Netball players from the 10 teams in the ANZ Championship Pre-season tournament are recovering from a tough final day of competition at the TECT Arena at Baypark.
The three-day tournament has been packed full of action as teams competed for the top pre-season rankings spots.
Irene van Dyk shoots for Waikato BOP Magic playing against the Mystics at TECT Arena.
The winning team was the Queensland Firebirds who had a compelling win over their Australian counterparts the Melbourne Vixens.
This morning the Adelaide Thunderbirds outclassed the NSW Swifts in a play-off for seventh place.
The two teams will now meet again at the opening match of the 2012 season on March 31.
Meanwhile the Tactix have claimed ninth place following a win over the Southern Steel, leaving them with the pre-season wooden spoon.
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic are in the top three, claiming third place after sweeping past the Mystics to win 51 to 36.
Fifth place went to West Coast Fever who managed to comfortably defeat Haier Pulse to win 54 to 39.
9am
Court 1: NSW Swifts (34) v Adelaide Thunderbirds (42)
Court 2: Southern Steel (42) v Tactix (49)
10.10am
Court 1: Waikato/BOP Magic (51) v Mystics (36)
Court 2: West Coast Fever (54) v Haier Pulse (39)
11.20am
Court 2: Queensland Firebirds (50) v Melbourne Vixens (30)
Court 1: Final
Final standings:
1st - Firebirds
2nd - Vixens
3rd - Magic
4th - Mystics
5th - Fever
6th - Pulse
7th - Thunderbirds
8th - Swifts
9th - Tactix
10th - Steel
Haier Pulse v West Coast Fever
2 comments
netball
Posted on 04-03-2012 13:50 | By faym99@xtra.co.nz
wonderful spectacle of netball on all counts, congratulations all round, great arena, hope to see a lot more netball there
More Netball Please
Posted on 04-03-2012 15:09 | By carpedeum
Well- have just returned home from three days of the best netball Ive seen in a while- The concentration of watching 10 top teams from NZ and OZ ( 5 each) was terrific!!!! I shall now be watching the entire season on Sky TV new series on Monday nights AND attending the three Magic games at the superb TECT Arena in May and June This pre-season tournament has really whetted my appetite for more !! Well done to whoever was responsible for this .Also0 big ps to the catering setup which eas abysmal at Davis Cup Series and was A1 this time.
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