The 2002 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 2002 National Bank Cup league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton, captained by Bernice Mene and featuring Reinga Bloxham, Tania Dalton, Adine Harper, Donna Loffhagen and Lesley Nicol, Sting won their fourth league title. Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. In the semi-final, they defeated Capital Shakers 68–49. In the grand final, they defeated Canterbury Flames 54–48.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| 2002 season | |
| Head coach | Robyn Broughton |
| Manager | Jackie Barron |
| Captain | Bernice Mene |
| Main venue | Stadium Southland |
| Season results | |
| Wins–losses | 10–0 |
| Season placing | 1st |
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2002 roster edit
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Stats edit
Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. Their dominance was such that Tania Dalton and Donna Loffhagen had the best attacking record of 490 goals for and Bernice Mene and Megan Hutton had the best defensive record of 327 against.[4]
Regular season edit
Fixtures and results edit
- Round 1
| 6 April | Otago Rebels | 32–64 | Southern Sting | Edgar Centre | |
Katie Ritchie  18/33 (55%)C. O'Connor 8/10 (80%)J. Brown 6/7 (86%)
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Tania Dalton 33/37 (89%) Donna Loffhagen 31/34 (91%)
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- Round 2
Southern Sting received a bye.
- Round 3
| 21 April | Southern Sting | 52–43 | Auckland Diamonds | Stadium Southland | |
Source:[1]
- Round 4
| 27 April | Southern Sting | 53–38 | Capital Shakers | Stadium Southland | |
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- Round 5
| 3 May | Counties Manukau Cometz | 34–82 | Southern Sting | Papatoetoe | |
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- Round 6
| 5 May | Northern Force | 44–48 | Southern Sting | North Shore Events Centre | |
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- Round 7
| 11 May | Southern Sting | 77–41 | Western Flyers | Stadium Southland | |
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- Round 8
| 18 May | Southern Sting | 53–47 | Canterbury Flames | Stadium Southland | |
- Round 9
| 26 May | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 48–61 | Southern Sting | Mystery Creek Events Centre | |
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Source:[4]
Finals series edit
Semi-final edit
| 2 June | Report | Southern Sting | 68–49 | Capital Shakers | Stadium Southland |
Grand final edit
| 8 June | Southern Sting | 54–48 | Canterbury Flames | Stadium Southland Attendance: 4,000 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 27–24, 39–38, 54–48 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "Netball: Sting beat Diamonds 52-43". www.nzherald.co.nz. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Netball: Sting secure fourth consecutive championship". www.nzherald.co.nz. 8 June 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Mene mum on future as Sting celebrate". www.angelfire.com. 10 June 2002. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sting History 2002". www.sting.co.nz. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Stadium Southland's impressive netball finals history". stuff.co.nz. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Du Plooy joins Van Wyk at Shakers". www.news24.com. 27 January 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Sting History 2001". www.sting.co.nz. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2023.