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Netball: Twins revel in confusion factor

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16 Sep, 2012 11:06 PM3 mins to read

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Rotorua twin brothers Joshua and Caleb Vercoe enjoy playing tricks on people.

People often have trouble telling the identical twins apart and the 12-year-olds frequently pretend to be each other.

The two boys were putting the confusion to good use on the netball court for their Rotorua Intermediate School team in the Kurangaituku tournament at the weekend.

Joshua, the eldest by 10 minutes, says he and his brother got into netball when they were 5 years old, thanks to their mother, Lynda Vercoe.

"We used to go and watch her play and it looked a lot of fun so we've been playing ever since."

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Caleb said a lot of their opposition looked twice at the two boys when they were on the court.

"I guess they're not used to seeing boys on the court and we confuse them because we look alike."

To add to the confusion the two boys both take turns at goal shoot and wing defence.

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Even their coach says she has trouble telling the two boys apart on the court.

"I know I've made a mistake, when I call them by the other boy's name and they giggle. That's the only way I can tell them apart."

Their mother, a teacher at Glenholme School, says the two boys often tried tricking people.

"They can't do it to us. But they often try tricking other people."

Lynda, who has played and coached netball, said it was inevitable the two boys would end up playing, considering they also have an older brother who is a netball umpire.

Despite the two boys loving the game, sadly this is their last season playing netball. Once they leave intermediate, boys are no longer allowed to participate, because there are no boys' divisions after this level.

"It's sad for the boys. But they knew when they started playing they would have to stop once they got to this age. They will concentrate on their basketball now."

Although it's sad, both boys say they have some great memories from their time in the sport.

One of those highlights was the team being crowned netball champions at the Aims Games in Tauranga last week.

Unfortunately the team couldn't repeat their performance at the weekend, when they took part in the intermediate section of the Kurangaituku netball tournament at the Westbrook Netball Court. Despite some strong performances by the whole team, the side finished third. The Intermediate A-grade division was won by Mini Bots Navy, with their second team Mini Bots Baby Blues winning the B grade and Manurewa winning the C grade.

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The senior A grade was won by Mangere Hawks Unstoppables with Rotorua EX Pats runners up.

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