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The 2011 ANZ Championship season was the fourth season of the ANZ Championship

ANZ Championship

The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...

in Australasia, commencing on 13 February. The 2011 season started much earlier in the year compared with previous seasons, to accommodate the 2011 Netball World Championships

2011 Netball World Championships

The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the World Netball Championships, a quadrennial event first staged in 1963. The World Netball Championships is the premier event in international netball. The 2011 tournament was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played...

in July. The condensed season comprised 69 matches played over 15 weeks, including an initial 12-week round-robin stage, followed by a three-week finals stage. Several rule changes have also been implemented in 2011.

At the completion of the round-robin competition, the Firebirds emerged undefeated as minor premiers, progressing to the finals stage with the Magic, Swifts and Mystics. The Firebirds progressed to the grand final to face the Mystics after the Mystics defeated the Swifts and Magic in successive weeks. The grand final was contested on 22 May in Brisbane and in front of a capacity crowd, the Firebirds defeated the Mystics by 57–44 to emerge as champions for the 2011 season, successfully completing a perfect season in the process.

Format

Due to the World Netball Championships in July, the 2011 season was condensed into 15 weeks. The regular season was conducted in a round-robin, played over 12 weeks, during which each team played every other team once, and also played teams from their home country a second time. As a result of the condensed season, teams generally did not have byes in 2011, and in some rounds also had to play "double-header" matches. The top four teams from the round-robin stage progressed to the finals stage, played over three weeks in a Page-McIntyre System.

Round 3 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 5 matchups in 2011, round 5 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 4 matchups in 2011, round 12 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 9 matchups in 2011, round 13 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 12 matchups in 2011, and round 14 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 11 matchups in 2011. Also, for the Rivalry Round, round 4 matchups in 2010 were identical to round 7 matchups in 2011. In addition, in trans-Tasman matches the home and away teams were switched around from 2010 to ensure that the teams get to play home and away games over two years: e.g., the Fever hosted the Tactix in round 2 in 2010, but the same game in 2011 was hosted by the Tactix.

Rules

Matches are played under international netball rules. The 2011 season saw the implementation of new player import rules for all teams. Previously, Australian teams were allowed two import or "ineligible" players as of right, while New Zealand teams were allowed one import and one ineligible player, with the approval of Netball New Zealand

Netball New Zealand

Netball New Zealand is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in New Zealand, including the Silver Ferns.Other competitions overseen include:*ANZ Championship – Premier Domestic Competition...

. In 2011, all teams were allowed one import player as of right, and were able to apply for another ineligible player. In addition, the assistance package for teams finishing in the bottom two placings of the competition ladder for two consecutive seasons was discontinued.

For the first time this season, three all-Australian matches were umpired by two New Zealand umpires, and three all–New Zealand matches were umpired by Australian umpires. Previously, all-Australian matches were umpired by Australian umpires and all–New Zealand matches were umpired by New Zealand umpires.

Teams

All ten teams from the inaugural season continued in 2011.

