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New Zealand Indoor Sports Incorporated (NZISI) is the governing
body acting in the best interests of those participating in both Indoor Cricket
and Indoor Netball in New Zealand.
Indoor Cricket and Indoor Netball are played in 33 indoor
sports arenas around New Zealand.
There are 11 arenas in Auckland, 2 in Hamilton, 1 in Mount Maunganui, 1 in
Napier, 1 in New Plymouth, 2 in Palmerston North, 1 in Porirua, 4 in
Wellington, 1 in Nelson, 1 in Blenheim, 5 in Christchurch, 1 in Rangiora, 1 in
Timaru and 1 in Dunedin.
Both sports are played on a social level which then can lead onto representing
the local arena in one of three Regional Superleagues.
This means that players are selected by their respective clubs to represent
their arena to play against clubs based at other arenas within their own
region.
New Zealand Indoor Sport has been divided geographically into
3 regions as follows :
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Northern Region: From Taupo to the very top
of the North Island
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Central Region: The rest of the North Island
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Southern Region: The South Island.
Superleagues for both sports are organised and governed by the
individual regions and played between clubs, generally on a home and away basis
at the different arenas based in that region.
Superleague Indoor Cricket is played between May and September and Superleague
Indoor Netball is played between October and March.
The final event for Indoor Cricket and Indoor Netball clubs are Club Nationals
where clubs representing their arenas from around New Zealand challenge for the
title of club Champions.
The venue for these events is nominated by New Zealand Indoor Sports and
allocated to each of the regions on a rotational basis.
From these Superleagues, each region will select their Regional representative
teams to participate at New Zealand Tri-Series.
This is the "flag ship" event for indoor sports and doubles as trials for
selection for International honours.
New Zealand Indoor Sports is indebted to Sheldon
Levis for many of the photographs on this site.
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