[Ian Harkin]

#1287821

1st – NEW ZEALAND
EYRL, Tracy
FATIALOFA, Rita
FEAR, Tracey
FORSYTH, Margaret
GIBBS, Leigh (Captain)
HEFFERNAN, Annette
MALLET, Sandra
MATENGA, Margharet
PULE, Angela
SOLIA, Joan
TAUMAUNU, Waimarama
TOWNSEND, Julie
Coach: Lois Muir

Eq 2nd – AUSTRALIA
ATKINSON, Di
BEEHAG, Lisa
DEVERY, Keeley
ELLA, Marcia
HARRIS, Chris
IRONMONGER, Sally
JENCKE, Roselee
JONES, Michelle
KENNY, Sue
PETERSON, Janelle
SARGEANT, Anne (Captain)
WILSON, Vicki
Coach: Wilma Shakespear

Eq 2nd – TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
ADAMS, Bridget
BAILEY, Jeanne
BLACKMAN, Sherry Ann
CASTANADA, Sharon
CHARLEAU, Heather
FRANK, Jennifer
HART, Hyacinth
HERBERT, Cheryl
HUTCHINSON, Annette
MITCHELL, Muriel
OUTRAM, Erica
TAYLOR, Hazel

[Ian Harkin]

#1287822

COMPETITION FORMAT:
Round 1 group matches sorted the teams into 4 final groups with teams 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 and 13-17.

Group A:

Australia’s matches:
Aust 90 v Papua New Guinea 17
Aust 86 v Fiji 30
Aust 85 v Sri Lanka 3
Aust 63 v Canada 15
Aust 69 v Northern Ireland 9
Aust 64 v Jamaica 54
Aust 50 v Trinidad & Tobago 51

Group order:
1. Trinidad & Tobago
2. Australia
3. Jamaica
4. Fiji
5. Northern Ireland
6. Canada
7. Papua New Guinea
8. Sri Lanka

Group B:

New Zealand’s matches:
NZ 53 v Barbados 28
NZ 78 v Cook Islands 27
NZ 89 v Bermuda 8
NZ 78 v Malaysia 9
NZ 94 v Wales 13
NZ 67 v Scotland 15
NZ 45 v England 30
NZ 81 v Ireland 16

Group order:
1. New Zealand
2. England
3. Cook Islands
4. Barbados
5. Bermuda
6. Scotland
7. Ireland
8. Malaysia
9. Wales

[Ian Harkin]

#1287823

FINAL GROUP (Teams 1-4)

New Zealand 39 def Australia 28
Trinidad & Tobago 42 def England 33
Australia 46 drew with Trinidad & Tobago 46
New Zealand 47 def England 37
Australia 47 def England 43
New Zealand 49 def Trinidad & Tobago 37

New Zealand . 6pts
Australia . 3pts
Trinidad & Tobago . 3pts
England . 0pts

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FINAL PLACINGS:

1. NEW ZEALAND
2. Trinidad Tobago
2. Australia
4. England
5. Jamaica
6. Barbados
6. Cook Islands
8. Fiji
9. Scotland
10. Northern Ireland
10. Bermuda
10. Canada
13. Wales
14. Papua New Guinea
15. Ireland
16. Sri Lanka
17. Malaysia

[Ian Harkin]

#1287824

From the NZ Herald
World Beating Silver Ferns – Glasgow 1987 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10474864

Brutally honest sports team meetings are all the rage these days, especially when the chips are down. A ground-breaking New Zealand netball team meeting occurred in London 1987, during 10 days of preparation for the World Championships in Glasgow. This was no rescue mission, more a fine tuning for an already fine machine.

The 1987 team stands as our greatest, legends virtually unchallenged as the best in the world, many of them driven by defeat against Australia in the 1983 tournament final. The squad was coached by Lois Muir and included captain Leigh Gibbs, Tracey Fear, Margaret Forsyth, Sandra Edge, Margharet Matenga, Waimarama Taumaunu, Rita Fatialofa, Julie Townsend and Tracey Earl. Enough said, although New Zealand had a rocky 1986, losing five of six games to Australia.

