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2012 Melbourne Vixens season

Melbourne Vixens season

Field	Value
year	2012
team	Melbourne Vixens
head_coach	Julie Hoornweg
asst_coach	Eloise Southby-Halbish
Simone McKinnis
manager	Jennifer McIntyre
captain	Bianca Chatfield
vice-captains	Madison Browne
Chelsey Tregear
main_venue	Hisense Arena
wins	10
losses	3
placing	1st
finals	2nd
top_scorer	Karyn Howarth
body1	#
pattern_b1	anzcvixens1
skirt1	#
pattern_sk1	anzc_greendots

Simone McKinnis |vice-captains = Madison Browne Chelsey Tregear

The 2012 Melbourne Vixens season saw Melbourne Vixens compete in the 2012 ANZ Championship. With a team captained by Bianca Chatfield and featuring Madison Browne, Julie Corletto and Geva Mentor, Vixens finished the season as minor premiers. In the major semi-final they defeated Northern Mystics 56–50. This was the first ever netball match held at Rod Laver Arena. However they lost the grand final 41–38 to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and finished the season as runners-up. After five years as head coach of Vixens, Julie Hoornweg announced her retirement at the end of the 2012 season.

Players

Player movements

Gains	Losses

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Squad

AUS Simone McKinnis Heidi Pollington Steve Hawkins

;Notes

Kelsey Browne was called up as a temporary replacement player for Round 1 and Round 2.
Kelsey Browne, Ashlee Howard, Kara Richards and Micaela Wilson were also members of the 2012 Victorian Fury squad.

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Milestones

Karyn Howarth made her ANZ Championship debut in Round 1 against Queensland Firebirds.
Julie Corletto and Madison Browne both made their 50th ANZ Championship appearances in Round 5 against Queensland Firebirds.
Chelsey Tregear made her 50th ANZ Championship appearance in Round 14 against Southern Steel. Tregear subsequently announced her retirement at the Vixens awards ceremony.

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Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament

On 2, 3 and 4 March, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the TECT Arena in Tauranga. For the first time since 2008, all ten ANZ Championship teams competed at the same tournament. The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. Teams within each pool played each other once and the winners qualified for the final. Melbourne Vixens won their pool but subsequently lost the final 50–30 to Queensland Firebirds.

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Regular season

Melbourne Vixens finished the regular season as minor premiers. After winning their first six matches, they lost to New South Wales Swifts in Round 7. They then lost three successive matches, another to Swifts and one to Northern Mystics. On 20 May in Round 8, against Mystics, Vixens were undone by Mystics defender Anna Harrison and her Harrison Hoist. Harrison made several vital blocks while being hoisted rugby union lineout-style by her defensive partners, helping Mystics secure a 49–45 win. However, Vixens successively claimed the minor premiership with three wins in the final three rounds.

Fixtures and results

;Round 1 Natalie Medhurst Karyn Howarth Tegan Caldwell ;Round 2 Catherine Cox
Nikala Smith Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth ;Round 3 Carla Borrego Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth ;Round 4 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Irene van Dyk
Jess Waitapu ;Round 5 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Natalie Medhurst ;Round 6 Joanne Harten
Anna Thompson Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth ;Round 7 Susan Pratley
Amorette Wild Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth ;Round 8 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Maria Tutaia ;Round 9 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Susan Pratley
Amorette Wild ;Round 10 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Carla Borrego ? ;Round 11 Melbourne Vixens received a bye. ;Round 12 Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth Catherine Cox ? ;Round 13 Caitlin Thwaites Karyn Howarth ;Round 14 Donna Wilkins ? Te Paea Selby-Rickit ? Tegan Caldwell
Karyn Howarth

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Final table

Finals

Major semi-final

Tegan Caldwell Maria Tutaia Sources:

Grand final

Tegan Caldwell Julianna Naoupu Sources:

Award winners

Vixens awards

Award	Winner
Best and Fairest	Geva Mentor
Player of the Finals	Madison Browne
Coaches’ Award	Chelsey Tregear
Rookie of the Year	Karyn Howarth
Outstanding Service Award	Jennifer McIntyre
Excellence in Sport and Life Award	Bianca Chatfield

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All Stars

Position	Player
WA	AUS Madison Browne
WD	AUS Julie Corletto
GK	ENG Geva Mentor

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Australian Netball Awards

Award	Winner
Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year	Australia Madison Browne
Liz Ellis Diamond	Australia Madison Browne
Australian ANZ Championship Coach of the Year	Australia Julie Hoornweg

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References

"Netball Australia Annual Report 2012". netball.com.au.
"2012 Annual Report – Netball Victoria – Melbourne Vixens". [[Netball Victoria]].
(22 July 2012). "Netball: Magic win ANZ Championship". www.nzherald.co.nz.
(23 July 2012). "Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic win grand final". www.stuff.co.nz.
(23 July 2012). "Netball: At last! Magic claim win for NZ". www.nzherald.co.nz.
(22 July 2012). "It's a kind a Magic - 2012 ANZ Championship premiers". www.womensportreport.com.
(19 March 2012). "ANZ 2012 Netball Championship review". www.theroar.com.au.
(29 March 2012). "Netball: Team-by-team guide". www.nzherald.co.nz.
(1 April 2012). "Queensland Firebirds 42–47 Melbourne Vixens". championdata.com.
(8 April 2012). "West Coast Fever 41–50 Melbourne Vixens". championdata.com.
(13 September 2011). "Vixens 'no' to Corletto move bid". www.theage.com.au.
(22 July 2012). "Melbourne Vixens 38–41 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic". championdata.com.
(29 February 2012). "Taurua eyes bringing Magic to top". www.nzherald.co.nz.
(4 March 2012). "Firebirds win preseason comp". www.abc.net.au.
(5 March 2012). "Netball: Plenty for Steel to work on". www.odt.co.nz.
(21 May 2012). "League leaders stunned as New Zealand netball team adopt rugby tactic". www.smh.com.au.
(20 May 2012). "Melbourne Vixens lose to Northern Mystics at Hisense Arena". www.news.com.au.
"ANZ Championship - 2012 Season Fixture". www.anz-championship.com.
(8 July 2012). "Vixens top Mystics to earn home final". www.abc.net.au.
(8 July 2012). "Melbourne Vixens through to ANZ Championship grand final". www.news.com.au.
"Sharelle McMahon Medal". melbournevixens.com.au.
(27 July 2012). "Official ANZ Championship All-Star Team Announced". www.anz-championship.com.

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