This year, the Fast 5 Netball World Series was back for the first time since 2018. Christchurch in New Zealand hosted the event which is reserved for the shorter form of the game.
Fast 5, as the name suggests, consists of just five players on the court (no wing attack or wing defence), and uses three different scoring zones, with teams’ scoring being doubled during a “power play”.
In a change to the previous rules, teams didn’t get to choose when they took their power play this time. The power play now automatically comes in for both teams in the last 90 seconds of each six-minute quarter.
The tournament once again featured the top six-ranked netball nations in the world. But for the first time, that meant Uganda competed. They took the place of Malawi which had been to every other staging of the event.
The event was broadcast by Sky Sport in New Zealand. It was also shown on 7Plus in Australia, SuperSport in South Africa, FanCode in India, Digicel in most of the Pacific Islands, and SportsMax through much of the Caribbean. Elsewhere, fans were able to watch through Netball Pass
These were the six competing teams and their world rankings:
AUSTRALIA (1)
NEW ZEALAND (2)
JAMAICA (3)
ENGLAND (4)
SOUTH AFRICA (5)
UGANDA (6)
Another first this year was a Men’s competition featuring three teams:
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
ENGLAND
Umpires:
Justin Barnes
Joshua Bowring
Tanya Fink
Alison Harrison
Cory Nicholls
Kate Stephenson
Elizna Van den Berg
TEAMS
MEN’S TEAMS
RESULTS
ROUND 1:
AUSTRALIA 39 def JAMAICA 15
AUS: 26/40 (65%) (1pt 20/21, 2pt 6/18, 3pt 0/1)
JAM: 9/21 (43%) (1pt 4/4, 2pt 4/9, 3pt 1/8)
NEW ZEALAND 49 def UGANDA 32
NZ: 20/29 (69%) (1pt 9/10, 2pt 8/16, 3pt 3/3)
UGA: 18/37 (49%) (1pt 12/13, 2pt 5/19, 3pt 1/5)
SOUTH AFRICA 32 def ENGLAND 26
SA: 14/23 (61%) (1pt 7/8, 2pt 5/13, 3pt 2/2)
ENG: 16/27 (59%) (1pt 9/11, 2pt 7/15, 3pt 0/1)
MEN’S GAME 1:
AUS MEN 29 def ENG MEN 20
AUS: 16/37 (43%) (1pt 8/9, 2pt 7/23, 3pt 1/5)
ENG: 9/25 (36%) (1pt 7/13, 2pt 0/6, 3pt 2/6)
ROUND 2:
UGANDA 33 def JAMAICA 22
UGA: 24/33 (73%) (1pt 20/22, 2pt 4/11, 3pt 0/0)
JAM: 10/25 (40%) (1pt 7/7, 2pt 1/10, 3pt 2/8)
AUSTRALIA 25 def SOUTH AFRICA 19
AUS: 19/28 (68%) (1pt 17/18, 2pt 2/10, 3pt 0/0)
SA: 11/28 (39%) (1pt 6/7, 2pt 5/18, 3pt 0/3)
ENGLAND 32 def NEW ZEALAND 31
ENG: 19/24 (79%) (1pt 15/15, 2pt 3/8, 3pt 1/1)
NZ: 17/32 (53%) (1pt 9/10, 2pt 8/19, 3pt 0/3)
MEN’S GAME 2:
AUS MEN 31 def NZ MEN 24
AUS: 19/27 (70%) (1pt 16/18, 2pt 2/8, 3pt 1/1)
NZ: 14/31 (45%) (1pt 8/11, 2pt 6/19, 3pt 0/1)
ROUND 3:
SOUTH AFRICA 28 def JAMAICA 27
SA: 15/43 (35%) (1pt 9/10, 2pt 5/31, 3pt 1/2)
JAM: 14/20 (70%) (1pt 10/10, 2pt 3/8, 3pt 1/2)
ENGLAND 38 def UGANDA 34
ENG: 18/26 (69%) (1pt 8/8, 2pt 9/16, 3pt 1/2)
UGA: 24/34 (71%) (1pt 20/25, 2pt 4/9, 3pt 0/0)
AUSTRALIA 33 def NEW ZEALAND 31
AUS: 25/32 (78%) (1pt 23/26, 2pt 2/6, 3pt 0/0)
NZ: 15/26 (58%) (1pt 6/7, 2pt 7/11, 3pt 2/8)
ROUND 4:
ENGLAND 32 def JAMAICA 27
