Following on from our Mainland Advanced Camp in September, NNZ has confirmed our Mainland NDC players, who were officially announced on Wednesday 26th November. These players have been invited to attend the Netball NZ National Development Camp in Ashburton from the 17-19th of January. This is the start of the Netball NZ Pathway.  

Congratulations to the following players: 

Amelie Martin (Christchurch Girls’ High School)  

Amelia Mitchell (Ashburton College)  

Annie Francis (St Margaret’s College)  

Ayla Dewson (Nayland College)  

Hannah Toli (Kaiapoi College)  

Julia Mitchell (St Margarets College)  

Kahurangi Ngapora (Villa Maria College)  

Larissa Lee (Villa Maria College)  

Libby Sexton (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School)  

Lily McCarthy (Rolleston College)  

Lola Rendle (Villa Maria College)  

Lulu Inglis (St Margaret’s College)  

Makeleta Ula (Ashburton College)  

Rebekah Pratten (Cashmere College)  

Sophie Parsons (Craighead Diocesan School)  

**Please note: 2 of these players are unavailable for the camp, so 2 reserve players have been offered these positions.  

Secondary school players from around the country will be put to the test in three regionalised development camps in January.  

Ninety players have been invited to take part in the National Development Camp programme which will see selected netballers travelling to Auckland, Hastings or Ashburton to be put through various court sessions and workshops over three days.  

Selection for the programme was based on nominations from Zones along with tracking by the Netball NZ Emerging Talent Panel Selectors throughout this season and previous years.  

Thirty players from the Upper North Island region will gather in Auckland from 12-14 January and another 30 players from the South Island will be in Ashburton from 17-19 January.  The final camp for the Lower North Island area takes place in Hastings from 24-26 January.  

NZSS head coach Jo Morrison, who will lead the programme and is supported by Synergy Hair National Netball League coaches and NetballSmart Staff, said the National Development Camp programme would challenge the athletes on and off the court and was an important insight into becoming a performance netballer.  

“Over each of the three-day camps, players will undergo a series of movement competency screenings, fitness testing, skill sessions, position-specific sessions and match play,” she said.  

“The aim of the camp is to educate, grow and challenge, to help improve individual skillsets, but also for players to gain an understanding of the expectations to be a performance netballer.”  

For the full article from NNZ click on the link below:  

https://www.netballnz.co.nz/netball-nz/news/netballers-selected-for-national-development-camp.html 

Article added: Thursday 05 December 2024