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NNZ's Kate Agnew Takes a Look at BayPark's Progress
Kate Agnew took time to have a look at the progress at the new BayPark indoor arena on a visit to Tauranga with TCC's Allan Sizemore. Kate was all kitted up for the visit which took place in the pouring rain. The work on the venue is tracking well and the look created for the indoor areas of the are... More...
BOP Poly Technic Baywide Secondary Schools As Close as It Gets
The standard of play among the Secondary Schools in the Region is just so close and this was reflected in the BOP Polytechnic Baywide Secondary Schools Finals Day. Rotorua Girls who had lost to Tauranga Girls in an interschool event earleir in the year avenged that loss by defeating the Tauranga sid... More...
Baywide Year 8 Sees New Champion
Rotorua Intermediate have emerged as the winners of this years Baywide Year 8 played over two weekends. The standard of the champions was such that they won all of their matches on a two goals to one ratio such was their capability. It will be interesting to see where they emerge in the NZ AIMS even... More...
Baywide Year 8
"It will be interesting to see who emerges as the winner over this demanding day," said Raewyn Harvey. There are a number of teams who could emerge as the champions and so there was a reluctance to name one. However, the positive is that these teams benefited from the day in the rain and it would be... More...
Who Will Emerge As Secondary School Champions?
The Draw for the Final Day will see teams play two matches before moving into a winners and losers draw. Most of the pundits are picking Tauranga Girls College this year given their inter school victories and their dominance in the Harbourside Competition. However, anything can happen when teams are... More...
Rain Challenges Year 8 & Secondary School Teams
The rain poured all day but the Year 8 & Secondary School teams played on in Rotorua knowing that inclement weather has been very much a feature of UNISS & NZ AIMS events over the past few years. Opotiki College were faced with no way to reach Rotorua but will be included for the up coming matches t... More...
Umpiring Excitement
Kay Butler has been appointed to umpire at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament in October. Her achievement was applauded by the Bay of Plenty Gold & Blue Triallists who have come to respect Kay for the many hours of training and her efforts to reach the highest possible level. Kay is seen h... More...
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Baywide Secondary Schools Sees 16 Teams
Sixteen teams have entered the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Baywide Secondary Schools and while the age and experience of the Tauranga Girls College's top side should see them emerge as winners. Currently this side has had no diffculty with their opposition in the Harbourside competition. Rotorua Girls... More...
BOP Secondary Schools Preparing for UNISS
The Upper North Island Secondary Schools Tournament known as UNISS is upper most in the minds of coaches and players in the Bay of Plenty. The BOP Polytechnic Baywide Secondary Schools will be played on August 15 and 22nd and will be the final chance teams have to test themselves prior to the big ev... More...
Coach Has Headache Choosing Bay of Plenty Gold
Mary Jane Araroa put a lot of thought into choosing her side for the upcoming Lion Foundation Netball Championships. "Ëach trial showed different possibilities and for me it was about who made a point of difference, offered something more than the other player vying for that position or positions. S... More...
Bay of Plenty Gold & Blue Trials See Great Blend of Youth & Experience
Mary Jane Araroa coach of the Bay of Plenty Gold Team was impressed with the in cirlce defense at the first trial. "It was good to see Amy Christophers, Erena Mikaere and Billy Pritchard mixing it up at the defense end with youngsters Stacie Niao and Libby Drake. All players have plenty to work on a... More...
Baywide MVP's Saw Two Rotorua Players Chosen
The Championship MVP was Erena Mikaere of Whakarewarewa Red. Performing consistently over the two matches on Finals Day Erena very much impressed the Bay of Plenty Gold Coach Mary Jane Araroa with her ability to intercept shots at goal and any loose balls that came her way.
The Plate MVP was Sama... More...
Baywide Finals Day Saw First Class Matches
The Baywide Champions for 2010 are the NBOP Under 19's. In a Grand Final that ebbed and flowed it was a superior level of fitness that saw the young side get the better of Whakarewarewa Red in the end.
