Premier netball gets underway in Christchurch on Tuesday.  

2018 Christchurch Netball Centre competition winners Technical Netball Club go into this season looking to back up their title win last year. They are likely to face competition for this year’s title from last year’s runners up Lincoln University and Kereru. Technical plays Saints in the opening round at 8.05pm at Bishopdale. Kereru will face St Nicholas in the opening match at Bishopdale alongside Lincoln University and Kia Toa. Kia Toa A joins Premier 1 competition after promotion from winning the Premier 2 competition last year.

In Premier 2 competition, top seeded Kereru B open their season against Marist A who were promoted after winning the Senior 1 competition. St Nicholas B will play UC A and and Villa Maria A will play Technical B.

Premier competition follows two Sundays of Inter Centre combined competition with teams from Christchurch Netball Centre, Mid Canterbury Netball Centre, North Canterbury Netball Centre, South Canterbury Netball and Selwyn Netball Centre. Competition was hosted by Mid Canterbury Netball Centre at the EA Networks stadium in Ashburton.

Saturday will see netball back at the Hagley Netball courts with the traditional Second Grade Tournament and age grade competition for Under 15 to Under 12 teams. Saturday competition returns for all grades on Saturday 4 May. Juniors commence from Thursday, 2 May.

Premier 1 seedings: Technical A, Lincoln University A, Kereru A, St Nicholas A, Kia Toa A, Saints A.

Premier 2 seedings: Kereru B, St Nicholas B, Villa Maria A, Technical B, UC A, Marist Albion A.

Premier 1 team announcements:

Technical A: Laura Axcell, Sophie Carr-Paterson, Tiffany Challis, Olivia Clark, Nicola Mackle, Lily Marshall, Anteisha O’Connell, Tiana Placid, Jess Prosser, Kiarna Sorensen, Louise Thayer, Chloe Williamson.

Lincoln University A: Annabel Adams, Megan Borst, Laura Dorgan, Charlotte Elley, Lily Fletcher, Mikayla Gillespie, Kate Grant, Bella James, Georgina Kelly, Kate Lloyd, Claudia Roberts, Natasha Ryan.

Kereru A: Terauoriwa Gapper, Maia Hill, Megan Hutton, Kereana Iosefo-Harris, Claudia Lewis, Julianna Naoupu, M. Rapana-Feather, Tyler Rollo, Kayla Williams, Courtney Wylie, Kali Zygmant.

St Nicholas A: Rebekah Johnston, Kate Woollett, Grace Jones, Gypsy Stevenson, Georgia Woollett, Stacey Peeters, Hannah Glen, Sophie Thomson, Brooke Pope-McCaw, Lauren Robb.

Kia Toa A: Radha Petero, Chelsea Corbett, Caitlin Glue, Jess Facoory, Tash Faga, Crystal Wilkinson, Bianca Davidson, Rosie Stewart, Courtney Houston, Courtney Flay, Anna O’Dell-Smith.

Saints A: Tessa Boagni, Olivia Busbridge, Anna Galvan, Hannah Goslin, S. Guillemot-Mene, Lucy Gunn, Anna Kennedy, Dana Mulcahy, Hannah Poff, Makaila Powick, Alexandra Priest, Lauren Sim.

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Article added: Monday 22 April 2019