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Dominion Tournament

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Dominion Tournament

For many decades, the main domestic netball competition was the Dominion Tournament contested by provincial teams. It was a major spectator event run over a week, and programmes such as this stylish one for the 1954 tournament in Hastings listed all the fixtures.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: EPH-A-Netball-1954-01-front

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Suzanne McFadden, Netball – Domestic and Australasian competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/39220/dominion-tournament (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Suzanne McFadden, published 15 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.