Lion Foundation National Championships

2009 1st Grade (Div. 1 & 2) Round Robin Results

2009 Grade Playoffs & Final Results
2009 2nd Grade Results
2009 Tournament Teams
All Photos, 1-3 Oct 2009 - by Michael Bradley
The National Netball Championships are supported by the Perry Foundation.

HISTORICAL PLACINGS	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
VENUE	Stadium Southland INVERCARGILL	ROTORUA
FIRST GRADE, DIVISION 1
WINNER New Zealand Cup	AUCKLAND WAITAKERE	SOUTHLAND	AUCKLAND WAITAKERE	WAIKATO	NORTH	WAIKATO	WAIKATO
2nd Annie Brown Cup	Southland	Auckland Waitakere	North	Auckland Waitakere	Waikato	North	North
3rd	Canterbury	Otago
4th	Otago	North
5th	Western	Western
6th	North	Waikato
In 2010 Western will play in Division 1; North in Division 2
FIRST GRADE, DIVISION 2
WINNER Netball New Zealand Trophy	WELLINGTON	CANTERBURY	WESTERN	NORTH	OTAGO	SOUTHLAND	OTAGO
2nd	Bay of Plenty	Wellington
3rd	Counties Manukau	Bay of Plenty
4th	Waikato	Eastern
5th	Eastern	Counties Manukau
6th	Tasman	Tasman
In 2010 Wellington will play in Division 1; Bay of Plenty in Division 2
SECOND GRADE
WINNER	AUCKLAND WAITAKERE	WESTERN	NORTH	WAIKATO	NORTH	MANAWATU	AUCKLAND WAITAKERE
2nd	Wellington	Auckland Waitakere	Otago	North	Otago	Canterbury	Canterbury
3rd	Waikato	Wellington
4th	Southland	Waikato
5th	Otago	Canterbury
6th	Canterbury	North
7th	North	Bay of Plenty
8th	Bay of Plenty	--
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PERRY FOUNDATION NATIONAL NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS How do teams earn points in round robin play? Points are allocated for the round robin matches as follows: 4 points - Win 2 points - Draw 1 point - Loss by 5 goals or fewer 0 points - Loss by more than 5 goals How many teams compete in each Grade? Twelve teams compete in 1st Grade (six in each Division) and eight teams in 2nd Grade. How does the 1st Grade competition work? The 1st Grade competition is conducted as an extended five-week round robin, beginning in early September. The first four rounds of matches are played over four weekends during September in venues around New Zealand. When is the last round of 1st Grade matches played? Round 5 games in the 1st Grade competition will be played during Finals Week. When are the 1st Grade Final Playoffs & Final played? On the last two days of Finals Week. When are the 2nd Grade games played? All 2nd Grade games are played during Finals Week. What other matches are played during Finals Week? In 2009 two Promotion/Relegation games were played on Finals Day between the bottom two 1st Grade, Division 1 teams and the top two 1st Grade, Division 2 teams, ie: Division 1/5th (Western) v Division 2/2nd (Bay of Plenty) and Division 1/6th (North) v Divison 2/1st (Wellington). The winners of these matches, Western & Wellington, will play in Division 1 in 2010. The losers, North & Bay of Plenty, will play in Division 2. This format, developed by Netball New Zealand and its twelve regions and introduced in 2008, gives more match play opportunities for up-and-coming players and more closely replicates the ANZ Championship environment, with home and away games for 1st Grade teams.