Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse and AVIS Magic will herald in a new era of ANZ Premiership netball when they meet in the opening match on Saturday 10 May for the 2025 season with the schedule confirmed today.
Returning to her netball roots, Donna Wilkins will head back to the Mainland next year having been appointed as head coach of the Trident Homes Tactix.
A storming final quarter pushed the MG Mystics to a compelling come-from-behind 68-64 win over a gallant Trident Homes Tactix in the Elimination Final in Christchurch on Saturday.
We take a look at this Saturday’s ANZ Premiership Elimination Final between Trident Homes Tactix and MG Mystics in Christchurch.
Based in Christchurch and representing the Canterbury region, the Tactix were formed in 2008 after playing in the Coca-Cola/National Bank Cup national leagues as the Canterbury Flames.
The Tactix were one of the founding teams at the start of the semi-professional era for netball which heralded the introduction of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship in 2008. When that competition ended in 2016, they became one of the six teams to form the standalone elite New Zealand domestic league, the ANZ Premiership.
The Tactix struggled throughout the ANZ Championship but during the ANZ Premiership era have emerged as real challengers, going on to finish runners-up in the 2020 and 2021 Grand Finals.
Helen Mahon-Stroud was appointed the Tactix first head coach in 2008 while Julie Seymour was the team’s first captain.
The Tactix playing strip is in the traditional Canterbury colours of red and black. The team’s main home venues are Christchurch Arena, MainPower Stadium Rangiora and Cowles Stadium, Christchurch.
