Taini Jamison Trophy

The Taini Jamison Trophy is an international netball tournament hosted in New Zealand by the Netball New Zealand organisation. The trophy is contested by the New Zealand national team and at least one touring national team each year. Consequently the format for the competition can vary on a yearly basis.

Taini Jamison Trophy

Sport	Netball
Inaugural season	2008
No. of teams	2-4
Most recent champion(s)	Jamaica (1st title)
Most titles	New Zealand (8 titles)
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand)

History

The Taini Jamison Trophy was introduced in 2008 to mark instances when any netballing nation, other than Australia, plays the Silver Ferns on New Zealand soil.[1] When New Zealand and Australia meet in non-World Cup or Commonwealth Games fixtures, the two nations play-off for the Constellation Cup. Since the inaugural series in 2008, most of the leading nations outside Australia have competed for the Taini Jamison Trophy, including England, Jamaica, South Africa, Malawi, Fiji and Samoa.[1] Notably in 2018, after Jamaica won for the first time in the series, Netball New Zealand refused to allow the Jamaicans to travel home with the actual trophy, stating that "for insurance purposes and its ongoing value in the history of New Zealand, we can't really have it go offshore".[2] The trophy was not contested in 2012.

The trophy is named in honour of Taini Jamison, who is one of the most successful Silver Ferns coaches in history with a 90 per cent winning record. As coach of New Zealand from 1967-1971, Jamison was the first woman to coach a New Zealand team to victory in a Netball World Cup, specifically in 1967.[1]

Results

Year	Opponent(s)	Results	Winner	Ref
2008	England	M1: NZ 65-26 ENG M2: NZ 38-40 ENG M3: NZ 61-22 ENG	New Zealand (2-1)	[3]
2009	World 7	M1: NZ 44-48 WRD M2: NZ 44-53 WRD M3: NZ 46-41 WRD	World (2-1)^1	[3]
2010	Jamaica  Samoa	M1: NZ 92-28 SAM M2: NZ 58-35 JAM M3: NZ 62-40 JAM	New Zealand	[3]
2011	England	M1: NZ 62-40 ENG M2: NZ 53-32 ENG	New Zealand (2-0)	[3]
2013	Malawi	M1: NZ 70-32 MAW M2: NZ 68-49 MAW M3: NZ 72-39 MAW	New Zealand (3-0)	[3]
2014	England	M1: NZ 38-42 ENG M2: NZ 52-38 ENG	New Zealand (1-1)^2	[3]
2015	South Africa  Fiji	M1: NZ 91-31 FIJ M2: NZ 68-44 RSA M3: NZ 67-28 RSA	New Zealand	[4]
2016	Jamaica	M1: NZ 72-34 JAM M2: NZ 61-38 JAM M3: NZ 66-38 JAM	New Zealand (3-0)	[3]
2017	England	M1: NZ 62-55 ENG M2: NZ 46-49 ENG M3: NZ 62-55 ENG	New Zealand (2-1)	[3]
2018	Jamaica  Malawi  Fiji	R1: NZ 75-42 MAW / JAM 83-38 FIJ R2: NZ 51-59 JAM / MAW 67-52 FIJ R3: NZ 88-27 FIJ / JAM 66-55 MAW Final: JAM 59-53 NZ	Jamaica	[5] [6] [7] [8]

• ¹ World 7 was an all-star team made up of predominantly Jamaican, English and Australian players.[9]
• ² New Zealand retained the trophy on account of their superior goal difference.[10]
• Click here for a full list of New Zealand results since 1938

References

1. "The Taini Jamison Trophy and the icon behind the name". Netball New Zealand. 16 September 2016.
2. "Netball New Zealand keeping hold of Taini Jamison Trophy despite series defeat". Stuff.co.nz. 25 April 2018.
3. "NZ List of Results". Netball New Zealand.
4. "World Cup warmup tests – NZ v Fiji & SA in Taini Jamison". Netball Scoop Forum (Archive). 1 August 2018.
5. "Dominant win for Silver Ferns in Tain Jamison Trophy opener". Netball New Zealand. 21 March 2018. Click here for Round 1 results
6. "Spirited Jamaica Sunshine Girls notch win over Silver Ferns". Netball New Zealand. 22 March 2018. Click here for Round 2 results
7. "Silver Ferns set up rematch with Jamaica after big win over Fiji Pearls". Netball New Zealand. 23 March 2018. Click here for Round 3 results
8. "Jamaica fend off gallant Silver Ferns to win Taini Jamison Trophy". Netball New Zealand. 24 March 2018. Click here for Final and 3rd/4th playoff results
9. "Fitzgerald to coach World 7 Team". Netball Scoop Forum (Archive). 26 June 2009.
10. "Silver Ferns Return to Winning Ways in Style". Netball New Zealand. 31 October 2014.

External links

• Taini Jamison Profile – Netball New Zealand YouTube page