The Western Flyers were a New Zealand netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 team which represented most of the Central, Southern and Eastern North Island in the National Bank Cup

National Bank Cup

The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship.-Format:...

. The team was formed in 1998 and played all ten seasons of the competition. At the end of the 2007, the Flyers merged with the Capital Shakers

Capital Shakers

The Capital Shakers were a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that competed in now defunct National Bank Cup competition. The Shakers franchise merged with the Western Flyers to form the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship-2007 Shakers Squad:...

 to form the Central Pulse

Central Pulse

The Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Pulse represent several New Zealand regions in the North and South Islands, from East Cape in the north to Tasman and Marlborough in the south, and were formed as an...

, one of five New Zealand teams in the ANZ Championship

ANZ Championship

The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...

, which commenced in 2008.

Franchise

The Flyers franchise was based in New Plymouth, Whanganui, Napier and Palmerston North. The franchise recently amalgamated the Eastern Netball Region (which is an amalgamation of Napier, Hastings, Gisborne, Wairoa, Central Hawke's Bay and Dannevirke Netball).

Notable players

• Daneka Wipiiti
  Daneka Wipiiti
  Daneka Wipiiti is a New Zealand international netball player. She is currently in the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays with the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship....
  
  , current Silver Fern, Flyer, Force and now playing for Southern Sting
• Joanne Morgan
  Joanne Morgan
  Joanne Morgan is an Australian netball player. She played for the Sydney Sandpipers and the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, with a stint in the New Zealand National Bank Cup in 2004, playing for the Western Flyers. Morgan continued to play with the Firebirds with the start of...
  
  , former Australian international, Flyers 2004-2005 (Import)
• Danielle Harvey, former Australian international, 2005 (Import)

2007 Squad

Abbie Bailey-Nowell

Amber Bellringer

Lauren Burgess

Candyce Edwards

Malu Faasavalu

Jodi Hikauroa

Hannah Kelly

Rebecca Kupa

Amanda Palmer

Lana Phipps

Hayley Stockman

Brooke Williams

Competition Record

• 2007- 8th
• 2006- 8th
• 2005- 7th
• 2004- 8th
• 2003- 9th
• 2002- 8th
• 2001- 6th
• 2000- 8th
• 1999- 8th
• 1998- 7th