Coaching

Super 14 Finals

Congratulations to the following 12 umpires from our Zone who officiated  at the Super 14 Finals : Lisa Stallard, Lisa Paterson, Kalesi Tabete, Zak Middleton, Matt Davis, Tania Law, Maru Delamere, Tanya Mccarthy, Glendon carter, Rebecca Jeans, Megan Lockwood and Catherine Lapwood. It was a great tournament with some excellent games which you all controlled  very efficiently.

Congratulations must also go to Tania Law, Matt Davis and Lisa Stallard who were appointed to the final.

A special congratulations to Zak Middleton who attained his NZ B Umpire Award . Well done Zak, a result of much hard work and dedication.

Thank you also to Raewyn Ronaldson who convened the umpire coaching panel for this event which included Eleanor Kitching, Elaine Curtis, Debbie Shoebridge, Jan Teesdale, Colleen Law and Jan Skilton.

A most successful day was had by all.

Umpires reach top levels

Congratulations to Tania Law and Lisa Paterson from the Northern Zone who have been appointed International Talent Identification Umpires by INF. This means they are on their way to achieving or being ready to achieve the IUA.

Best wishes from the Zone to you both as you meet with this next challenge, we know you can do and we are right behind you.

 Picture: Tania Law                                 Pictured: Lisa Patterson 

Upper North Island Secondary Schools - Umpires

Last week saw 112 umpires officiating the games at the UNISS tournament which was held at Howick. The weather was very kind to us with just a little rain on Thursday morning. Everyone performed really well and managed their the days accordingly, although I am sure that all were pretty tired by the end of the week.

My thanks to the umpire panel who worked tirelessly all week and with such large numbers we obviously weren’t going to be able to coach everyone. However it was great that we were able to do some assessment work and congratulations to those who gained awards.
 
A Grade Final – Tanya McCarthy, Ashlee Numa and Elaine Curtis
 
B Grade Final – Alice McFall, Lucy Gardner-Lee, and Jesse Tapataki
 
C Grade Final – Anna Cresswell, Cory Nicholls and Shontel Hunter
 
Many thanks once again to all umpires who participated in this tournament, hopefully you will all be available next year!!

Rodney Prize Giving

A lovely evening was had by all at the recent Rodney Prize giving held on August 30th at the Rodney Golf club. Julie Paterson the CEO of the Northern Zone and Jan Skilton, the Umpire Development officer from the Zone attended .

Jan presented Mike Hart and Lynette Gubb with their Zone Theory Award certificates. Mike and Lynette came top and second respectively in this exam in New Zealand. Congratulations to you both, well done.

NNZ NZ Theory

Congratulations to Shontel Hunter from Netball Waitakere who gained the highest mark in NZ in the first NZ Theory exam for 2013.

The following umpires were also successful in this exam :

• Joyce Chiu – Auckland netball Centre
• Avary Patutama – Auckland Netball centre
• Ula Samau – Manurewa Netball Centre
• Steven Brindle – Pukekohe
• Yvonne Edwards - Pukekohe

NZ Zone Theory

Congratulations to the following umpires who were successful in passing their NZ Zone Theory Exam. The Netball Northern Zone wishes you well as work towards your Zone Practical Award

• Auckland - Debbie Edwards
• Auckland - Jade Edwards
• Hibiscus Coast - Brianna Ellin
• Hibiscus Coast - Caroline South
• Hibiscus Coast - Charlotte Doocey
• Hibiscus Coast - Morgan Clark
• Hibiscus Coast - Nicole Atkinson
• Hibiscus Coast - Selena Grimshaw
• Howick Pakuranga - Larissa Curry
• Howick Pakuranga - Shaz Papesch
• Papakura - Jo Hona
• Papakura - Kim Hunter
• Papakura - Pearl Neighbour

International Umpire Award

Congratulations to Yvonne Morgan from Netball North Harbour who gained her International Umpire Award on Sunday night while officiating at the ANZ game between the Magic and the Steel.

This is an extremely difficult award to achieve and Yvonne is to be commended for the years of hard work, patience and persistence she has put into gaining this.
Very few umpires achieve the high consistent standard of performance required for this award and currently in New Zealand, in this small elite group, there are only 8 other umpires.

We are very fortunate that within our Netball Northern Zone we have 4 IUAs, Bronwyn Meek, Fay Meiklejohn, Yvonne Morgan and Lisa McPhail who currently resides in England. We are also very fortunate that Bronwyn, Fay and Yvonne spend many hours coaching and assisting developing umpires who are working through the NNZ Umpire pathway.

Yvonne, this is a wonderful achievement, you are an outstanding role model for the many umpires who may have that same ultimate goal – to be an International Umpire.

The Netball Northern Zone wishes you every success with future international appointments. Enjoy the World Youth Championships in Glasgow, England later in the year.

National Under 17 Tournament Umpires

The Netball Northern Zone had 9 umpires officiating at the recent National Under 17 tournament in Hastings. They all had an excellent week and relished the coaching given to them every day from the coaching panel. Individual progress over the week was made by all and the experience of being part of a 4 day tournament was invaluable.

Kelly Chaproniere (Waitakere), Catherine Scott (Howick), Lucy Gardner- Lee ( Whangarei),
Joshua Tupene- Delamare (North harbour),  Alice McFall (Auckland), Maru Delamare (Waitakere),
Anna Cresswell ( Whangarei), Amie Pooley (Whangarei), Alysha Jensen ( Auckland)

Level 2 CCA Coaching Modules November 2017