Southern Sting season
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]
Players [ edit ] Player movements [ edit ] Gains and losses Gains Losses
Sources :[4] [7]
2002 roster [ edit ] 2002 Southern Sting roster Players Coaching staff Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Reinga Bloxham WD, C (aged 27) – Kirsty Broughton WD, C – Tania Dalton GS, GA (1971-11-26 ) 26 November 1971 (aged 30) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Adine Harper WA, C, GA (1979-06-08 ) 8 June 1979 (aged 22) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Megan Hutton GK (1976-03-26 ) 26 March 1976 (aged 26) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Donna Loffhagen GS, GA (1978-04-29 ) 29 April 1978 (aged 23) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Bernice Mene (c) GD, GK (1975-01-18 ) 18 January 1975 (aged 27) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Debbie Munro GS, GA – Kate Newson – Lesley Nicol WD, C (1973-05-09 ) 9 May 1973 (aged 28) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jo Tapper – Wendy Telfer WD, C, WA (1984-10-15 ) 15 October 1984 (aged 17) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Kylie Young –
Head coach Manager : Jackie Barron Physiotherapist : Neil FamiltonSports Science: Steve JacksonMarketing & Events Manager: Liz McDonaldSponsorship Manager: Liz McDonaldOffice Administrator: Judy Fleck
Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Source :[4]
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 Round 2 Southern Sting received a bye.
Round 3 Source :[1]
Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Source :[4]
Finals series [ edit ] Semi-final [ edit ] Grand final [ edit ] Sources :[2] [3] [4] [5]
References [ edit ]
2007 teams Earlier teams Seasons
Premierships Grand finalists
See also