2021 Mainland Tactix season

Mainland Tactix
Mainland Tactix
2021 season
Head coach	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek
Asst. coach	Julie Seymour
Manager	Toni Torepe
Captain	Jane Watson
Main venue	Christchurch Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	10–7
Regular season	3rd
Finals placing	2nd
	Team colours
Mainland Tactix seasons
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Mainland Tactix season saw the Mainland Tactix netball team compete in the 2021 ANZ Premiership.^[1] With a team coached by Marianne Delaney-Hoshek, captained by Jane Watson and featuring Ellie Bird, Karin Burger, Erikana Pedersen, Kimiora Poi and Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Tactix finished the regular ANZ Premiership season in third place, behind Northern Mystics and Southern Steel.^[2]^[3]^[4] In the Elimination final, Tactix defeated Steel 54–49.^[5]^[6] However, in the grand final, they lost 61–59 to Mystics, finishing the season second overall.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses
Gains	Losses
Karin Burger^[13]^[14]^[15] (Central Pulse) Hannah Glen^[16] (NNL Mainland) Kate Grant (Lincoln University) Amelia Walmsley^[17] (Northern Comets)	Temalisi Fakahokotau^[18] (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic)

Source:^[1]^[19]^[20]

2021 roster

2021 Mainland Tactix roster

Players

Coaching staff

Name	Position(s)	DoB	Height
Ellie Bird	GS, GA	(1993-03-22)22 March 1993 (aged 28)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Karin Burger	GD, WD, GK	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 28)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Charlotte Elley	WD, C	(1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 24)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sophia Fenwick	GK, GD	(1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 28)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hannah Glen (TRP)	GS, GA	(2000-11-12)12 November 2000 (aged 20)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Kate Grant (TRP)	GS	(1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 30)	–
Samon Nathan	WA, C, WD	(1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 28)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Erikana Pedersen	C, WA, WD	(1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Kimiora Poi	C, WA	(1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 23)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Jess Prosser	GS, GA	(1996-06-09)9 June 1996 (aged 24)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit	GS, GA	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 29)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Amelia Walmsley (TRP)	GS, GA	(2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 17)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Jane Watson (c)	GK, GD, WD	(1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 30)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Head coach

Marianne Delaney- Hoshek

Assistant coach

Julie Seymour

Manager: Toni Torepe
Physiotherapist:
Sonya White
Strength and conditioning:
John Wilson
Performance Analyst:
Ben Hibbs

Notes

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

Sources:^[1]^[19]^[20]

Pre-season

Timaru series

Mainland Tactix played Southern Steel in a two match series in Timaru. Tactix won both matches.^[21]^[22]

Fri 12 Mar	Mainland Tactix	64–45	Southern Steel	Southern Trust Events Centre
				Attendance: 1200

Sat 13 Mar	Mainland Tactix	63–47	Southern Steel	Southern Trust Events Centre
				Attendance: 1200

Otaki tournament

Mainland Tactix participated in the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 26 and 28 March. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part.^[23] With two wins and a draw, Tactix were the only team not to lose a match.^[24]

Fri 26 Mar	Central Pulse	39–55	Mainland Tactix	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
10:00am

Sat 27 Mar	Mainland Tactix	64–56	Northern Mystics	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
9:00am

Sun 28 Mar	Mainland Tactix	49–49	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
12:00pm

Sources:^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sun 18 Apr	Southern Steel	54–36	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
6.15pm	George Fisher 46/49 (94%) Tiana Metuarau 8/14 (57%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 22/27 (81%) Jess Prosser 7/9 (78%) Hannah Glen 7/12 (58%)

Round 2

Sun 25 Apr	Northern Stars	57–43	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
4.15pm	Maia Wilson 40/45 (89%) Jamie Hume 17/20 (85%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 31/34 (91%) Jess Prosser 11/14 (79%) Hannah Glen 1/2 (50%)

Round 3

Mon 3 May	Northern Mystics	53–52	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
7.15pm	Grace Nweke 49/56 (88%) Bailey Mes 4/8 (50%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 39/45 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/18 (56%) Jess Prosser 3/6 (50%)

Round 4

Sun 9 May	Mainland Tactix	63–59	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Christchurch Arena
6.15pm	Ellie Bird 54/55 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 9/10 (90%) Jess Prosser 0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Caitlin Bassett 45/48 (94%) Chiara Semple 5/5 (100%) Khiarna Williams 9/14 (64%)	Attendance: 3,000

Round 5

Mon 17 May	Mainland Tactix	64–63	Northern Mystics	Christchurch Arena
6.15pm	Ellie Bird 44/53 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 20/29 (69%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 59/64 (92%) Bailey Mes 4/9 (44%)

