Irene van Dyk (née Viljoen; born 21 June 1972) is a former
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 ...
international who represented both
New Zealand
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and
South Africa
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. Between 2000 and 2014 she made 145 senior appearances for
New Zealand
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. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the
2003 World Netball Championships
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and the
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
and
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...
titles. Between 1994 and 1999 she made 72 senior appearances for South Africa. She was member of the South Africa team that were silver medallists at the
1995 World Netball Championships. She captained South Africa at the
1999 World Netball Championships. During her international netball career, she scored 5917 goals from 6572 attempts at 90%. Van Dyk remains the
world's most capped netball international. She was the 2003
New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year. Between 2003 and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, van Dyk played for
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. In 2005 and 2006, she was a member of the Magic team that won two successive
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 ...
titles and in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, she was a member of the Magic team that won the
ANZ Championship
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. In
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, van Dyk was appointed a Member of the
New Zealand Order of Merit
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, for services to netball. In 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in
netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998. In 2024 she was inducted into the
Netball New Zealand Hall of Fame.
Early life and family
Irene van Dyk is the daughter of Herman and Irene Viljoen.
She was born in
Vereeniging
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,
Gauteng
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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ...
,
South Africa
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.
Her mother played korfball for South Africa and her father was an umpire. She is the youngest of four siblings and grew up on a farm in
Meyerton, Gauteng
Meyerton is a small town lying 18 km north of Vereeniging in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated in the Midvaal Local Municipality (of which it is the capital) in the Sedibeng District Municipality.
History
Meyerton was established in 1891 ...
. In her youth she showed potential as a track and field athlete. Between 1988 and 1990 she represented her province in the 400m and 100m hurdles at the
South African Athletics Championships.
Her father died in 1992 during a routine appendix operation. Her mother passed away in July 2012 after a long battle with cancer.
In 1994, she married Christie van Dyk. Christie and Irene met at university. Together the couple have one child, a daughter named Bianca (born c. 1998).
In 2000, after moving to New Zealand, van Dyk began working as a schoolteacher at
Fergusson Intermediate.
Playing career
Early career
In South Africa, van Dyk played for
Rand Afrikaans University and Gauteng.
Capital Shakers
While playing for
South Africa
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at the
1999 World Netball Championships, van Dyk was invited to play for six months with
Capital Shakers. She also received an offer to play for
Queensland Firebirds.
Between 2000 and 2002, van Dyk played for Shakers in the
Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. She was a prominent member of the Shakers team that were semi-finalists three years in succession. They finished third in 2000 and fourth in 2001 and 2002.
In 2000, van Dyk scored 367 goals from 396 attempts at 93% as Shakers reached their first semi-final.
However, they subsequently lost 50–35 to
Canterbury Flames.
On 22 April 2001, an outstanding goal scoring performance from van Dyk saw Shakers defeated
Southern Sting 51–48 in a Round 4 match. It ended a winning run of 18 matches over two years for Sting.
During the 2001 season, van Dyk had a 91% shooting success rate as she played a major role in leading Shakers to their second semi-final. However, they lost 60–49 to Sting.
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Between 2003 and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, van Dyk played for
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, initially 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 ...
league and later in the
ANZ Championship
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. She was a prominent member of a successful Magic team coached by
Noeline Taurua.
In 2005 and 2006, she was a member of the Magic team that won two successive National Bank Cup titles.
During the 2007 and
2009
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seasons, she co-captained Magic with
Joline Henry.
In
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, she was a member of the Magic team that finished as
ANZ Championship
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minor premiers and overall runners-up.
In
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
she helped Magic finish as runners up.
In
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, during a
Round 8 match against
Queensland Firebirds, van Dyk made her 100th senior appearance for Magic. She was the first Magic player to reach this tally.
In
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, she was a member of the Magic team that won 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 ...
.
During the season she turned 40.
Just hours before the preliminary final against
Northern Mystics
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, van Dyk received the news that her mother had died.
[ In the grand final Magic defeated ]Melbourne Vixens
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41–38. Van Dyk scored 25 of her 26 attempts at 96%.
Central Pulse
In 2014
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and 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
, van Dyk played for Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship
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. On 26 April 2014, van Dyk made her 100th ANZ Championship appearance in a Round 9 match against Melbourne Vixens
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.
International
South Africa
Between 1994 and 1999, van Dyk made 72 senior appearances for South Africa
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. She was a prominent member of the South Africa team that were silver medallists at the 1995 World Netball Championships. During the tournament they defeated both England
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and New Zealand
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before losing in the final to Australia
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. In 1996, van Dyk was awarded the State President's Merit Award by President
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Nelson Mandela
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for her contributions. She also represented South Africa at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...
and captained South Africa at the 1999 World Netball Championships. She scored 1,121 goals for South Africa from 1,284 attempts at 87%.
