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ANZ Championship

anzc-hottest-game-2010The 2010 ANZ Championship begins on Saturday 20 March.
Get ready for a sizzling season of red-hot netball as the world's best netball league returns to host broadcasters SKY Sport (New Zealand) and Network Ten - ONE & TEN (Australia), TV ONE (delayed coverage of Saturday game) and a stadium near you!

Click the New Zealand team names below for 2010 previews, squads & schedules.

Download the 2010 ANZ Championship Fixture Card (PDF format)
ANZ Championship rules modified for 2010
Queenstown Pre-Season Results here; Photo Gallery here

NEW ZEALAND'S ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP FRANCHISES
mystics-2009 NORTHERN MYSTICS - click for preview, squad & draw
Netball Regions:
North, Auckland Waitakere, Counties Manukau
Major Sponsor: LG
2010 Coach: Te Aroha Keenan
2009: 8th
2008: 7th




waikato-bay-of-plenty-magic-2010 WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC - click for preview, squad & draw
Netball Regions:
Waikato, Bay of Plenty
Major Sponsor: Colourplus
2010 Coach: Noeline Taurua
2009: 3rd
2008: 2nd; won Minor Championship


Central Pulse 2010

CENTRAL PULSE - click for preview, squad & draw
Netball Regions:
Eastern, Western, Wellington, Tasman
2010 Coach: Yvette McCausland-Durie
2009: 10th
2008: 10th


tactix-2009

CANTERBURY TACTIX - click for preview, squad & draw
Netball Region:
Canterbury
Major Sponsor: Mercury Energy
2010 Coach: Helen Mahon-Stroud
2009: 6th
2008: 8th

steel-2009

SOUTHERN STEEL - click for preview, squad & draw
Netball Regions:
Otago, Southland
Major Sponsor: Ascot Park Hotel
2010 Coach: Robyn Broughton
2009: 4th
2008: 6th



The five Australian-based ANZ Championship teams are:
Queensland Firebirds - coached by Roselee Jencke
New South Wales Swifts, coached by Julie Fitzgerald
Melbourne Vixens, coached by Julie Hoornweg
Adelaide Thunderbirds, coached by Jane Woodlands-Thompson
West Coast Fever, coached by Jane Searle

ABOUT THE ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Draw
The ANZ Championship begins with a 14-week round robin competition.
Each team plays at least six home games during these rounds.
Each Australian team plays each of the Australian teams twice, and the New Zealand teams once.
Each New Zealand team plays the other New Zealand teams twice, and each of the Australian teams once.

Finals Series
The ANZ Championship ends with finals held over three weeks in July. During this series the top four teams (1, 2, 3 & 4) at the end of the round-robin competition play two Semi-Finals, followed by a Preliminary Final and the Grand Final.

Week 15: Semi-Finals
Major Semi-Final: 1 (Host Team) vs 2
Minor Semi-Final: 3 (Host Team) vs 4
Winner of 1 vs 2 goes directly into the Grand Final; loser goes to the Preliminary Final.
Winner of 3 vs 4 contests the Preliminary Final against the loser of the Major Semi-Final

Week 16: Preliminary Final
The Preliminary Final is hosted by the loser of the Major Semi-Final against the winner of the Minor Semi-Final.

Week 17: Grand Final
The Grand Final is hosted by the winner of the Major Semi-Final against the winner of the Preliminary Final.

Broadcast
SKY Sport presents live coverage of all 69 games of the 2010 ANZ Championship in New Zealand.
TV ONE will present delayed coverage of every Saturday afternoon match played in New Zealand.
Games are played on Saturday afternoons, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights.

Management
The ANZ Championship is presented by Trans-Tasman Netball League Ltd (TTNL), a joint venture company of Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand with its own branding, General Manager and staff working from two offices, in Melbourne & Auckland.

ANZ Championship Winners
2009 - Melbourne Vixens (2nd: Adelaide Thunderbirds)
2008 - NSW Swifts (2nd: Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 17:42