NNZ Offer Coaching - Defence Clinic
Friday February 26 from 6pm to 9pm - St Paul's Collegiate Gym - Hukanui Road, Hamilton
Wai Taumaunu and Yvonne Willering will host this clinic which will cover one on one and zone defence. 3 hours for $30 for more information go to
NNZCoachForcepersonnel@mynetball.co.nz and then click on Coa... More...
New Chair for Netball Whakatane at Emotional AGM
The Netball Whakatane AGM was an emotion charged evening with the resignation of Becky Tukukino from the role as President. Becky has not only been heavily involved with the centtre for 40 years but has also given her heart and soul to Waiariki Netball as well. "It is the time for me do this and I w... More...
Lois Muir Challenge Squad Selections a Tough One
"There were some very hard decisions made to narrow the squad further and there was quite a lot of disappointment among those who missed out," said Lead Coach Mary-Jane Araroa. "We will select 12 players each week from this group. Some of these players have trained really hard and have put their han... More...
Kimberley Maisey Makes Cook Strait Lois Muir Challenge Side
Kimberley Maisey has continued to look for opportunities to progress her netball career after 5 years of rep netball in the Bay of Plenty. Off to Victoria University this year she has made the Cook Strait Lois Muir Challenge team to follow on from her PFNC Bay of Plenty Blue experience and her time ... More...
SUMMER CAMP A HUGE HIT
44 players enjoyed some fun in the very hot sun at Mount Maunganui at the annual Summer Camp. The heat while a challenge did not deter the enthusiasm of the youngsters who did their utmost to learn as much as they could over the three days. Lucy Whale was at her 5th Summer Camp, her second as a coac... More...
Western Region Academy Welcomed onto Owhata Marae
The Western Region Academy from Bathurst, NSW arrived in Rotorua on Saturday and were welcomed onto the Owhata Marae as part of the annual exchange with Netball Bay of Plenty. This exchange programme for talented netballers has been running from January 2004 when the first ever Bay of Plenty Team we... More...
Pam Clayton Reappointed to NNZ Umpire Assessment Panel
Pam Clayton has headed the NBOP Umpires Testing Panel for the past few years and overseen the increase in the number of umpires achieveing higher awards and honours along with training others in the Region to be panel members. Pam has completed her first term on the New Zealand Umpires Panel and has... More...
International Success for Beryl Harvey
Netball New Zealand has had 7 New Zealand Bench Officials/ Statisticians offered Technical official roles at the Netball during the Commonwealth Games in India this year. The appointments made by the International Netball Federation have seen Beryl Harvey a Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Interm... More...
The Next NNZ Secondary School Triallist - Lyddia Moke
Lyddia Moke has been named as a triallist for the NNZ Secondary Schools Team following other Secondary School players from the Bay of Plenty like Elias Shadrock and Amy Christophers both of whom went on to make the New Zealand side for two years. The young Rotorua Girls High player has caught the ey... More...
Kelsey Carter Makes NNZ Youth Umpire Talent Group
Kelsey Carter has set her sights on being an umpire at the international level and has worked hard to reach the Netball New Zealand Regional award level while still at school. She attended the NZ Under 23 Umpires Camp in 2009 and returned with information to help her perform even more strongly as an... More...
Kimberley Maisey Wins Victoria University Netball Scholarship
Tauranga Girls College Sports Leader Kimberley Maisey has played representative netball for the region all through her high school years. She has also had played in the Bay of Plenty's Lois Muir Challenge Team and the Open Blue side for the last two years. The scholarship at Victoria University wil... More...
Alice McFall appointed as the NNZ Youth Council Rep
Alice Mc Fall is completing her Year 9 year at Aquinas College where she is a top scholar and sportswoman. Her appointment to be the Netball Bay of Plenty representative on the Netball New Zealand Youth Council has generated excitement for not only the talented young woman but her school netball coo... More...
Amy Christophers Cannot Wipe the Smile From Her Face
Amy Christophers has always underestimated her playing ability in netball and yet her dogged determination as a defender has seen her win accolades from unlikely quarters in the game. Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Coach Noeline Taurua is impressed with the Otumoetai College Year 13 student's athletici... More...