New Zealand
After playing for Capital Shakers in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league, van Dyk switched her international allegiances from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
to New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. She had decided to make her move to New Zealand permanent and Netball South Africa told her they wouldn't pick her for South Africa. Between 2000 and 2014, van Dyk made 145 senior appearances for New Zealand. She represented New Zealand at the 2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
, 2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
and 2011 World Netball Championships
The 2011 World Netball Championships () was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. ...
and at the 2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
, 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
and 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...
. She scored 4796 goals for New Zealand from 5288 attempts at 91%. On 20 June 2000, van Dyk made her senior debut for New Zealand during an away series against Australia
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. Ahead of the 2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...
, Netball South Africa tried to block van Dyk from playing for New Zealand. However, they were overruled by the South African Commonwealth Games Association who granted her permission. She subsequently helped New Zealand finish as silver medallists at the Games. She was a prominent member of the New Zealand team that were gold medallists at the 2003 World Netball Championships
The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zeala ...
. In the final against Australia, she scored 41 goals from 43 attempts at 95%, as New Zealand won 49–47. At the 2003 Halberg Awards
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, van Dyk was named Sportswoman of the Year.
On 29 October 2005, van Dyk made her 129th senior test appearance against Australia. This saw her overtake England
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's Kendra Slawinski as the world's most capped netball international. Incidentally, she scored 41 from 43 at 95% as New Zealand defeated Australia 61–36. At the time, the 26-goal margin became New Zealand's biggest win over Australia. She was member of the New Zealand team that were gold medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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. In the final against Australia, she scored 44 goals from 49 as New Zealand won 60–55. On 23 September 2009, van Dyk made her 100th senior test appearance for New Zealand in a 52–36 win over Australia. She marked the occasion by scoring 33 goals from 36 attempts at 92%.
Van Dyk was chosen to lead the New Zealand
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team and carry the flag of New Zealand
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at the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. On 5 October 2010, in a pool stage match against the Cook Islands
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, van Dyk made her 111th senior test appearance for New Zealand in a 87–24 win. This saw her overtake Lesley Rumball as New Zealand's most capped netball international. She went onto to help New Zealand win the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...
title, scoring 25 from 29 at 86% in the final as they beat Australia 66–64.
During the 2011 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, van Dyk made her 200th senior test appearance in a match against England. She captained New Zealand at the 2011 World Netball Series. Van Dyk was also a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2012 Constellation Cup. In June 2014, van Dyk announced her retirement from international netball. She was selected to play for New Zealand at the 2014 Fast5 Netball World Series. However shortly before the tournament began, she had to withdraw from the squad because of injury. Van Dyk remains the world's most capped netball international. In April 2022, she was one of 25 New Zealand internationals included on a list of the best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.
MNZM
In the 2009 New Year Honours, van Dyk was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant (document), royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of New Zealand, Queen of New Zealand, "for th ...
, for services to netball. Together with Margaret Foster and Belinda Charteris, she was one of several New Zealand netball people to receive an honour.
Coaching career
Ahead of the 2015 Netball World Cup, van Dyk trained with Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
. Van Dyk and the Scotland head coach, Gail Parata, where former teammates at Capital Shakers. In 2017, van Dyk served as team manager with Wellington Blaze women's cricket team. At the time her husband, Christie, was the team coach. In 2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, van Dyk served as a specialist coach with Central Pulse. In 2022, van Dyk began working for Netball New Zealand.
Honours
;New Zealand
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*World Netball Championships
The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and the New ...
**''Winners'': 2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
**''Runners up'': 2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
*Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
**''Winners'': 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
**''Runners Up'': 2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
* Taini Jamison Trophy
**''Winners'': 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
**''Runners Up'': 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
* Constellation Cup
**''Winners'': 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
**''Runners Up'': 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
*Fast5 Netball World Series
The Fast5 Netball World Series is an annual international Fast5 netball competition. The competition, which began in October 2009, features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The competition is co ...
**''Winners'': 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
**''Runners up'': 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
*Netball Quad Series
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**''Runners Up'': 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
;South Africa
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*World Netball Championships
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**''Runners Up'': 1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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; Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
*National Bank Cup
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**''Winners'': 2005, 2006
*ANZ Championship
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**''Winners'': 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
**''Runners Up'': 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
**''Minor premiers'': 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
;Individual Awards
References
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1972 births
Living people
New Zealand netball players
New Zealand international netball players
New Zealand international Fast5 players
South African netball players
Capital Shakers players
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic players
Central Pulse players
ANZ Championship players
National Bank Cup players
1995 World Netball Championships players
1999 World Netball Championships players
2003 World Netball Championships players
2011 World Netball Championships players
2007 World Netball Championships players
Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in netball
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in netball
Netball players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Netball players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Sportspeople from Vereeniging
Naturalised citizens of New Zealand
Afrikaner people
South African people of Dutch descent
South African emigrants to New Zealand
South African expatriate netball people in New Zealand
Central Pulse coaches
New Zealand netball coaches
South African netball coaches
Rand Afrikaans University alumni
New Zealand schoolteachers