Anna Maree Harrison (

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Scarlett; born 15 April 1983 in Westport, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball and

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

player. She stands at 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in). In netball Harrison plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and/or wing-defence. Anna Maree used to play netball and basketball in winter and played beach and indoor volleyball during summer when she was in a boarding high school. She was raised in Karamea on the South Island's west coast and in 2002 joined the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, travelling to the Commonwealth Games with the team as a training player. She went on to earn 39 caps in the Silver Ferns by the end of 2006. but was not selected for the

2007 World Netball Championships The 2007 World Netball Championships was the 12th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball co-ordinated by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). Sixteen nations contested the ...

squad, subsequently retiring from netball to focus on beach volleyball, partnering with Susan Blundell. After several years on the international beach volleyball circuit, Harrison left the sport in 2010 and announced her intention to return to netball. She signed with the Northern Mystics for the

2011 ANZ Championship season The 2011 ANZ Championship season was the fourth season of the ANZ Championship. The 2011 season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 May. With a team coached by Roselee Jencke, captained by Lauren Nourse and featuring Romelda Aiken, La ...

, and also regained her place in the Silver Ferns lineup for 2010. She made the team for the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, where she was used in the Wing Defence position throughout the pool games. She was not named in the starting line-up for the final, but was injected into the game at half time, in the unfamiliar WD position, and helped to turn around the deficit and win the gold medal. During the 2012 ANZ Championship season, Anna was married to sports scientist Craig Harrison. She made the Silver Ferns again in 2012, and was used mainly in WD, to cover the loss of Joline Henry. In the 2012 ANZ Championship season, Harrison was lifted up by her teammate in order to successfully block a shot above the rim, during the round 8 match against the Melbourne Vixens. It was pulled off two more times in the game. The controversial move was dubbed the '

Harrison Hoist The Harrison Hoist, also known as the Chairlift, is a form of goaltending in netball where one defender lifts another defender, rugby union lineout-style, in order to catch the ball and prevent a goal scoring opportunity. It was named after Anna H ...

' by the media, and attracted a massive response from fans and casual netball followers, many believing the move should be banned. She has performed this move several times since, including on the international scene. In February 2013, Harrison announced that she was three months pregnant and did not take part in the 2013 ANZ Championship. On 1 September 2013, Anna gave birth to her and Craig's first child, a son, Isaac and in 2015 gave birth to a daughter, Georgia. Harrison announced her retirement in 2018. Harrison came out of retirement to play for Northern Stars in the

2021 ANZ Premiership season The 2021 ANZ Premiership season is the fifth season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The league will be contested by six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 45 matches to be played between April ...

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2011 Silver Ferns profile2011 ANZ Championship profile
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