Tanya Lund Back in Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Following strong performances in the Perry Foundation Championships Tanya Lund has made her way back into the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. The gutsy Goal Attack who can also play WA played strongly for the reasonably successful Bay of Plenty Gold. Now living in Kawerau and teaching at Whakatane Inte... More...
New World Netball Bay of Plenty Awards A Huge Success
The New World Netball Bay of Plenty Awards were attended by 360 people at the BayPark venue where the exciting night was held. The evening began with Leilani Taula singing 'Walking on Sunshine' and finished with her rendition of ' I'm A Beliver'. The large gathering stood, danced and sang for each s... More...
SPRING CAMP A HUGE SUCCESS
The NBOP Spring Camp has seen high energy levels from the Year 8 students selected from around the Bay of Plenty as they have worked on skills, played alternative games and were challenged by brain teasers. Joined by a group of 30 Australians the youngsters have enjoyed learning about the points of ... More...
Bay of Plenty Blue's Results are in the Learnings
Bay of Plenty Blue are to be admired for the way they remained positive with every game that they played. Every player in the side took a step up over the week and their Coaches Carol Holt and Rangi Ward are to be congratulated for the way in which they provided the players with more valuable insigh... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Have Highest Finish Ever
Finishing in eighth place was not what the Bay of Plenty Gold Team wanted but it is the highest finish that they have ever had. "We closed the gap from 17 to 10 when we played Wellington for the second time which was good but we did so want that win," said coach Mary Jane Araroa. "We would have like... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Have the Chance to Reach the Next Level
Bay of Plenty Gold defeated Tasman 78 to 37 in the final match of the pool play round for their First Grade division. This result sees the Bay side finish second to Wellington after their historic win against Waikato. The match gave coach Mary Jane Araroa the chance to play 11 of her 12 players and ... More...
Bay of Plenty Blue Grow With Each Game
The young and inexperienced Bay of Plenty Blue Team have grown with each of their matches in Invercargill at the Perry Foundation National Netball Champs. Their first outing against Waikato who look likely contenders in Second Grade saw a 78 to 35 loss. The score was not the strongest indicator of t... More...
Historic Win Over Waikato For Bay of Plenty Gold
Bay of Plenty Gold went to Te Awamutu to play their fourth round in the Perry Foundation National Netball Champs and came home with a histotic win - 56 to 43. This was a huge achievement for the side that has grown with every match and worked hard to reduce errors and produced the standard set by Co... More...
Good Win for Bay of Plenty Gold Against Eastern
Eastern have often been the nemesis for BOP Gold but this year the Gold side got off to a flyer in the first quarter and never looked back. The 62 to 38 win to Bay of Plenty saw Sharmaine Bunting have her best game to date in the midcourt and the defense trio of Jodi Tod(GD), Rachel Donnelly(GK) and... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Off to Gisborne
The Bay of Plenty Gold team will face an Eastern side hungry for a win on Saturday 19 in Gisborne having lost by one goal to Tasman and then followed this with a 12 goal loss against Waikato.
Bay of Plenty Gold will be looking to add to their growth as a team with each weekend. "This is our first... More...
Two Out of Four New World National Volunteer Winners
Mary Thompson won the New World Volunteer Administrator and Christie Yule won the New World Youth Volunteer. "We are extremely proud of both of them," said Board Chair Shirley Baker.
"Mary has volunteered in administration for Rotorua Netball Centre for over 30 years.She has played a huge role i... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Have Good Win
The Bay of Plenty Gold side had their first win of the Perry Foundation National Netball Champs against Counties Manukau in a game that saw 11 of the 12 all have court time. Coach Mary Jane Araroa is fearless when it comes to testing people during the match knowing that there is still a long way to ... More...
Counties Manukau Next Challenge for BOP Gold
The Bay of Plenty Gold side took a great deal away from their match up against Wellington and will be looking to step up for the match against the Ana Noovao coached Counties Manukau side. The Bay side will be working on through court movement of the ball along with scoring off invaluable intercepti... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Show Some Good Patches Against Wellington
Bay of Plenty Gold were in the match until half time against the Wellington side that contained a number of Pulse players. The 28 to 23 half time score was an accurate indicator of the game. Arahi Wall's back injury was clearly troubling her and so with a loss inevitable Coach Mary Jane Araroa took ... More...
