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Netballers selected to trial for Trans-Tasman tournament

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1307" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;03&sol;SND13-wk1-Netball&lowbar;-logo&lowbar;204x153&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" alt&equals;"SND13-wk1-Netball -logo 204x153" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" &sol;>Twenty-four of the most exciting young netballers in New Zealand have been selected to trial for the New Zealand Secondary Schools &lpar;NZSS&rpar; team to contest the Trans-Tasman U19 Netball Tournament in May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NNZ Emerging Talent selectors will pick the NZSS team at a trial camp in mid-April at Epsom Girls Grammar School in Auckland&period; The team will be coached by Julie Seymour and Mary Jane Araroa who are both identified as talented coaches in the NNZ High Performance Coach Development programme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The triallists&&num;8217&semi; names&comma; schools and zones are as follows&colon;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>Laura Dorgan&comma; Roncalli College&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Caitlin Dowden&comma; Mt Albert Grammar School&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Colleen Faleafaga&comma; St Mary&&num;8217&semi;s College Wellington&comma; Central<br &sol;>Holly Fowler&comma; Mt Albert Grammar School&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Abbey Franklin&comma; Nelson Girls&&num;8217&semi; High School&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Sydney Fraser&comma; St Kentigern College&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Kate Lloyd&comma; Ashburton College&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Amorangi Malesala&comma; St Kentigern College&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Lily Marshall&comma; St Margaret&&num;8217&semi;s College&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Tiana Metuarau&comma; Wellington East Girls College&comma; Central<br &sol;>Laura Moffatt&comma; Southland Girls&&num;8217&semi; High School&comma; South<br &sol;>Jennifer O&&num;8217&semi;Connell&comma; Waitaki Girls&&num;8217&semi; High School&comma; South<br &sol;>Christina Oscar&comma; St Kentigern College&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Marcelle Parkes&comma; Wellington East Girls College&comma; Central<br &sol;>Mererangi Paul&comma; St Kentigern College&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Kiana Pelasio&comma; Otago Girls&&num;8217&semi; High School&comma; South<br &sol;>Kimiora Poi&comma; Napier Girls&&num;8217&semi; High School&comma; Central<br &sol;>Mila Reuelu-Buchanan&comma; Wellington East Girls College&comma; Central<br &sol;>Jessica Shaw&comma; Marian College&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Diahn Strickland&comma; Te Rito Manukura&comma; Central<br &sol;>Lucy Thompson&comma; St Margaret&&num;8217&semi;s College&comma; Mainland<br &sol;>Alanis Toia-Tigafua&comma; Mt Albert Grammar School&comma; Northern<br &sol;>Tori Watt&comma; Wellington East Girls College&comma; Central<br &sol;>Maia Wilson&comma; Mt Albert Grammar School&comma; Northern<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Seymour says for a lot of the players&comma; the squad camp will be their first taste of being in a high-performance environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Some of them have been in the NZSS team before but for a lot of the players&comma; the three-day camp is the first step on the pathway to a potential career playing Netball&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Seymour says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The key is for them all to come prepared and focused and ready to fight for their spot in the team&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rotorua is hosting the Trans-Tasman U19 Netball Tournament in 2015&comma; with the annual event changing format this year and extending into an Under 19 tournament&period; The NZSS team will compete against the Australian U19 A and B team &lpar;Australia Green and Australia Gold&rpar; and the Aotearoa Maori U19 team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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