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March 6th 2010 08:35
The pre-season tournament for seven out of the 10 ANZ Championship teams is now in progress but with little information. With only some coverage on the Netball NSW website, it is difficult to ascertain who is playing in each game, how long the games are going for, how is the winner announced etc.
The tournament concludes tomorrow and with only two weeks to go before the start of the ANZ Championship, it's a pity that the coverage is so poor. With so many changes to teams, it would be exciting to see how they are playing with each other before the ANZ Championship starts.
It seems Netball NSW, the hosts of the event, are only concerned about Sydney residents and the fortunate people who can catch a plane or drive to the venue at the last minute to see all the action.

There seems to be some major upsets at the moment with 2009 Premiers Melbourne Vixens coming second last in the tournament. But are their senior squad members playing or is it mainly all the young guns having a chance to get some court time before the ANZ Championship starts? Or is this a start to a poor season for the Vixens? I really hope not.
The Adelaide Thunderbirds have also had a poor start in the SOPA Cup in fifth spot at the moment, could this be due to the loss of GA Natalie Medhurst? The Queensland Firebirds are on top of the ladder, could this be due to the addition of Medhurst into the line-up or maybe the change in coach? Who knows because there's no bloody coverage. That's right, this is a women's sport and supposedly not deserving a timeslot on television. More interesting sports news is Tiger Woods' sex life. That's sport isn't it.
It is so unbelievable. Times like this I HATE being an Australian. Kiwis support their netballers just AS MUCH as their footballers. Why are Australians so bloody sexist?
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SOPA Cup

March 3rd 2010 11:21
The three-day SOPA Cup starts this Friday with Swifts vs Vixens and Firebirds vs Thunderbirds. These two games are sure to be exciting and a great lead-in to the ANZ Championship later this month.
Once again, the coverage of this event has been poor. Here it is Wednesday night, and there's been little news about the event. On the Netball Australia and Netball NSW websites there is only limited details published.
How many games will be played? Who is playing Saturday? Who is playing Sunday? What is the format of the competition? Who is playing? What is the SOPA Cup? What does it stand for? Will it be televised live on Channel 10 or One? When is the final? What's the latest news on the injured senior squad members of the Australian Netball Diamonds? Will they be playing in their respective teams this weekend?

I'm a huge netball fan and want to be able to plan my weekend around the netball. If I had notice I would have taken holidays to attend the SOPA Cup. Yet days out and I still don't know if I can watch the games on t.v.
What do we have to do to find out information on this pre-season tournament?
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Who won??

February 14th 2010 12:23
An Australian team played in an international series today but the result of the game is nowhere to be found; there's no news coverage, it wasn't televised and the result is not even on the Netball Australia website. They want us to support netball but make it extremely difficult to do so.
The Australian Netball Diamonds played the first of two games today against Scotland. Anyone knows who won? What was the score? Any injuries? Who were the team members? What was the quarter by quarter statistics?
A very frustrating netball fan.
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Only Days Away

February 10th 2010 12:21
The Australian Netball Diamonds/Scotland series starts this Sunday with the last game scheduled for next Tuesday.
I wonder how our Australian netballers are preparing for this international series, are there anymore injuries?
Will it be covered at all on our national news or do we just have to hope that Netball Australia puts a report on their internet site


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Diamonds/Scotland Clash

February 7th 2010 05:35
One lousy week to go until the World Number One, Australian Netball Diamonds, take on Scotland and yet there will be no television coverage of this match or the February 16 game.
It's no mean feat to be number in the world but this obviously doesn't mean much to Australian television broadcasters.
It's a big year in netball, with the third ANZ Championship, international test series against Scotland, England and Jamaica and the 2010 Commonwealth Games


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Finally some news

February 3rd 2010 11:51
With only days to go, finally there has been an announcement on the broadcasting schedule for the Australian Netball Diamonds vs England Test matches.
Unfortunately, it seems the Diamonds vs Scotland Test series is not worth broadcasting.
I must say that at least Channel 10 are finally broadcasting the Australia vs England games live. It's a pity it's once again in the early hours of the morning but we must appreciate they are live games being played in England


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Wake up to yourselves

January 23rd 2010 08:29
Netball Australia announced on Thursday the SOPA Cup, which will involve all of the Australian ANZ Championship teams and two New Zealand teams. This is a pre-tournament and a great way to see top quality netball players in action on the one weekend.
It is disappointing though that organsiers don't give workers an opportunity to attend the event. I, for one, would absolutely love to go, but with only finding out on Thursday, it is impossible for me to request holidays in time for the tournament on March 5, 6 and 7.
A lot of employees need to request their holidays 12 months in advance. Why are netball events normally only announced maybe a month or two before? If I had known the dates of the SOPA Cup in November, I would have been able to convince my employer to grant permission for my holidays during this time because it would have given them a few months to find a replacement for me


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Where's the news

January 20th 2010 09:28
With just over three weeks to go before the Australian Netball Diamonds take on Scotland in a two-game series followed by three matches against England, there is still very little news.
The main questions are will all the games be broadcasted on Channel 10 or One and if so what time or is it going to be another case that if we are lucky that Channel 10 or One consider these international games worthy of being broadcasted that they will be shown at a ridiculous late hour?
This country needs to lift the profile of netball and get behind our highly talented netballers. Netball is considered as the second top sport in New Zealand, just behind rugy. Yet New Zealand are not world number one, Australia is, and we are a lot bigger country than New Zealand. So why is Australia so far behind the times? We still don't have professional netballers because of the low amount our great netballers get paid. They work just as hard as other professional sportsman and women, yet just because they are netballers, they don't earn anywhere near the amount that other athletes do


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Diamonds to take on England

January 18th 2010 10:47
England showed they are a developing netball side at the World Netball Series in Machester last year.
Normally in the top three or four in the world, England took it to the world superpowers of netball, Australia (Number 1) and New Zealand (Number 2), in the round robin competition of the World Netball Series.
However, they were unable to continue their winning form in the finals


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Scotland here we come

January 17th 2010 04:54
After 22 years, the Australian netball team will travel to Scotland to play a two-game series in February. The Aussies have won every one of their 13 games against the world number 13, but this year, the games are set to be more competitive with five Australian senior squad members including captain Sharelle McMahon, Julie Corletto, Catherine Cox, Susan Fuhrmann and Lauren Nourse all unable to play.
This is obviously a concern with the Commonwealth Games just around the corner. Four of the five squad members are in rehabilitation. And people reckon netball is not a tough sport!
At least the Australian Netball Diamonds have depth in their bench, allowing the younger Diamonds to step up and get Australia over the line on February 14 and 16


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