Harley Smith & Amy Christophers Named at UNISS
Harley Smith was selected as shooter of B Grade and Amy Christophers defender of the same grade. Both players have played well this season for their teams. Trident High School side that Harley is a leader in did well to finish in the top 8 of the B Grade following their promotion from C Grade in 200... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold Ready For Action
The Bay of Plenty Gold Team is keen to get their Perry Foundation Netball Champs underway and their first up match against Wellington will be a challenging assignment given the number of this years Pulse players in the side. "It is just so good playing our first two matches at home at QEYC and this ... More...
Tauranga & Rotorua Intermediates are Baywide Year 7 & 8 Winners
The Baywide Year 7 & 8 Event is thoroughly enjoyed by players, coaches, and parents despite the testing conditions. The Year 8 Division was closely contested not only in the pool play round but also in the semis and finals. The Rotorua Intermediate side pushed hard to become Champions for 2009 and c... More...
BOP Polytechnic Baywide Secondary Schools Sees New Winner
The 2009 BOP Polytechnic Baywide Secondary School Final saw a changing of the guard at the top which maintained the trend for the year within the Region. All competitions need to see those top spots change to maintain the sense of desire and to reinforce the thinking that taking a title can be achie... More...
Mary Jane Araroa
Mary Jane Araroa or 'MJ'as she is affectionately known is excited to be given the opportunity to take on the Head Coach role for Bay of Plenty Gold. From Waimana, a small place in the eastern Bay of Plenty close to Opotiki Mary Jane has a fair distance to travel to trainings each week.
MJ's no no... More...
BOP OPEN GOLD & BLUE
"The team preparations for the 2009 Perry Foundation Netball Champs has not gone quite to plan," said CEO Sheryl Dawson.
"We have really struggled to find an indoor training venue for the Blue Team in Rotorua and added to that we have had to make coaching adjustments for the Gold Team. The lack ... More...
SELECTIONS UNDERWAY FOR NATIONALS
Netball Bay of Plenty has always been willing to try different approaches to the selection of its teams and based on the experience of the selection for the Lois Muir Challenge a similar pattern is going to be followed for the Open sides. The players will have two weeks of testing, skill work and tr... More...
UMPIRING AWARDS RECOGNIZED AT BAYWIDE
The NBOP Umpires Panel put in a great deal of effort over the season working with umpires to help them reach the standards set for the national awards. At the baywide Finals Day Hayley Gulliford of Rotorua achieved her Netball New Zealand Regional Practical on a semi final and Diane Waititi of Whaka... More...
Cornerstone Triumphant in Baywide
The Finals Day for Baywide is a demanding one with the semis for the Championship and Plate played in the morning and the Grand Finals and medals play offs played in the afternoon. There was some excellent netball played over the day and some herculean efforts made by many players for their teams.
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Baywide Championship & Plate Finalists Determined
Whakarewarewa Red have found themselves finishing number one going into the Baywide Finals this weekend despite their loss to the Ngongotaha Premiers. Having defeated Cornerstone and Maheatataka they have managed to hold onto the top spot. Cornerstone defeated Maheatataka 66 to to 42 to take the num... More...
Age Group Representative Teams Tracking Well
The results of 6 of the 7 Netball Bay of Plenty Age Group Representative Teams over the first week of the school holidays shows that the work that is being put intio the development of the younger players is beginning to raise the bar for players and teams. While the teams were not winners at their ... More...
Umpire & Player Recognized at North Harbour Under 17 Event
Phyllis Savage from Netball Whakatane has much to impress within the Bay of Plenty when it comes to umpiring and it was great for her to gain recognition at the North harbour Under 17 Event by being awarded the final. Phyllis is one of those umpires who quietly and efficiently controls makes the cri... More...
North Harbour Under 17's A Successful Event
The North Harbour Under 17's proved to be an excellent event for the two Netball Bay of Plenty Development Teams who gained a great deal out of the matches over the three days. The Gold side finished 6th overall and the Blue side 7th out of the 18 sides competing. While the vagaries of sports draws ... More...
Bay of Plenty Development Under 15 Side Have Good Run
The Bay of Plenty Development Team finished twelfth out of twenty four teams at the Taranaki Under 15's which is a huge positve for the region given how green this group of players were at the start of the campaign. Coach Hanna Sharps was delighted with the way the young group grasped so many of the... More...
