The upper North Island Secondary Schools tournament was once again held in the Northern Zone and this year was very ably hosted by Netball Waitakere.
With 116 teams participating this meant we had approximately 125 umpires officiating during the week. Many thanks to the Waitakere umpires who assisted us on Friday when many were injured.
This year we had 17 members on the coaching panel and they were split into 3 groups : NZ & NZ Theory, Zone & Zone Theory and Centre. They were then allocated umpires to coach for the week. This worked really well with all umpires being covered and receiving constant coaching over their 10 games. Many thanks to Reawyn Ronaldson, Debbie Shoebridge and Eleanor Kitching for leading these 3 groups. The umpires were very grateful for all the coaching they received. During the week 3 NZC Awards were achieved and 8 Zone awards. Well done to all.
A special thanks to Elaine Curtis from NW who along with Jan Skilton managed to allocate the umpires to the draw for 2 rounds each day. This was no mean feat as many retired injured as the week progressed and extras had to be sought.
Congratulations to the following umpires who were selected to do the various finals:
A Grade : Zak Middleton, Christina Matthews and Maru Delamere
B Grade : Tiffany McGregor, Turanita Tipene and Kendall Speck
C Grade :Avary Patutama, Hayley McDonald and Emma Mitchell
D Grade : Johanna Klevin, Brianna Ellin and Shontelle Hunter
