2000 Southern Sting season

ManagerJackie Barron

The 2000 Southern Sting season saw the Southern Sting netball team compete in the 2000 Coca-Cola Cup league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton, captained by Bernice Mene and featuring Kirsty Broughton, Julie Carter, Donna Loffhagen and Lesley Nicol, Sting won their second Coca-Cola Cup title. Sting began the season with a 65–56 win against Capital Shakers, making their league debut at a new home venue, Stadium Southland, in front of 3000 fans. Sting subsequently went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. In the grand final, they defeated Canterbury Flames 43–40.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

2 April	Southern Sting	65–56	Capital Shakers	Stadium Southland
				Attendance: 3,000

8 April	Southern Sting	52–42	Canterbury Flames	Stadium Southland

14 April	Counties Manukau Cometz	46–67	Southern Sting	Papatoetoe

16 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	39–67	Southern Sting	Mystery Creek Events Centre
		Report

28 April	Southern Sting	59–58	Auckland Diamonds	Stadium Southland

Player movements

7 May	Otago Rebels	44–63	Southern Sting	Edgar Centre

13 May	Southern Sting	66–48	Western Flyers	Stadium Southland

21 May	Northern Force	46–64	Southern Sting	Takapuna

3 June		Southern Sting	43–40	Canterbury Flames		Stadium Southland Attendance: 3,300
		Scoring by quarter: 9–5, 21–18, 33–30, 43–40