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| Born | (1942-07-13)13 July 1942 (age 83) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
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Coral Palmer was aNew Zealandnetball player who represented her country on seven occasions, including in the 1971 world championships. She later became a netball coach.
Coral Palmer was born on 13 July 1942. She played netball forRotorua in the Centre court (C) position. She became the 50th player to represent theSilver Ferns, theNew Zealand national netball team, first playing againstSingapore in November 1970, at the beginning of a long tour by the team that included the1971 World Netball Championships, which were held inKingston,Jamaica in January. Coached byTaini Jamison, the Silver Ferns were runners-up in the tournament, losing to Australia in a match that Palmer could not play in due to sickness.[1]
Palmer later became a coach. She was a coach atJohn Paul College, Rotorua. Among the players she taught wasSamantha Winders who first played for theSilver Ferns in 2017 and had played 44 games for the team by early 2021. In 2013, during Winders' time at the College, the school achieved its first appearance at the New Zealand Secondary Schools tournament, finishing in fifth place.[2][3]
