Mainland Tactix

Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, New Zealand. 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 Championship. Between 2008 and 2012 they were known as Canterbury Tactix. However, after Netball Mainland was established in October 2012, the team subsequently adopted their current name. Netball Mainland is the governing body that represents the South Island regions of Canterbury, West Coast, Nelson and Marlborough. Since 2017, Tactix have represented Netball Mainland in the ANZ Premiership. During the ANZ Championship era, Tactix won just 20 of their 114 games and never featured in a finals series. However, during the ANZ Premiership era they emerged as challengers. They were grand finalists in both 2020 and 2021. In 2025, the Tactix won their first Premiership.^[1]

Mainland Tactix

Founded	2008
Based in	Christchurch
Regions	Canterbury West Coast Nelson Region Marlborough Region
Home venue	Wolfbrook Arena
Head coach	Donna Wilkins
Captain	Erikana Pedersen
Vice-captain	Karin Burger
League	ANZ Premiership
Website	tactixnetball.co.nz
Uniform Uniform

History

Canterbury Flames

Main article: Canterbury Flames

Between 1997 and 2007, Canterbury Flames, competed in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. In 2008, when the National Bank Cup was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Canterbury Flames were rebranded as Canterbury Tactix.^[2][3]

ANZ Championship

Between 2008 and 2016, Tactix played in the ANZ Championship.^[4] Helen Mahon-Stroud became the first Tactix head coach and Julie Seymour became their first captain.^[3] Netball Mainland was established in October 2012 and Canterbury Tactix subsequently became Mainland Tactix.^[5] During their nine seasons in the ANZ Championship, Tactix won just 20 of their 114 games, never winning more than five games in a season and never featuring in a finals series.^[6][7]

Regular season statistics

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
2008[8][9]	8th	5	0	8
2009[10]	6th	5	0	8
2010[11]	10th	1	0	12
2011[12]	10th	1	0	12
2012	10th	2	0	11
2013[5][13]	9th	2	0	11
2014[14][15]	10th	1	0	12
2015[16][17][18]	10th	1	0	12
2016[19][20]	8th	2	1	10

Source:^[4]

ANZ Premiership

Since 2017, Tactix have played in the ANZ Premiership.^[4][21] They were runners up in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.^[22][23] In 2020 and 2021, with a team coached by Marianna Delaney-Hoshek and captained by Jane Watson, Tactix played in two successive grand finals but were defeated both times by the Central Pulse and the Northern Mystics.^{[24][25][26][27][28]} In 2024, the Tactix finished second after the regular season, but lost in the elimination final to eventual champions Northern Mystics.^[29] The Tactix won their first ANZ Premiership after defeating the Northern Mystics 58–46 in the 2025 Grand Final in Auckland.^[30][31]

Regular season statistics

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
2017[32][33]	6th	2	0	13
2018[34][35]	3rd	7	0	8
2019[36][37][38]	5th	5	0	10
2020[39]	2nd	9	2	4
2021[40]	3rd	9	0	6
2022[41]	6th	5	0	10
2023[42]	4th	9	0	6
2024[43]	2nd	11	0	4
2025[44]	2nd	7	0	3

  Premiership
  Runners Up

Grand finals

ANZ Premiership

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2020[45][46][47]	Central Pulse	43–31	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
2021[48][49][50]	Northern Mystics	61–59	Mainland Tactix	Spark Arena
2025[51][52][1]	Mainland Tactix	58–46	Northern Mystics	The Trusts Arena

Netball New Zealand Super Club

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2018[22][23][53]	Central Pulse	61–56	Mainland Tactix	Trafalgar Centre

Home venues

	Years	City
Wolfbrook Arena[54][55]	2008–	Christchurch
Trafalgar Centre[54]	2012–	Nelson
Cowles Stadium[55]	2022–	Christchurch
Mainpower Stadium[56]	2023–	Rangiora

Notable players

2025 squad

2025 Mainland Tactix roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Jane Watson GD, GK (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 35) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Charli Fidler GD, GK (2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 22) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Karin Burger (vc) WD, GD, GK (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 32) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Paris Lokotui WD, GD (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 23) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Holly Mather C, WD (2001-04-06) 6 April 2001 (age 24) – Erikana Pedersen (c) WA, C, WD (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 31) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Parris Petera WA, C (2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 (age 22) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 33) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Martina Salmon GS, GA 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Ellie Bird GS (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 32) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Head coach Donna Wilkins Assistant coach Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit Manager: Carolyn Corbett Physiotherapist: Alana Malcolm Strength and conditioning: Mark Drury Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 28 June 2025

Internationals

 New Zealand

Maree Bowden Jodi Brown Karin Burger Aliyah Dunn Temalisi Fakahokotau Anna Galvan

Ellen Halpenny Bailey Mes Angela Mitchell Erikana Pedersen Kimiora Poi Te Paea Selby-Rickit

Julie Seymour Anna Thompson Malia Vaka Jane Watson Donna Wilkins Larrissa Willcox

 New Zealand Fast5

• Charlotte Kight
• Jessica Moulds

 Australia

• Kate Beveridge
• Demelza Fellowes
• Chelsea Pitman

 England

Jade Clarke Kadeen Corbin Rachel Dunn Stacey Francis

Joanne Harten Sonia Mkoloma Chelsea Pitman Laura Malcolm

 Fiji

• Kelera Nawai

 Hong Kong

• Victoria Smith

 Jamaica

• Kasey Evering

 Malawi

• Mwai Kumwenda

 Samoa

• Julianna Naoupu

 Tonga

• Vika Koloto

Source:^[34]

Captains

	Years
Julie Seymour[3][57][58][59]	2008–2009
Maree Bowden[60][61]	2010–2012
Donna Wilkins[61]	2011
Anna Thompson[5][16][19][62]	2013–2016
Jess Moulds[34][63][64][65][66][67]	2017–2018
Jane Watson[34][68][69][70]	2018–2020
Kimiora Poi[69][70][71]	2021–2024
Erikana Pedersen[72]	2025–Present

Source:^[4]

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

ANZ Championship Best New Talent

Season	Player
2014[15][73]	Mwai Kumwenda

New Zealand Netball Awards

ANZ Premiership Player of the Year

Season	Winner
2020[74]	Jane Watson
2021[75][76]	Karin Burger

Source:^[77]

Coaches

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Helen Mahon-Stroud[3][59][78]	2007–2011
Leigh Gibbs[5][14]	2012–2014
Sue Hawkins[16][19][79]	2014–2017
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek[80][81]	2017–2024
Donna Wilkins[82]	2025–Present

Source:^[4][34]

Assistant coaches

Coach	Years
Julie Seymour	2008–2014
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek	2015–2017
Julie Seymour	2018–2021
Tania Hoffman[83][84]	2022–2023
Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit[85][86]	2024–Present

Source:^[34]

Main sponsors

Sponsors	Seasons
Skope[3]	2008
Mercury Energy[87][88][89][90]	2009–2011
Easiyo[5][14][15][91][92]	2012–2014
Silvermoon[32][34]	2017–2018
The Good Oil[38][93]	2019–2021
Trident Homes[94]	2022–2024

Reserve team

Since 2016, Netball Mainland have entered a team in the National Netball League. They are effectively the reserve team of the Mainland Tactix.^[95] In 2025, the team won their first National Netball League title after defeating the Central Manawa 48–44 in the final.^[96]

Honours

• ANZ Premiership
  • Winners: 2025
  • Runners Up: 2020, 2021
• Netball New Zealand Super Club
  • Runners Up: 2018