All the fixtures today have been called off.
"With CHB and Wairoa having to travel to arrive here about six in the morning it was better to make that decision tonight," she said, revealing the Saturday club finals would be deferred to next weekend while the secondary school teams would carry on into their competitions as normal with no one receiving points lost from today.
In last night's Super 6 semifinal, defending champions Otane Thirsty Whale had a comfortable 65-36 victory over fourth-placed All In Elusive despite a sluggish start to the first quarter (14-10).
At halftime, the favourites led 31-17 before extending it to 48-27 in the third spell.
All In co-coach Charissa Barham was pleased with how her troops started and what they learned from the loss but accepted there was no arguing with the result.
"There was a storm outside and we just went quiet," a jovial Barham said as Australia tour-bound NZ Maori rep shooter Kelsey McPhee found the net at 82 per cent for a team overall rating of 76 per cent.
"We were hoping they would take her [McPhee] off but they didn't," she said of McPhee who won't be available for the final next Friday.
All In managed 68 per cent overall in that department but Barham said the experience had allowed them to work on some aspects of their game.
She said All In were now looking forward to their seeding playoffs on Friday next week when they intended to finish on a high because "finishing third feels better than fourth".
Otane will now lock horns with Outkast Optimise Physio who pipped Hastings High School Old Girls' Proactive Huias 43-42 in a match that lived up to the prematch hype and justified the seedings.
"It's our first final in the five-year history of Outkast club," said a delighted team manager, Lauren Marsh, of the fledgling club who have had to build teams, especially in the second round, around seven core players and relying on their lower-tier side, Outkast Evolution Physio, to make up numbers.
It's a fairytale moment for a returning side to after a year out of Super 6 with Evolution's Korra Quinn and Dana Arnott in the equation.
Outkast led 11-10 in the first quarter but trailed 21-20 at halftime before Outkast got their noses in front, 33-31, in the third.
Rakei Huata shot 87 per cent but GA Myer Pakoti constantly fed her in the circle.
"We started off very well and we were 6-nil but then we fell a little but then built up all the way to the final quarter," Marsh said, revealing they were without their midcourter Kimiora Poi who was at the national league prizegiving ceremony with her Central Zone (Pulse feeder) side last night in Wellington.
Huias coach Rebecca Martin said they again lost the game rather than Outkast winning it.
"We'll learn from our silly mistakes," Martin lamented. "We had more than enough chances to win."
She said the Huias' terrible start to the first quarter didn't help.
"It all comes down to experience but we're more together as a team," said Martin of a team that seems to go through two-year cycles of making the final in recent years.
She said with just three players from last year they had done well but all the players echoed her sentiments that it was a game for them to lose.
