Maree Bowden (née Grubb; born 20 November 1979 in

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) is a New Zealand international

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player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship. Format In the rounds, each team played every other team once, then the top four teams ...

from 1999 to 2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championsh ...

, when the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

began in 2008. With the retirement of long-standing Canterbury captain

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after the 2009 season, in 2010 Bowden was given the captaincy role of the Tactix. Bowden made the New Zealand national team in 2006, and debuted the following year against Jamaica. That year she was selected in the Silver Ferns team for the

2007 Netball World 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 th ...

in Auckland, in which New Zealand came second behind Australia. She withdrew from the Silver Ferns in 2010. However, Bowden was selected as the captain of the 2010 FastNet team, which came first at the

2010 World Netball Series The 2010 World Netball Series was the second edition of the World Netball Series, an annual international netball competition held under fastnet rules. The 2010 event was held in Liverpool, England, and was contested between the top six national n ...

in Liverpool.

References

External links

2010 ANZ Championship profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowden, Maree 1979 births Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand international netball players Mainland Tactix players ANZ Championship players 2007 World Netball Championships players People educated at St Kevin's College, Oamaru Canterbury Flames players New Zealand international Fast5 players