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Master Baiters forced to change name for netball championship

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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 8:16a.m.

The Master Baiters, who are named after a whitebaiting reference, will now be called the Master Netters (file pic)

The Master Baiters, who are named after a whitebaiting reference, will now be called the Master Netters (file pic)

A West Coast netball team competing in an Australian tournament at the weekend have been forced to change their name as organisers raised concerns over a possible double meaning.

The Greymouth side, formerly known as the Master Baiters, are headed for the Sydney World Masters Games under the title new Master Netters - a less risque reference to whitebaiting, The Press reports.

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20 Oct 2009 12:30p.m.

vicki hurley wrote:

new world master netters formerly known as the master baiters won a bronze medal at the world masters games in sydney

10 Oct 2009 08:03a.m.

Fog Ducker wrote:

Wow! What an over-reaction. I'm pretty sure that we will soon rid the world of all humour, so as to please all the thin-skinned whiners.

09 Oct 2009 08:21p.m.

Ichhya Shrestha wrote:

kiwi chicks?

09 Oct 2009 06:28a.m.

p wrote:

giggity

09 Oct 2009 04:35a.m.

Jim Beam wrote:

Hard to believe that the Master Baiters had a new name jammed down their throats. At least this story has a happy ending.

09 Oct 2009 04:10a.m.

hehehe wrote:

That's pretty funny of the girls... but I understand why they had to change the name.

09 Oct 2009 01:12a.m.

andrew wrote:

they let jerkoff jim in tho