Kurangaituku Weekend 1 2024 - 89th year

Results 2024

C Grade:Winner - Maketu
Runner Up - Blitz

D Grade:Winner - ETA Bei
Runner Up - Te Arawa Flames

E Grade Winner - Te Aniwaniwa Keas
Runner Up - Silverbacks

F Grade Winner - All In
Runner Up - White Panthers

Spirit and Keeness Award: The Chicks

Good SportsmanshipAward: Good Times

Highest Goal Average: Eta Bei

Uniform Award: Waimarino

Banner winners (Winners of sections)

D Grade
Section 1 - Gunnerz
Section 2 - Ruffnex Kotahitanga
Section 3 - ETA Bei
Section 4 - Te Arawa Flames

E Grade
Section 1 - Phantoms Purple
Section 2 - Te Aniwaniwa Kea
Section 3 -PBSC Dreamers
Section 4 - Silverbacks

F Grade
Section 1 - Good Times
Section 2 - Wildcats Tigers
Section 3 - 7 6 Wahine Toa
Section 4 - All in
​​​​​​​Section 5 - Takiwira Unity
Section 6 - White Panthers
​​​​​​​Section 7 - Arataki


C Grade

  1. Blitz
  2. Blackhawks Netball
  3. Rotoiti OGZ
  4. Te Whai Oru ki Matakana
  5. TAS MIXED
  6. Tigers (withdrawn)
  7. Waimarino A1
  8. Ngatapa
  9. Maketu Netball
  10. Papakura Rugby

D Grade Section 1

  1. Arataki Whoop Whoop
  2. Te Tuma Titans
  3. ED Falcons
  4. Kahukura White
  5. Taihape Team Red
  6. MBV Ātaahua
  7. Hoopai
  8. Gunnerz
  9. Taradale -Non Exclusive
  10. Tu Slow

D Grade Section 2

  1. Ruffnex Kotahitanga
  2. Whareroa Ngati Kuku
  3. Katikati Hynds
  4. Ngo Hapori
  5. Utiku Aces
  6. Putauaki Hauora
  7. Manaia Whanau Kōwhai
  8. Kingswood
  9. N.G.A Matariki
  10. Waikite Rydahz

D Grade Section 3

  1. Ruffnex Samurai’s
  2. Romai
  3. Tauranga Whalers
  4. EP Rebels
  5. Waimana Kaaku
  6. KSK Rivals
  7. Te Aniwaniwa Tui
  8. Huihui Kotahi
  9. ETA Bei

D Grade Section 4

  1. Lock and Loaded
  2. Untamed Fire
  3. EllaV8 OGz
  4. Manaia Whānau Pango
  5. Eagles Premier Tokoroa
  6. Te Arawa Flames
  7. NGO Freestylerz
  8. Marist Storm
  9. SBC Tridents

E Grade Section 1

  1. Waimarino
  2. Untamed Ice
  3. Hinengakau
  4. Mauparaoa
  5. Kahukura Ma
  6. RWS
  7. NWO Matata
  8. CLP Netball
  9. Phantoms Purple
  10. Rangiuru

E Grade Section 2

  1. NGO Tribal Tides
  2. Whaitere ki
  3. Kaitupeka
  4. Kahukura Kahurangi
  5. Wahine Toa
  6. Wahanga
  7. Allied HOB Cavaliers
  8. Tokoroa HSOB
  9. Te Aniwaniwa Kea
  10. East Side Gurls

E Grade Section 3

  1. Utiku Blue
  2. PBSC Dreamers
  3. Aria Netball (withdrawn)
  4. Tuhoe
  5. Hunters
  6. Nga Marei
  7. Allied HOB Kotahi
  8. Redsox Rosies
  9. Poroporo
  10. Welcome Bay

E Grade Section 4

  1. ED Classics
  2. Te Puna
  3. Otorohanga Sports Club
  4. Whaka OGs
  5. Southern Comfort
  6. Ruatoki Black
  7. Whaingaroa Whai
  8. Ruffnex Manaakitanga
  9. Mayz Sportz TGA
  10. Silverbacks​​​​​​​


