Coral Palmer
{{Short description|New Zealand netball player and coach}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2021}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Netball World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|1971 Kingston|Tournament}}
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Coral Palmer was a New Zealand netball player who represented her country on seven occasions, including in the 1971 world championships. She later became a netball coach.
Playing career
Coral Palmer was born on 13 July 1942. She played netball for Rotorua in the Centre court (C) position. She became the 50th player to represent the Silver Ferns, the New Zealand national netball team, first playing against Singapore in November 1970, at the beginning of a long tour by the team that included the 1971 World Netball Championships, which were held in Kingston, Jamaica in January. Coached by Taini Jamison, the Silver Ferns were runners-up in the tournament, losing to Australia in a match that Palmer could not play in due to sickness.{{cite web |title=Coral Palmer |url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/coral-palmer.html |website=Silver Ferns |access-date=8 December 2021}}
Coaching career
Palmer later became a coach. She was a coach at John Paul College, Rotorua. Among the players she taught was Samantha Winders who first played for the Silver Ferns in 2017 and had played 44 games for the team by early 2021. In 2013, during Winders' time at the College, the school achieved its first appearance at the New Zealand Secondary Schools tournament, finishing in fifth place.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/sport/sinclair-one-of-tournaments-top-players/LKGZYDUZYS473JUD44NJKLGJV4/|title=Sinclair one of tournament's top players|publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz|date=6 June 2011|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.netballwbop.co.nz/zones/waikato-bay-of-plenty/community-netball/news/great-week-for-zone-at-nz-secondary-schools.html|title=Great week for Zone at NZ Secondary Schools|publisher=www.netballwbop.co.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209044510/https://www.netballwbop.co.nz/zones/waikato-bay-of-plenty/community-netball/news/great-week-for-zone-at-nz-secondary-schools.html|archive-date=9 February 2021|accessdate=17 July 2022|date=14 October 2013}}
References
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{{New Zealand squad at the 1971 World Netball Championships}}
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Category:New Zealand international netball players
Category:New Zealand netball coaches
Category:1971 World Netball Championships players