The much fancied Rotorua side, Whakarewarewa Red, led for most of the first quarter but the de... More...
Bay of Plenty Age Group Teams Take Big Step Up
There is quite some excitement around the Bay of Plenty among coaches, managers, players, parents and schools and justifiably so following this years representative age group teams performances. The 4 NBOP Under 15 teams aquitted themselves well at the Taranaki Event with the region's Under 15 premi... More...
Baywide Championship & Baywide Plate Finalists Determined
Saturday will see the Baywide Champions for 2010 decided now that the final rankings have been determined. "At the start of the campaign everyone had their money on Whakarewarewa Red qualifying as number one to go into Finals Day," said CEO Sheryl Dawson, "but what has emerged is that the NBOP Under... More...
Holiday Programmes for the Eastern Bay
Holiday Programmes are being offered in both Whakatane and Kawerau for 7 to 12 year olds. The level of interest among youngsters at gthe two Centres has risen since the ANZ Discovery Day. "Parents are looking for more learning opportunities and the youngsters just want to be better," said MJary Jane... More...
Rep Coaches Delighted With Day In The Waikato
Two of the eight teams came away with prizes for their division which is a first for the Region. The Under 19 Team won on a count back of goals in their division despite some disappointing moments that had coach Teresa Pou testing her thinking about what to do next. The team has a number of players ... More...
Baywide Draw Will See Rankings For FInals Day
Marist Shakers and Huia Mai have been given the choice of dates to play their match to determine who will make the final four for the Baywide Plate and who will miss the cut.
The draw will give the final rankings for the Baywide Championship and Baywide Plate semi and final matches.... More...
Age Group Reps Raring To Go
The 8 Age Group Rep teams have been training for the past 6 weeks and now they get the chance to test themselves against teams drawn mainly from Taupo north at the Annual Age Group event run by Netball Waikato in Hamilton. For many of the players it will be an 5am start which is never enjoyed by the... More...
Baywide Open Sees Whakarewarewa Red & Ngongotaha Premiers Leading the Way
Whakarewarewa Red and Ngongotaha Premiers have both gone through the section play undefeated and the next test prior to Baywide Finals Day will be to see who wins the top seeding. Sports Opotiki, NBOP Under 19 and Mount Sports all look likely contenders for the Baywide Championship and the next thre... More...
Discovery Days Continue To See Huge Numbers
One of the additional benefits of the ANZ Discovery Days is that the Secondary Schools who bank with the ANZ are invited to listen to the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic player who supports the day. Casey Williams is seen in the photo talking to a group of netballers from Tauranga Girls College upstairs... More...
Baywide Open Sees Top Teams Begin To Emerge
This years Baywide Open is being dominated by Wkarewarewa Red and Ngongotaha Premiers and it will be up to the NBOP Under 19 Team to come up with their best on Finals Day if there is goinvg to be any change to the top flight match up.
The matches continue to be free flowing high scoring affairs w... More...
Scores Get Closer in Baywide Open
Round Three in the Baywide Open has seen the scores get closer as the teams find their feet and the draw moves nearer to determing the finals groupings. Ngongotaha Premier and Whakarewarewa Red look the teams to beat althought the NBOP Under 19 with all of its players may provide a stronger challeng... More...
Floods Spoil Round Two Of Baywide Open
With two matches cancelled because the NBOP Under 19 could not get through at Matata to play Poroporo Rewatu in Whakatane and Sports Opotiki could not get to Rotorua because of the floods and the road closure it means two ganes will now have to be played at some other time.
Again there were some ... More...
Baywide Open Off To High Scoring Start
Week One of the Baywide Open saw a number of high scoring games where the final score did not necessarily reflect the quality of the performance put in by the losing side. There are two divisions who will compete for the next five weeks to determine how the re group will occur as teams push toward t... More...
