NZ Secondary Schools Netball Trialists Announced

Netball New Zealand today announced the 28 girls selected as trialists for the 2011 New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Team. The trials are to be held in Christchurch at Pioneer Stadium, April 2011.

From this team, 12 players will be chosen to represent the New Zealand Secondary Schools Team in the Trans-Tasman Secondary Schools tournament, a competition that is based in New Zealand and Australia on alternate years, and will be held at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, 2011.

NZSS Coach, Helene Wilson was thrilled with the amount of talent to choose from at Secondary School level.

“I am very excited about the depth and variety of the secondary school trialists chosen from around the country,” Wilson said. “With an aim of defending the International Schoolgirls Challenge title in 2011, these trialists have all made a commitment to work hard over the coming months in preparation for the trials in April.”

The new NZSS Manager has also been announced today with Clare Malthus from Otago taking over the role and joining the management team of Helene Wilson (Coach) and Natalie Avellino (Assistant Coach).

The 2009 NZ Secondary Schools Trialists are:

Name	Surname	Region	School
Tera-Maria	Amani	Auckland/Waitakere	Mt Albert Grammar
Jessica	Bourke	Auckland/Waitakere	Marist College
Aisha	Bower	North	Northcote College
Debra	Catherwood	North	Carmel College
Alice	Eddington	Canterbury	Craighead Diocesan Christchurch
Sharnee	Edmonds	Auckland/Waitakere	Auckland Girls Grammar School
Elizabeth	Ene	Counties/Manukau	Sancta Maria College
Temalisi	Fakahokatau	North	Westlake Girls High School
Kendra	Falefitu	Auckland/Waitakere	Auckland Girls Grammar School
Kimberley	Goodearl	Wellington	Hutt Valley High School
Huia	Harding	Western	New Plymouth Girls High School
Sarah	Hayman	Canterbury	Rangiora High School
Simone	Howe	Bay of Plenty	Opotiki College
Phoenix	Karaka	Auckland/Waitakere	Auckland Girls Grammar School
Brooke	Leaver	Western	Tu Toa
Sharnii	Lintern	Wellington	Aotea College
Nadia	Loveday	Counties/Manukau	Alfriston
Emma	Mayo	Wellington	St Marys Wellington
Tamsin	Moala	Western	Sacred Heart New Plymouth
Greer	Patterson	Western	New Plymouth Girls High School
Erikana	Pederson	Auckland/Waitakere	Mt Albert Grammar
Mataroa	Poi	Eastern	Lytton High School
Jamie-Lee	Price	Auckland/Waitakere	Mt Albert Grammar
Rebekah	Roache	Auckland/Waitakere	Mt Albert Grammar
Sam	Sinclair	Bay of Plenty	John Paul College
Renee	Te Rini	Western	Tu Toa
Zoe	Walker	Tasman	Waimea College
Brooke	Watt	Wellington	Wellington East Girls College

NZSS Management:

Coach: Helene Wilson

Coaching Record: Netball North U21, Netball North Harbour U17, NSW U16, U19, NZ Secondary Schools (assistant coach, 2009 - 2010)

Assistant Coach: Natalie Avellino

Coaching Record: Samoan Technical Advisor, Player/Coach Southland A, Southland Men’s Netball, Southland Girls Senior B

Manager: Clare Malthus

Previous roles: Otago NPC Manager

Physiotherapist: Jenny Ferguson

Previous roles: NZSS physio 2009 -2010, FastNet Ferns Physio 2010, Southern Steel Physio