Northern Force

Northern Force are a former New Zealand netball team based on the North Shore, Auckland Region. As a result, they were also known as either North Harbour Force or North Shore Force. Between 1998 and 2007, Force played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. In 2003 and 2007, they played in the grand final. Ahead of the 2008 season, Force merged with Auckland Diamonds to form the new ANZ Championship team, Northern Mystics.

Northern Force

Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Disbanded	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Based in	North Shore, Auckland
Regions	Auckland
Home venue	North Shore Events Centre
League	Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
Uniform

History

Founding members

In 1998, together with, Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Capital Shakers, Canterbury Flames, Counties Manukau Cometz, Otago Rebels, Southern Sting, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Force, were founding members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.^[1][2] Together with Cometz and Diamonds, Force were one of three teams from the Auckland Region to play in the league. Due to poor ticket sales, the three teams faced early suggestions that they should merge.^[3][4]

Merger

Ahead of the 2008 season, Diamonds merged with Northern Force to form the new ANZ Championship team, Northern Mystics.^[5][6][7]

Home venues

Between 1998 and 2007, Force played out of the North Shore Events Centre.^[8]

Stats

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
1998	5th
1999	3rd
2000	4th
2001	5th
2002	3rd
2003[9][10][11]	2nd
2004	4th
2005	3rd
2006[11]	3rd
2007[12][13]	2nd

  Runners Up

Source:^[14]

Grand finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2003[9][15][16]	Southern Sting	51–49	Northern Force	Stadium Southland
2007[13][17][18]	Southern Sting	50–49	Northern Force	North Shore Events Centre

Notable former players

Internationals

 New Zealand

Jenny-May Coffin Tania Dalton Vilimaina Davu Leana de Bruin

Temepara George Sonya Hardcastle Cathrine Latu Sheryl Scanlan

Lorna Suafoa Teresa Tairi Daneka Wipiiti Linda Vagana

 Australia

• Megan Dehn

 Fiji

• Vilimaina Davu

 Samoa

• Cathrine Latu
• Sheryl Scanlan
• Lorna Suafoa

 South Africa

• Leana de Bruin

ANZ Championship players

• Brigette Tapene
• Angelina Yates

Sources:^{[10][11][14][19][20][21][22][23]}

Captains

	Years
Temepara George[11][14][24][25]	200x–2007

Coaches

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Mary Jane Araroa[26]	1998
Alison Wieringa[19][27]	1999
Maria Lynch[28]	2000–2002
Yvonne Willering[11][14][29][30]	2002–2007

Main sponsors

Sponsors	Seasons
R'Toto[31]	c. 2002
Fujifilm[11][12][14]	200x–2007

Honours

• Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
  • Runners Up: 2003, 2007