Taini Jamison Trophy

The Taini Jamison Trophy series is an international netball series hosted by Netball New Zealand. The series traditionally features New Zealand playing a series of test matches against a visiting national team. The trophy is named in honour of Taini Jamison, the former New Zealand head coach. New Zealand won the inaugural 2008 series. A World 7, Jamaica and England have also been series winners. Other participants have included South Africa, Malawi, Fiji and Samoa. As New Zealand and Australia compete for the Constellation Cup, Australia does not compete for the Taini Jamison Trophy.

Taini Jamison Trophy

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series
Sport	Netball
First season	2008
Most recent champion(s)	New Zealand
Most titles	New Zealand (11 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand)

History

Taini Jamison

The trophy is named in honour of Taini Jamison, the former New Zealand head coach. Jamison coached New Zealand when they won the 1967 World Netball Championships. The trophy features a hammerhead shark pattern around the top and base of the trophy, with Taini Jamison's Rotorua Netball Māori motif front and centre.^[1][2][3] Prior to her death in 2023, Jamison regularly presented the trophy in person to the series winners.^[4][5][6]

Early tournaments

New Zealand won the inaugural 2008 series, defeating England 2–1.^[7] In 2009, New Zealand played a World 7 team coached by Julie Fitzgerald and captained by Natasha Chokljat. The World 7 won the series 2–1.^[8][9][10]

Controversies

In 2018, Jamaica won the series. During a full four team tournament, they twice defeated New Zealand, once in the preliminary rounds and again in the final.^{[11][12][13][14]} However, Netball New Zealand subsequently refused to allow Jamaica to take the actual trophy home, stating that "for insurance purposes... we can't really have it go offshore".^{[15][16][17][18]}

In 2022 complications with passports and visas saw the Jamaica team's arrival in New Zealand delayed. This resulted in the original test series been cancelled. It also saw Jamaica playing with a severely under strength team.^[19][20][21] Following an investigation, World Netball would later fine Netball Jamaica GBP £5,000 (NZD $9,800) for failing to fulfill the original fixtures planned for the series.^[22]

In 2023, before the series started, England faced criticism from Netball New Zealand and New Zealand head coach, Noeline Taurua, for selecting an understrength "B team".^{[23][24][25][26]} However they subsequently defeated New Zealand 55–54 in the opening test.^[27][28][29]

Series

Series	Winners	Result	Runners Up	Third	Fourth
2008[7]	New Zealand	2–1	England
2009[8][9][10]	World 7	2–1	New Zealand
2010[30][31][32]	New Zealand	2–0 (Note 1)	Jamaica	Samoa
2011[33][34]	New Zealand	2–0	England
2013[35][36]	New Zealand	3–0	Malawi
2014[37][38]	New Zealand	1–1 (Note 2)	England
2015[39][40][41]	New Zealand	2–0 (Note 3)	South Africa	Fiji
2016[42][43]	New Zealand	3–0	Jamaica
2017[4]	New Zealand	2–1	England
2018[11][12][13][14]	Jamaica	(Note 4)	New Zealand	Malawi	Fiji
2020[44][45]	New Zealand	3–0	England
2021[46][47]	England	2–1	New Zealand
2022[48][49]	New Zealand	2–0	Jamaica
2023[50][51][52][53]	New Zealand	2–1	England
2024[54][55][56]	England	2–1	New Zealand

Notes

• ^1 In 2010 the series featured three teams. However Samoa and Jamaica did not play each other.
• ^2 In 2014, New Zealand were declared series winners based on aggregate score.
• ^3 In 2015 the series featured three teams. However Fiji and South Africa did not play each other.
• ^4 The 2018 series was a full four team tournament.^[2]