Tracy Eyrl-Shortland (née Eyrl) was a

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 ...

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 who played 58 matches for the

New Zealand national netball team 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 Netball at the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games, the ...

, known as the ''Silver Ferns''.

Career

In 1980, while playing at for Eastern Netball Club at the Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre, in

Pakuranga Pakuranga is an eastern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Pakuranga covers a series of low ridges and previously swampy flats, now drained, that lie between the Pakuranga Creek and Tamaki River, two estuary, estuarial arms of the ...

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

, Eyrl-Shortland was selected for the

Under-16 team. She then moved to the Shore Rovers Netball Club. Eyrl-Shortland first played for the ''Silver Ferns'' in 1986. She was a member of the team in 1987 when New Zealand won the gold medal at the

1987 Netball World Championships The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup held in Glasgow, Scotland. This quadrennial premier event in international netball featured 17 teams, and included the debut of Cook Islands. The format of ...

. She was one of four members of that team who were selected to defend the title in

1991 Netball World Championships The 1991 World Netball Championships (also known as the Johnson & Johnson World Netball Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in ...

, when New Zealand won the silver medal, losing 53–52 to Australia in the final. She also competed in the

1989 World Games The 1989 World Games (), commonly known as Karlsruhe 1989, were the third edition of the World Games, an international multi-sport event. This edition was held in Karlsruhe, West Germany. Titles 112 titles were awarded in 19 sports (5 invitatio ...

winning a gold medal. After retiring from playing, she coached netball with the Eastern Netball club. In 2011 she was nominated as a "Legend of Harbour Sport".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyrl-Shortland, Tracy Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand international netball players 1991 World Netball Championships players 1987 World Netball Championships players Netball players at the 1989 World Games Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 1995 World Netball Championships players World Games medalists in netball World Games gold medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 1989 World Games