New Zealand's squad has been named to comepete in the U21 World Netball Championship in Gibraltar.
Headed by Silver Ferns legend Julie Seymour, the team features some of New Zealands best players – including some from ANZ Premiership teams.
Seymour joined Lesley Murdoch to chat about the team and her excitement at working with a group of highly talented young netballers.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Exciting times if you are part of the twelve person
Nepball New Zealand Under twenty one squad that is going
to be going to Gibraltar for the World Cup, and
the head coach of that Nipple New Zealand under twenty
one side is our very own Julie Seymour, and she
joined us on the airwaves.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Julie, good morning morning, Leslie.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
No, you've had such a rogust selection for this team
that's been You've had a lot of resource so far.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, we had so. Yeah, I've been in the role
for just over two years now, and yeah, I've certainly
spent a lot of time going around New Zealand. That
was the first bond I wanted to know is like,
who are these athletes that might be available for this
World Youth Cup in twenty twenty five, which seemed like
a wee way off, but now we're right right in
(00:47):
the slick of it. Yeah, So going to lots of tournaments,
you know, under eighteen tournaments, secondary school tournaments, speaking to
a lot of coaches. Yeah, and now you know these
players have moved up into those kind of in and
our environments and A and c's environments. So being Fay
able to watch them play and once again keep connected
with their coaches. We've also had a number of training
(01:09):
camps a few tours where we've had the opportunity to
be together and travel. So yeah, I definitely feel like, yeah,
I've got a much better handle on who these young
athletes are and you know, who was available for selection.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Because it only comes around the World Cup, doesn't it
every four years? And if you're not in that cycle
in the right age you miss out.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is tricky in that sense.
And there are a number of athletes even playing in
A and D this year that just missed out by
you know, sometimes ten days, sometimes a couple of weeks. Yeah,
you're right, and so they'll be those athletes are just
a little bit too old as time around, or you know,
(01:52):
those ones that are really quite young at the moment,
that aren't quite ready that have missed out but will
be too old next time. So you've kind of got
to rely on your parents, who have you born at
that kind of right time. Because what I've noticed is
mostly the athletes of my squad that have made the
final selection, most of them are at the the upper
(02:15):
end of the age group. So turning twenty one this
year or turning twenty this year, so they've kind of
two three years out of school, so they've had I
guess a lot of nipple in some sense compared to
maybe some of those younger ones that are just still
at school or just coming out of school. And I
really noticed that a year in these young athletes is
(02:38):
such a massive amount of development can happen in that time.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Absolutely. Well, look twelve athletes Amelia Walmsley, Charlotte Manly, Ella South,
Be your Own, Josie Seymour, Kaya Kipper, Kate Taylor, Kanyate
Le Monroe, Nonaora, Laura Obama, Lossa Fafita, Sarah Ginnie, Serena Domma,
Cumacummer and Tyana Day and are all of the twelve
(03:02):
either ain Z or National Netball League that the tournament
underneath AMZ Premiership.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, they are six of those players that sat themselves
have been fully contracted am Z players this year. I
think three of the others were either training partners or
what we call aps, so you know that next level
down and definitely they've all been involved in that in
and OL it's probably the only one this year and
this is a bit of a success story as are
(03:31):
Alice Southby, who she's a fantastic young athlete from a
down in Dunedin and last year in August she ruptured
her ACL. So she had a fantastic in and our
last year, first year out of school, got into our squad,
came to the first camp, ruptured her ACL and she
(03:51):
has been so determined, so diligent was her training and
just followed all the medical advice. So it hasn't played
at the inn and our level this year, but has
been back playing club netball as we kind of got
closer the trials and came along to our final trial
and absolutely showed that she was ripe back to where
(04:14):
she was, you know, a year ago. So yeah, that's
a pretty amazing success story for her.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh it's fantastic. I love that. That is an amazing
constitution to be able to do that and great parents
as well. So for yourself though and tough when you're
looking at Josie. We all have remember her on the
sidelines of netball and man has she made progress in
the last two years. You know her fitness levels, but
her ability as a defender. It's magnificent, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, I mean, it's always lovely to see your own
children progress and you get to see the behind the
scenes of you know, how diligent they are and doing
the hard yards. And I've always seen that with Josie.
She's really got those character traits of working hard and
doing the right thing. So she she had some great
opportunities this year with the coaches she's been involved with
(05:03):
in the inn in our environment, and then you know,
stepping into that tactics environment, going to lots of their
trainings and then being able to be on the bench
for them. So yeah, there's lots of people that have
really contributed to her growth this year. And of course,
you know, being the coach of w you're harder on
your own, absolutely, But I've got a wonderful group of
(05:26):
selectors that I have worked with, and I always had
to make sure that all of the selectors were, you know,
agreed that this was the right thing for her to
be in the team, which they all did.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
No doubt about that, absolutely, And a look, amazingly, you
didn't let her go to the tactics celebration because she
had an exam to sit.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
No, not she she's training to be a nurse and Yep,
she has had a few exams of late, but at
the moment she's in her final placement of her last year,
so she's working at christ Church Public Hospital and one
of the wards there and she is doing the kind
of the evening shift. So yeah, unfortunately she had to
(06:11):
work during that time. So yeah, she's had to have
a little bit of time off to do things like
come to the trials and obviously now to come to
the tournament. So yeah, she's had to be really diligent
and the other side of her life and make sure
she gets all her studies and all of her hours
of her placements completed.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Hair amazing. Yeah, yeah, a balance, you know, we know
young athletes, balance has to be exquisite. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've always really enjoyed working with this age group. You know,
they're there those first couple of years out of school.
