2002 Southern Sting season
# 2002 Southern Sting season

The 2002 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 2002 National Bank Cup league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton, captained by Bernice Mene and featuring Reinga Bloxham, Tania Dalton, Adine Harper, Donna Loffhagen and Lesley Nicol, Sting won their fourth league title. Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. In the semi-final, they defeated Capital Shakers 68–49. In the grand final, they defeated Canterbury Flames 54–48.

## Players

### Player movements

Gains and losses :

| Gains | Losses |
| - | - |
| Tania Dalton Debbie Munro Wendy Telfer Kylie Young | Rachel Gill Leana du Plooy (Capital Shakers) Janine Topia |

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### 2002 roster

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## Stats

Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. Their dominance was such that Tania Dalton and Donna Loffhagen had the best attacking record of 490 goals for and Bernice Mene and Megan Hutton had the best defensive record of 327 against.

## Regular season

### Fixtures and results

**Round 2**

Southern Sting received a bye.

**Round 3**

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**Round 9**

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## Finals series

### Semi-final

| 2 June | Report | Southern Sting | 68–49 | Capital Shakers | Stadium Southland |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Grand final

| 8 June | Southern Sting | 54–48 | Canterbury Flames | Stadium Southland Attendance: 4,000 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stadium Southland Attendance: 4,000 |||

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