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Australasian Netball Championship secures sponsorship

Trans Tasman Netball Ltd, the company running a new elite Australasian netball competition signed up ANZ Bank as the league’s title sponsor.

The deal is reported to be one of the biggest in women's sport in Australasia and immediately gives stability to the newly created competition which will involve five teams from Australia and five from New Zealand, playing 69 games and running over 17 weeks.

The competition is scheduled to start in April and will now be known as the ANZ Championship. Team names and individual sponsors for the franchises will be unveiled this month.

TTNL general manager Tony Holding said finding a "cornerstone sponsor" was vital for the future of what will be a new era in the sport.