Charlotte Kight

{{short description|New Zealand netball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|06|08|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Dannevirke, New Zealand

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|positions = WD, GD, GK

|clubyears1 = 2005–2006

|clubteam1 = Western Flyers

|clubyears2 = 2007–2011

|clubteam2 = Canterbury Tactix

|clubyears3 = 2012–present

|clubteam3 = Northern Mystics

|nationalyears1 = 2006–2009

|nationalteam1 = New Zealand U21

|nationalyears2 = 2009

|nationalteam2 = Silver Ferns

|nationalyears3 = 2010

|nationalteam3 = FastNet Ferns

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Charlotte Kight (born 8 June 1988 in Dannevirke, New Zealand) is a retired New Zealand netball player. Kight started in the National Bank Cup with the Western Flyers in 2005, under head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie.{{cite news |last=Still |first=Andrew |title=Flyers finalise netball squad |work=Manawatu Standard |page=28 |date=2 February 2005}} She played with the Flyers for two years, before moving to the Canterbury Flames for the final year of the competition in 2007.{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Jane |title=Flames coach banks on youth |work=The Press |page=D11 |date=15 February 2007}} With the start of the ANZ Championship in 2008, she continued to play with the Canterbury franchise, which changed their name to the Canterbury Tactix.

At international level, Kight played with the New Zealand U21 team from 2006 to 2009. She was also selected for the senior national team, the Silver Ferns in 2009, although she was not capped.{{cite news |last=Sewell |first=Jane |title=Kight soars into Silver Ferns squad |work=The Press |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/2905176/Kight-soars-into-Silver-Ferns-squad |date=26 September 2009 |accessdate=3 April 2010}} Charlotte is the sister of Blackstick Bridget Kight.{{cite news |last=Tutty |first=Kevin |title=Kight debut caps year |work=The Press |page=D14 |date=23 September 2005}}

In 2012, she left the Tactix and signed with the Northern Mystics, in order to get more court time in the wing defence position. She has resigned for the 2013 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10755999|title=Netball: Kight all but set for move north|date=2 October 2011|accessdate=20 December 2016|work=The New Zealand Herald}}

She headlined the 2012 Fight for Christchurch, fighting fellow netballer and ex-teammate Elizabeth Manu, a fight which she won.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7896404/Netballers-step-into-ring-for-charity|title=Netballers step into ring for charity|first=Sam|last=Sachdeva|date=2 November 2012|accessdate=20 December 2016|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand}}