The Waikato/Bay of Plenty National Netball League have named their squad for the 2016 season.

Head coach Margaret Forsyth says the squad features a blend of youth, experience and fresh faces.

Waikato/Bay of Plenty National Netball League head coach Margaret Forsyth. Photo: File.

It also contains several players who have been part of a successful Waikato/Bay of Plenty Under-23 team, which won back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014.

'I'm delighted with the squad we've selected and I'm looking forward to working with a talented group that's prepared to work hard.

'The National Netball League is new territory but that's an exciting challenge that the players, my fellow team management and I are keen to get stuck into.”

Margaret will be joined by Rebecca Greenhalgh as assistant coach. Rebecca has been part of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Under-23 side's coaching team for the last three years. The team will be managerd by Sandra Carter and their physiotherapist is Amanda Foster.

The squad is: Elsa Brown, Tamsin Moala, Ngawai Eyles, Chanel Dyer, Simmon Howe, Alix Boe, Ariana Cable-Dixon, Micaela Ashford, Emily Patterson, Courtney Elliot and Katie Elmer.