Helen Mahon-Stroud
{{Short description|New Zealand netball coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1968|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place =Christchurch, New Zealand
| height =1.63 m
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| ru_position =Wing
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| repyears1 =1991
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| coachyears1 =2008–2011
| coachteams1 =Canterbury Tactix (Netball)
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Helen Mahon-Stroud (born 15 April 1968) is a New Zealand netball coach and former rugby union player.
Biography
= Rugby career =
Mahon-Stroud began her rugby career in 1989. She was introduced to the sport by Black Ferns legend Anna Richards who was also her Canterbury netball teammate.{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Jane |date=2022-11-04 |title=Where is she now? Helen Mahon-Stroud |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/page/where-is-she-now-helen-mahon-stroud |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Newsroom |language=en-AU}} She captained the first New Zealand women’s rugby team in 1989, against the California Grizzlies side in Christchurch.
Mahon-Stroud represented New Zealand at the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup in Wales. She is credited as scoring the first women's Rugby World Cup try.{{Cite web |last=Julian |first=Adam |date=2022-10-04 |title=Black Ferns In World Cup Openers |url=https://www.allblacks.com/news/black-ferns-in-world-cup-openers/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=allblacks.com |language=en-NZ}}
In 2018, Mahon-Stroud was one of 46 former Black Ferns who were presented with a test cap.{{Cite web |last=Findlater |first=Gordon |date=2019-10-25 |title=Helen Mahon-Stroud: Women's rugby pioneer |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-sport/star-netball/helen-mahon-stroud-womens-rugby-pioneer |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Five minutes with Helen Mahon-Stroud |url=https://www.netballchristchurch.org.nz/newsarticle/64203 |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=www.netballchristchurch.org.nz}}
= Netball coaching career =
In 2008, Mahon-Stroud was appointed head coach of the Canterbury Tactix in the ANZ Championship. Canterbury finished in seventh place during the 2008 season, with five wins and eight losses. She was retained as coach for the 2009 season.{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Mahon-Stroud reappointed Tactix coach for 2009 |publisher=3 News |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/MahonStroudreappointedTactixcoachfor2009/tabid/415/articleID/65754/cat/255/Default.aspx |date=2008-08-05 |accessdate=2008-10-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521014122/http://www.3news.co.nz/MahonStroudreappointedTactixcoachfor2009/tabid/415/articleID/65754/cat/255/Default.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-21 |url-status=live }} She coached the Tactix for two more seasons, ending in 2011.{{Cite web |last=Egan |first=Brendon |date=2015-04-07 |title=Mainland Tactix continue to be left behind - Helen Mahon-Stroud |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/67637393/mainland-tactix-continue-to-be-left-behind---helen-mahon-stroud |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-08-22 |title=Mahon-Stroud named new White Ferns Manager |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/archive/mahon-stroud-named-new-white-ferns-manager/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=NZC |language=en-US}}
= Cricket management =
In addition to rugby and netball, Mahon-Stroud was team manager and high performance manager of the New Zealand women's national cricket team, the White Ferns, for over three years. She was first appointed as the White Ferns team manager in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Richens |first=Matt |date=2013-08-21 |title=Helen Stroud takes on new challenge |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/9070455/Helen-Stroud-takes-on-new-challenge |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-08-22 |title=Mahon-Stroud named NZ manager |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mahon-stroud-named-nz-manager-664171 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}
Mahon-Stroud's husband, Alan Stroud, is a former All Whites international. She has been a member of the New Zealand Police for more than twenty years, and is working on becoming a detective.{{Cite web |last=George |first=Nina C |date=2015-07-06 |title='I'm always on my toes' |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/487787/im-always-my-toes.html |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Black Ferns|new_id=Helen-Mahon-Stroud-BF-10|name=Helen Mahon-Stroud (née Mahon)|old_id=5054}}
{{New Zealand Squad 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup}}
{{New Zealand Squad RugbyFest 1990}}
{{Black Ferns 1989}}
{{Mainland Tactix}}
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Category:New Zealand netball coaches
Category:New Zealand police officers
Category:ANZ Championship coaches
Category:New Zealand women's international rugby union players
Category:New Zealand female rugby union players
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
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