In a huge coup for Waikato Bay of Plenty netball, effectively the entire 2015 New Zealand Conference winning Kia Magic squad will return for next year’s ANZ Championship. The only difference sees defender Jo Trip heading on an OE. All the rest of this year’s squad, which featured 13 players due to Casey Kopua’s injury rehabilitation, will be back in 2016.
Kia Magic are determined their ANZ Championship Semi-Final opponents know they’re in mooloo country when they arrive at Claudelands Arena on Sunday evening.
Young Kia Magic shooter Malia Paseka is relishing the opportunity of playing alongside shooting partner Joanne Harten in the cauldron that is Finals Netball.
Kia Magic co-captain Casey Kopua is back and on a high after playing four quarters in the NZ Conference Final earlier this week against the SKYCITY Mystics.
The Kia Magic defeating the SKYCITY Mystics 57-54 in Auckland was the dream scenario for the Waikato Bay of Plenty team in what has been a physically and mentally exhausting few days.
The Kia Magic are the inaugural ANZ Championship New Zealand Conference champions after defeating the SKYCITY Mystics, 57-54, in Auckland on Monday night.
Kia Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic posted a thrilling extra time 71-69 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Hamilton on Saturday in the NZ Conference Elimination Final.
