Keshia Grant (born 11 January 1987 in

Tauranga Tauranga (, Māori language for "resting place," or "safe anchorage") is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the List of cities in New Zealand, fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of or roughly 3% of t ...

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) is a New Zealand

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player.

Biography

Grant played netball in the netball

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 ...

, for the

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. The team were formed in 1998, following the merger of Waikato Wildcats and Bay of Plenty Magic. In 1997, Wildcats and Magic had been founder members of the Coca-Col ...

in 2008, 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 ...

from 2009 to 2011, and the Canterbury/Mainland Tactix from 2012 to 2015. Grant was also a successful javelin thrower in New Zealand winning the event at the New Zealand Athletics Championships in three consecutive years, 2007 to 2009. Grant was ranked second in the New Zealand all-time rankings in 2010 and was still ranked in the top ten in 2019.

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2009 ANZ Championship profile
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