1998 Southern Sting season

ManagerJackie Barron

Main venueCentennial Hall

The 1998 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup league season. 1998 was the inaugural season for the league. Together with Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Capital Shakers, Canterbury Flames, Counties Manukau Cometz, Northern Force, Otago Rebels, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Sting became founding members of the new league. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton, captained by Bernice Mene and featuring Reinga Bloxham, Kirsty Broughton, Julie Carter and Donna Loffhagen, Sting finished the season as grand finalists and runners up. In the grand final they lost to Otago Rebels 57–50.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

27 March	Southern Sting	55–51	Auckland Diamonds	Centennial Hall, Invercargill

29 March	Canterbury Flames	53–55	Southern Sting	Christchurch

3 April	Southern Sting	78–41	Waikato Wildcats	Centennial Hall, Invercargill

5 April	Southern Sting	54–61	Otago Rebels	Centennial Hall, Invercargill

12 April	Capital Shakers	48–50	Southern Sting	Wellington

1998 roster

17 April	Northern Force	39–56	Southern Sting	Glenfield

19 April	Counties Manukau Cometz	44–42	Southern Sting	Papatoetoe

24 April	Bay of Plenty Magic	43–50	Southern Sting	Rotorua

26 April	Southern Sting	68–48	Western Flyers	Centennial Hall, Invercargill

Sat, 10 May	Otago Rebels	57–50	Southern Sting	Edgar Centre
	Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 34–22, 38–49, 57–50
	Jo Steed 47/56 (84%) Belinda Colling 10/18 (56%)		Donna Loffhagen 38/51 (75%) Debbie Munro 12/15 (80%)