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2002 - 03

The Southerners Team commenced the 2002/2003 season in spectacular potential winning fashion – however, no mater how many tall leggy champagne swilling blondes that the team managed to recruit – the team had an unfortunate run of luck towards the end of the season due to injuries, weddings, relocations and pregnancies. It was still an enjoyable season and it was extremely sad to see so many of our players – Deidre, Emma S, Anita and Mary-Ann leave Bangkok. Great effort from Annie, Tania, Belinda, Becs, Deidre and Brigit who saw out the entire season. Emma P started the season as Captain but only played a few games until her stomach grew too large – Tania took over the captaincy and did a great job (especially whilst she was overseas getting married!). Karen P and Ingrid joined towards the end of the season as our numbers began to deplete – their contribution was greatly appreciated. INAUGURAL THAI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 Thailand held its inaugural National Championships in September 2003. 12 teams participated including the Singapore u21 Side. The Bangkok Netball League entered two teams – the rest of the teams were formed from Thailand universities and PE colleges. The BNL Allsorts contained a number of current Southerners players – Kristina Zanic, Brigit McCormack, Emma Perry and Jacqui Hale. The BNL Allsorts surprised themselves by beating the Singapore U21 side and making the Grand Final. The BNL Allsorts came a valiant second in the Grand Final and received a 10,000 baht prize which was donated to the Bangkok Netball League in order that a Thai team could play in the upcoming season.

2003 - 04

The 2003/2004 was a very successful season for the Crown Southerners Netball Team. We won the Bangkok Netball League Regular Season, the Bangkok Netball League 5 a side tournament, and an Invitational Asian Netball Tournament. We were runners up against the Thai National Team in the Thailand National Tournament. For the first time the Bangkok Netball League competition was held at the New International School of Thailand in Sukhumvit Soi 15 on Monday nights. 2ND THAI NATIONAL TOURNAMENT 2004 A full Southerners team entered the 2nd National Tournament. The team played well in all of the pool lead up games to the final, comfortable winners in all matches except the one against the Thai National Team. After losing all of our reserves through the pool games to injury and holidays (?), the magnificent seven had a great win in the semi final against the eventual third place getters after a woeful and wobbly start we managed to have a strong win at the finish. That put us up against the Thai National Team once again for the Grand Final. The magnificent seven were extremely grateful that Rachael Wheaton and Kiri Grimwood were able to assist us in the grand final against Singha (sad to see no free beer from the sponsor). The very physical encounter with notable and interesting umpiring decisions was probably not the ideal showpiece for the Thai Netball Association’s marketing theme “Netball – the uncontact sport”, but an interesting game to play and watch all the same. After a well fought game, Southerners went down to the Thai National Team. A great effort considering we were beaten by a team that has been in intensive training camps and played for the country at international tournaments whereas we have yet to hold a practice and are almost twice their age! Results of Tournament: Crown Southerners Netball Results for 2nd Thai National Tournament 1: Southerners vs Suphanburi PE College: Won 47:22 Team: Emma, Rachael, Kristina, Carol, Nicole, Maxine, Alex, Tania, Jo Turner 2: Southerners vs Chaiyapoom PE College: Won 56:2 Team: Emma, Rachel, Kristina, Carol, Nicole, Maxine, Alex, Tania 3: Southerners vs Udornthani Pe college: Won 67:4 Team: Emma, Rachael, Kristina, Carol, Nicole, Maxine, Alex, Tania 4: Southerners vs Singha ( Thai National Team) : Lost 32:29 Team: Emma. Rachael, Kristina, Carol, Nicole, maxine, Alex, Tania, Jo 5: Semi Final Southerners vs Srinakharinwirot University: Won 39:31 Team: Emma, Rachael, Nicole, Maxine, Alex, Tania, Jo 6: Final Southerners vs Singha: Lost: 50: 34 Team: Emma, Rachael, Nicole, Maxine, Alex, Tania, Jo, Kiri, Rachael W

2004 - 05

For this season Southerners entered two teams – Crown Southerners and Londoners Southerners. For the first half of the Bangkok Netball League both teams were looking very strong placing 1st and 3rd respectively. However, unfortunately the Londoners Southerners team fell apart after the Christmas break – a combination of pregnancies, relocations and injuries. The Crown Southerners team won the Bangkok Netball League. SOUTHERNERS NETBALL VERSUS SOUTHERNERS RUGBY MIXED MATCH 2004 For the first time in 2004 the cock sure Southerners Rugby guys challenged the Southerners netball girls to a Netball Match. After some initial sledging and bet taking, the boys knuckled down and learnt the rules, tactics and team selection via email. On the day, the netball girls won out after a very physical encounter with a lot of back-chat to the umpire.

2005 - 06

Yet again, Southerners have tried to field two teams, and after a shaky start, it looks to be working. Both teams have a flush of new players with only a handful of the old teams left in Bangkok. The early season Thai National Tournament has meant that the Southerners A team has gelled early on and are now top of the ladder. Special thanks goes to Libby Elms, who has managed to turn around the phantom Southerners B team to be flush with great players. After a shaky start Southerners B are now placed 10th on the ladder, but we are expecting great things! BANGKOK NETBALL INTERNATION TOURNAMENT Southerners entered one team, mostly Southerners A – Seonaid, Kristina, Steph, Nicole, Kerry & Gill but also Sarah, Alex and Nardia – special thanks guys for helping us out. We were placed in the North Pool and on scanning the draw we realized we had to play Hong Kong Football Club B and the Thai National Team first up. Nicole gave the team a good pep talk and everyone pulled together well to win both games very confidently. This as the first time we had beaten the Thai National Team with our current players – so we were over the moon. Then we got a little complacent and had too big a break for lunch and just managed to scrape through with two wins to the lower teams in the draw, but not without giving the Captain and supporters heart attacks on the side line! The semis saw us line up against Hong Kong Football A, beating them confidently. That saw us go into the final against the Thai National Team. After getting 5 or 6 points up at the beginning of the game, we seamed to lose our steam against the much younger, fitter and well rested Thai National Team losing the games by about 5 points. But well done girls Runners Up is great! Notable Mentions – • Kristina, once again thank you for being such a tall shooter in the circle and soldiering on with your knee strapped up! • Nadia, who came to play with us just for the tournament – so passionate about intercepting passes she was throwing herself all around the court. • Kerry, for her tireless stints at centre • Gill – for her solid “I don’t care how much you contact me I ma going to get the ball” mentality Alex and Seonaid for keeping us entertained!