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Life’s a ball every Saturday (with slideshow)

Hannah MacDonald from Queenstown Bronze defends the circle against Queenstown Red goal attack Felicity Blakely in their clash last Saturday. The two intermediate-grade sides are among 31 junior teams who converge on Queenstown Events Centre every Saturday to test netball skills. »»

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03 Jun 2010

Last gasp win

This match-deciding goal (right) from Pub on Wharf goal attack Sarah Evans »»

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03 Jun 2010

Oldies but goodies

Old heads and solid team work were too much for younger legs last weekend, with unbeaten »»

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27 May 2010

Clocking up commitment

Three dedicated Queenstown netballers will clock up the equivalent of a working day per week travelling to practices and games after making the regional rep team. Wakatipu High pupils Alex Jones, Emma Milliken and Lucy Robins were named in the Southland under-17 squad last Friday. The »»

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20 May 2010

Mixing it with Concrete

It was rough and »»

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13 May 2010

Arrowtown grabs the rebounds for upset

Dogged Arrowtown United took advantage of GR Concrete’s poor shooting to claim a 31-25 minor upset in last Saturday’s netball round. Arrowtown goalkeep Emma Weinert was quick to snaffle the many rebounds that came her way from GRC’s wayward shooters. Chicos remain »»

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06 May 2010

Kids net funding

St Joseph’s »»

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29 Apr 2010

Netballer knocks on door of top Sting side

Queenstown netballer Erin Aston (below) steps her representative team goal up a notch by playing in a national development competition this weekend. Aston, 21, will spend the next six weeks travelling around the country with the Southland team for her third successive Lois Muir Cup »»

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18 Mar 2010

Stars for netball warm-up

Top international netballers converge on Queenstown this weekend for the trans-Tasman competition warm-up. Silver Ferns like Temepara George, Katrina Grant and Anna Thompson will take to the Events Centre court for the ANZ Championship pre-cursor which pits five franchises and an Australian »»

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18 Feb 2010

It’s the new netball and it’s so fast

Wakatipu netballers can sample a new variation of the game in this year’s twilight competition. Teams are being mustered to play in the six-week series using Fastnet rules, which encourage a faster version of netball by allowing players to shoot from outside the circle. The new »»

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11 Feb 2010