 14 player squad to take part in the series. They are coached by former Silver Fern Julie Seymour.
SINGAPORE
The following 12 players will represent Singapore in the tour. Singapore 21U team is coached by Yeo Mee Hong.
SCHEDULE
(Fiji Times)
DAY 1 – AUG 19
SINGAPORE 40 v FIJI BLACK 42
AUSTRALIA GREEN 56 v NEW ZEALAND 51
FIJI BLUE 19 v AUSTRALIA GOLD 98
DAY 2 – AUG 20
NEW ZEALAND 83 v FIJI BLUE 29
AUSTRALIA GREEN 98 v SINGAPORE 15
FIJI BLACK 17 v AUSTRALIA GOLD 76
DAY 3 – AUG 21
AUSTRALIA GREEN 74 v FIJI BLUE 27
SINGAPORE 19 v AUSTRALIA GOLD 82
FIJI BLACK 22 v NEW ZEALAND 76
DAY 4 – AUG 22
4pm – AUSTRALIA GREEN v FIJI BLACK
6pm – NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA GOLD
8pm – SINGAPORE v FIJI BLUE
DAY 5 – AUG 23
4pm – AUSTRALIA GREEN v AUSTRALIA GOLD
6pm – NEW ZEALAND v SINGAPORE
8pm – FIJI BLUE v FIJI BLACK
