SHAKESPEARE ORTHODONTICS SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION
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SHAKESPEARE ORTHODONTICS
​​​​​​​SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION​​​​​​​        

The Shakespeare Orthodontics Secondary Schools Competition at held Auckland Netball, 7 Allison Ferguson Drive, draws secondary school teams from the greater Auckland region with Premier grades right through to Year 9. It is the largest school netball competition in New Zealand and teams benefit from competitive games across all grades.

KEY INFORMATION


SHAKESPEARE ORTHODONTICS
SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMP

Shakespeare Orthodontics Secondary Schools game days are Saturday mornings between 8:00am and 1:25pm.

Games are self-timed, 40 minutes in duration
(4x10 minute quarters).

Grades - Premier grades 1 & 2, Senior A – G, Year 10 A–G, and Year 9 A–H.

Premier grades - indoor courts
8:30am | 9:30am | 10:30am | 11:30am
Premier 1&2 are grades of 12 teams each.

All other grades - outdoor courts 
8:00am | 8:55am | 9:50am | 10:45am | 11:40am | 12:35pm

Games are centrally timed with no injury time. Grades consist of 2 sections of 5-6 teams.​​​​​​​

FORMS & ADDITIONAL INFO

Player & team officials registrations will be opened soon for schools using their Sporty ANC 2026 Netball Registration Form.

UMPIRING DETAILS

Umpires are provided for Premier 1&2 grades competition games only (not grading games) and the cost is built into the 2025 fees.

For all other grades, teams are responsible for umpiring their own games. As umpiring is the team’s responsibility, a team not supplying an umpire for their game will play short to enable one member of the team to umpire.

BOYS DAY OF NETBALL

This is opportunity to get the boys on court, to become familiar with the Rules of Netball while  playing against their peers, in preparation for 12-weeks of afterschool netball - see details below.

Date: Wednesday 29th April 2026

Time: Games commence 9.15am (rain or shine)

Grades: 
Boys Year 7&8
Boys Year 9&10
Boys Year 11-13

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BOYS MONDAY NETBALL

NEW Monday afterschool netball for Boys

Dates: 11 May to 24 August (12-weeks)
No play: 1 June - King's Birthday, 6 to 24 August school holidays

Grades: 
Boys Year 7&8
Boys Year 9&10
Boys Year 11-13

Games: 
4 x 10-minute quarters

Times:
4.30pm & 5.25pm (if required)​​​​​​​

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CONTACT DETAILS:

For more information please contact:
Anne Nicholson  | Games Liaison
games@aucklandnetball.co.nz