Fear, the lean defender of Australian origin who came to New Zealand in her late teens, readily recalls the London team showdown. Yet it cut so deeply she is still reluctant to provide specific details. “We divulged our inner secrets, about what each of us found really difficult. You were really letting your innermost secrets to your team- mates,” says Fear. She and husband Terry live in Cambridge with their sports-mad kids, 17-year-old daughter Robbie and 15-year-old son Joel, who has represented New Zealand in BMX.

“I had this overwhelming sense of ‘oh my God, it’s hanging out there and woe betide us when we play in the domestic competition because we will all know our innermost secrets’. But it was a character-building moment. The hallmark of great teams is honesty that challenges each other. Only when the brutal facts are revealed can players make their games better.” Fear’s technical weakness was against attackers’ fakes, something her team-mates had already sussed. Beyond this revelation, she would say no more.

The 1987 team blitzed all-comers by at least 10 goals in the bleak Glasgow conditions and on strangely silent rubberised courts. Remarkably, they kept Australia’s shooting aces to three goals in the third quarter of their clash, then pulled away from Trinidad and Tobago in the last final before moving indoors. These great players propelled netball into a high-profile era. But the hallmarks of days gone by remained.

Rather than a grand return, Fear – netball’s high performance manager these days – and other players travelled. The Fears and Leigh and Steve Gibbs went around Europe in a van. Various team members arranged meets in Paris and New York. “The supporters in Glasgow really made it special for us but the sport was only just gaining a profile and there wasn’t anything like the incredible reception for the 2003 team,” says Fear.

But there was an unusual sequel, a 1997 Dunedin rematch against their Australian world championship adversaries. Fear’s ultra-competitive nature meant she had sworn never to play after her 1988 retirement. She trained like mad for the rematch. “There was no way I wanted to lose. The game was fiercely competitive,” she says.

“We looked anything but champions in the warm-up and we were concerned. It was very close but we won – Sandra Edge was spectacular. “I have fantastic memories of 1987. People say it was a team of legends, but you only appreciate the value of the players afterwards.”

[Ian Harkin]

#1287825

From Netball NZ
Profile of NZ captain Leigh Gibbs https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/leigh-gibbs.html

Profile of Sandra Edge https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/sandra-edge.html

Profile of Wai Taumaunu https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/waimarama-taumaunu.html

[Ian Harkin]

#1287826

From stuff.co.nz

[Ian Harkin]

#1287828

[Ian Harkin]

#1287829

From ournetballhistory.org.uk
England at the 1987 World Tournament https://www.ournetballhistory.org.uk/content/events/international-competition/world-cup/1987-7th-world-netball-championship-glasgow

[Ian Harkin]

#1287830

From Silver Ferns TV

[Ian Harkin]

#1287831

From Netball Fan – NZ v Australia

[Ian Harkin]

#1287833

Summary from World Netball https://netball.sport/events-and-results/netball-world-cup/glasgow-1987

[Ian Harkin]

#1287841

1991 – 8TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (SYDNEY, AUST)

1991 in Sydney was the time and place when the whole perception of netball seemingly changed for the better. The competition went from being a quaint, amateur style event to something far more professional and popular. For a start, the name was changed and so this was now known as the 8th World Championships.

The event also moved indoors on a wooden floor for the first time, after 28 years of playing outside on asphalt and in all sorts of weather. And finally… a final. Incredible to think it took this long to introduce a final (and semi finals) to the world’s premier netball event, but that’s the case. And what a final it was. It was a match for the ages and a real turning point for the sport.

A then world record crowd of over 10,000 turned up to watch the final between Australia and New Zealand. The game was also shown live on television, a first in Australia. The Silver Ferns held a slight advantage for much of the game, and in fact led by one goal at every change.

The last quarter was gripping. Thanks to some nerveless shooting from Vicki Wilson, Australia grabbed the lead late in the game. New Zealand captain Wai Taumaunu, playing in her third and last world cup, then intercepted brilliantly and sent the ball toward the Kiwi shooting circle, only for Roselee Jencke to take an intercept of her own and seal the game for Australia 53-52.

It was an exciting climax to a groundbreaking tournament which raised the profile of netball in Australia, especially with Australia’s sports loving Prime Minister Bob Hawke in attendance. And it was another triumph for coach Joyce Brown who ended her world cup career undefeated.