Netball New Zealand CEO To Visit
Raelene Castle, the Netball New Zealand CEO, will spend two hours with people drawn from around the Bay of Plenty on May 30. The visit forms part of the major review being carried out within the game in New Zealand. Being called a structural review many people inside the game believe that the focus ... More...
Four Under 15 Teams To Go Taranaki
The decision to take 4 Under 15 Teams to Taranaki has not been taken lightly by the team at Netball Bay of Plenty. "Once the Premier Team was chosen we then looked closely at the remaining players and it was quite obvious that it was too difficult to separate some,"said Arahi Wall. "We had four coac... More...
Under 17 Development Sides A Step Up On Last Year
Pauline Craven and Megan Lacy, coaches of the two Under 17 Development teams going to North Harbour, were surprised by the level of performance that some of players showed as they sorted the players into the two teams in Te Puke under the floodlights. "There are some good pieces of play being shown ... More...
Under 17 Premier to be Coached by Rangi Ward
Rangi Ward spent last year gaining further coaching qualifications and this year is keen to utlize this learning with the preparation of the Under 17 Premier Team for the National Under 17 Event.
"This team was not an easy one to choose and getting the balance as best we can to meet the demands ... More...
Teresa Pou Excited About Under 19 Team
The 2010 Under 19 Team was the easiest team to select with 7 players coming from the Lois Muir Challenge Squad. All of the players had court time in the early season competition. In the shooting circle Harley Smith (NZ Secondary Schools Team & Trident HS) will be expected to step up and lead Renee W... More...
8 Age Group Representative Teams Chosen
"This year was a very challenging one for all of those involved in the process," said CEO Sheryl Dawson. "Yes, there were disappointed parents and players but we keep telling the youngsters that they need to keep working on their fitness and skills and not give up because they missed this time. The ... More...
Kawerau Turns Out in Force For ANZ Discovery Day
98 youngsters had a full on day of skills and fun at the Kawerau Netball Centre ANZ Discovery Day. "This is the first time that this event has been run in Kawerau and so it was great to see the turn out from the schools.We had just enough certificates and ANZ goodie bags for all of them," said an ex... More...
Baywide Year 7 Sees Opotiki Triumph With Ease
Opotiki Primary School has a great crop of young players at present and no one came close to them in the Baywide Year 7 event. Their counterparts from down the coast Te Whanau a Apanui finished fourth. Opotiki won the Gold Medal with a comprehensive defeat of 26 to 13 over Aquinas College 7A. The Br... More...
BOP Polytechnic Baywide Under 15 Sees Smaller Schools Shine
The final of the Under 15 BOP Polytechinic Baywide saw some superb play from Trident 1 High School and John Paul College. Neither school has a large pool of players to draw from but both schools take great pride in the development of their young players. "The quality of the play in the final was out... More...
NZ Regional Theory Exam Successes
The new NBOP New Zealand Youth Council Representative Alice Mc Fall (pictured) has had a big week. Not only has she made the cut to be in a NBOP Under 15 Representative Team and passed her New Zealand Regional Theory. The other two Harbourside candiates who also passed the early season NZ Regional T... More...
First ANZ Discovery Day Held in Katikati
Thirty Six enthusiastic Year 5 & 6 netballers had lots of fun and learnt so much more about netball at the Katikati College Action Centre at the first of the Netball Bay of Plenty ANZ Discovery Days being held around the 7 Centres in the Region.
Player Development Officer Arahi Wall commented "th... More...
BOP PolyTechnic Baywide Sees Close Encounters
The BOP PolyTechnic Baywide Under 15 saw some extremely tight matches on the first day of play with a number of teams tested and no one player standing out among their peers. The NBOP Staff involved with the selection of players at this level were hoping that the competition would see some of the be... More...
