Brightly coloured tutus topped track pants as the temperatures remained stubbornly low at the Netty Festival netball event, in Alexandra, on Wednesday.
Netball South relationship manager Georgie Bryce said the event was for year 5 and 6 teams from Wakatipu, Upper Clutha and Central Otago. Fifty-one teams competed in the round robin, each playing two games. There was no scoring or playoffs, she said.
The event had been running for four years. This year’s dress-up theme was the Netball World Cup, teams choosing colour schemes reflecting countries playing for the cup.

Queenstown Primary School team member Ayla Yorke (10) shoots for goal against Terrace School, of Alexandra, at the Netty Festival netball event in Alexandra on Wednesday. PHOTOS: JULIE ASHER

Devon Tamariki (10), of Shotover Primary School, passes the ball at the Netty Festival netball event, in Alexandra.
The Netty Festival finished in Cromwell on Thursday, and involved 40 teams of year 7 and 8 pupils from the same areas.