Jamaica also played very well during the tournament and beat England 63-54 to finish third. One of their players, Janet Johnson, along with Northern Ireland’s Elizabeth Rodgers, played in their fifth and final world cup.

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From INF

[Ian Harkin]

#1287843

1st – AUSTRALIA
DALWOOD, Carissa
DEVERY, Keeley
FIELKE, Michelle (Captain)
FINNAN, Sharon
JENCKE, Roselee
KENNETT, Jennifer
KENNY, Sue
MCKINNIS, Simone
O’DONNELL, Shelley
WAGG, Catriona
WILSON, Vicki
Coach: Joyce Brown

2nd – NEW ZEALAND
CARTER, Julie
COX, Tanya
DILLMORE, Robin
EDGE, Sandra
EYRL-SHORTLAND, Tracy
HODSON, Joan
LEAVER, Leonie
NOUVAO, Ana
TAUMAUNU, Waimarama (Captain)
TOPPING, Carron
WAITE, Sheryl
WALL, Louisa
Coach: Lyn Parker

3rd – JAMAICA
ALDRIDGE, Charmaine
BLAKE, Valerie
CLARKE, Karen
FRANCIS, Connie
FRANCIS, Janet
HAMILTON, Karlene
JOHNSON, Janet
LINDSAY, Marva
MCDONALD, Patricia
PATTERSON, Marjorie
PITTERSON, Oberon Jean
TAYLOR, Sharon

[Ian Harkin]

#1287844

COMPETITION FORMAT:
2 groups of 10 teams with the top 2 from each group going to semi finals.

GROUP A

New Zealand matches:
NZ 94 v Cook Islands 40
NZ 86 v Ireland 26
NZ 104 v Hong Kong 14
NZ 86 v Canada 24
NZ 78 v Namibia 44
NZ 96 v Vanuatu 27
NZ 91 v Papua New Guinea 29
NZ 93 v Northern Ireland 21
NZ 68 v Jamaica 63

Group order:
1. New Zealand
2. Jamaica
3. Cook Islands
4. Canada
5. Ireland
6. Northern Ireland
7. Namibia
8. Papua New Guinea
9. Hon Kong
10. Vanuatu

GROUP B

Australian matches:
Aust 84 v Fiji 19
Aust 95 v Cayman Islands 24
Aust 76 v Scotland 22
Aust 113 v Singapore 12
Aust 77 v Wales 31
Aust 65 v England 38
Aust 81 v Western Samoa 25
Aust 76 v Malaysia 27
Aust 107 v Sri Lanka 10

Group order:
1. Australia
2. England
3. Wales
4. Western Samoa
5. Scotland
6. Fiji
7. Sri Lanka
8. Cayman Islands
9. Singapore
10. Malaysia

[Ian Harkin]

#1287845

SEMI FINALS:
New Zealand 53 def England 33
Australia 68 def Jamaica 62

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3/4 PLAYOFF:
Jamaica 63 def England 54

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FINAL – AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA WON 53-52
(13-14, 26-27, 40-41, 53-52)

AUSTRALIA:
GS Wilson
GA Wagg
WA O’Donnell
C Dalwood
WD McKinnis
GD Fielke
GK Devery

Changes:
3rd Quarter.. Jencke GK (Devery).

Shooting stats:
Wilson 42/56 (75%)
Wagg 11/13 (85%)
TOTAL 53/69 (77%)

NEW ZEALAND:
GS Eyrl
GA Carter
WA Hodson
C Edge
WD Wall
GD Taumaunu
GK Dillimore

Changes:
None.

Shooting stats:
Eyrl 34/40 (85%)
Carter 18/20 (90%)
TOTAL 52/60 (87%)

Crowd 10,344

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FINAL PLACINGS:

1. AUSTRALIA
2. New Zealand
3. Jamaica
4. England
5. Cook Islands
6. Canada
7. Wales
8. Western Samoa
9. Scotland
10. Ireland
11. Fiji
12. Northern Ireland
13. Namibia
14. Papua New Guinea
15. Sri Lanka
16. Cayman Islands
17. Hong Kong
18. Singapore
19. Malaysia
20. Vanuatu

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