At this time New Zealand remains in Alert Level 4. Given the uncertainty of a drop in alert levels and the timing of our current scheduled competitions we have made some decisions on postponement and cancellations based around the safety of our members and staff.

As of Thursday 19 August please be advised of the following changes to our Dunedin Netball competitions and programmes:

• Thursday 19 August – Y7&8 Competition – CANCELLED
• Saturday 21 August – Premier/Senior Finals – POSTPONED
• Saturday 21 August – Secondary Schools Semis – CANCELLED
• Sunday 22 August – Y7&8 Development Tournament Balclutha – POSTPONED
• Tuesday 24 August – Y1-6 Netball Final Fun Day – CANCELLED
• Thursday 26 August – Y7&8 Competition – TBC
• Saturday 28 August – Premier/Senior Finals tentative reschedule date – TBC
• Saturday 28 August – Secondary Schools Finals – TBC

Cancellations:

These competitions and programmes have been cancelled and there will be no rescheduled or postponement dates. To ensure clarity this means:

• Y7&8 – Games scheduled for today are cancelled
• Secondary School Semis – Games scheduled for Saturday 21 August are cancelled and will not be played
• Y1-6 Junior Netball Final Fun Day – Games are cancelled and will not be played. The last day of netball for Y1-6 was played on Tuesday 17 August and the Dunedin Netball season has ended for this age group.
• ALL team trainings – are cancelled until further notice

Postponements:

These competitions and programmes have been postponed. More information will follow after government announcements and an update to members will be made on Monday 23 August.

Information to date:

• Premier/Senior Finals – All games scheduled for this Saturday 21 August are postponed. We are tentatively looking at a reschedule date of Saturday August 28^th for SOME Premier and Senior Final games. This will depend on government announcements and a change to at least Alert Level 2 in our region next week. This is also dependent on court and official availability. At this stage we are looking to only play 1v2 and 7v8 games in all Premier and Senior grades with the exception of Senior 4, where 3 key games could be played.
• Y7&8 Development Tournament Balclutha (22 August) – while an official decision is yet to be made by South Otago Netball Centre, Dunedin Netball have made the decision that teams will not travel to Balclutha this Sunday. We will await a decision on whether a postponement date can be arranged.

Updates to come:

• Secondary School Finals (28 August) – As semi final games have been cancelled this weekend we are looking at options of holding Secondary School finals in the following format: 1v2, 3v4, 5v6. This will depend on government announcements and a change to at least Alert Level 2 in our region next week. It may not be possible to hold all games for all grades.
• Y7&8 – Today’s competition is cancelled but the last scheduled round robin games due to be played today may be rescheduled on Thursday 26 August. This will depend on government announcements and a change to at least Alert Level 2 in our region next week.
• Netball South Year 7 & 8 Primary Schools Festival (24 August) – A decision will be made after the government announcement on Friday on the status of this event.
• Netball South Year 5 & 6 Primary Schools Festival (25 August) – A decision will be made after the government announcement on Friday on the status of this event.

Article added: Thursday 19 August 2021