The Cold Power Magic are looking forward to their first Hamilton home game of the ANZ Championship season this Saturday, buoyed by getting a much needed win against the Tactix on Sunday.
Jo Harten will again captain the Cold Power Magic in their round two ANZ Championship encounter with the NSW Swifts on Saturday, with Leana de Bruin not travelling to Sydney.
Harten says her approach hasn't changed after taking the captain's band this week.
Katherine Coffin has joined the Cold Power Magic squad for the 2016 ANZ Championship season. The defender was called into the team for the recent ANZ Championship Pre-Season Shootout held in Auckland, covering for the injured Aisha Bower. She has now been permanently added to the squad for the Trans-Tasman competition, with news that Bower's rehabilitation is likely to take several months.
Following a successful preseason campaign that included victories over the Swifts and Pulse and a Pre-Season Shootout final appearance, the Cold Power Magic are ready for the start of the ANZ Championship this weekend.
Magic tracking well and set for pre-season shootout
Julie Fitzgerald is pleased with her team’s pre-season progress as the Cold Power Magic head to Auckland for this weekend’s ANZ Championship Pre-Season Shootout.
Paula Griffin is joining the Cold Power Magic squad for the upcoming ANZ Championship as a replacement for Casey Kopua who announced her pregnancy late last year. The goal shoot/attack has played 74 ANZ Championship games, including two stints with Mystics and Pulse, and a season with the Steel.
Under its Cold Power brand, multinational corporation Henkel will be adding its support to the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic as the team’s new principal sponsor.
Offsetting the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic’s pleasing first preseason hit out against the NSW Swifts on Wednesday night, is the news that Aisha Bower has sustained a tear to the articular cartilage of her right knee.
WBOP Magic and NSW Swifts Stars to entertain in Te Awamutu
Media Release 28 January 2016
Close connections between the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and New South Wales Swifts have paved the way for confirmation today of a preseason encounter between the two sides in Te Awamutu on Wednesday, 17 February at 6:00pm.