ENG: 19/32 (59%) (1pt 12/16, 2pt 7/15, 3pt 0/1)
JAM: 18/22 (82%) (1pt 14/15, 2pt 4/4, 3pt 0/3)
UGANDA 32 def AUSTRALIA 30
UGA: 20/28 (71%) (1pt 16/20, 2pt 4/8, 3pt 0/0)
AUS: 23/31 (74%) (1pt 21/24, 2pt 2/7, 3pt 0/0)
SOUTH AFRICA 38 def NEW ZEALAND 37
SA: 18/26 (69%) (1pt 10/11, 2pt 7/14, 3pt 1/1)
NZ: 15/28 (54%) (1pt 5/6, 2pt 9/16, 3pt 1/6)
MEN’S GAME 3:
NZ MEN 36 def ENG MEN 22
NZ: 26/39 (67%) (1pt 24/26, 2pt 2/10, 3pt 0/3)
ENG: 9/20 (45%) (1pt 3/5, 2pt 4/10, 3pt 2/5)
ROUND 5:
AUSTRALIA 34 def ENGLAND 28
AUS: 26/33 (79%) (1pt 23/27, 2pt 3/6, 3pt 0/0)
ENG: 16/26 (62%) (1pt 14/14, 2pt 1/11, 3pt 1/1)
NEW ZEALAND 40 def JAMAICA 22
NZ: 21/40 (53%) (1pt 10/11, 2pt 11/25, 3pt 0/4)
JAM: 14/23 (61%) (1pt 11/12, 2pt 1/2, 3pt 2/9)
SOUTH AFRICA 27 def UGANDA 22
SA: 15/29 (52%) (1pt 9/11, 2pt 6/17, 3pt 0/1)
UGA: 17/28 (61%) (1pt 14/18, 2pt 3/8, 3pt 0/2)
LADDER:
1 – Australia – 8pts
2 – South Africa – 8pts
3 – England – 6pts
4 – New Zealand – 4pts
5 – Uganda – 4pts
6 – Jamaica – 0pts
Men’s Ladder:
1 – Australia – 4pts
2 – New Zealand – 2pts
3 – England – 0pts
PLAYOFFS:
MEN’S GRAND FINAL:
NEW ZEALAND 29 def AUSTRALIA 25
NZ: 16/25 (64%) (1pt 12/18, 2pt 4/5, 3pt 0/2)
AUS: 17/24 (71%) (1pt 13/15, 2pt 4/9, 3pt 0/0)
5/6 PLAYOFF:
UGANDA 32 def JAMAICA 10
UGA: 24/38 (63%) (1pt 22/31, 2pt 2/6, 3pt 0/1)
JAM: 8/23 (35%) (1pt 6/6, 2pt 2/9, 3pt 0/8)
3/4 PLAYOFF:
NEW ZEALAND 39 def ENGLAND 25
NZ: 20/29 (69%) (1pt 7/9, 2pt 12/16, 3pt 1/4)
ENG: 16/27 (59%) (1pt 12/15, 2pt 4/9, 3pt 0/3)
GRAND FINAL:
AUSTRALIA 34 def SOUTH AFRICA 20
AUS: 26/36 (72%) (1pt 24/28, 2pt 2/8, 3pt 0/0)
SA: 13/25 (52%) (1pt 11/14, 2pt 2/9, 3pt 0/2)
Player of the Series: Nicole Taljaard (SA)
Fans’ Player of the Series: Mary Cholhok (UGA)
FINAL PLACINGS:
1 – Australia
2 – South Africa
3 – New Zealand
4 – England
5 – Uganda
6 – Jamaica
1 – NZ Men
2 – Aus Men
3 – Eng Men
TOURNAMENT STATS:
Most 1pt goals
Sophie Garbin (Aus) – 82/90 (91%)
Most 2pt goals
Aliyah Dunn (NZ) – 25/39 (64%)
Most 3pt goals
Amanda Pinkney (Jam) – 5/25 (20%)
Team Shooting Stats
AUS: 145/200 (73%)
1pt 128/144 (89%), 2pt 17/55 (31%), 3pt 0/1 (0%)
SA: 86/174 (49%)
1pt 52/61 (85%), 2pt 30/102 (29%), 3pt 4/11 (36%)
NZ: 108/184 (59%)
1pt 46/53 (87%), 2pt 55/103 (53%), 3pt 7/28 (25%)
ENG: 102/170 (60%)
1pt 64/74 (86%), 2pt 36/85 (42%), 3pt 2/11 (18%)
UGA: 127/208 (61%)
1pt 104/129 (81%), 2pt 22/71 (31%), 3pt 1/8 (13%)
JAM: 73/134 (54%)
1pt 52/54 (96%), 2pt 15/42 (36%), 3pt 6/38 (16%)
NZ M: 56/95 (59%)
1pt 44/55 (80%), 2pt 12/34 (35%), 3pt 0/6 (0%)
AUS M: 52/88 (59%)
1pt 37/42 (88%), 2pt 13/40 (33%), 3pt 2/6 (33%)
ENG M: 18/45 (40%)
1pt 10/18 (56%), 2pt 4/16 (25%), 3pt 4/11 (36%)
Most Feeds
Margret Baagala (Uga) 98
Most Assists
Margret Baagala (Uga) 58
Most Gains (Individual)
Tara Hinchliffe (Aus) 20
Kim Jenner (Aus) 18
Joan Nampungu (Uga) 17
Elle Temu (NZ) 15
Matilda McDonell (Aus) 14
Romelda Aiken-George (Jam) 13
Most Gains (Team)
Australia 59
Uganda 47
New Zealand 45
England 40
Jamaica 38
South Africa 34