Bay of Plenty PolyTechnic Baywide Under 15 Combined with Baywide Year 7
The combination of the BOP PolyTechnic Baywide Under 15 was combined with the Baywide Year 7 for 2010 to see if this would attract more teams to overcome the end of season burn out for the Year 7 group. "We have had the best spread of entries we have ever had from around the Bay for the Year 7's," s... More...
Never Has It Been So Hard To Make The Cut
"This is just so tough, there are so many players that are on the same level and there are very few who are standing out above the rest as there has been in the past," said Under 15 Premier Coach Sharmaine Bunting. "But it is a great position for netball in the Bay to be in."
There was no denying... More...
More than 190 and still Counting
Netball Bay of Plenty has had large numbers oy youngsters put their hands up to be considered for one of the 7 Representative Age Group Rep Teams for 2010. This week has seen those players slower off the mark suddenly realise that they have missed the first round of trials and decision time is drawi... More...
Age Group Triallist Numbers Huge
Arahi Wall has been blown away by the numbers of age group players at the Under 15 and Under 17 level registering to trial. 170 players to date have registered their interest and then there are those that just turn up on the night to add to the demands placed on the Netball Bay of Plenty selectors.
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Another Player Off to Compete in the Trans Tasman Secondary Schools in Adelaide
Rotorua Girls High netballer Lyddia Moke may have been named as a non travelling reserve for the New Zealand Secondary Schools team but now she has the chance to play at the annual Trans Tasman Secondary School event in the Aotearoa Team. "This is just so fantastic for Lyddia who will be in the side... More...
More Player Success for the Bay of Plenty
There is great excitement in the Bay of Plenty for the fourth year in a row around the selection of the Zealand Secondary Schools Team. Current Waikato Bay of Plenty players Elias Shadrock (Western Heights High School) and Amy Christophers(Otumoetai College) both had two years with the national side... More...
Bay of Plenty Finish Seventh in Lois Muir
"Our approach was not just about winning but also developing players and the two do not make for easy bedfellows," said Head Coach Mary Jane Araroa. "There are games where if we had stayed with the top seven we would have had a much better chance of winning but on the other hand we would not have se... More...
Final Weekend of Lois Muir Challenge
The final weekend of the Lois Muir Challenge will be in Palmerston North on April 17 & 18. This years Bay of Plenty side has been more successful than the side of 2009 but not as good as the 2008 team which went on to be runners up in the inaugural year. Head Coach mary Jane Araroa is a tough task m... More...
Age Group Rep Selections After Holidays
The age group rep teams will be selected at the end of April and will be well underway come May. "It is important that players complete the registration form prior to trials and best that all are in by April 22nd" said Arahi Wall who oversees the selection of the three Under 15 teams. "We are hoping... More...
Harley Smith Joins Lyddia Moke at NNZ Secondary School Trials
NBOP has two youngsters vying to be in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Team in 2010. Lyddia Moke had been on the triallists list since the end of 2009 and Harley Smith has been included this year. "This is great for these young players and we just need to keep up our approach of growing our talent... More...
Bay of Plenty Finding Positives in Lois Muir
The squad approach taken with the Bay of Plenty side to date in the Lois Muir Challenge has worked well with a group of players being able to observe either from the stands or on the bench when they get their opportunity. Following training this Wednesday 12 players will be named to finish the final... More...
Contract Mechanical Services Win the Lois Muir Challenge Great Sponsor Hunt
Netball Bay of Plenty were delighted to have one of their sponsors win the Lois Muir Challenge Great Sponsor Hunt. Contract Mechanical Services based in Mount Maunganui were drawn by Dame Lois Muir in Dunedin from the pool of a possible 41 sponsors who have taken up the challenge around the country.... More...
Bay of Plenty's Lois Muir Challenge Team Sees 14 Named
Coaches Mary Jane Araroa and Carol Holt have narrowed the Lois Muir Challenge Squad to 14. "We will select 12 players from the group for each match we play. There are a number of young players in this side and the experience will be invaluable even if they are on the bench," said Aararoa."We are als... More...
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...
