Valiant Wellington Under 17 team go down by one-goal in exciting final of NNZ Age Group Championship

The Wellington Centre team has reached the semi-final stage of the NNZ Age Group Championship at Papakura after winning all six games, five of them by convincing margins and the sixth in a one point win over Counties Manakau.

In Pool play, Wellington beat Te Awamutu, Waitakere and Wanganui Western to make the top 16 of the 32 teams entered. The last 16 was then regrouped into new pools and Wellington beat Canterbury Country, Nelson and the close win over Counties Manakau enabled the team to reach the semi-finals.

Wellington met Auckland in the semi-final and claimed their place in the final with a very convincing win scoring 33 goals to Auckland's 22.

Wellington met Auckland Waitakere in the final held on Thursday afternoon and after an exciting game, Auckland Waitakere managed to win by just one goal.

We are thrilled that three of our Wellington Centre team members have been named in the official tournament team following the final. Congratulations to the following girls and well done on achieving this high level of acknowledgement through displaying your fantastic netball talent!

Olivia Dunn Netball Wellington Centre
Crystal Lawrence Netball Wellington Centre
Emma Mayo Netball Wellington Centre

The Wellington U17 Team have done extremely well and we are very proud of their achievements this season!

TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

Monday

Wellington 53-19 Te Awamutu

Wellington 46-18 Waitakere

Tuesday

Wellington 47 - 24 Wanganui Western

Wellington 41 - 20 Canterbury Country

Wednesday

Wellington 43 - 18 Nelson

Wellington 31 - 30 Counties Manakau

Thursday

Semi-Final: Wellington 33 - 22 Auckland

Final: Wellington 31 - 32 Auckland Waitakere

Tournament Selections:

Tera Maria Amani Auckland Waitakere
Jessica Bourke Auckland Waitakere
Jessica Clarke Manawatu Western
Stephanie Collins Counties Manukau
Aleesha Coulter Auckland Waitakere
Olivia Dunn Netball Wellington Centre
Shanee Edmonds Auckland Waitakere
Kendra Falefitu Auckland Waitakere
Chonaire Huriwai Auckland Waitakere
Phoenix Karaka Auckland Waitakere
Crystal Lawrence Netball Wellington Centre
Brooke Leaver Manawatu Western
Nadia Loveday Counties Manukau
Emma Mayo Netball Wellington Centre
Erikana Pedersen Auckland Waitakere
Storm Purvis Auckland Waitakere
Caitlin Riedstra Counties Manukau

Final Placings:

1^ST Auckland Waitakere
2^ND Wellington
3^RD Netball North
4^TH Auckland Netball Centre
5^TH Counties Manukau
6^TH Manawatu
7^TH Christchurch
8^TH Wanganui
9^TH Combined Canterbury Country
10^TH South Canterbury
11^TH BOP Premier
12^TH Taranaki
13^TH Nelson
14^TH Eastern Southern
15^TH Marlborough
16^TH Dunedin
17^TH Hamilton City Netball Centre A
18^TH Southland
19^TH Hamilton City Netball Centre B
20^TH Papakura
21^ST Kapiti
22^ND North Harbour
23^RD Kapi Mana
24^TH Howick Pakuranga
25^TH Te Awamutu
26^TH Pukekohe
27^TH Eastern Northern
28^TH Thames Valley
29^TH Waitakere
30^TH Mid Canterbury
31^ST Waiuku
32^ND Paeroa

Please follow the link below to view the full results and full competition draw

http://www.mynetball.co.nz/events-calendar/517.html

Last Modified on 16/07/2010 08:07

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