Coaching

2024

National Umpire Squad 

• Angela Armstrong-Lush 
• Caleb Binns
• Gareth Fowler
• Marlissa Howard
• Ken Metekingi 

Zone Watchlist Squad 

• Hayes Andrew 
• Morgan Craig
• Lockie McClaren
• Hayley Taylor
• Amelia Wheeler

Zone Advance Squad 

• Hayes Andrew
• Lockie McClaren
• Liam Minhinnick
• Hayley Taylor
• Amelia Wheeler 
• Jessica Williams
• Jamie Worthington 

Zone U18/Development Umpire Squad 

• Rhys Egan
• Briar Pawson
• Donna Plasmeyer
• Melissa Price
• Desterney reid
• Tapeni Simmons
• Sinéad Washington

2023

National Squad

• Angela Armstrong-Lush – Central Zone
• Gareth Fowler - Wellington
• Gracey Farquharson – Wellington
• Ken Metekingi - Manawatu
• Marly Howard – Wellington
• Myron Elkington - Wellington
• Caleb Binns – Wellington

Zone Watch List Umpire

• Amelia Wheeler - Wellington
• Hayes Andrew - Wellington
• Lockie McLaren – Wellington

Zone Advanced Umpire Squad

• Amelia Wheeler – Wellington
• Hayes Andrew - Wellington
• Jamie Manuel - Manawatu
• Jane Hickmott – Taranaki
• Jessica Williams - Manawatu
• Lockie McLaren – Wellington
• Megan Jamieson – Wellington

Zone U18 Umpiring Squad

• AJ Brown – Taranaki
• Aleisha Cotton – Manawatu
• Briar Pawson – Wellington
• Desterney Reid – Manawatu
• Donna Plasmeyer – Taranaki
• Felicity Hughes – Taranaki
• Frances Bacon – Horowhenua/Manawatu
• Hayley Taylor – Hutt Valley
• Jasmine Persson – Manawatu
• Kyra Tikitiki – Manawatu
• Melissa Price – Manawatu
• Neriah Kaihe-Woolston – Manawatu
• Sarah Orr – Manawatu
• Tapeni Simmons – Kapi Mana/Wellington
• Toni Manuel – Manawatu

2022

National Squad

Zone Watch List Umpire

Zone Advanced Umpire Squad

Zone Developing Umpiring Squad

NZ Open Championships

NZ Secondary Schools

NZ Under 18 Championships

NZC Award

NZC Endorsement

Zone Award Qualifying

Zone Award Endorsement

69 Netball New Zealand Community Coach Workshops were delivered this year with 488 coaches in attendance.

The Zone would like to thank and recognise our valued Coach Developers who have facilitated NNZ Community Coach Workshops in 2017: Ann Rodgers, Ivy Topping, Tania Karauria, Lisa Murphy, Parekura Muraahi, Val Sampson, Carmell Wagg, Karen Bevan, Sandra Edge and Maria Hegarty.

Three informal coaching workshops were facilitated by current Silver Ferns Performance Analyst Dr Bobby Willcox in Lower Hutt, former Silver Fern Jodi Brown MNZM in Palmerston North and former Silver Fern Leana de Bruin in Stratford.

Seven coaches attained the ‘new’ NNZ Community Coach Level 1 Award (CCA) – Veronica Adams, Nina McGregor, Cynthia Lendrum, Ada Graham, Jenny Smith, Delwynn Walker and Yvonne Hill.

Natalie Milicich (the Zone) attained Netball New Zealand’s Performance Coach Qualification (PCQ) and was also awarded the NNZ Performance Coach of the Year Award. Che Tamati (Taranaki) was awarded the Netball New Zealand Community Coach of the Year Award.

The annual Coaching Conference ‘Great Coaches, Great Athletes’ was held in September at ASB Sports Centre, Wellington.  Over forty coaches from around the Zone attended the event, which was facilitated by presenters including Mark Sorenson, Waimarama Taumaunu, Irene van Dyk, Yvette McCausland-Durie, Sandra Edge, Anna Andrews, Dion Te Whetu, Dr Natalie Hogg, Bella Ansell, Alex Johnson, Gina Di Rienzo and Dessi Broughton.