Round 6

Mon 24 May	Southern Steel	50–60	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
6.15pm	George Fisher 42/49 (86%) Tiana Metuarau 8/10 (80%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 46/48 (96%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 14/19 (74%)

Round 7

Mon 31 May	Northern Stars	57–56	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
7.15pm	Maia Wilson 38/40 (95%) Jamie Hume 19/25 (76%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 45/49 (92%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/14 (71%) Hannah Glen 1/1 (100%)

Round 8

Sat 5 Jun	Mainland Tactix	55–52	Central Pulse	Christchurch Arena
5.15pm	Ellie Bird 46/57 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 9/14 (64%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn 47/54 (87%) Whitney Souness 5/9 (56%)

Round 9

Mon 14 Jun	Mainland Tactix	45–47	Southern Steel	Trafalgar Centre
8.15pm	Te Paea Selby-Rickit 18/20 (90%) Amelia Walmsley 16/19 (84%) Kate Grant 11/16 (69%)	Report Stats	George Fisher 40/44 (91%) Tiana Metuarau 7/7 (100%)

Round 10

Mon 21 Jun	Mainland Tactix	68–51	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Trafalgar Centre
7.15pm	Ellie Bird 47/58 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 19/23 (83%) Amelia Walmsley 2/2 (100%)	Report Stats	Caitlin Bassett 32/33 (97%) Khiarna Williams 12/13 (92%) Chiara Semple 7/10 (70%)

Round 11

Sun 27 Jun	Central Pulse	^{(Note 1)}	Mainland Tactix	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.15pm

Round 12

Sun 4 Jul	Mainland Tactix	47–34	Central Pulse	Trafalgar Centre
6.15pm	Ellie Bird 31/40 (78%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 16/23 (70%)	Report	Aliyah Dunn 21/22 (95%) Ivana Rowland 11/13 (85%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 2/4 (50%)

Round 13

Fri 9 Jul	Central Pulse	49–52	Mainland Tactix	Te Rauparaha Arena
	Aliyah Dunn 35/38 (92%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 12/18 (67%) Ivana Rowland 2/2 (100%)	Report	Ellie Bird 41/44 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 11/14 (79%)

Mon 12 Jul	Mainland Tactix	52–39	Northern Stars	Christchurch Arena
7.15pm	Ellie Bird 44/45 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 8/14 (57%)	Report Stats	Jamie Hume 15/20 (75%) Maia Wilson 8/16 (50%) Monica Falkner 8/9 (89%) Amorangi Malesala 8/11 (73%)

Round 14

Sun 18 Jul	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47–49	Mainland Tactix	Energy Events Centre
4.15pm	Caitlin Bassett 40/42 (95%) Khiarna Williams 7/12 (58%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 38/42 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/17 (59%) Amelia Walmsley 1/1 (100%)

Round 15

Sun 25 Jul	Mainland Tactix	59–63	Northern Mystics	Christchurch Arena
4.15pm	Ellie Bird 42/44 (95%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 17/25 (68%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 49/51 (96%) Filda Vui 11/13 (85%) Saviour Tui 2/2 (100%) Bailey Mes 1/1 (100%)

Notes

^1 Tactix's Round 11 match against Central Pulse was postponed after a change in COVID-19 alert levels.^[29] The match was rescheduled for Friday, 9 July.^[30]

Final standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
2021 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
1	Northern Mystics	15	11	0	4	929	873	56	106.4%	4	37
2	Southern Steel	15	11	0	4	818	801	17	102.1%	0	33
3	Mainland Tactix	15	9	0	6	801	775	26	103.4%	4	31
4	Northern Stars	15	9	0	6	825	791	34	104.3%	2	29
5	Central Pulse	15	4	0	11	789	810	-21	97.4%	8	20
6	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	1	0	14	802	914	-112	87.7%	7	10
Last updated: 9 August 2022

Qualified for Grand final
Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[2]

Finals Series

Elimination final

Sun 1 Aug	Southern Steel	49–54	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland	Sky Sport
	Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 18–29, 32–41, 49–54
	George Fisher 39/41 (95%) Tiana Metuarau 10/13 (77%)		Ellie Bird 39/41 (95%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/20 (75%)

Source:^[5]^[6]

Grand final

Sun 8 Aug	Stats	Northern Mystics	61–59	Mainland Tactix	Spark Arena^[31] Attendance: 5,000	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 33–28, 48–46, 61–59
		Grace Nweke 58/62 (94%) Filda Vui 2/3 (67%) Bailey Mes 1/1 (100%)		Ellie Bird 38/44 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 21/39 (54%)

Source:^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Award winners

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year	Karin Burger

Source:^[32]^[33]^[34]

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