Annemarie Kupa.
Defending champions Otane will dedicate their table-topping Super 6 netball clash tomorrow night to former Magpie Roger Chappell who died in a road crash at the weekend.
"We'll put it on the line for him and the families," the Thirsty Whale-sponsored team coach, Annemarie Kupa, said last night.
"A lot
of our girls will be at at his tangi at 11am tomorrow [today] at the Pukehou Marae [near Te Aute College]," said Kupa, impressing the 42-year-old was born and bred in Otane.
Chappell's sister, Vikki Graham, coached the Otane second netball team and had played for the premier side during their decade-long dominance. Her rugby-playing husband, Kelly, is a Otane Sports Club president and life member.
"We're very close families down here," said Kupa before they play second-placed Hastings High School Old Girls Proactive Huias at 7.15pm at the PG Arena in Napier.