They can be really challenging times as they sometimes leave home,
start studying, move cities, kind of launch out of that
nice nurturing school environment where they've been in school teams
for you know, number of years together and suddenly they've
(07:02):
got to find clubs to go through. So it's a
really challenging time for these athletes as well as trying
to forge their path in semi professional sport and balance everything.
So yeah, I really enjoy helping and supporting people through
that time in their lives.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, well, we're lucky to have you. Fantastic, we want
to wish you all of your best. That's late September.
Is it that starts against? Do you play? Who do
you play for? Is it Zambia?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yep, We've got Zambia first, So yeah, that's right. Where
it's be leaving New Zealand on the thirteenth September and
the opening ceremony is on the nineteenth of September over
in Gibraltar. You're right. There's twenty teams from around the
world to go to the World Youth Cup. So that's
an exparting opportunity for people to play, you know, such
(07:48):
different styles. You're right, We've We've got Zambia, the Cook Islands,
Malaysia and Gibraltar in our pool and then yet quarterfinals,
semis in finals. The World Youth Cupture just has been
played in not so mainstream countries, I guess. So I
was lucky enough to be involved. The last time a
World Youth Cup was held, it was canceled because of
(08:10):
COVID and twenty twenty one, but previous in twenty seventeen
it was in Botswana and I went as assistant coach
with Terry Wills. So yeah, it's been in places in
the past like Toronto and Donnad Wilkins when she met
her World Youth Cup it was in Toronto and Canada.
It's been in Miami. It has been in you know,
(08:30):
places like Glasgow and fig and places like that. But yeah,
a bit of a mix for the World Youth Cup.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Which is good because you're trying to grow the game
right internationally.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, that's right, you are. And yeah, and it's wonderful
experience for us management and for these these athletes to
get to travel to somewhere completely different as well.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Well, well, look, we wish you all the very best.
Not easy to pick the team, which is a good thing,
but all we can say is go really really well.
Julie Seymour. We stoked for you.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Thank you so much. Please, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
For more from News Talk st B, listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
Exciting times if you are part of the twelve person
Nepball New Zealand Under twenty one squad that is going
to be going to Gibraltar for the World Cup, and
the head coach of that Nipple New Zealand under twenty
one side is our very own Julie Seymour, and she
joined us on the airwaves.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Julie, good morning morning, Leslie.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
No, you've had such a rogust selection for this team
that's been You've had a lot of resource so far.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, we had so. Yeah, I've been in the role
for just over two years now, and yeah, I've certainly
spent a lot of time going around New Zealand. That
was the first bond I wanted to know is like,
who are these athletes that might be available for this
World Youth Cup in twenty twenty five, which seemed like
a wee way off, but now we're right right in
(00:47):
the slick of it. Yeah, So going to lots of tournaments,
you know, under eighteen tournaments, secondary school tournaments, speaking to
a lot of coaches. Yeah, and now you know these
players have moved up into those kind of in and
our environments and A and c's environments. So being Fay
able to watch them play and once again keep connected
with their coaches. We've also had a number of training
(01:09):
camps a few tours where we've had the opportunity to
be together and travel. So yeah, I definitely feel like, yeah,
I've got a much better handle on who these young
athletes are and you know, who was available for selection.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Because it only comes around the World Cup, doesn't it
every four years? And if you're not in that cycle
in the right age you miss out.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is tricky in that sense.
