Carron Jerram is a former

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player who represented

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. She first played for the

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in 1990 and played for it on 31 occasions, including in the 1991 and 1995 world championships. She now works for a

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hospital.

Early life

Carron Dawn Rapley Jerram (née Topping) was born on the

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on 6 March 1968. She married Richard Jerram, who played for

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. They have four children.

Netball career

Playing as Carron Topping, Jerram was first chosen to play for the ''Silver Ferns'', the New Zealand national netball team, in 1990, and would play for them on 31 occasions. In 1991 she was vice-captain of the team that won a silver medal at the

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held in

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, the first world championships to be held indoors. She was also a member of the team that finished third in the 1995 world championships, held in

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. After the 1995 world championships, Jerram accompanied her husband to

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, USA, where he took a 4-year internship and residency programme in small-animal surgery. Three of their four children were born in the USA. On their return to New Zealand, she began to play netball again, playing for the Auckland Diamonds in 2005. She is active in several sports and runs marathons. She was a member of the High Performance Committee of Netball NZ in the early 2000s and served on the Auckland Diamonds netball board in 2007-07. She has also coached or managed various netball,

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and

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teams. In 2021 she was appointed as a board member of Auckland Hockey.

Working career

Jerram is a qualified accountant. She works as the general manager at a veterinary hospital, where her husband also works.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerram, Carron Living people New Zealand international netball players Auckland Diamonds players Netball players from Auckland Date of birth missing (living people) 1968 births 1991 World Netball Championships players 1995 World Netball Championships players New Zealand netball players New Zealand netball administrators New Zealand netball coaches Counties Manukau Cometz players 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen