2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club

The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.[1] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Southern Steel finished the tournament as inaugural winners.[2] Steel went through the tournament unbeaten, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final.[3][4][5][6] All the matches were hosted at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson between 2 July and 7 July 2007. All the matches were broadcast live on Sky Sport (New Zealand).[7][8][9][10]

2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club
LeagueNetball New Zealand Super Club
SportNetball
Duration2 July – 7 July 2017
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Sky Sport (New Zealand)
WinnersSouthern Steel
  Runners-upCentral Pulse
Netball New Zealand Super Club seasons

Teams

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The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2017 ANZ Premiership seasonSouthern Steel, Central Pulse and Northern Mystics.[7][11]

Team League
  Celtic Flames (Note 1)
  Central Pulse ANZ Premiership
  Gauteng Jaguars[12] Netball League (South Africa)
  Marama Vou (Note 2)
  New South Wales Institute of Sport (Note 3)
  Northern Mystics ANZ Premiership
  Southern Steel ANZ Premiership
  University of Trinidad and Tobago[13]
Notes

^1 Celtic Flames were effectively the Wales national netball team plus guests. Wales play as Celtic Dragons in the Netball Superleague. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones. They also included two New Zealand internationals as guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix.[14][15][16][17][18]

^2 Marama Vou were a Netball Fiji representative team featuring mainly Fiji under-19 players. The team also included Brooke Leaver and Erikana Pedersen of Mainland Tactix as guest players.[11][19][20]

^3 The New South Wales Institute of Sport team was effectively a combined New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball team. Its head coach was Briony Akle while Julie Fitzgerald was an assistant coach.[21][22][23][24]

Source:[10]

Group A

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Matches

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Day 1
2 July 2017 NSWIS 74–46 UTT  
Kristina Brice   33/39 (85%)
Sophie Garbin   18/23 (78%)
Angela Frketic   10/11 (91%)
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Samantha Wallace   26/30 (87%)
Kalifa McCollin   20/23 (87%)
2 July 2017 Southern Steel 81–37 Gauteng Jaguars  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   58/64 (91%)
Jamie Hume   13/18 (72%)
Olivia Bates   6/7 (86%)
Jennifer O'Connell   4/8 (50%)
Stats Ine-Marí Venter   21/31 (68%)
Renske Stoltz   13/18 (72%)
Chante Louw   4/5 (80%)
Anique Grobler   1/2 (50%)

Source:[25][26]

Day 2
3 July 2017 NSWIS 74–45 Gauteng Jaguars  
3:00pm Kristina Brice   51/57 (89%)
Sophie Garbin   10/14 (71%)
Angela Frketic   4/5 (80%)
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Ine-Marí Venter   26/36 (72%)
Renske Stoltz   18/29 (62%)
Chante Louw   1/2 (50%)
3 July 2017 Southern Steel 86–55 UTT  
6:40pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   59/64 (92%)
Jamie Hume   9/14 (64%)
Jennifer O'Connell   11/15 (73%)
Olivia Bates   7/16 (44%)
Stats Samantha Wallace   35/38 (92%)
Kalifa McCollin   20/25 (80%)

Source:[27][28]

Day 3
5 July 2017 Southern Steel 77–61 NSWIS  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   68/72 (94%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   4/5 (80%)
Jamie Hume   3/7 (43%)
Olivia Bates   2/2 (100%)
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Kristina Brice   41/47 (87%)
Sophie Garbin   15/18 (83%)
Georgia Marshall   5/6 (83%)
5 July 2017 Gauteng Jaguars 63–63 UTT  
Ine-Marí Venter   45/64 (70%)
Renske Stoltz   18/26 (69%)
Stats Samantha Wallace   41/43 (95%)
Kalifa McCollin   22/23 (96%)

Source:[29]

Final ladder

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Group A
Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1   Southern Steel 3 3 0 0 244 153 6
2   NSWIS 3 2 0 1 209 168 4
3   UTT 3 0 1 2 164 223 1
4   Gauteng Jaguars 3 0 1 2 145 218 1

  Qualified for Semi-finals
  5th/8th place classification

Source:[30]

Group B

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Matches

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Day 1
2 July 2017 Northern Mystics 92–43 Marama Vou  
Tera-Maria Amani   62/67 (93%)
Paula Griffin   19/21 (90%)
Maria Tutaia   11/11 (100%)
Stats Afa Rusivakula   32/40 (80%)
Maria Lutua   7/16 (44%)
Kelera Nawai   4/4 (100%)
2 July 2017 Central Pulse 65–41 Celtic Flames  
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   25/28 (89%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti   24/29 (83%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance   15/18 (83%)
Eseta Autagavaia   1/2 (50%)
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Chelsea Lewis   18/27 (67%)
Anna Thompson   12/18 (67%)
Georgia Rowe   11/11 (100%)

Source:[25][26]

