The 2019 NZSS Netball Championships are at Saxton Stadium, Nelson in the second week of the school holidays from 8-11 October.
Sixteen of the country’s leading netball schools recently qualified to attend from the three recent zone tournaments.
[College Sport Media] caught up with Avondale College, who won the national tournament in 2000 and 2002 and have qualified in 2019 for the first time in five years.
They are in Pool B, alongside Manukura, Villa Maria College and Samuel Marsden Collegiate School.
Click here to read more about the team, with coach and former winning player Rachel Rasmussen.