Whanganui under-17 netball team coach Lisa Murphy said it was an "absolutely wonderful" performance from her squad that finished seventh in the Netball New Zealand Under-17 Championships.
The competition finished in Palmerston North yesterday, where Whanganui started the day with a 36-29 loss to Auckland 2 and ended their campaign by defeating Taranaki 33-32.
The team finished 11 places higher than they did in 2017.
"Four of our girls were here then, so we had that experience, but we also had a combination that have played together a few times and they gelled better and better each game," Murphy said.
Her standout of the tournament was wing defence Teagan Tapa.
