Victoria Edward (born 1977) was a New Zealand netball player who played 22 international matches for the national team, known as the ''Silver Ferns''.

Early life

Victoria Edward Edgar was born in

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( mi, Te Awakairangi) in the Wellington Region of the

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of New Zealand on 3 February 1977. She attended Palmerston North Girls' High School, followed by Otago Polytechnic and the University of Otago in Dunedin on the

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. She trained as nurse and worked as a nurse during much of her netball playing career.

Netball career

In 1998-99 Edward played with the Otago Rebels team, which competed in the nationwide National Bank Cup. She then joined the

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located in Hamilton, playing there from 2000 to 2002. Having moved to Auckland, she transferred to the Auckland Diamonds for the 2003 to 2006 seasons, captaining the team in 2006. She played her first game for the ''Silver Ferns'', the New Zealand national netball team, in June 2001, against South Africa. Edward played 22 matches for the team but was not selected for the

2003 World Netball Championships The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zealand's Silver Ferns ...

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, when New Zealand won the gold medal.

References

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