2006 Southern Sting season

The 2006 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 2006 National Bank Cup league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton and featuring Tania Dalton, Donna Loffhagen, Wendy Telfer, Lesley Rumball and Adine Wilson, Sting finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, they subsequently lost the major semi-final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 61–51. In the preliminary final they defeated Northern Force 64–59. In the grand final they lost 67–43 to Magic and finished the season as runners up.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Southern Sting
2006 season
Head coachRobyn Broughton
Asst. coachTania Dalton
ManagerKate Mackintosh
Main venueStadium Southland
Season results
Wins–losses6–4
Season placing2nd
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Southern Sting seasons

Players edit

Player movements edit

Gains and losses
  Gains   Losses
  • Katie Fay
  • Renee Jacobsen
  • Kylie Smith
  • Debbie Telfer

Sources:[8][9]

2006 roster edit

2006 Southern Sting roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
  Natalie Avellino WA, GA, GS (1970-12-15)15 December 1970 (aged 35) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Sarah Barnes WD, GD, GK (aged 24) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
  Belinda Colling GA, WA (1975-09-12)12 September 1975 (aged 30) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Hayley Crofts WD, C, WA (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 17) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
  Tania Dalton GS, GA (1971-11-26)26 November 1971 (aged 34) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Jenny Ferguson GD, WD (aged 27) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Anna Galvan GK, GD, WD (1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (aged 27) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Megan Hutton GK (1976-03-26)26 March 1976 (aged 30) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Donna Loffhagen1 GS, GA (1978-04-29)29 April 1978 (aged 28) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
  Lesley Rumball WD, C (1973-05-09)9 May 1973 (aged 32) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit GK, GD (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 17) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Wendy Telfer WD, C, WA (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 21) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Adine Wilson WA, C, GA (1979-06-08)8 June 1979 (aged 26) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach


Manager: Kate Mackintosh
Physiotherapist:
Neil Familton
Sports Science:

Steve Jackson


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  •   – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:[8][9]

Notes

Regular season edit

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1
Sat, 29 April Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 59–58 Southern Sting Mystery Creek Events Centre  

Sources:[2][12]

Round 2
Mon, 8 May Southern Sting 78–33 Western Flyers Stadium Southland  

Source:[13]

Round 3
Sat, 13 May Southern Sting 61–38 Otago Rebels Stadium Southland  
4:00pm Tania Dalton   28/29 (97%)
Belinda Colling   (86%)
Natalie Avellino   (82%)
Report
Angela Mitchell   30/45 (67%)

Sources:[13][14]

Round 4
Sun, 21 May Northern Force 48–52 Southern Sting North Shore Events Centre  
Megan Dehn  
Catherine Latu  
Report
Tania Dalton   29/30 (97%)

Sources:[15][16]

Round 5
Sat, 27 May Southern Sting 55–44 Auckland Diamonds Stadium Southland  

Source:[17]

Round 6
Sun, 4 June Capital Shakers 43–62 Southern Sting Events Centre, Wellington  
Report

Source:[18]

Round 7
Mon, 12 June Southern Sting 48–51 Canterbury Flames Stadium Southland  
Tania Dalton   22/23 (96%)
Natalie Avellino   18/23 (78%)
Belinda Colling   8/11 (73%)
Jade Topia   31/39 (79%)
Shelley Norris   20/21 (95%)

Sources:[19][20]

Source:[21]

Regular season statistics edit

Goal Shooters (by Goals Scored)
Pos. Player Goals (%)
1 Tania Dalton   154/157 (98%)
2 Natalie Avellino   127/158 (80%)
3 Belinda Colling   118/146 (81%)
4 Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit   15/18 (83%)

Source:[20]

Final table edit

Pos Team Pld W L BP GF GA Pts
1 Southern Sting 7 5 2 2 414 316 17
2 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 7 5 2 2 394 302 17
3 Northern Force 7 5 2 2 354 273 17
4 Canterbury Flames 7 5 2 1 324 275 16
5 Auckland Diamonds 7 5 2 1 336 293 16
6 Capital Shakers 7 2 5 1 295 378 7
7 Otago Rebels 7 1 6 0 265 361 3
8 Western Flyers 7 0 7 1 238 422 1

  Qualified for Semi-final 1 (major semi-final)
  Qualified for Semi-final 2 (minor semi-final)

  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Win (3 points)
  • L = Loss (0 points)
  • BP = Losing team within 5 points of winner (1 point)
  • GF = Goals For
  • GA = Goals Against

Pts = Points

Source:[19]

Finals series edit

Semi-final 1 (major semi-final) edit

Fri, 16 June
7.30pm
Southern Sting 51–61 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic    Stadium Southland ONESport
Tania Dalton   33/37 (89%)
Belinda Colling   11/14 (79%)
Natalie Avellino   7/10 (70%)
Irene van Dyk   43/44 (98%)
Tanya Lund   18/23 (78%)

Sources:[1][2][22]

Semi-final 3 (preliminary final) edit

Fri, 23 June
7:30pm
Southern Sting 64–59 Northern Force    Stadium Southland ONESport

Sources:[2][11]

Grand final edit

Fri, 30 June
7:30pm
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 67–43 Southern Sting    Mystery Creek Events Centre ONESport
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 32–27, 45–35, 67–43

Sources:[3][4][5][6]

References edit

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