History Overview

Netball Central Zone (the Zone) was established in October 2012 as part of the review of the structure of netball in New Zealand replacing the Wellington, Eastern and Western Regions.

The Zone oversees the promotion, development and growth of netball in the Zone by working actively with our centres in our zone to promote and encourage participation in netball.  Alongside Netball New Zealand’s, the zone facilitates the roll out of the Whole of Netball plan, which provides direction for the sport over the next 5 years.  The Zone encompasses Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Whanganui, Taranaki and the Wellington region.  Through this network netball is promoted as an amateur game that provides enjoyment and easy access to lifelong recreational activity.

Netball Central Zone Logo

The Zone logo reflects a Koru with the fronds representing the Pulse and the geographical regions which make up the Zone.  With the introduction of the zone structures in New Zealand the Koru and its representation of bringing new life forward was seen as an important symbol to unite the previous regions. The Koru:

• represents the fern frond as it opens bringing new life and purity to the world
• represents peace, tranquility and spirituality along with a sense of regrowth and new beginnings
• is associated with nurturing and represents the strength and relationships within a family
• is facing upwards towards the sun looking forward to a new day and beginning for all

For us the Koru represents collaboration, working together and new growth.

Draws

2017 Super Club Invitational Tournament Draw

2017 Super School Invitational Tournament Draw

Information

2017 Super Club Invitational Tournament Information

2017 Super School Invitational Tournament Information

Results

2017 Super Club Results

2017 Super School Results

Draw

2018 Super Club Tournament Draw

Information

2018 Super Club Tournament Information

Results 

2018 Super Club Results 

NCZ would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following coaches for their achievements in 2016:

Fifty-three coaches successfully completed their Community Coach Award

NCZ CCA Coaches 2016

Three coaches attained the NNZ Performance Coach Qualification and joined eight other NZ coaches who were the first ever recipients of this award:

Lisa Tod & Lee-Anne Taylor (Hawkes Bay) and Tash Rowlands (Hutt Valley)

NCZ would also like to thank the following centres for hosting National events in 2016:

• Netball Taranaki - North Island Under 15 Championships July
• Netball Wanganui - Lower North Island Secondary Schools (LNISS) August/September
• Netball Hutt Valley - New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) October (with NNZ)

Eight informal coach workshops were delivered throughout the Zone by Waimarama Taumaunu, Yvette McCausland-Durie, Dennis Slade and Sandra Edge. For details of 2017 opportunities please refer to our Module Handbook

Module Booklet

Thank you to our Independent Coach Developers for their contribution and support in delivering Community Coach Modules across the Zone in 2016: Adrienne Morrin, Charissa Barham, Ivy Topping, Karen Bevan, Lisa Murphy, Tania Lister, Tash Rowlands, Valerie Sampson.

Bi-annual Netball Development Officer (NDO) Forums were delivered in June and November at Vautier Park in Palmerston North by the Zone, providing officers with development workshops and networking opportunities with other Centres from across the Central Zone.

86 Netball New Zealand Coach Developing Modules were delivered this year around the Zone with 621 coaches attending the modules in total.

• Coach Developer opportunities were provided in partnership with Sport Wellington and were delivered in Wellington and Hutt Valley with Centre development staff - Maria Hegarty and John Neho (Wellington), Kirsten Behl and Lynette Imrie (Hutt Valley), Carmell Wagg (Kapiti) and Sandy Biel (Wairarapa).
• Further coach developer opportunities were provided for all Centre development staff at the NDO Forum in June at Massey University which included Ann Rodgers and Savarna Wilton (Taranaki), Denise Aiolupotea and Natalie Corbett (Hawkes Bay), Parekura Muraahi and Tash Kingi (Wanganui), Janette Pease, Whitney Henderson and Lathainia Picking (Manawatu), Brigid McKenzie (Kapiti) and Lee Adamson (Kapi-Mana).
• 3 NNZ Advanced modules were held in Wellington for coaches enrolled in the Performance Coach Qualification – Advanced Skill Analysis, Mental Skills and Skill Acquisition delivered by Adrienne Morrin, Dr Kylie Wilson, Anna Cave and Waimarama Taumaunu.
• The annual coaching conference ‘Think, Do, Grow’ held in October at Massey University, Palmerston North was a great success with over fifty coaches from around the Zone attending

Based on research, NetballSmart promotes performance enhancement and injury prevention. It is a comprehensive holistic Injury Prevention Programme (IPP) connecting with not only coaches but also players, parents, officials, and governance.

