Vixens targeting Steel's undersized defence
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 10:49:52 -0700 | sports-news
The Vixens will try to target the Southern Steel's under-rated circle defence when the two teams meet in Melbourne on Monday night. Steel circle stoppers Rachel Rasmussen and Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick have been a quiet revelation for the Invercargill-based franchise this...
Tight run to NBL playoffs - Sharks coach
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-20 10:17:40 -0700 | sports-news
Paul Henare says the 2013 National Basketball League is the closest in the 18 years he has been involved with the competition...It started as a 16-year-old with Hawke's Bay and it has now stretched to coaching the Southland Sharks franchise....
Finch has her fans for callup to Ferns
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-20 10:17:33 -0700 | sports-news
Could Canterbury's Phillipa Finch transform from a one-time Tactix discard into a Silver Fern midcourter this season? The Southern Steel centre is playing the best netball of her career and has been one of the in-form New Zealand midcourters of...
Magic's bid for playoffs precarious
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 22:31:51 -0700 | sports-news
A sense of deja vu has come into the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic camp, with second chances no longer an option. The defending champions were dealt a further blow to their season on Saturday, going down 65-58 to the Southern...
Netball: Steel the surprise threat to Magic
Source: New Zealand Herald
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-17 11:43:37 -0700 | sports-news
Riding on the coat-tails of their Jamaican shooting ace Jhaniele Fowler, southerners look dangerous When Noeline Taurua ran her rule over the Magic's draw this season, it is unlikely she would have circled this weekend's round nine clash against the...
Tweak planned to counter Southern Steel giant
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-16 11:42:28 -0700 | sports-news
The Magic's Jodi Tod-Elliott has labelled the Southern Steel a "one-man team" ahead of their clash in Invercargill tomorrow. The 32-year-old, who played an influential role at wing defence in the second half of the Waikato-Bay of Plenty team's win...
Magic coach Taurua baffled over game schedule
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-14 10:08:50 -0700 | sports-news
Magic coach Noeline Taurua can't fathom how her team has been handed an ultra quick turnaround to their next trans-Tasman league match, but is banking on some smart preparation to get them through it. The Waikato-Bay of Plenty side, coming...
Magic edge past Pulse in thriller
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 00:01:10 -0700 | sports-news
The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic's stirring fighting qualities have been put on show once again and their win over the Central Pulse in Hamilton has injected some much needed momentum into their campaign. Their thrilling 53-49 win over the Central...
Almost sudden death for Magic
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 06:57:59 -0700 | sports-news
It's not quite at that sudden death stage yet for the Magic but it may as well be for them in their clash with the Central Pulse in Hamilton tonight. Having dropped three of their last four games in the...
Braswell shines for Sharks in rout of Pistons
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-11 06:10:29 -0700 | sports-news
A 29 point haul from former Breakers star Kevin Braswell has propelled the Southland Sharks to a 98-70 win over the winless Waikato Pistons in the National Basketball League in Invercargill tonight. Braswell made his intentions clear from the outset...
Young Southern stars seek chance to shine
Source: Wellington Dominion
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-09 10:37:44 -0700 | sports-news
Anyone writing a season preview about the Southern Steel would probably have included the line "expect prodigious young players Storm Purvis and Shannon Francois to kick on this year"...Purvis, the New Zealand under- 21 captain and voted young player of...
At halfway mark, Pulse need to make step up
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-08 11:17:09 -0700 | sports-news
The Central Pulse can go through the rest of the Trans-Tasman Netball league round robin unbeaten. "Hopefully. It looks better than it did," coach Robyn Broughton says of her team's schedule. Monday's away clash with Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic looks...
TV starved minnows look at innovative ways to shine
Source: New Zealand Herald
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-08 11:08:13 -0700 | sports-news
Sky TV's virtual monopoly on sports broadcasting is being challenged not by networks, but by the sports themselves, delivering their own online match coverage using a bit of digital savvy, reports Chris Rattue. You can't miss a television outside broadcast...
Southland Sharks finally get a win over Nelson
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-04 04:47:20 -0700 | sports-news
Southland's drought against Nelson in the National Basketball League is over. The Southland Sharks had never beaten the Nelson Giants in seven previous attempts heading into Saturday night's game in Invercargill but they are now off the mark. The Sharks...
Paringatai can't explain Sharks' Giants bogey
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Invercargill :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-01 10:37:56 -0700 | sports-news
On March 6, 2010, the Southland Sharks National Basketball League (NBL) team came into being when they stepped out on the court for the first time against the Bay Hawks...Since that overtime loss to Hawke's Bay, the Sharks played in...
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