2020 Mainland Tactix season

Mainland Tactix
Mainland Tactix
2020 season
Head coach	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek
Captain	Jane Watson
Main venue	Horncastle Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	11–7
Regular season	2nd
Finals placing	Super Club 6th; ANZ Premiership 2nd
	Team colours

The 2020 Mainland Tactix season saw the Mainland Tactix netball team compete in the 2020 ANZ Premiership.[1][2][3] As part of their pre-season preparations, Tactix competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club, finishing the tournament in sixth place.[4] With a team coached by Marianne Delaney-Hoshek, captained by Jane Watson and featuring Ellie Bird, Temalisi Fakahokotau, Erikana Pedersen, Kimiora Poi and Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Tactix finished the regular ANZ Premiership season in second place, qualifying for their first grand final.[5][6][7][8][9] However, in the grand final, Tactix lost to Central Pulse 43–31.[10][11][12]

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses
Gains	Losses
Te Paea Selby-Rickit[13] (Southern Steel) Jess Prosser (NNL Hellers Mainland)	Kate Beveridge Brooke Leaver Kate Lloyd Lily Marshall

Source:[1][14][15]

2020 roster

2020 Mainland Tactix roster

Players

Coaching staff

Name	Position(s)	DoB	Height
Ellie Bird	GS, GA	(1993-03-22)22 March 1993 (aged 26)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Charlotte Elley	WD, C	(1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 23)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Temalisi Fakahokotau	GD, WD, GK	(1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 25)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sophia Fenwick	GK, GD	(1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 27)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Samon Nathan	WA, C, WD	(1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 27)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Erikana Pedersen	C, WA, WD	(1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 25)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Kimiora Poi	C, WA	(1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 22)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Jess Prosser	GS, GA	(1996-06-09)9 June 1996 (aged 23)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit	GS, GA	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 28)	1.93 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

Notes

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

Sources:[1][5][15][16]

Pre-season

2019 Super Club

In December 2019, Mainland Tactix together with the other five ANZ Premiership teams plus Collingwood Magpies from Suncorp Super Netball and Wasps Netball from the Netball Superleague competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club. Tactix finished the tournament in sixth place.[4]

Group B

Matches

Sun 8 Dec	Mainland Tactix	46–43	Northern Stars	Trafalgar Centre
8.10pm	Ellie Bird 23/28 (82%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/19 (79%) Jess Prosser 8/11 (73%)	Stats	Maia Wilson 17/21 (81%) Vika Koloto 13/15 (87%) Jamie Hume 7/10 (70%) Julianna Naoupu 6/8 (75%)

Mon 9 Dec	Mainland Tactix	38–51	Collingwood Magpies	Trafalgar Centre
6.35pm	Ellie Bird 22/27 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/15 (80%) Jess Prosser 3/4 (75%) Hannah Glen 1/2 (50%)	Stats	Shimona Nelson 33/37 (89%) Natalie Medhurst 14/17 (82%) Nyah Allen 4/5 (80%)

Tue 10 Dec	Mainland Tactix	43–51	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Trafalgar Centre
6.35pm	Ellie Bird 19/21 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 20/22 (91%) Jess Prosser 4/4 (100%)	Stats	Kelsey McPhee 32/40 (80%) Abigail Latu-Meafou 9/11 (82%) Georgia Marshall 10/12 (83%)

Final ladder

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Pts
Group B
1	Collingwood Magpies	3	3	0	0	156	112	139.29	6
2	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	3	2	0	1	137	134	102.24	4
3	Mainland Tactix	3	1	0	2	127	145	87.59	2
4	Northern Stars	3	0	0	3	123	152	80.92	0

Qualified for Semi-finals
5th/8th place classification

Source:[4]

5th/8th place classification

Semi-finals

Thu 12 Dec	Mainland Tactix	41–37	Wasps Netball	Trafalgar Centre
3.30pm	Ellie Bird 15/15 (100%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 16/21 (76%) Jess Prosser 10/12 (83%)	Stats	Rachel Dunn 24/25 (96%) Katie Harris 13/17 (76%)

5th/6th place match

Fri 13 Dec	Southern Steel	50–45	Mainland Tactix	Trafalgar Centre
5.00pm	Jennifer O'Connell 38/51 (75%) Kalifa McCollin 9/11 (82%) Georgia Heffernan 3/6 (50%) Kiana Pelasio 0/3 (0%)	Stats	Ellie Bird 31/36 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/15 (67%) Jess Prosser 4/7 (57%)

Canterbury Men's Invitational

Mainland Tactix played a Canterbury Men's Invitational team in an exhibition.[16]

Sun 23 Feb	Mainland Tactix	v	Canterbury Men's Invitational	Cowles Stadium, Christchurch
3pm

Queenstown series

Mainland Tactix played matches against Central Pulse and Southern Steel in Queenstown.[17]

Otaki tournament

Mainland Tactix participated in the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 28 February and 1 March. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part.[17]

