Seven players making their ANZ Championship debut this season can credit the Lois Muir Challenge (LMC) with propelling them into the elite ranks.

Designed as a feeder competition for netball's showcase trans-Tasman competition, the LMC is proving a valuable stepping stone for players with ANZ Championship aspirations - and its namesake couldn't be more proud.

This weekend's Official Pre-Season Tournament in Sydney has given both Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel and Haier Central Pulse the competitive tests they want ahead of the start of the 2010 ANZ Championship on Saturday 20 March.

Netball is all about defence in March, as two outstanding Silver Ferns players and coaches present Netball New Zealand CoachForce workshops for coaches in Christchurch, Dunedin & Wanganui.

Haier, the world's biggest major appliances brand, today announced its sponsorship of Central Pulse, the ANZ Championship franchise representing the central regions of New Zealand.

Netball New Zealand has today confirmed the 2010 Events calendar comprising of five International Tests, the Commonwealth Games, the World Netball Series and Netball New Zealand National events.

Four prestigious Service Awards were presented at Netball New Zealand's 2010 Annual General Meeting, held in Auckland last weekend.