Annette Heffernan is a former New Zealand netball international. Between 1985 and 1990, she made nine senior appearances for

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. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won gold medals at the

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and the

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and

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. Her sister, Maxine Blomquist, their cousin,

Shirley Langrope Shirley Anne Langrope (born 15 November 1945) is a former New Zealand netball international. Between 1969 and 1975, she made 19 senior appearances for New Zealand. She was a member of the New Zealand team that won a silver medal at the 1971 Wo ...

, and her twin daughters, Kate Heffernan and

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, have all played international netball for New Zealand. Annette and Maxine were the first set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. Kate and Georgia were the third set.

Early life and family

Heffernan is originally from

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. She is the sister of Maxine Blomquist and a cousin of

, who are also former New Zealand netball internationals. She is married to Noel Heffernan, who played rugby union for Canterbury Country. Together they have three children. Their twin daughters, Kate Heffernan and

are both New Zealand netball internationals.

Netball career

New Zealand

Between 1985 and 1990, Heffernan made nine senior appearances for

. On 2 February 1985, she made her senior debut against

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during the netball tournament at the

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. Her sister, Maxine Blomquist, was already a New Zealand netball international. Annette and Maxine were the first set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. She was subsequently a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal at the

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. A knee injury on the eve of the

limited Heffernan's involvement to just one match. Heffernan won a third gold medal at the

. At the

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, she also played for New Zealand against Australia in a one-off match when netball was a

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. During the

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era, Heffernan served as a New Zealand selector.

Coach

Heffernan has served as an assistant coach and/or team manager of several teams that featured her twin daughters, Kate Heffernan and

. These have included their

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team and the Netball South team in the National Netball League.

Honours

;

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**''Winners'':

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**''Winners'':

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heffernan, Annette 1962 births Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand netball coaches New Zealand international netball players 1987 World Netball Championships players Netball players at the 1985 World Games Netball players at the 1989 World Games Annette Sportspeople from Canterbury, New Zealand