Teams	Seasons	Main venues	2010 placings
2011 ANZ Championship teams
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Details 2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds season The 2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds season is the fourth season that the Adelaide Thunderbirds are contesting the ANZ Championship, and the fifteenth year of their total competitive history. In 2011, the Thunderbirds will again be coached by Jane Woodlands-Thompson, with veteran international midcourter...	ETSA Park ETSA Park ETSA Park is a sporting venue located in Adelaide, South Australia, opposite Santos Stadium, Adelaide's premier athletics stadium. It is a specialist netball facility, hosting matches in both the national ANZ Championship and state Dairy Farmers Cup, as well as some international matches. However,... , Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Champions
	Details 2011 Melbourne Vixens season -Transfers:-Fixtures and results:Notes* Colours: * Home teams are listed left, away teams right.-------------------------------------------------------------Statistics:* As of Sunday 1 May.-References:*...	State Netball and Hockey Centre State Netball and Hockey Centre State Netball Hockey Centre is a multipurpose sporting facility located in Melbourne, Australia. It is the home arena of the Melbourne Vixens netball team in the ANZ Championship, and the Melbourne Tigers National Basketball League team. The facility is located in Royal Park, Parkville next to... , Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	7th
	Details 2011 New South Wales Swifts season The 2011 New South Wales Swifts season was the fourth year that the New South Wales Swifts contested the ANZ Championship. In 2011, the team were coached by Julie Fitzgerald, with long-time shooter Catherine Cox serving as captain...	State Sports Centre State Sports Centre The State Sports Centre is a multi-use indoor arena in Sydney, Australia. It hosted the table tennis and taekwondo events for the 2000 Summer Olympics.... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Preliminary finalists
	Details 2011 Queensland Firebirds season The 2011 Queensland Firebirds season was the fourth year that the Queensland Firebirds contested the ANZ Championship, and the fifteenth year of their competitive history. The Firebirds were coached by Roselee Jencke in her second year in the position, while veteran midcourter Lauren Nourse resumed...	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre	5th
	Details 2011 West Coast Fever season The 2011 West Coast Fever season is the fourth season that the West Coast Fever are contesting the ANZ Championship, and the fifteenth year of the franchise's competitive history...	Challenge Stadium Challenge Stadium Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people... , Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	8th
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Details 2011 Canterbury Tactix season The 2011 Canterbury Tactix season is the fourth year that the Canterbury Tactix are contesting the ANZ Championship, and the fourteenth year of their competitive history. Naming of their full roster for 2011 was delayed due to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. Their final roster included two new...	Westpac Arena, Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	10th
	Details 2011 Central Pulse season The 2011 Central Pulse season is the fourth season that the Central Pulse are contesting the ANZ Championship. In 2011, the Pulse will be captained by Silver Ferns defender Katrina Grant and coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie. The Pulse have retained much of their 2010 lineup, although they have...	TSB Bank Arena TSB Bank Arena The TSB Bank Arena, formerly known as the Queens Wharf Events Centre, is an indoor arena, located in Wellington, New Zealand. The arena hosts mainly basketball games and is the home arena for the Century City Saints and part-time home arena of the New Zealand Breakers when they play in Wellington,... , Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...	9th
	Details 2011 Northern Mystics season ----------------------------------------------------- Finals :-----------------Statistics:* As of Sunday 22 May.-References:*...	Trusts Stadium Trusts Stadium Trusts Stadium is an indoor arena located in Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts... , Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...	6th
	Details 2011 Southern Steel season The 2011 Southern Steel season is the fourth season for the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship. For their 2011 campaign, the Steel gained internationals Paula Griffin and Natasha Chokljat, but were unable to re-sign veteran Megan Dehn. The southern franchise also lost the use of their main home...	Invercargill ILT Velodrome Invercargill ILT Velodrome The Invercargill ILT Velodrome is the only indoor velodrome in New Zealand. The $11 million dollar velodrome is an indoor complex next to Stadium Southland, built on the western side of the stadium proper.... *	Semi-finalists
	Details 2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season The 2011 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic season was the fourth year that the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic contested the ANZ Championship, and the thirteenth year of their competitive history. Player signings for the Magic were released on 18 August 2010...	Mystery Creek Events Centre Mystery Creek Events Centre Mystery Creek Events Centre is a large events centre based in the outskirts of Hamilton, New Zealand. It is home to many events, the largest being the National Agricultural Fieldays which is held annually in June.... , Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...	Runners-up

* The main venue for the Southern Steel – Stadium Southland

Stadium Southland

Stadium Southland is an international sports complex in Invercargill, New Zealand. The stadium was completed in May 2000. The main SBS Sports Arena in the stadium has a capacity of 4,500, with temporary seating...

in Invercargill – was severely damaged during heavy snowfall on 18 September 2010. The Steel played most of their 2011 home games at the adjoining ILT Velodrome, which did not suffer heavy damage.

