Under 23's

2014 Trials

Selectors including Kia magic Coach Julie Fitzgerald and WBOP U23 Coach mary Jane Araroa will select a squad to defend the 2013 Under 23 Championship title.

Open Trials

Wednesday 2 April - ASB Arena Tauranga (5:30pm-8pm)Sunday 6 April - Cambridge High School (1pm - 4pm)

Eligibility

Players that are 19-22 years old as at 1 January 2014

Squad Training

Monday - Aquinas College (6pm -8pm)
Wednesday - St Peter's Cambridge (6pm-8pm)

NZU23 Age Group Championship

Sunday 6 July - Friday 11 July 2014, Edgar Centre, Dunedin

Netball New Zealand National Under-23 Championships 2014

Objectives:

• To provide a competitive playing opportunity leading to a higher level of preparation for players, coaches and officials leading to the ANZ Championship and international level.
• Leading to greater improvement and consistency in performance at ANZ Championship level.
• Establish and embed High Performance Principles;
  - Training
  - Preparation
  - Performance
  - Pressure
• Provide a Competitive environment / structure
• Clearly differentiate the High Performance Pathway vs. Participation Pathway

Format

2014 –

• Four days – Monday to Thursday
• Round Robin – 4/5 games
  - Two games may be played on one day with minimum 4.15 recovery between end of one game and the start of the next match.
  - End of Round robin teams are ranked 1 to 5 or 6
• Final play-offs
  - 1 v 2
  - 3 v 4] or variation of 4 v 5 – winner v 3
  - 5 v 6]
• Total of 5 to 6 games

Entries

• One per Zone
  - Northern/WBOP/Central/Mainland/South
• NNZ to investigate an invitation team from e.g. Australia/Oceania to attend
• Total of 5 or 6 teams

Guidelines

Team Selection –

• Age group for selection for the U23 teams is:
  - over 19 and Under 23
  - Each team may have two age exemptions;  Up to two players may be either/or Under 19 or Over 23 (as at the 1^st January in the year of the competition)
• Note: Each Zone is responsible for determining the use of the exemptions for their team. However, the guiding principle is to use these for players that meet the criteria of developing elite.
• Exemptions must be advised to NNZ in advance and noted on the official team list.

ANZC players –

• Players contracted to an ANZC team are to play for the Zone U23 team that aligns with the ANZC team to which they are contracted
  - However it should be noted that – ANZC players are not contracted to play U23 and may elect not to play in this competition or;
  - If they are U19 they may elect to return to their Primary Centre and play in the U19 team –regardless of whether it is aligned to their ANZC team.
• All ANZC players under 23 and over 19 are eligible for selection –
  - Except if a player is a member of the Silver Ferns Squad for 2013/14

Selection Criteria and Processes

• Zones may determine their own trial/selection/development squad processes for the selection of their teams.
• NNZ HP Selectors are available and willing to support Zones in this process.

Naming of the Zone U23 Team

• NNZ will require the naming of the Team (that is up to 12 players) by Wednesday 25^th June 2014.