And there are a number of athletes even playing in
A and D this year that just missed out by
you know, sometimes ten days, sometimes a couple of weeks. Yeah,
you're right, and so they'll be those athletes are just
a little bit too old as time around, or you know,
(01:52):
those ones that are really quite young at the moment,
that aren't quite ready that have missed out but will
be too old next time. So you've kind of got
to rely on your parents, who have you born at
that kind of right time. Because what I've noticed is
mostly the athletes of my squad that have made the
final selection, most of them are at the the upper
(02:15):
end of the age group. So turning twenty one this
year or turning twenty this year, so they've kind of
two three years out of school, so they've had I
guess a lot of nipple in some sense compared to
maybe some of those younger ones that are just still
at school or just coming out of school. And I
really noticed that a year in these young athletes is
(02:38):
such a massive amount of development can happen in that time.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Absolutely. Well, look twelve athletes Amelia Walmsley, Charlotte Manly, Ella South,
Be your Own, Josie Seymour, Kaya Kipper, Kate Taylor, Kanyate
Le Monroe, Nonaora, Laura Obama, Lossa Fafita, Sarah Ginnie, Serena Domma,
Cumacummer and Tyana Day and are all of the twelve
(03:02):
either ain Z or National Netball League that the tournament
underneath AMZ Premiership.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, they are six of those players that sat themselves
have been fully contracted am Z players this year. I
think three of the others were either training partners or
what we call aps, so you know that next level
down and definitely they've all been involved in that in
and OL it's probably the only one this year and
this is a bit of a success story as are
(03:31):
Alice Southby, who she's a fantastic young athlete from a
down in Dunedin and last year in August she ruptured
her ACL. So she had a fantastic in and our
last year, first year out of school, got into our squad,
came to the first camp, ruptured her ACL and she
(03:51):
has been so determined, so diligent was her training and
just followed all the medical advice. So it hasn't played
at the inn and our level this year, but has
been back playing club netball as we kind of got
closer the trials and came along to our final trial
and absolutely showed that she was ripe back to where
(04:14):
she was, you know, a year ago. So yeah, that's
a pretty amazing success story for her.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh it's fantastic. I love that. That is an amazing
constitution to be able to do that and great parents
as well. So for yourself though and tough when you're
looking at Josie. We all have remember her on the
sidelines of netball and man has she made progress in
the last two years. You know her fitness levels, but
her ability as a defender. It's magnificent, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, I mean, it's always lovely to see your own
children progress and you get to see the behind the
scenes of you know, how diligent they are and doing
the hard yards. And I've always seen that with Josie.
She's really got those character traits of working hard and
doing the right thing. So she she had some great
opportunities this year with the coaches she's been involved with
(05:03):
in the inn in our environment, and then you know,
stepping into that tactics environment, going to lots of their
trainings and then being able to be on the bench
for them. So yeah, there's lots of people that have
really contributed to her growth this year. And of course,
you know, being the coach of w you're harder on
your own, absolutely, But I've got a wonderful group of
(05:26):
selectors that I have worked with, and I always had
to make sure that all of the selectors were, you know,
agreed that this was the right thing for her to
be in the team, which they all did.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
No doubt about that, absolutely, And a look, amazingly, you
didn't let her go to the tactics celebration because she
had an exam to sit.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
No, not she she's training to be a nurse and Yep,
she has had a few exams of late, but at
the moment she's in her final placement of her last year,
so she's working at christ Church Public Hospital and one
of the wards there and she is doing the kind
of the evening shift. So yeah, unfortunately she had to
(06:11):
work during that time. So yeah, she's had to have
a little bit of time off to do things like
come to the trials and obviously now to come to
the tournament. So yeah, she's had to be really diligent
and the other side of her life and make sure
she gets all her studies and all of her hours
of her placements completed.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Hair amazing. Yeah, yeah, a balance, you know, we know
young athletes, balance has to be exquisite. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've always really enjoyed working with this age group. You know,
they're there those first couple of years out of school.
They can be really challenging times as they sometimes leave home,
start studying, move cities, kind of launch out of that
nice nurturing school environment where they've been in school teams
for you know, number of years together and suddenly they've
(07:02):
got to find clubs to go through. So it's a
really challenging time for these athletes as well as trying
to forge their path in semi professional sport and balance everything.
So yeah, I really enjoy helping and supporting people through
that time in their lives.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, well, we're lucky to have you. Fantastic, we want
to wish you all of your best. That's late September.
Is it that starts against? Do you play? Who do
you play for? Is it Zambia?
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yep, We've got Zambia first, So yeah, that's right. Where
it's be leaving New Zealand on the thirteenth September and
the opening ceremony is on the nineteenth of September over
in Gibraltar. You're right. There's twenty teams from around the
world to go to the World Youth Cup. So that's
an exparting opportunity for people to play, you know, such
(07:48):
different styles. You're right, We've We've got Zambia, the Cook Islands,
Malaysia and Gibraltar in our pool and then yet quarterfinals,
semis in finals. The World Youth Cupture just has been
played in not so mainstream countries, I guess. So I
was lucky enough to be involved. The last time a
World Youth Cup was held, it was canceled because of
(08:10):
COVID and twenty twenty one, but previous in twenty seventeen
it was in Botswana and I went as assistant coach
with Terry Wills. So yeah, it's been in places in
the past like Toronto and Donnad Wilkins when she met
her World Youth Cup it was in Toronto and Canada.
It's been in Miami. It has been in you know,
(08:30):
places like Glasgow and fig and places like that. But yeah,
a bit of a mix for the World Youth Cup.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Which is good because you're trying to grow the game
right internationally.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, that's right, you are. And yeah, and it's wonderful
experience for us management and for these these athletes to
get to travel to somewhere completely different as well.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Well, well, look, we wish you all the very best.
Not easy to pick the team, which is a good thing,
but all we can say is go really really well.
Julie Seymour. We stoked for you.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Thank you so much. Please, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
For more from News Talk st B, listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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