Player transfers

Name	2010 Team	2011 Team
Anna Scarlett Anna Scarlett Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....	DNP- Volleyball
Megan Dehn Megan Dehn Megan Dehn is an Australian international netballer from Woy Woy, New South Wales. A former Australian representative player, she currently plays in the ANZ Championship for New Zealand–based team the Northern Mystics....
Julianna Naoupu Julianna Naoupu Julianna Naoupu is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.-References:*...
Caitlin Thwaites Caitlin Thwaites Caitlin Thwaites is an Australian netball and volleyball player. In 2011 Thwaites made the move across the Tasman to join the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship, and plays in her known position of GS. . Thwaites has also represented Australia in women's volleyball. In 2009, Thwaites played her...
Jade Topia Jade Topia Jade Topia is a New Zealand netball player. Topia played in the National Bank Cup for the Southern Sting and Canterbury Flames . With the start of the ANZ Championship in 2008, Topia signed with the Auckland-based Northern Mystics. After the 2009 season, she transferred to the Southern Steel...
Donna Wilkins Donna Wilkins Donna Wilkins is one of New Zealand's leading sportswomen, representing her country in both netball and basketball. She became married to Southland farmer Mike Wilkins on 17 March 2007...	DNP- Retired
Kasey Evering Kasey Evering Kasey Evering is a Jamaican international netball player. Evering is primarily a defender at international level, although she also plays as a shooter in domestic competition....	DNP- Jamaican import
Natasha Chokljat Natasha Chokljat Natasha Chokljat is an Australian netball player. She has played international netball as a member of the Australian national team, and currently plays in the ANZ Championship for the New Zealand side the Southern Steel....
Paula Griffin Paula Griffin Paula Griffin is a New Zealand netball player. She is currently a member of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays in the ANZ Championship, signing with the Central Pulse for 2012....
Bianca Giteau (née Franklin)	DNP- Personal reasons
Geva Mentor Geva Mentor Geva Mentor is an English international netball player. Mentor was selected for the England national team in 2000, debuting the following year against New Zealand...
Kate Beveridge Kate Beveridge Kate Beveridge is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, who played for the Adelaide Thunderbirds from 2008-2010. She move to the melbourne vixens for the 2011 season. Beveridge is known for her long range goal attempts, high arcing shots and very high accuracy rate...
Sarah Wall Sarah Wall Sarah Wall is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Melbourne Vixens. In 2005 she played her first year of elite netball, for the Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She played three years with the Phoenix until the competition was disbanded in 2007...
Mo'onia Gerrard Mo'onia Gerrard Mo'onia Gerrard is a Tongan-Australian netball player. Gerrard is a current member of the Australian national team, and from 2011 is playing for the New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship...
Ama Agbeze Ama Agbeze Ama Agbeze is an English international netball player. Agbeze plays in the goal defence and goal keeper positions. She debuted in the England national squad in 2001...

Pre-season

With the condensed format, the official preseason tournament – the Netball Cup – was not held in 2011. Instead, alternative tournaments and matches were organised in both countries, starting in late January.

In Sydney the New South Wales Swifts hosted the Vixens, Thunderbirds and Fever in the first preseason tournament, from 22–23 January. After two days of matches, the host team went through undefeated to win the competition. The Southern Steel hosted their annual pre-season tournament in Queenstown the following weekend, from 28–30 January. The tournament was contested by the Pulse, Tactix, Steel and Firebirds; the Swifts were initially scheduled to attend but later withdrew in favour of playing two matches in Auckland against the Mystics. After three days of competition, the Queensland Firebirds defeated the Central Pulse 50–46 in the grand final to win the 2011 tournament.

In other preseason events, the Northern Mystics played the New South Wales Swifts in two five-quarter matches in Auckland from 29–30 January. The weekend finished with both sides winning one match each: the Swifts defeating the Mystics 64–61 in the first match, followed by a 61–52 victory for the Mystics the next day. A week later, the Mystics travelled to Te Awamutu to play a one-off, five-quarter match against the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, on 6 February (coincidentally Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day commemorates a significant day in the history of New Zealand. It is a public holiday held each year on 6 February to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, on that date in 1840.-History:...

, New Zealand's national holiday). The Magic surged ahead in the third quarter of the match, and held on to record a 62–54 win in their only preseason outing.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

* Originally scheduled for 27 February, but postponed due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Subsequently rescheduled and moved to Auckland as a fundraiser match.

Round 4

* Originally scheduled to be played in Christchurch. Following the 22 February earthquake, the match was moved to Rotorua, although the match is still considered a "home" game for the Tactix.

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7: Rivalry Round

All matches in this round were trans-Tasman clashes. Goals scored by all teams from each country were tallied together, with the country accumulating the highest number of goals winning the round. After five matches, Australia won the 2011 Rivalry Round with an aggregate score of 263–239 over New Zealand.