F Grade Section 1

  1. Wairoa Athletic White
  2. ED Ravens
  3. Ruatoki green
  4. Six Seven Tumaia
  5. Hawkes Bay Cruizers
  6. Eltham Kaha
  7. Kiri o Tui - Murupara
  8. Good Times
  9. Southern Horizon Wahine
  10. Awa Rebels

F Grade Section 2

  1. VW Raiders
  2. Southern Old Girls
  3. Untamed Manawa
  4. Ruatoki Whero
  5. Apanui 35ers
  6. Wildcats Tigers
  7. Phantoms Black
  8. Ko Tātou
  9. The Chicks
  10. Wharauroa Netball

F Grade Section 3

  1. Te Aniwaniwa Kiwi
  2. Southern Wahine
  3. WS Slow Motion
  4. Ruatoki OGs
  5. Seven Six Wahine Toa
  6. YMP Raupunga (withdrawn)
  7. EP MARINO
  8. Eagles Bluez
  9. Myra’s girls
  10. Marist OBs

F Grade Section 4

  1. Warriors
  2. Takiwira Raiderz
  3. Whareroa Whare Azure
  4. Ruatoki white
  5. On a Mich
  6. OG shakers
  7. All in
  8. Crusader Meats
  9. Ngatihine
  10. Renegades

F Grade Section 5

  1. Vixens Havoc
  2. Takiwira Raiderz Unity
  3. Kereone Green
  4. Paroa Crusaders
  5. Frankton Fiyah
  6. Maraenui Netball
  7. EP Drifters
  8. Sportsfit GC’s
  9. Turanga Pirates

F Grade Section 6

  1. Vixens Eclipse
  2. Taihape Team Black
  3. Kereone Hot Shots (Withdrawn)
  4. Waimana 2
  5. Te Tuma OG’s
  6. Kahukura Blue
  7. VW Codukz
  8. Clive Elite
  9. Hearty Ngati
  10. White Panthers


F Grade Section 7​​​​​​​

  1. Arataki
  2. YMP Ladies
  3. Kereone white (withdrawn)
  4. Taneatua
  5. Muttonbirds
  6. Tak-a-Lak
  7. Kahukura Tri Colours
  8. United Green
  9. Rookies
  10. MBV Wahine


Managers & Umpires Meeting

  • There is a special meeting of team managers and umpires at 7.30pm on Thursday night at the Copthorne Hotel*, Fenton Street.  It is essential each team is represented as there may be changes to the draw which may affect your team and their start time.

  • If a delegate is unable to attend, please phone the pavilion, 07 3486578 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm to confirm your teams arrival.

*We have changed the manager's meeting back to the Copthorne Hotel rather than Equippers as stated in the entry form

Prizegiving

Prizegiving will take place at Equippers straight after the final game. Eqippers is a short walk across the car park (on the Malfroy Road side). No trophies or banners will be handed out beforehand.

Netball Rotorua will not be hosting an after-party as we have before, but Copthornes is hosting their own Kurangnaituku After Party, see flyer. 

The first Kurangaituku tournament was played in 1933 and grew to become the largest tournament held in NZ. The "Rotorua Borough Council" ran a Spring Carnival to promote Rotorua as a tourist centre and commissioned master carver, Pine Taiapa to carve a trophy from a solid block of wood - our magnificent Kurangaituku Trophy named for the woman in the legend "Hatupatu and the Birdwoman, Kurangaituku".

From the small beginnings of 6 representative teams playing on 2 courts at the Government Gardens, the tournament grew to 100 teams on 10 courts over 2 days at Kuirau Park, and over 2 weekends on 20 courts, and 300 teams! These days we have to host the tournament over 3 weekends to include a weekend for school aged players, but having had our courts resurfaced and numbering only 16, we sometimes have to have a limit on numbers. 

Not only do teams return year after year, but so do the umpires (The Umpires subcommittee look after all the umpires who are fed and watered upstairs). They all enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and superb organisation of the Netball Rotorua Executive.