Day Two at Taranaki for Under 15's
The Bay of Plenty Blue side had two close encounters and this shows that the gap is beginning to close for teams at this level. A three goal loss to the always strong home side Taranaki is a good bench mark to use. While the 14 goal loss to Auckland seems a wide margin for a Bay of Plenty side this ... More...
Bay of Plenty Under 19's Start NNZ Age Group Champs Well
Two wins was a great way to open the Bay of Plenty Under 19 NNZ Age Group Campaign.First up there was a win against Waitakere and then later in the day over Waikato Black. The team played extremely well for three quarters against the Auckland side and one quarter against the Waikato team. The error ... More...
Bay of Plenty & Centre Under 15's In Taranaki
Day One of the annual Under 15's in Taranaki was a challenging one for the Bay sides who are all at the younger end of the age spectrum as well as being largely first timers in this kind of of competition.
Bay of Plenty Blue playing in Grade One lost by 5 goals to Wellington Black, 8 to Hamilton... More...
First Baywide upset occurs in Push to the Finals
Who would have believed that long time rivals Ngongotaha Premier and Wharewarewa Red would have had such a close encounter in the push to the Finals. Ngongotaha had been a force some four years or so ago but of recent times had not been able to qualify in the top four. However, they fired a warning ... More...
Whakarewarewa Red Look Likely to Take Baywide Title
The 2009 Baywide may see Whakarewarewa Red achieve the elusive win in the annual competiton among teams from around the Bay of Plenty. Having finished top of their section and defeated Cornerstone in a cross over match and former champions Maheatataka they have two games to go to cement the number o... More...
Secondary Schools Give Their All in Baywide
Round Four in the annual Baywide event and the two high school sides competing this season put on a great showing in Whakatane at the Trident High School gym. Kawerau College played the table topping Whakarewarewa Red and held their own until half time when the scores were level. The experienced Wha... More...
ANZ Discovery Day in Tauranga a Winner
Over 80 Primary School netballers gathered at the Mount Action Centre to participate in a skills day supported by the ANZ and run by Netball Bay of Plenty. 30 College and Intermediate players were invited specially to listen to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and Silver Fern Squad member Jodi Tod talk a... More...
ROTORUA NETBALL CENTRE SCORES CASH PRIZE
Netball Centres around the country are having a ball after winning a $5,000 cash prize in a New World competition offering netballers the chance to get sponsored like the Silver Ferns.
The six winning netball centres, including Temuka, Kaikoura, Waiuku, Bay of Islands, Hutt Valley and Rotorua wer... More...
Baywide Sees High Scoring Games
Most of the matches in this years Baywide Open are seeing two goals a minute scored which is causing concern for the defensive experts in the Region.
"While we are seeing free flowing and fast paced matches no team has a defense that is effectively stemming the flow. This must be of concern for ... More...
Whakarewarewa Red Top Table in Baywide
Whakarewarewa Red have been searching for a way to the top and found it in their match up against last years runners up Cornerstone in Baywide Pool play. Spectators began to wonder at the end of the first quarter when Cornerstone led 16 to 5. But team work in the end defeated saw Whakarewarewa Red d... More...
BAYWIDE OPEN HAS TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
Trident A and Kawerau College have gone looking for the playing experience that the Baywide Open offers to raise their playing capabilities in preparation for the UNISS Tournament this year. Both sides compete in the Netball Whakatane competition and sit in the top four of the top grade.
These tw... More...
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Baywide Under 15 Close & Exciting
The Finals Day for the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Baywide Under 15 saw each Division Final go to the wire. The quality of some games belied the years of the players.
Division One Final
Trident A caused an upset in the Semi Finals defeating the much vaunted RGHS 1 who were seen as an absolute cert... More...
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Under 15 Baywide Produces Close Matches
The newly launcghed Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Baywide Under 15 played over two weekends has seen some close matches. The one or two goal wins illustrate just how competitive the teams in this group can be. With 12 Year 10 or combination teams in Division One and 5 teams in the Year 9 Divisionm it is... More...
