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New Zealand netball international
Tania Dalton
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Full name
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Tania Mary Dalton
(nee Nicholson)
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Born
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(
1971-11-26
)
26 November 1971
Takapuna
, New Zealand
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Died
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1 March 2017
(2017-03-01)
(aged 45)
Auckland
, New Zealand
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Height
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1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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Occupation
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Sports commentator
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Spouse
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Duane Dalton
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Children
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3
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Playing
position(s)
:
GS, GA
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Years
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Club team(s)
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Apps
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1998?2000
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Northern Force
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2002?2006
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Southern Sting
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2008, 2011
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Southern Steel
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Years
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National team(s)
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Caps
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1996?2007
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New Zealand
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12
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Tania Mary Dalton
(nee
Nicholson
; 26 November 1971 ? 1 March 2017)
[1]
was a
New Zealand
international
netball
player. After retiring from playing professionally, she worked as a netball commentator on
SKY Sports
for international tests, the
ANZ Championship
and National Championships, alongside former internationals
Anna Stanley
,
Natalie Avellino
,
Kathryn Harby-Williams
and
Bernice Mene
. Dalton was also a part owner of the franchise food outlet chain, Pita Pit New Zealand Limited.
[2]
Career
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Dalton was a member of the New Zealand national netball team, the
Silver Ferns
, from 1996 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2007; she was also named in 2005 but was forced out through injury. She played domestic netball for the
Northern Force
from 1998 until 2000, and the championship-winning
Southern Sting
from 2002 to 2006.
[3]
She was part of the
2003 Netball World Championships
winning
Silver Ferns
squad. She made 12 caps for the Silver Ferns in total, playing in the positions of goal shooter (GS) and goal attack (GA). In 2007, she withdrew from the Silver Ferns to concentrate on family commitments.
In 2008, Dalton made a minor comeback to elite netball replacing injured Australian import
Megan Dehn
in the
Southern Steel
line. She did not take the court but was also offered a two-game contract by
Northern Mystics
who lost
Paula Griffin
to injury, which she declined.
[4]
During the 2011
ANZ Championship
pre-season,
Southern Steel
shooter
Daneka Wipiiti
injured her ankle and was ruled out of action for up to a week. Dalton returned to the Steel as a temporary replacement player on 14 February that year.
[5]
Death
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Dalton collapsed on 23 February 2017 while playing a regular game of social touch rugby in her home suburb of
Takapuna
, Auckland. She was running at the time and was not injured in the game. She was immediately hospitalised in a critical condition with a ruptured
internal carotid artery aneurysm
.
[2]
On 28 February, her family agreed to the removal of her life support therapy. She died on 1 March.
[6]
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