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.
The Mystics repelled a resurgent challenge before subduing a gritty Southern Steel 65-55 in their ANZ Premiership round 10 clash in Auckland on Saturday.