Newsletter 1 2025

Is Your Team Ready? Are You In Netball Mode?

Tena koutou katoa, and welcome to another South Island Secondary School Netball experience. We are well underway with our planning for the 2025 SISS Netball Tournament. After having experienced a wonderful tournament in 2024 we are excited for the year ahead.

Please register your interest and intention by affiliating to the SISSNA and updating your key contact.

The 2025 Tournament will be played at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin with games starting on Monday 25th August. The AGM and Manager’s and Umpire’s Meetings will be held on Sunday 24th August at the Edgar Centre, Dunedin. The 2025 Tournament entry fee will be $500.00 per team due to all teams playing indoors.

We wish to remind you of the fee payment channels. The Affiliation and Entry Fees are paid to the SISS Netball Association Westpac Bank account number 03 1725 0040696 00. All payments for this tournament are now streamlined to this one account and an invoice will be generated on completion of registering for affiliation and entry into the tournament.

We would like to remind you that the SISS Netball Tournament is fully smokefree and vape-free both inside and outside of the venue and whenever you are with your team publicly.

Umpires

Umpires are a crucial element to the tournament’s success.

Each team is required to name an umpire to secure your entry.

After introducing it last year, umpires will cover games from their school for the first day, before being allocated to games for the remainder of the tournament. This will be review after the 2025 tournament, with feedback gathered via a survey.

1. All teams/schools are financially responsible for their named umpire 2. All teams/schools will be charged $800.00 if they do not provide an umpire.

Please work hard to organise a suitably qualified umpire with your local Netball Centre

NZ Secondary Schools Champs: 30 September - 3 October

Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua

Qualification for this event is via the SISS Netball tournament, where the top five teams from A Grade represent the South Island. As there is no official funding for teams to participate in this championship, SISSNA will again apply to the Lion Foundation for funding on the team’s behalf for accommodation support and make the bookings in Wellington, NNZ will provide a letter of support for the teams for their funding applications. SISSNA will make this available to all A Grade teams once it is received.