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic New Sponsor
The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is a new sponsor for Netball Bay of Plenty becoming involved as the naming rights of the Baywide Under 15's and Baywide Secondary School events. Both events will benefit from this sponsorship with umpires being provided with BOP Polytechnic shirts and helping with the ... More...
Rerewhakaitu School Enjoy Starting Out in Netball
A tiny rural school which has two netball teams saw the opportunity to help the young players upskill when it came to the game and contact Netball Bay of Plenty to see if they could have the NBOP developed programme 'Starting Outin Netball' run within the school each week to save travelling into Rot... More...
Cook Strait Take Runner Up Title in Lois Muir
While Western had no difficulty in defeating Counties Manukau 77 to 34 the Otago versus Cook Strait match was a nail biter. The desire to win was very much etched on the faces of the Cook Strait team throughout the match. While they got as far as 6 goals ahead in the dying moments it looked like Ota... More...
Southland Win Lois Muir The Question Is Who Will Be Runner Up
Southland has risen from the bottom of the leader board in 2008 to the top in 2009 to win the Lois Muir Challenge. The only side to go through unbeaten in the competition the team from South. Four teams came close including bottom ranked North in the final match for the Southland team. The 49 to 46 ... More...
First Round on Final Day of Lois Muir Exciting
The Cook Strait versus Waikato match had the crowd on the edge of their seats in the second half after a very expected first half that saw Waikato end the second quarter up 22 to 15.The Cook Strait sides less than 50% shooting average contrasted strongly with 73% average of Waikato who had put up tw... More...
Lois Muir Challenge Round Three Fin als Weekend
Southland showed why thay have made a meteoric rise from bottom of the table i n 2008 to top of the table in the Lois Muir Challenge of 2009. Although down by three to Cook Strait at the end of the first quarter they made the second quarter very much their own and so held a lead of 26 to 22 at the h... More...
Round Two Lois Muir Challenge Finals Weekend
The two games in this round were fast paced and intense and saw the score lines see saw between one team and the other. Bay of Plenty got off to a superb start against Canterbury going into the second quarter 6 goals up at 20 to 14. The second quarter saw a resurgent Canterbury side play strongly to... More...
Lois Muir Challenge Round One Finals Weekend
The North versus Cook Strait clash provided some moments of quite outstanding play by both teams. Cook Strait got off to a flyer leading 18 to 10 at the quarter and it did not look like North would come near them. However,the second quarter saw North settle into their game plan a little more strongl... More...
Bay Has Another New Zealand Umpire
There was great excitement at the Harbourside Netball Centre Thursday night competition when Kay Butler achieved the next step in her umpiring dream - her New Zealand Umpires Badge. This is an outstanding achievement for such a dedicated umpire who has worked hard to reach this level. Having been re... More...
Final Weekend For Lois Muir Challenge in Rotorua
Southland found the going tough last year but have emerged this year as the team that looks most likely to win the event as the ten teams go into finals weekend. The topsy turvy results make this competition exciting and there are three other teams within striking distance of the Southland side. We... More...
Youngsters Benefit Most in Lois Muir Team
The secondary school players getting their opportunities by being involved in the trainings and matches in the Lois Muir Challenge are the ones gaining the most at present. The results have been disappointing for Co Coaches Kyra Sharplin and Kimiora Insley who were hoping for more from the group who... More...
Different Playing Conditions For Lois Muir Challenge Squad
The Bay of Plenty Lois Muir Challenge Team had a good chance to test different combinations against the Central Pulse in the first game of Waipa Weekend.Youngsters Harley Smith in the shooting end and Lyddia Moke in the midcourt quickly got over their initial nerves and settled into what was a good ... More...
A Life Membership & Service Award were the Features of the AGM
The Annual General Meeting saw the Te Puke Netball Centre Pavilion filled to capacity for what was a great night enjoyed by close to 50 people. Mary Thompson was given her Netball Bay of Plenty Life Membership and Jackie Smith the Netball Bay of Plenty Service Award. Both women were overwhelmed by t... More...
Lois Muir Challenge Team Selected
Coaches Kimiora Insley and Kyra Sharplin are pleased with the way the young players are developing in the mix of players that make up the Bay of Plenty side which will compete in the Lois Muir Challenge.
The shooters are Tanya Lund, Patricia Iasona, Harley Smith, & Arahi Wall. "This is a great op... More...
