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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)

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

NZPA


Comments [7]

vicki hurley
20 Oct 2009 12:30p.m.

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

Fog Ducker
10 Oct 2009 8:03a.m.

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.

Ichhya Shrestha
09 Oct 2009 8:21p.m.

kiwi chicks?

p
09 Oct 2009 6:28a.m.

giggity

Jim Beam
09 Oct 2009 4:35a.m.

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

hehehe
09 Oct 2009 4:10a.m.

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

andrew
09 Oct 2009 1:12a.m.

they let jerkoff jim in tho

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