Fri 28 Feb	Central Pulse	52–51	Mainland Tactix	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
11:00am

Sat 29 Feb	Mainland Tactix	56–50	Northern Mystics	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
4:00 pm

Sun 1 Mar	Mainland Tactix	62–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
11:00am

Sources:[18][19][20]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sun 15 Mar	Mainland Tactix	41–53	Central Pulse	Stadium 2000, Blenheim
4:10 pm	Ellie Bird 26/29 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/22 (68%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn 35/38 (92%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 18/22 (82%)

Round 2

Sat 20 Jun	Southern Steel	36–43	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
	Kalifa McCollin 22/27 (81%) Jennifer O'Connell 11/12 (92%) Georgia Heffernan 3/4 (75%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 31/39 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/14 (86%)

Sun 21 Jun	Northern Stars	48–43	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
	Maia Wilson 37/40 (93%) Jamie Hume 12/19 (63%)	Stats	Te Paea Selby-Rickit 19/23 (83%) Ellie Bird 18/23 (78%) Jess Prosser 6/6 (100%)

Round 3

Fri 26 Jun	Mainland Tactix	45–36	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
	Ellie Bird 33/44 (75%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/19 (63%)	Report Stats	Kelsey McPhee 21/26 (81%) Abigail Latu-Meafou 15/21 (71%)

Round 4

Fri 3 Jul	Northern Mystics	47–42	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
	Grace Nweke 38/40 (95%) Saviour Tui 8/12 (67%) Asher Grapes 1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 26/29 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 16/24 (67%)

Round 5

Sun 12 Jul	Mainland Tactix	41–40	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
	Ellie Bird 20/25 (80%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 21/24 (88%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 29/32 (91%) Saviour Tui 10/11 (91%) Asher Grapes 1/3 (33%)

Mon 13 Jul	Mainland Tactix	46–46	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
	Ellie Bird 30/35 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 14/17 (82%) Jess Prosser 2/6 (33%)	Report Stats	Kelsey McPhee 23/29 (79%) Abigail Latu-Meafou 23/27 Khiarna Williams 0/1 (0%)

Round 6

Sun 19 Jul	Central Pulse	33–32	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
	Aliyah Dunn 13/13 (100%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 13/16 (81%) Tiana Metuarau 7/11 (64%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 24/28 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 8/11 (73%)

Mon 20 Jul	Southern Steel	35–48	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
	Kalifa McCollin 18/21 (86%) Ellen Halpenny 17/23 (74%) Kiana Pelasio 0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 32/34 (94%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/12 (83%) Jess Prosser 5/6 (83%) Hannah Glen 1/1 (100%)

Round 7

Sun 26 Jul	Mainland Tactix	47–40	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
	Ellie Bird 37/37 (100%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 10/12 (83%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson 32/36 (89%) Jamie Hume 4/9 (44%)

Round 8

Thu 30 Jul	Mainland Tactix	52–42	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena
	Ellie Bird 37/42 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 15/19 (79%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson 35/40 (88%) Jamie Hume 7/11 (64%)

Sun 2 Aug	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	35–44	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena
	Abigail Latu-Meafou 18/22 (82%) Kelsey McPhee 17/22 (77%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 26/30 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 16/18 (89%) Jess Prosser 2/2 (100%)

Round 9

Mon 10 Aug	Central Pulse	32–39	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
	Aliyah Dunn 20/24 (83%) Tiana Metuarau 12/17 (71%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 32/38 (84%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 7/9 (78%)

Round 10

Sun 16 Aug	Southern Steel	drawn	Mainland Tactix	Edgar Centre

Final standings

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
2020 ANZ Premiership ladder
1	Central Pulse	15	11	2	2	594	474	120	125.3	1	49
2	Mainland Tactix	15	9	4	2	606	566	40	107.1	2	42
3	Northern Mystics	15	7	6	2	582	475	7	101.2	3	35
4	Northern Stars	15	5	7	3	590	626	-36	94.2	3	29
5	Southern Steel	15	4	10	1	578	637	-59	90.7	3	21
6	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	2	9	4	520	592	-72	87.8	3	19

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match
  Qualified for 5th/6th place match

Point System

Win = 4 points
Draw = 2 points
Loss of 5 or less goals = 1 point
Loss of more than 5 goals = 0 points

Sources:[1][9][21]

Finals Series

Grand final

Sun 23 Aug 6.45pm	Stats	Central Pulse	43–31	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 12–6, 23–13, 31–24, 43–31
		Aliyah Dunn 28/30 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 15/18 (83%)		Ellie Bird 19/23 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/13 (92%)

Sources:[10][11][12]

Award winners

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year	Jane Watson

Sources:[22][23]

Team of the season

Two Tactix players were included in Stuff's team of the season, selected by Brendon Egan.

Position	Player
GD	Jane Watson
GK	Temalisi Fakahokotau
Coach	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek

Sources:[24]

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