2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club Explained

League:Netball New Zealand Super Club
Sport:Netball
No Of Teams:8
Duration:2 July – 7 July 2017
Tv:Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Season Champs:Southern Steel
Season Champ Name:Winners
Finals Runner-Up:Central Pulse
Seasonslistnames:Netball New Zealand Super Club
Nextseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club

The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.[1] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Southern Steel finished the tournament as inaugural winners.[2] Steel went through the tournament unbeaten, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final.[3] [4] [5] [6] All the matches were hosted at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson between 2 July and 7 July 2007. All the matches were broadcast live on Sky Sport (New Zealand).[7] [8] [9] [10]

Teams

The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2017 ANZ Premiership season – Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Northern Mystics.[7] [11]

TeamLeague
Celtic Flames
Central PulseANZ Premiership
Gauteng Jaguars[12] Netball League (South Africa)
Marama Vou
New South Wales Institute of Sport
Northern MysticsANZ Premiership
Southern SteelANZ Premiership
University of Trinidad and Tobago[13]
Notes Celtic Flames were effectively the Wales national netball team plus guests. Wales play as Celtic Dragons in the Netball Superleague. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones. They also included two New Zealand internationals as guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Marama Vou were a Netball Fiji representative team featuring mainly Fiji under-19 players. The team also included Brooke Leaver and Erikana Pedersen of Mainland Tactix as guest players.[11] [19] [20]

The New South Wales Institute of Sport team was effectively a combined New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball team. Its head coach was Briony Akle while Julie Fitzgerald was an assistant coach.[21] [22] [23] [24]

Group A

Matches

Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3

    • Final ladder

    Group A
    1 Southern Steel33002441536
    2 NSWIS32012091684
    3 UTT30121642231
    4 Gauteng Jaguars30121452181


    Group B

    Matches

    Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3

    • Final ladder

    Group B
    1 Northern Mystics33002171406
    2 Central Pulse32011861504
    3 Celtic Flames31021521722
    4 Marama Vou30031342270


    5th/8th place classification

    5th/6th place match

    Celtic Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.[6] [25] [26]

    1st/4th Play offs

    Final

    Final standings

    RankTeam
    Southern Steel
    Northern Mystics
    NSWIS
    4th Central Pulse
    5th Celtic Flames
    6th UTT
    7th Gauteng Jaguars
    8th Marama Vou

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Netball NZ pleased with inaugural Super Club competition. stuff.co.nz. 7 July 2017. 3 September 2022.
    2. Web site: Netball South Annual Report 2017. www.silverferns.co.nz. 12 February 2018. 10 May 2022.
    3. Web site: Southern Steel complete perfect season by winning Super Club final. stuff.co.nz. 7 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    4. Web site: Steel win Super Club. www.rnz.co.nz. 8 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    5. Web site: Stainless Steel win Super Club. www.pressreader.com. The Press. 8 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    6. Web site: Steel ice the perfect season with Super Club title. www.scoop.co.nz. 8 July 2017. 25 August 2022.
    7. Web site: (2017) Super Club. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208103416/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/competitions/competition-detail/super-club. 8 December 2017. 26 August 2022.
    8. Web site: Netball NZ announces international club tournament will be played in Nelson. stuff.co.nz. 7 June 2017. 27 August 2022.
    9. Web site: Results: 2017 Super Club. www.scoreboard.com.
    10. Web site: 8 Clubs 6 Days / Netball's Best in Nelson / (2017 Super Club) Media Guide. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201011453/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/Downloads/Assets/Download/378055/1/Super%20Club%20-%20Media%20Guide%20-%20FINAL.pdf. 1 February 2018. 27 August 2022.
    11. Web site: Inaugural Netball Super Club a super success. www.theroar.com.au. 9 July 2017.
    12. Web site: Semi-professional side Gauteng Jaguars undaunted by challenge that awaits at Super Club. stuff.co.nz. 30 June 2017. 27 August 2022.
    13. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago netball team arrives in Nelson ahead of Super Club tournament. stuff.co.nz. 29 June 2017. 27 August 2022.
    14. Web site: Netball: Celtic Flames add Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones. 20 June 2017. 22 April 2020. www.bbc.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830221451/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/40341633. 30 August 2017.
    15. Web site: Celtic Flames. 26 June 2017. 22 April 2020. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201011519/http://netballnz.co.nz/Images/Assets/378400/1/Celtic%20Flames.pdf. 1 February 2018.
    16. Web site: Netball: Tactix players to turn out for Welsh side. 30 June 2017. 22 April 2020. www.nzherald.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107162904/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11884158. 7 November 2017. live.
    17. Web site: Temalisi Fakahokotau links up with Welsh Super Club side ahead of NZ trials. stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2017. 25 August 2022.
    18. Web site: International Super Cup: Celtic Flames suffer second defeat in New Zealand. www.bbc.co.uk. 5 July 2017. 25 August 2022.
    19. Web site: Fiji in NZ netball comp. www.fijitimes.com. 22 June 2017. 27 August 2022.
    20. Web site: 50k investment in national netball squad. www.fijitimes.com. 24 June 2017. 27 August 2022.
    21. Web site: Netball Super Club team takes NSWIS to New Zealand. www.nswis.com.au. 26 June 2017. 29 November 2020.
    22. Web site: NSWIS. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201011509/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/Images/Assets/378404/1/NSWIS.pdf. 1 February 2018. 26 June 2017. 29 November 2020.
    23. Web site: Third for NSWIS in netball's NZ Super Club. www.nswis.com.au. 11 July 2017. 23 August 2022.
    24. Web site: Netball NSW – 2017 Annual Report. Netball NSW. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111102825/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/10/02135948/2017-Annual-Report-ex-Financials-2MAR18.pdf. 11 January 2021. 28 June 2020.
    25. Web site: Netball Super Cup: Celtic Flames end with win over University of Trinidad & Tobago. www.bbc.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831031012/http://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/40517044. 31 August 2017. 7 July 2017. 25 August 2022.
    26. Web site: Celtic Flames Relish Success at New Zealand Super Club Debut. www.welshnetball.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118134347/http://www.welshnetball.com/celtic-flames-relish-success-at-new-zealand-super-club-debut/. 18 January 2021. 11 July 2017. 22 April 2020.

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