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Margaret Forsyth is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player.  She was selected for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, in 1979 at the age of 17.  During the…

Mahé Drysdale was an Olympic and World Champion Single Sculls rower.  He began rowing at the age of 18 and won his first World Champion title eight years later in 2005 in Japan.  Mahé held…

Not only was Linda Jones New Zealand’s first female jockey legally allowed to race against males – she was also one of New Zealand’s top jockeys during her short stint in the saddle. Jones first…

For 20 years Kym Kearns was at the top of New Zealand Roller Hockey until her retirement in 2000. She was first selected for the New Zealand team as a 17 year old.  She played…

Kevin Herlihy was a World Champion softball player from 1966-1984.  He was one of the best right-handed pitchers in softball history.  With Carl Mossman he was a vital member of the successful Cambridge Blue Streaks…

Ken Browne was an outstanding jockey and trainer of jumps racing. What stood Browne apart from most other horsemen in the world of jumps racing was that he did much of the physical work himself. …

Keith Arnold was a 1940s rugby player and All Black.  He played all of his club rugby for Hautapu with the exception of 1941 when he played for Matamata.  He represented North Island Army in…

Ken Peake was a Champion polo player from the 1930s.  He was Captain and wearer of the number 3 vest winning the Savile Cup, the oldest New Zealand sporting trophy, in 1936, 1937 and 1938,…

Juliette Haigh was a World Champion and Olympic rower.  Haigh (now Drysdale) was in the New Zealand Women’s Pairs from 2004 to 2008 with Nicky Coles, then returned to the event after a year out…

Joelle King is a Commonwealth Games Champion squash player.  She is one of New Zealand’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athletes having won an impressive six medals. She won her first Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour…