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2010 saw another remarkable year for the NSW Swifts. Winners in 2008, then second last in 2009, they went through the entire 2010 regular season undefeated and looked like claiming the title once again. But incredibly, they failed to even make the grand final. Firstly, they were stunned by a fiercely determined Adelaide Thunderbirds team in the major semi-final, and then also beaten by Magic in the preliminary final. The eventual grand final success of the Thunderbirds team which featured two imports led to a change in the import rule for the 2011 season. It was a second grand final defeat for a star-studded Magic team in three years, with New Zealand fans beginning to wonder if the title would ever head their way.
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2010 ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
Queensland Firebirds
AIKEN, Romelda
CASTRISOS, Alissa
CROFT, Sophie
GEITZ, Laura
MCMENIMAN, Clare
MEDHURST, Natalie
NOURSE, Lauren (capt)
RUSSELL, Jacqui
SCHERIAN, Laura
STEEL, Amy
TROMPF, Kierra
WALL, Sarah
Coach: Roselee Jencke
New South Wales Swifts
BORGER, Kimberly
BRAZILL, Ashleigh
BULLEY, Rebecca
COX, Catherine (capt)
GREEN, Kimberlee
MAY, Samantha
MKOLOMA, Sonia
PRATLEY, Susan
SMITH, Kimberley
TAIRI, Courtney
WARE, Vanessa
WILD, Amorette
Coach: Julie Fitzgerald
Melbourne Vixens
CALDWELL, Tegan
CHATFIELD, Bianca (co-capt)
CHOKLJAT, Natasha
CORLETTO, Julie
HALLINAN, Renae
JACOBSEN, Wendy
KNOTT, Kathleen
MCMAHON, Sharelle (co-capt)
NASH, Chelsey
RICHARDS, Kara
THOMPSON, Brooke
THWAITES, Caitlin
* WILSON, Micaela (injury replacement player)
Coach: Julie Hoornweg
Adelaide Thunderbirds
BEATON, Emily
BEATON, Georgia
BELL, Erin
BEVERIDGE, Kate
BORREGO, Carla
GERRARD, Mo’onia
KEENE, Jasmine
LAYTON, Sharni
MENTOR, Geva
SUTTON, Joanne
VON BERTOUCH, Natalie (capt)
WINGARD, Sheree
Coach: Jane Woodlands-Thompson
West Coast Fever
BASSETT, Caitlin
BECKETT, Emma
BOLTON, Shae
BROWNE, Madison
CURRAN, Johannah (capt)
EBBOTT, Sarah
FUHRMANN, Susan
GILMORE, Andrea
JANZ, Josie
LAWSON, Janelle
NEAL, Ashleigh
SHOARD, Leah
Coach: Jane Searle
Northern Mystics
BYFIELD, Althea
COFFIN, Jenny-May
CULLEN, Kayla
GEORGE, Temepara (capt)
HENRY, Joline
LATU, Cathrine
MES, Bailey
PULU, Finau
RASMUSSEN, Grace
TONE-FITZPATRICK, Sulu
TUTAIA, Maria
WILLCOX, Larrissa
Coach: Te Aroha Keenan
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
BROWN, Jodi
CHRISTOPHERS, Amy
LANGMAN, Laura (capt)
LUND, Tanya
SHADROCK, Elias
SOLIA, Frances
SCHOLZ, Peta *
TOD, Jodi
TUKI, Jess
VAN DYK, Irene
WAITITI, Kahurangi
WILLIAMS, Casey
* CLARKE, Jade (injury replacement player)
Coach: Noeline Taurua
Central Pulse
AGBEZE, Ama
ALTSCHWAGER, Jane (capt)
AMARU-TIBBLE, Te Amo
CASSIDY, Alanah
GRANT, Katrina
GRIFFIN, Paula
GUPWELL, Jamilah
LEES, Camilla
LICHTWARK, Cushla
MANU, Bessie
MILNER-OLSEN, Ngarama
PRITCHARD, Daya
Coach: Yvette McCausland-Durie
Canterbury Tactix
BOWDEN, Maree (capt)
CROFTS, Hayley
FINCH, Phillipa
GALVAN, Anna
HALPENNY, Ellen
KIGHT, Charlotte
PITMAN, Chelsea
POFF, Hannah
SMITH, Ashley
SMITH, Victoria
THOMPSON, Anna
TRIP, Jo
* HUTTON, Megan (In jury replacement player)
* MITCHELL, Angela (Injury replacement player)
Coach: Helen Mahon-Stroud
Southern Steel
BARRETT-CHASE, Liana
BURGESS, Erika
DE BRUIN, Leana
DEHN, Megan (capt)
MOYNIHAN, Emma
NAOUPU, Julianna
SAUNDERS, Hayley
SCANLAN, Sheryl
SELBY-RICKIT, Te Huinga Reo
TELFER, Wendy
TOPIA, Jade
WIPIITI, Daneka
Coach: Robyn Broughton
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Mystics big movers in transtasman league
NZPA
Northern Mystics confirmed their status as the most energetic of the New Zealand netball franchises after today’s release of teams for the 2010 transtasman league. Only four players remain from the 12 who last year finished eighth out of the 10 teams in the ANZ Championship. Silver Ferns midcourt pivot Temepara George remains, as does goal shoot Cathrine Latu, who finished last year’s league with an impressive 86 per cent success rate from 13 games. Only long-serving New Zealand goal shoot Irene van Dyk bettered that over the full season with 93 per cent.
Defensive utility Finau Pulu is still on the Mystics’ roster, as is attacking midcourter and national under-21 representative Grace Rasmussen. Heading those making the trek to Auckland are Silver Ferns Maria Tutaia and Joline Henry, both formerly of Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic. Joining them are New Zealand teammate Larrissa Willcox, who played for Canterbury Tactix this season, and Jamaican defender Althea Byfield, moving from Central Pulse. Former Silver Fern turned television commentator Jenny May-Coffin has also returned to the franchise. Among missing from last year’s roster are Stephanie Bond, Vili Davu, Rawinia Everitt, Keshia Grant, Rachel Rasmussen, Debbie White and shooter Jade Topia, who has signed for Southern Steel.
Bottom-of-the-table Central Pulse have also been busy, making the most of a rescue package aimed at supporting any team finishing ninth or 10th for consecutive seasons. Despite their first transtasman league win in the penultimate round of this year’s league – a 53-52 win over NSW Swifts – the Pulse were the only team able to apply for concessions in the 2010 season. Among the measures were the right to contract two non-eligible players, and to apply for a $25,000 grant from the Transtasman Netball League.
The Pulse have lost Byfield, but have made some strong acquisitions, including Silver Ferns defender Katrina Grant from the Steel. Adelaide Thunderbirds shooter Jane Altschwager boosts the Pulse’s shooting line-up while English defender Ama Agbeze has joined the Wellington-based team from Melbourne Vixens.
Canterbury Tactix look to have fared the worst in the transfer window, losing shooter Jodi Brown to Magic and Sonia Mkoloma to NSW Swifts, as well as Willcox. On the plus side, they have picked up Australian defender Peta Stephens from Queensland Firebirds, and retained Silver Ferns Maree Bowden and Anna Thompson.
The Magic, runners-up in 2008, have maintained a solid squad despite the loss of Henry, Tutaia and Leana De Bruin (Steel), with the inclusion of Australian defender Peta Scholz further strengthening their line-up.
The Steel will be without shooter Donna Wilkins, but have a talented young replacement in Topia as well as a potentially destructive defensive pairing in Sheryl Scanlan and De Bruin.
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Firebirds thrilled with Medhurst boost
Goalkeeper Laura Geitz says the Queensland Firebirds could explode into finals contention with the recent acquisition of star forward Natalie Medhurst. Medhurst will partner Jamaican goal sneak Romelda Aiken up front after joining the Firebirds from the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
Geitz says Queensland, which begins preseason training this month, is hoping to make the netball finals for the first time with Medhurst in the side. “She’s definitely been a marquee player for Adelaide in the last couple of years and obviously an Australian representative herself so she’ll combine really quite nicely with Romelda there in the goal circle.”
The Firebirds have five new players in total in their side for the 2010 season, including three debutants. Geitz says the team is targeting an all-important top four finish. “When it comes to missing out on a top four position by percentage it certainly leaves a pretty bad taste in your mouth,” she said. “We’re aiming for nothing less than a top four finish.”