Southern Blast trials this weekend

• Published date: 04 November 2021
• Publication title: Southland Express

More than 50 players from throughout the southern zone have been nominated for the trials, vying to earn a place in the National Netball League (NNL) Southern Blast team and emerging talent squad.

Additional players from other areas, who are unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions, will also have an opportunity to impress selectors.

Following fitness testing during this week, trials will be held at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin on Saturday and Sunday, comprising skills/specialist sessions, game play, sessions on recovery, nutrition and drug-free sport.

Head coach Jo Morrison said players would be selected for an off-season training squad before a final trial was held in January to finalise the Southern Blast team.

“We’re very excited to be holding our first lot of trials for both the NNL and Emerging Talent Squad for 2022,” she said.

“We have a number of players from this year’s team moving away next year as they have finished their studies so it is a very new-look...