The 2020 Mainland Tactix season saw the Mainland Tactix netball team compete in the 2020 ANZ Premiership. As part of their pre-season preparations, Tactix competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club, finishing the tournament in sixth place. With a team coached by Marianne Delaney-Hoshek, captained by Jane Watson and featuring Ellie Bird, Temalisi Fakahokotau, Erikana Pedersen, Kimiora Poi and Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Tactix finished the regular ANZ Premiership season in second place, qualifying for their first grand final. However, in the grand final, Tactix lost to Central Pulse 43–31.
Players Player movements + Gains and losses Gains Losses Te Paea Selby-Rickit (Southern Steel) Jess Prosser (NNL Hellers Mainland) Kate Beveridge Brooke Leaver Kate Lloyd Lily Marshall
2020 roster
Pre-season 2019 Super Club In December 2019, Mainland Tactix together with the other five ANZ Premiership teams plus Collingwood Magpies from Suncorp Super Netball and Wasps Netball from the Netball Superleague competed in the 2019 Netball New Zealand Super Club. Tactix finished the tournament in sixth place.
Group B Matches
Final ladder Group B 1 Collingwood Magpies 3 3 0 0 156 112 139.29 6 2 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 3 2 0 1 137 134 102.24 4 3 Mainland Tactix 3 1 0 2 127 145 87.59 2 4 Northern Stars 3 0 0 3 123 152 80.92 0
5th/8th place classification Semi-finals
5th/6th place match
Canterbury Men's Invitational Mainland Tactix played a Canterbury Men's Invitational team in an exhibition.
Queenstown series Mainland Tactix played matches against Central Pulse and Southern Steel in Queenstown.
Otaki tournament Mainland Tactix participated in the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 28 February and 1 March. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part.
Regular season Fixtures and results Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Final standings
Finals Series Grand final
Award winners New Zealand Netball Awards Award WinnerANZ Premiership Player of the YearJane Watson
Team of the season Two Tactix players were included in Stuff's team of the season, selected by Brendon Egan.
Position PlayerGDJane WatsonGKTemalisi FakahokotauCoachMarianne Delaney-Hoshek
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