The 2011 Central Pulse season is the fourth season that the Central Pulse

Central Pulse

The Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Pulse represent several New Zealand regions in the North and South Islands, from East Cape in the north to Tasman and Marlborough in the south, and were formed as an...

 are contesting 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 2011, the Pulse will be captained by Silver Ferns

Silver Ferns

The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern , which is an iconic emblem for many New Zealand sports teams. The Silver Ferns were formed in 1938 as a representative...

 defender 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....

 and coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie

Yvette McCausland-Durie

Yvette McCausland-Durie is a New Zealand netball coach and former netball player. McCausland-Durie is a former member of the NZU21 team and the Silver Ferns squad. She has coached the NZU21 netball team since 2006; previously, she was the assistant coach of the NZU21 team that won the World Youth...

. The Pulse have retained much of their 2010 lineup, although they have also lost three of their shooters from the previous season. Despite finishing 9th in 2010, the Pulse will not be eligible for special assistance in 2011, due to changes to player eligibility rules.

Transfers

2011 Pulse player movements
Gains	Positions	Former team
Amber Bellringer Amber Bellringer Amber Bellringer is a New Zealand netball player. Bellringer played in the National Bank Cup for the Western Flyers in 2006 and 2007. With the start of the ANZ Championship, she played for the Central Pulse in the 2008 season, but was not signed for the 2009 season and in 2011 got signed back by...	GS, GA	Returning player (2008)
Victoria Smith Victoria Smith Victoria Smith is a New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing in 2011 for the Wellington based, Central Pulse team. She has previously played for the Canterbury Tactix in 2008, 2009 and 2010...	GD, GK	Canterbury Tactix
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...	GS, GA	Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens The Melbourne Vixens are an Australian netball team in Melbourne that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The team were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of the Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne Kestrels from the previous Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Sharelle McMahon and Bianca Chatfield have...
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...	GA, GS	Southern Steel Southern Steel The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...
Losses	Positions	New team
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...	WD, GD, GK	West Coast Fever West Coast Fever The West Coast Fever are an Australian netball team based in Perth that currently compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was one of the foundation teams of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, formerly the premier domestic league in Australia. They contested every year of the...
Jane Altschwager Jane Altschwager Jane Altschwager is an Australian netballer. Altschwager started her netball career in 1994 playing for New South Wales, in the Australian State Netball League, somehow, despite being a 14 year old in South Australia. In 1997 she signed with the Sydney Swifts in the inaugural Commonwealth Bank...	GS, GA	Not signed
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....	GA, GS	Southern Steel Southern Steel The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...
Jamilah Gupwell Jamilah Gupwell Jamilah Gupwell is a New Zealand netball player. She played three years with the Capital Shakers in the National Bank Cup. She was also a member of the New Zealand U21 team from 2006–07. Gupwell signed with the Central Pulse for the inaugural ANZ Championship in 2008...	GA, WA	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Pre-season

Due to the condensed schedule, only one pre-season tournament has been confirmed for the 2011 season (as of November 2010). The Pulse will travel to Queenstown

Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

 to participate in a tournament hosted by the Southern Steel

Southern Steel

The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...

, from 28–30 January. Both teams will be joined by the Queensland Firebirds and Canterbury Tactix.

Fixtures and results

Notes

• Colours:
• Home teams are listed left, away teams right.

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Round 1	NO MATCH

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Statistics

• As of Monday 18 April.

  Player
  	12	18	66.7	6	1	18	0	0	5	6
  	131	195	67.2	28	6	111	1	17	39	36
  	12	19	63.2	7	1	20	0	1	6	8
  	0	0	0	0	20	18	20	41	162	16
  	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  	0	0	0	114	0	76	4	15	89	33
  	0	0	0	2	0	19	4	14	49	7
  	0	0	0	0	3	20	9	19	115	5
  	0	0	0	76	0	140	2	9	47	27
  	0	0	0	54	1	33	19	26	72	20
  	0	0	0	1	7	18	8	7	55	4
  	352	432	81.5	18	25	0	0	2	26	29
  	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

  Statistics key
  GS	Goals scored	A	Assists	I	Intercepts
  GA	Goal attempts	R	Rebounds	D	Deflections
  G%	Goal percentage	CPR	Centre pass receives	P	Penalties
  = Competition leader				T	Turnovers conceded