Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has named the 12-strong team to compete at the 2023 Netball World Cup in South Africa next month, including six players who are set to make their debut at netball’s pinnacle event.
Patricia Mavis (Pat) Wyatt was at home when she received the news she is to be awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to netball as part of the King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours.
Departing Mystics captain Sulu Fitzpatrick ended her ANZ Premiership career on the highest note, but the fairytale may not end there - on the cusp of her first World Cup side for the Silver Ferns.
