Charlotte Kight (born 8 June 1988 in

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is) is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the ...

, New Zealand) is a retired New Zealand

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

player. Kight started in the

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 ...

with the Western Flyers in 2005, under head coach

Yvette McCausland-Durie Yvette McCausland-Durie is a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball coach and former netball player. As a player, she played for Western Flyers during the National Bank Cup era and represented New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand ...

. She played with the Flyers for two years, before moving to the Canterbury Flames for the final year of the competition in 2007. With the start of the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

in 2008, she continued to play with the Canterbury franchise, which changed their name to the Canterbury Tactix. At international level, Kight played with the New Zealand U21 team from 2006 to 2009. She was also selected for the senior national team, the

Silver Ferns The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns ( or ), represent Netball New Zealand in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Taini Jamison Trophy, the Constell ...

in 2009, although she was not capped. Charlotte is the sister of Blackstick Bridget Kight. In 2012, she left the Tactix and signed with the

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

, in order to get more court time in the wing defence position. She has resigned for the 2013 season. She headlined the 2012 Fight for Christchurch, fighting fellow netballer and ex-teammate Elizabeth Manu, a fight which she won.

References

External links

2009 Silver Ferns profile

2010 ANZ Championship profile
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