Round 8

Daylight savings ends on 3 April in New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Finals

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Festival of the Stars

The Festival of the Stars is a charity match where two celebrity teams play each other to win money for their charities. The captains of the match in 2011 were Adam Spencer and Charlie Pickering. The match was played in two 15-minute halves and umpired by former Australian representatives Alison Broadbent and Shelley O'Donnell

Shelley O'Donnell

Shelley O'Donnell is an Australian netball player. A ten-year veteran of the Australian national team, she was also the inaugural captain of the Melbourne Kestrels in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 1997 to 2000...

. The show was hosted by Kelli Underwood and Liz Ellis

Liz Ellis

Elizabeth "Liz" Ellis AM is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian netball....

with Sue Gaudion the courtside expert. The celebrity teams were as follows:

beyondblue Team:

Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering he grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended an Independent Anglican Boys' School; Brighton Grammar...

- The 7pm Project (captain, GA)
Andrew Reid - Bondi Rescue lifeguard (GD)
Gus Worland
Gus Worland
Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He is best known for his series of reality television programs An Aussie Goes Barmy, An Aussie Goes Bolly and An Aussie Goes Calypso which aired on Fox8....

- Triple M breakfast presenter (WD)
Shannon Eckstein - Iron Man (GS)
Paulini Curuenavuli
Paulini Curuenavuli
Paulini Curuenavuli , commonly known as Paulini, is an Australian R&B/pop singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as a contestant of the first season of the television series, Australian Idol in 2003....

- singer (DNP)
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia....

- Australia's Next Top Model judge (GK)
Summer Burke - TEN news presenter (WA)
James Kerley
James Kerley
James Kerley is an Australian TV presenter and radio presenter on Nova FM.-Career:Kerley was a co-host on the Nickelodeon kids’ show Sarvo between 2004 and February 2007, alongside Tony Brockman and in his first year won the Sarvote kids’ choice award for favourite new host...

- Nova and former TEN presenter (C)

Holden Barina Spark National Breast Cancer Foundation Team

Adam Spencer

Adam Barrington Spencer is an Australian radio presenter, comedian, and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in the mid-1990s...

- comedian, ABC presenter (captain, GA)

Natarsha Belling

Natarsha Belling is an Australian news presenter on Network Ten.Belling is currently presenter of Ten Morning News and Ten News at Five: Weekend with Matt Doran.-Career:...

- TEN news presenter (WA)

Guy Leech

Guy Leech is a former Australian Ironman surf lifesaving champion.Now retired from formal competition, he won seven Uncle Toby's Super Series races and twice won The Coolangatta Gold. Leech remained undefeated over surf's toughest event and in 1989 won the Uncle Toby's version titled the "Gold...

- Iron Man Legend (WD)

Matt Poole - Iron Man (GK)

Kerri Pottharst

Kerri Ann Pottharst OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.Pottharst was born in Adelaide, South Australia and currently resides in Sydney....

- Olympic Gold Medallist (GS)

Laura Dundovic

Laura Dundovic was born in 16 September 1987 in Sydney, Australia, of Croatian parents. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Australia 2008 and represented Australia in the Miss Universe 2008 competition, in which she placed in the top ten....

- former Miss Universe Australia (C)

Dean Gladstone - Bondi Rescue lifeguard (GD)

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Season statistics

As of Sunday 22 May.

Top 5 Goals scored
Pos.	Player	Team
1	Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaican national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships...		523	607	86.2
2	Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West Coast Fever. Bassett previously played for the Perth Orioles in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2005–07. In 2008, she played for one half of a game as a member of the Australian Diamonds team...		478	538	88.8
3	Cathrine Latu		449	482	93.2
4	Irene van Dyk Irene van Dyk Irene van Dyk, MNZM is one of the world's best-known netball players and the most capped player of all time....		446	485	92.0
5	Caitlin Thwaites Caitlin Thwaites Caitlin Thwaites is an Australian netball and volleyball player. In 2011 Thwaites made the move across the Tasman to join the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship, and plays in her known position of GS. . Thwaites has also represented Australia in women's volleyball. In 2009, Thwaites played her...		431	530	81.3

Top 5 Goal assists
Pos.	Player	Team	G/A
1	Kimberlee Green Kimberlee Green Kimberlee Green is an Australian international netball player. Green played six years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters. With the start of the ANZ Championship, Green signed with Sydney franchise the New South Wales Swifts, which won the inaugural...		197
2	Temepara George Temepara George Temepara Anne George , formerly Temepara Clark, is a New Zealand international netball player. She was a member of the Silver Ferns national squad in 1996, and from 2000–2011. George retired from international duties after the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...		195
3	Madison Browne Madison Browne Madison Browne is an Australian international netball player. Browne was included in the Australian national squad in 2007 after the World Championships in November. She debuted in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in 2006, playing with the Melbourne Kestrels. In 2008, Browne signed with the Melbourne...		179
4	Laura Langman Laura Langman Laura Langman is a New Zealand international netball player. Primarily a midcourt player, Langman is the captain of the New Zealand national netball team – the Silver Ferns, and also captains the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.-Early career:While still a student at Hillcrest...		148
5	Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst is an Australian netball player. Medhurst plays as a goal attack and goal shooter, and is a current member of the Australian national netball team....		141

Top 5 Rebounds
Pos.	Player	Team	Reb.
1	Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaican national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships...		63
2	Cathrine Latu		42
3	Laura Geitz Laura Geitz Laura Geitz is an Australian netball player. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and to date has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship...		41
4	Casey Williams Casey Williams Casey May Williams, ONZM is a New Zealand international netball player. Williams is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.Williams has been a member of the New Zealand national netball...		40
5	Irene van Dyk Irene van Dyk Irene van Dyk, MNZM is one of the world's best-known netball players and the most capped player of all time....		37

Top 5 Centre-pass receives
Pos.	Player	Team	CPR
1	Leah Shoard Leah Shoard Leah Shoard is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Southern Steel in New Zealand.She played for the New South Wales Swifts in the 2008 season, having previously been signed for the Sydney Swifts and AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy...		263
2	Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst is an Australian netball player. Medhurst plays as a goal attack and goal shooter, and is a current member of the Australian national netball team....		256
3	Chelsea Pitman Chelsea Pitman Chelsea Pitman is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Queensland Firebirds.In 2010, Pitman played for the Canterbury Tactix playing at the Wing Attack position. However, in round 6 against the Mystics, Pitman suffered an ACL injury that ended her 2010...		250
4	Maria Tutaia Maria Tutaia Solonaima Maria Tuta'ia is a New Zealand international netball player. She can play at goal attack and goal shooter, and stands at 1.88 m....		228
5	Emily Beaton Emily Beaton Emily Beaton is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. She was also a member of the Australian FastNet Diamonds team that played in the 2011 World Netball Series tournament in Liverpool....		214

Top 5 Intercepts
Pos.	Player	Team	Int.
1	Laura Geitz Laura Geitz Laura Geitz is an Australian netball player. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and to date has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship...		57
2=	Casey Williams Casey Williams Casey May Williams, ONZM is a New Zealand international netball player. Williams is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.Williams has been a member of the New Zealand national netball...		33
2=	Anna Scarlett Anna Scarlett Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....		33
4=	Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000...		30
4=	Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma Sonia Mkoloma is an English international netball player. Mkoloma made her international debut for the English national team in 1999, and during her career has competed at three Netball World Championships, three Commonwealth Games and two World Netball Series...		30

Top 5 Deflections
Pos.	Player	Team	Defl.
1	Laura Geitz Laura Geitz Laura Geitz is an Australian netball player. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and to date has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship...		92
2	Anna Scarlett Anna Scarlett Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....		91
3	Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000...		85
4	Casey Williams Casey Williams Casey May Williams, ONZM is a New Zealand international netball player. Williams is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.Williams has been a member of the New Zealand national netball...		70
5=	Bianca Chatfield Bianca Chatfield Bianca Lee Chatfield is an Australian netball player. In 2001, she was selected for the Australian team to tour three-nations test series against England and New Zealand in the UK. Bianca plays in the positions of GK and GD...		53
5=	Katrina Grant Katrina Grant Katrina Grant is a New Zealand international netball player. Grant is a current member of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship....		53

