Anna Galvan (née Veronese; born 20 November 1978) is a retired New Zealand

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player.

Domestic career

Galvan had a long netball career, spanning 17 years. During this time she played for two

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup, originally known as the Coca-Cola Cup, was the top level national Netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball league between 1998 in New Zealand, 1998 and 2007 in New Zealand, 2007. The league was organised by Netball Ne ...

franchises as a defender, with the

Canterbury Flames Canterbury Flames were a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007 they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2000 and 2002, Flames played in three successive grand finals. In 20 ...

(1997–2002) and the

Southern Sting Southern Sting are a former New Zealand netball team that were based in Invercargill. Between 1998 and 2007, Sting played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. They were the league's most successful team. They played in all ten grand ...

(2003–2006). She was a key defender in the champion Southern Sting's success as well being a pivotal defender for her original Flames. However, she had a break from netball in 2003 to have her first child, and at the end of the 2006 season to have her second child and a third child was born in 2008. Galvan was enticed to return to top-level competition by signing with the

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Champions ...

for the 2010 season of the

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. She retired from all netball at the completion of the 2014 ANZ championship Season.

International netball

Galvan has had previous international netball experience including being part of the

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from 2000 to 2003. She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where the Silver Ferns lost the Gold Medal match to Australia in heartbreaking fashion, losing in double extra time. Falling pregnant just after the 2002 Commonwealth Games meant that she had to pull out of the Silver Ferns team going to the Netball World Cup, being replaced by

Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin (née du Plooy) (born 9 July 1977) is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000. She made her on-court debut for the Silver Ferns i ...

. Galvan was also part of the New Zealand Under 21 team who went to the World Youth Cup in Canada in 1996, coming second to Australia in the final. She was part of the NZU21's from 1995 - 1998 and the New Zealand A Team in 2000, 2001, 2004 (Captain) and 2005.

Family

Anna and her husband Hugh Galvan have three children. Her eldest, Isabella, is following in her mother's footsteps in competitive netball. Her son, Harry has represented New Zealand in the Junior Men’s 8 at the Super World Rowing Championships in St Catharine’s, Canada in August 2024.

References

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