New Zealand Secondary Schools Team Announced

Netball New Zealand is thrilled to name the 2014 New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) team of 12 to compete at this month’s International Schoolgirls Netball Challenge in Adelaide. Four non-travelling reserves have also been selected.

 

 Meet the Team

Check out this awesome YouTube clip: http://youtu.be/T4blxPGi6Mo

Position	Name	School	Zone
SHOOTERS	Emma-May Murray-Fifita	Manukura School	Central
	Chiara Semple	Mount Albert Grammar	Northern
	Maia Wilson	Mount Albert Grammar	Northern
MID COURT	Charlotte Elley	St Andrew's College	Mainland
	Grace Kukutai	Lynfield College	Northern
	Mila Reuelu-Buchanan	Wellington East Girls' College	Central
	Jessica Shaw	Marian College	Mainland
	Alanis Toia-Tigafua	Mount Albert Grammer	Northern
DEFENCE	Popua Aleamotu'a	Avondale College	Northern
	Kate Burley	Westlake Girls' High School	Northern
	Holly Fowler	Mount Albert Grammar	Northern
	Michaela Sokolick-Beatson	Whangaparaoa College	Northern

 Non-travelling reserves:

RESERVES	Amorangi Malesala	Saint Kentigern College	Northern
	Abby Erwood	South Otago High School	South
	Jessica Prosser	St Margaret's College	Mainland
	Kelly Jury	New Plymouth Girls High School	Central

Marianne Delaney is the head coach of the NZSS team, assisted by Julie Seymour.
The NZSS team will regroup in Auckland on May 15 before heading to Adelaide the following day with the tournament starting three days later.

The International Schoolgirls Netball Challenge in Adelaide will feature ten teams from all over the Pacific with NZSS the defending champions. NZSS defeated Aotearoa Maori 42-15 in the final in Rotorua in 2013.

This year’s tournament will be played over five days from Monday May 19^th with all finals played on Friday May 23^rd. All ten teams will play each other over the first four days after which the teams will be ranked from 1-10 for finals play-offs.

The teams are:
Aotearoa Maori
Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) (Malaysia)
Fijian FANZ
Indigenous School Sport Australia (ISSA)
New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS)
Pacific Rim
Pasifika
Samoa
School Sport Australia (SSA)
Tonga Auckland

The NZSS match schedule is as follows: (All NZ time)

Monday May 19^th:
2.15pm           NZSS v Pacific Rim  
6.00pm           NZSS v Fijiana FANZ
Tuesday May 20^th:
10.45am         NZSS v ISSA
2.15pm           NZSS v SSA
6.45pm           NZSS v Tonga Auckland
Wednesday May 21^st:
12.00pm         NZSS v Aotearoa Maori
5.30pm           NZSS v Samoa
Thursday May 22^nd:
11.30am         NZSS v Pacifika
5.30pm           NZSS v BJSS
Friday May 23^rd:
Semi-Final from 4.30pm
The Grand Final will start at 5.00pm

 

News item taken from the official Netball New Zealand media release - to view the full article click here