Top 5 Penalties
Pos.	Player	Team	Pen.
1	Laura Geitz Laura Geitz Laura Geitz is an Australian netball player. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and to date has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship...		264
2	Anna Scarlett Anna Scarlett Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....		245
3	Susan Fuhrmann Susan Fuhrmann Susan Fuhrmann , known as "the Fuhrmannator", is an Australian international netball player. Fuhrmann debuted for the Australian national team in 2006, and was also a member of the Australian team that won silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and gold at the 2007 Netball World Championships...		231
4	Casey Williams Casey Williams Casey May Williams, ONZM is a New Zealand international netball player. Williams is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.Williams has been a member of the New Zealand national netball...		222
5	Bianca Chatfield Bianca Chatfield Bianca Lee Chatfield is an Australian netball player. In 2001, she was selected for the Australian team to tour three-nations test series against England and New Zealand in the UK. Bianca plays in the positions of GK and GD...		202

Top 5 Turnovers
Pos.	Player	Team	Turn.
1	Cathrine Latu		81
2	Temepara George Temepara George Temepara Anne George , formerly Temepara Clark, is a New Zealand international netball player. She was a member of the Silver Ferns national squad in 1996, and from 2000–2011. George retired from international duties after the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...		68
3	Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaican national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships...		59
4	Erin Bell Erin Bell (netball player) Erin Bell is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Bell's previous ANZ Championship team was the NSW Swifts, and she also played for the Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy...		50
5	Maree Bowden Maree Bowden Maree Bowden is a New Zealand international netball player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup from 1999–2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the Canterbury Tactix, when the ANZ Championship began in 2008...		49

Season MVP

Players were nominated during the round-robin matches for the 2011 ANZ Championship season's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. The five players with the highest nomination points are listed in the table below. The eventual joint winners of the award are highlighted in green.

2011 Most Valuable Player
Nat.	Player	Team	Points
	Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000...		18
	Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst Natalie Medhurst is an Australian netball player. Medhurst plays as a goal attack and goal shooter, and is a current member of the Australian national netball team....		18
	Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaican national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships...		16
	Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the West Coast Fever. Bassett previously played for the Perth Orioles in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy from 2005–07. In 2008, she played for one half of a game as a member of the Australian Diamonds team...		16
	Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch is an Australian netball player. Von Bertouch is a member of the Australian national netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship...		16

Best Young Player Award

Five players were nominated for the 2011 ANZ Championship season's Best Young Player award, during rounds 8–12. All nominees are listed in the table below. The 2011 winner is highlighted in green.

2011 Best Young Player
Nat.	Player	Team	Round
	Chelsea Pitman Chelsea Pitman Chelsea Pitman is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Queensland Firebirds.In 2010, Pitman played for the Canterbury Tactix playing at the Wing Attack position. However, in round 6 against the Mystics, Pitman suffered an ACL injury that ended her 2010...		8
	Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick		9
	Ashleigh Brazill Ashleigh Brazill Ashleigh Brazill is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. She will be playing for the West Coast Fever in 2012....		10
	Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen is a New Zealand netball player. As a high school student, Cullen played representative netball and basketball, and competed at a national level in athletics...		11
	Kate Shimmin		12

All Star Team

The 2011 season saw the first appearance of a season All-Star team. A panel of four netball commentators and writers (Liz Ellis

Liz Ellis

and Warren Partland from Australia, Tania Dalton

Tania Dalton

Tania Dalton is a New Zealand former international netball player. She currently works as a netball commentator on SKY Sports for international tests, the ANZ Championship and National Championships, alongside former internationals Anna Stanley, Natalie Avellino, Kathryn Harby-Williams and Bernice...

and Dana Johannsen from New Zealand) selected the best player in each position, as well as the team's coach.

2011 All Star team
Pos.	Name	Team
GS	Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaican national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence during the 2007 Netball World Championships...
GA	Sharelle McMahon Sharelle McMahon Sharelle Jane McMahon is an Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national netball team...
WA	Emily Beaton Emily Beaton Emily Beaton is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. She was also a member of the Australian FastNet Diamonds team that played in the 2011 World Netball Series tournament in Liverpool....
C	Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch Natalie von Bertouch is an Australian netball player. Von Bertouch is a member of the Australian national netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship...
WD	Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen Kayla Cullen is a New Zealand netball player. As a high school student, Cullen played representative netball and basketball, and competed at a national level in athletics...
GD	Anna Scarlett Anna Scarlett Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....
GK	Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000...
Coach	Roselee Jencke

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