Netball
Netball Central zone is up and running.
What was labelled a Grand Launch was held in Palmerston North last Sunday and features included the introduction of the zone's inaugural under-23 side and their new logo.
The area covered by Netball Centre is huge, with a player base of more than 40,000, and stretches from Hawke's Bay in the east, Taranaki in the west, Wellington (including Wairarapa) in the south and has Manawatu at its centre.
It is one of five new zones created by Netball New Zealand as part of a new structure for the game with the main objective of aligning the grassroots game with the five professional netball franchises.