Capital Shakers

Capital Shakers are a former New Zealand netball team that were based in Wellington. Between 1998 and 2007, Shakers played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2000 and 2002, Shakers were semi-finalists three years in succession. Ahead of the 2008 season, Shakers merged with Western Flyers to form the new ANZ Championship team, Central Pulse.

Capital Shakers

Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Disbanded	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Based in	Wellington
Region	Wellington Region
Home venue	TSB Bank Arena[1]
League	Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
Website	www.capitalshakers.co.nz
Uniform

History

Founding members

In 1998, together with Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Canterbury Flames, Counties Manukau Cometz, Northern Force, Otago Rebels, Southern Sting, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Shakers, were founding members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.^[2][3]

Irene van Dyk era

Between 2000 and 2002, Shakers were semi-finalists three years in succession. They finished third in 2000 and fourth in 2001 and 2002.^[4][5] Between 2000 and 2002, Irene van Dyk played for Shakers.^[6][7] In 2000, van Dyk's scored 367 goals from 396 attempts with a 93% shooting success rate as she helped a Shakers team coached by Lois Muir and captained by Noeline Taurua reach their first semi-final.^[8] However, they subsequently lost 50–35 to Canterbury Flames.^[9] In 2001, with a team coached by Tanya Dearns, captained by Gail Parata and featuring Debbie Matoe, Frances Solia, Jodi Te Huna and van Dyk, Shakers defeated Southern Sting 51–48 in a Round 4 match. It ended a winning run of 18 matches over two years for Sting.^{[10][11][12][13][14]} During the 2001 season, van Dyk had a 91% shooting success rate as she played a major role in leading Shakers to their second semi-final. However, they lost 60–49 to Sting.^[13][15][16] In 2002, Shakers qualified for their third semi-final. However, they were once again defeated by Sting, losing 68–49.^[17][18]

Merger

Ahead of the 2008 season, Shakers merged with Western Flyers to form the new ANZ Championship team, Central Pulse.^[19][20][21]

Stats

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
1998[22]	8th
1999	7th
2000[1]	3rd
2001	4th
2002	4th
2003[23]	8th
2004[24]	7th
2005[25]	8th
2006[1]	6th
2007[26]	7th	1	0	6

Source:^[4][5]

Notable former players

Internationals

 New Zealand

Leana de Bruin Tanya Dearns Debbie Fuller Gail Parata

Julie Seymour Noeline Taurua Jodi Te Huna Irene van Dyk

 England

• Karen Aspinall
• Helen Lonsdale
• Olivia Murphy
• Amanda Newton

 Hong Kong

• Victoria Smith

 Samoa

• Gene Solia-Gibb
• Frances Solia

 South Africa

• Leana de Bruin
• Irene van Dyk

ANZ Championship players

• Jamilah Gupwell
• Megan Hutton
• Brigette Tapene

Sources:^{[1][4][5][8][12][25][22][24][27][28][29]}

Captains

	Years
Noeline Taurua[8]	2000
Gail Parata[12][14][28]	2001
Debbie Matoe[29]	2002
Cushla Lichtwark[25]	2006
Frances Solia[5][30]	2007

Coaches

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Lois Muir[8]	1998–2000
Tanya Dearns[12][29][31]	2001–2002
Maria Lynch[23][32]	2003
Sheryl George-Burns[4][24][33][34]	2004–2005
Waimarama Taumaunu[1][5][25]	2006–2007

Assistant coaches

Coach	Years
Tanya Dearns	2000
Waimarama Taumaunu[23][35]	2004
Gail Parata[1][14]	2007

Main sponsors

Sponsors	Seasons
Genesis Energy[1][5][26][36]	20xx–2007

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