The 2011 ANZ Championship season was the fourth season of the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

. The 2011 season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 May. With a team coached by

Roselee Jencke Roselee Jencke is a former Australia netball international and netball coach. As a player, Jencke was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Netball Championships and the silver medals at the 1985 World Ga ...

, captained by

Lauren Nourse Lauren Nourse (born 10 August 1982) is a former Australia netball international. Between 2007 and 2011 she made 25 senior appearances for Australia. Nourse was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2007 World Netball Ch ...

and featuring

Romelda Aiken Romelda Aiken-George (néé Aiken) (born 19 November 1988) is a Jamaican netball player. Aiken debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 as a replacement for regular shooter Elaine Davis. The shooter rose to international prominence durin ...

Laura Geitz Laura Geitz (born 4 November 1987) is a former Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, ...

Clare McMeniman Clare McMeniman (born 11 July 1985), also known as Clare Ferguson, is a former Australia national netball team, Australia netball international. She List of Australia national netball team captains, captained Australia when they won the 2016 Ne ...

and Natalie Medhurst,

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in the C ...

finished the season undefeated. They became the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to go through the regular season and the playoffs without losing a single match. In the major semi-final, Firebirds defeated

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. Between 1999 and 2007, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, Magic have ...

and in the grand final they defeated

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

, winning their first premiership. This marked the beginning of a golden age for Firebirds. Between 2011 and

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, Jencke guided them to five grand finals and three premierships.

Transfers

;Notes * In

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Bianca Giteau Bianca Giteau (née Franklin) is a former Australian netball player. Giteau played with the Perth Orioles in 2002, the Canberra Darters from 2003 to 2005 and the Melbourne Kestrels in 2006 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She also played with ...

played for . * In

Donna Wilkins Donna Wilkins ( née Loffhagen) (born 29 April 1978 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand representative in netball and basketball. She married Southland farmer Mike Wilkins on 17 March 2007. Wilkins returned to the Southern Steel for t ...

played for .

Head coaches and captains

Pre-season

;Tournaments ;Notes * Other participants included , , * Other participants in Queenstown included and ;Matches

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was ...

and

played a series of five-quarter matches.

Regular season

In order to be concluded before the 2011 World Netball Championships, the regular season used a more condensed format. It still featured 65 games, but included several new features including three "double rounds" which featured seven or eight matches, rather than the traditional four or five. The "bye" rounds were dropped and Thursday night matches were introduced for five of the regular rounds.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7: ''Rivalry Round''

Round 7 featured five

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verses

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matches. Goals scored by Australian and New Zealand teams were added together and the country with the most goals won the Rivalry Round Trophy. Australia won the 2011 Rivalry Round with an aggregate score of 263–239 over New Zealand.

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

;Notes * The Round 3 match between

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championsh ...

and

was due to be played on 27 February. However it was postponed due to the

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. The match was rescheduled for 7 April. * The Round 4 match between

and

was originally scheduled to be played in

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. However following the

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, the match was moved to

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. It was still regarded as a "home" match for Tactix.

Final table

Playoffs

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Minor semifinal

Major semifinal

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Preliminary final

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Grand final

Season statistics

Award winners

ANZ Championship Most Valuable Player

Best Young Player

All Star Team

Australian Netball Awards

Gallery

File:Tactix -7-April-15-cropped-01.jpg, 7 April 2011,

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45–58

References

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