Day 2
3 July 2017 Celtic Flames 68–41 Marama Vou  
4:50pm Chelsea Lewis   38/48 (79%)
Anna Thompson   12/20 (60%)
Georgia Rowe   13/14 (93%)
Eleanor Roberts   5/6 (83%)
Stats Brooke Leaver   22/27 (81%)
Maria Lutua   11/18 (61%)
Afa Rusivakula   8/11 (73%)
3 July 2017 Northern Mystics 59–54 Central Pulse  
8:30pm Bailey Mes   31/34 (91%)
Maria Tutaia   28/33 (85%)
Stats Cathrine Tuivaiti   32/34 (94%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   22/24 (92%)

Source:[27][28]

Day 3
5 July 2017 Central Pulse 67–50 Marama Vou  
Cathrine Tuivaiti   36/38 (95%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   18/20 (90%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance   7/10 (70%)
Eseta Autagavaia   6/9 (67%)
Stats Afa Rusivakula   38/44 (86%)
Brooke Leaver   11/12 (92%)
Maria Lutua   1/2 (50%)
5 July 2017 Northern Mystics 66–43 Celtic Flames  
Tera-Maria Amani   44/48 (92%)
Paula Griffin   13/15 (87%)
Maria Tutaia   9/24 (38%)
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Stats
Chelsea Lewis   25/32 (78%)
Georgia Rowe   10/11 (91%)
Anna Thompson   7/10 (70%)
Eleanor Roberts   1/1 (100%)

Source:[29]

Final ladder

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Group B
Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1   Northern Mystics 3 3 0 0 217 140 6
2   Central Pulse 3 2 0 1 186 150 4
3   Celtic Flames 3 1 0 2 152 172 2
4   Marama Vou 3 0 0 3 134 227 0

  Qualified for Semi-finals
  5th/8th place classification

Source:[30]

5th/8th place classification

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Semi-finals

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6 July 2017 Celtic Flames 57–45 Gauteng Jaguars  
3:00pm Chelsea Lewis   35/44 (80%)
Anna Thompson   12/17 (71%)
Georgia Rowe   10/11 (91%)
Stats Ine-Marí Venter   33/37 (89%)
Renske Stoltz   12/15 (80%)
6 July 2017 UTT 57–56 Marama Vou  
4:50pm Samantha Wallace   39/46 (85%)
Kalifa McCollin   18/21 (86%)
Stats Brooke Leaver   27/33 (82%)
Maria Lutua   15/25 (60%)
Afa Rusivakula   14/17 (82%)

7th/8th place match

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7 July 2017 Gauteng Jaguars 68–49 Marama Vou  
Ine-Marí Venter   45/59 (76%)
Renske Stoltz   23/31 (74%)
Stats Afa Rusivakula   31/36 (86%)
Brooke Leaver   10/11 (91%)
Maria Lutua   8/10 (80%)

5th/6th place match

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Celtic Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.[6][31][32]

7 July 2017 Celtic Flames 62–47 UTT  
Georgia Rowe   29/32 (91%)
Chelsea Lewis   16/18 (89%)
Anna Thompson   16/19 (84%)
Eleanor Roberts   1/2 (50%)
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Stats
Samantha Wallace   32/37 (86%)
Kalifa McCollin   15/17 (88%)

1st/4th Play offs

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Semi-finals

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6 July 2017 Southern Steel 70–54 Central Pulse  
6:40pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   55/59 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   12/15 (80%)
Olivia Bates   3/7 (43%)
Jamie Hume   0/1 (0%)
Stats Cathrine Tuivaiti   30/30 (100%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   24/29 (83%)
6 July 2017 Northern Mystics 66–48 NSWIS  
8:30pm Bailey Mes   45/49 (92%)
Maria Tutaia   21/29 (72%)
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Stats
Kristina Brice   34/39 (87%)
Sophie Garbin   7/9 (78%)
Georgia Marshall   6/8 (75%)
Angela Frketic   1/2 (50%)

Source:[33]

Third place play-off

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7 July 2017
Stats
NSWIS 48–46 Central Pulse    Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–29, 34–39, 48–46
Kristina Brice   30/39 (77%)
Sophie Garbin   13/18 (72%)
Georgia Marshall   5/8 (63%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   29/33 (88%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance   12/19 (63%)
Eseta Autagavaia   3/5 (60%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti   2/2 (100%)

Sources:[6][23]

Final

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7 July 2017
Stats
Southern Steel 79–58 Northern Mystics    Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 32–34, 53–46, 79–58
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   65/70 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   12/18 (67%)
Olivia Bates   2/3 (67%)
Bailey Mes   32/33 (97%)
Maria Tutaia   20/27 (74%)
Tera-Maria Amani   6/8 (75%)

Sources:[3][4][5][6]

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Southern Steel
    Northern Mystics
    NSWIS
4th   Central Pulse
5th   Celtic Flames
6th   UTT
7th   Gauteng Jaguars
8th   Marama Vou

Sources:[6]

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