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| Full name | Margaret Elaine Caldow[3][4] (Née: Jackson) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1941-11-28)28 November 1941 (age 83) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Elaine CaldowOAM BEM (born 28 November 1941), also known asMarg Caldow, is a formerAustralia netball international and a formerEngland head coach. She represented Australia at the1963,1975 and the1979 World Netball Championships, winning three gold medals. Shecaptained Australia at the 1975 and 1979 tournaments. Between 2004 and 2007, Caldow served as head coach of England. She was the England head coach at both the2006 Commonwealth Games and the2007 World Netball Championships. Between 2013 and 2018, Caldow served asLisa Alexander's assistant with Australia. In1978 Caldow was awarded theBritish Empire Medal and in2009 she was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia.
Born inTasmania, Caldow moved toMelbourne in 1957. In her youth, as Margaret Jackson, she represented both Tasmania and Victoria intrack and field athletics and netball. However, in 1960 she decided to concentrate on netball.[1][2][7][8]
Between 1961 and 1979, Caldow played forVictoria in theAustralian National Netball Championships. She captained the team for eight years. In 2000, together withSharelle McMahon,Wilma Shakespear,Joyce Brown,Shelley O'Donnell andSimone McKinnis, Caldow was named inNetball Victoria's Team of the Century. TheVictorian Netball League's Championship MVP award is named theMargaret Caldow Trophy after Caldow.[1][6][2]
Between 1963 and 1979, Caldow made 27 senior appearances forAustralia. She had previously represented Australia at schoolgirl level. She played for Australia at the1963,1975 and the1979 World Netball Championships, winning three gold medals. Shecaptained Australia at the 1975 and 1979 tournaments.[1][6][2][9] In 2008, Caldow was inducted into theAustralian Netball Hall of Fame.[10][11]
| Tournaments | Place |
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| 1963 World Netball Championships[12][13][14][15] |  |
| 1975 World Netball Championships[16] | |
| 1979 World Netball Championships[17] | |
Between 1991 and 1995, Caldow served as head netball coach at theVictorian Institute of Sport, mentoring among others,Sharelle McMahon.[1][18][19][20]
Between 2002 and 2003, Caldow served as head coach ofMelbourne Kestrels in theCommonwealth Bank Trophy league.[1][19][21]
Between 2004 and 2007, Caldow served as head coach ofEngland. She was the England head coach at both the2006 Commonwealth Games and the2007 World Netball Championships.[22][23][24][25][26] Caldow was credited with mentoringLouisa Brownfield,Joanne Harten,Rachel Dunn andPamela Cookey. On 13 May 2007 she also guided England to a 50–45 win againstNew Zealand. At the time, New Zealand were the reigningWorld andCommonwealth champions. It was also England's first win over New Zealand in thirty two years.[27][28][29][30]
| Tournaments | Place |
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| 2006 Commonwealth Games[31] |  |
| 2007 World Netball Championships[32] | 4th |
Caldow has also been a selector, assistant coach and specialist coach withAustralia. She became a national selector in 1981. Between 1984 and 1985 she was an assistant coach at theAustralian Institute of Sport. She was also an assistant coach with Australia at the1987 World Netball Championships.[1][6][33][34][35] Between 2013 and 2018, Caldow served asLisa Alexander's assistant/shooting specialist. During this time, she was a member of Australia's coaching team at the2015 Netball World Cup and at the2014 and2018 Commonwealth Games.[5][18][36][37]
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Wilma Shakespear, Margaret Caldow:Netball:Steps to Success (1979)