Instrumental to the success of NetballSmart and integration of NetballSmart into Netball is dependent on NetballSmart being part of Netball from a community grassroot players, through the performance levels up to a High-Performance level. Consultation with the Netball New Zealand coaching team (futureFerns and community coaches, the coach developer network, Performance Coaches High Performance Coaches through to Dame Noeline Taurua) has ensured NetballSmart remains relevant, is connected, and aligned with current coaching strategies and is embedded into coaching courses and Netball in general within New Zealand.

The NetballSmart programme is led by Sharon Kearney (NetballSmart Consultant) and supported by two NetballSmart programme managers within NNZ.

There are six NetballSmart Development Officers (NSDO) based regionally in the Zones/Regions within New Zealand. The NSDO’s work closely with the Zone/Regional staff to bring NetballSmart to life and to deliver NetballSmart strategies to coaches, players, parents, and umpires. They are an integral part of the Netball community and their foci are the major cities of New Zealand (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin).

NetballSmart has four key strategies:

• Decrease serious Injuries (Ankle and Knee) of all Netball players.
• Increase Awareness / Engagement of NetballSmart Philosophies into Netball practices.
• Improve Player Wellbeing and Welfare.
• Develop Physically Capable Competent Movers (PCCM) who can cope with the demands of
  the game.

For more information and resources, go to www.netballsmart.co.nz

International Umpire Awards 2017

Ann Hay
Gareth Fowler

International Talent Identification Umpire 

Ken Metekingi

National Umpire Squad 2017

Central Zone Representatives:

Angela Armstrong - Lush
Ann Hay
Gareth Fowler
Ken Metekingi
Paul Smith
Jess Lea

For a full list of all National Squad Members for 2017 please click here

International Appointments 2017

Netball World Youth Cup Gaborone:

Angela Armstrong-Lush
Ann Hay
Gareth Fowler

NZB Award 2017

Angela Jowitt - Taranaki
Marlissa Howard - Wellington

NZC Award  2017

Tanya Phillips - Taranaki 
Lachlan McLaren - Wellington
Amelia Wheeler - Wellington
Kristin Svendsen - Wellington
Renee Harrison  -  Manawatu
Georgia Cole – Manawatu
Araana Te Arikitama – Taranaki
Marlissa Howard  - Wellington

NZC Endorsement

Tai Pirato – Hutt Valley

Zone Award 2017

Sharon Persson - Manawatu 
Christa Welch - Manawatu
Frances Bacon - Manawatu 
Toni Manuel - Manawatu
Jono Nicholas - Kapiti
Clare Bugden - Kapiti
Johanna Hopkins - Manawatu
April Nordstrom - Horowhenua
Natalie Nikora - Manawatu 
Georgia Trent - Hawkes Bay
Jono Nicholas - Kapiti 
Araana Te Arikitama - Taranaki
Kate Tibbitts – Kapi-Mana
Liam Collins – Kapi-Mana
John Neho – Wellington
Kris Kincaid – Wellington
Donna Plasmeyer – Taranaki
Natalya Bissell – Manawatu
Linda Webb – Hutt Valley
Chelsea Hopkins - Manawatu
Robyn Wills - Horowhenua
Kere Kerehoma  - Horowhenua
Pieta Parvin - Hawkes Bay
Vanessa Graham - Manawatu
Lisa Dent - Stratford
Kay Kotuhi -Brown - Wanganui

Zone Award Endorsement 2017

Robyn Davey - Taranaki 
Tapeni Simmons - Kapi Mana
Renee Williams - Taranaki 
Sharon Clarry - Taranaki 
Chantal Hutton – Taranaki
Karen Bevan – Hutt Valley
Dawn Steele – Hutt Valley
Moana Fox - Wellington

Zone Watchlist Umpire

Jamie Manuel - Manawatu