Kate Heffernan

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Kate Heffernan
Personal information
Full nameKate Alexandra Heffernan [1]
Born (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 25) [2]
Invercargill, New Zealand [3]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
School St Hilda's Collegiate School
University University of Otago
Relatives Annette Heffernan (mother)
Georgia Heffernan (sister)
Maxine Blomquist (aunt)
Shirley Langrope (cousin)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, C, WA
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2017–2019 Netball South
2018– Southern Steel
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2022– New Zealand 34
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Kate Alexandra Heffernan (born 7 October 1999) is a New Zealand netball international and former cricketer. She represented the New Zealand national netball team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Netball World Cup. She captained New Zealand at the 2024 Netball Nations Cup. In 2018, she also made two appearances for the New Zealand women's national cricket team.

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Heffernan comes from a family of netball internationals: at the 2024 Netball Nations Cup, herself and her sister, Georgia Heffernan, became the third set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. Her mother, Annette Heffernan and her aunt, Maxine Blomquist, were the first set. However, the Heffernan sisters are the first sisters to actually play in the same team at the same time. A cousin, Shirley Langrope, was also a New Zealand netball international. As well as playing netball together for New Zealand, the Heffernan sisters have played together in several teams, including the Southern Steel netball team and the Otago Sparks women's cricket team.

Early life, family and education

Heffernan is the daughter of Noel and Annette Heffernan. Her mother, her aunt, Maxine Blomquist, her sister, Georgia Heffernan and a cousin, Shirley Langrope, are all New Zealand netball internationals. Her father played rugby union for Canterbury Country. [4] [5] [6] [7] The Heffernan family live on their sheep and beef farm, near Tapanui, West Otago. [8] The Heffernan sisters attended Tapanui's Blue Mountain College [9] and St Hilda's Collegiate School. [10] [11] Kate attended the University of Otago, where she studied psychology. [6] [12]

Cricket

G/A
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  50)16 March 2018 v  West Indies
Last T20I20 March 2018 v  West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeamGARBCPRFDICDFPNTOMP
2018 Steel 0/0?06?081014
2019 Steel 0/016051382220118816
2020 Steel 0/0140692118361011214
2021 Steel 0/013301129825391345416
2022 Steel 0/017204133324411034715
2023 Steel 0/0?0233662637974615
Career

Sources: [41] [52]

New Zealand

In August 2021, Heffernan was included in the 2021–22 New Zealand squad. [53] [54] [55] She was subsequently included in the squad for the 2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, but didn't get on court. [19] [56] [57] On 12 October 2021, she made her unofficial debut for New Zealand against Aotearoa Men. [19] [58] She was included in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squad [59] and, on 30 July 2022, she eventually made her senior debut in New Zealand's opening match against Northern Ireland. [2] [60] In just her sixth test, she helped New Zealand win the bronze medal. [61] She went on to represent New Zealand at the 2023 Netball World Cup and was named Midcourter of the Tournament. [26] [62] [63] [64]

Ahead of the 2024 Netball Nations Cup, Heffernan was named vice-captain to Phoenix Karaka. [65] [66] During the tournament Georgia Heffernan made her senior debut for New Zealand against Australia. The Heffernan sisters now became the third set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. The first set were their mother and aunt, Annette Heffernan and Maxine Blomquist. However, the Heffernan sisters are the first sisters to actually play in the same team at the same time. [7] [67] [68] On 22 January 2024, Heffernan captained New Zealand in the match against Uganda. [69] [70]

TournamentsPlace
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [19] [56] [57] 2nd
2022 Commonwealth Games [59] [60] [61] Bronze medal icon.svg
2022 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [71] 1st
2022 Constellation Cup [72] 2nd
2023 Netball Quad Series [73] [74] 2nd
2023 Netball World Cup [26] [62] [63] [64] 4th
2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [75] [76] [77] 1st
2023 Constellation Cup [26] [78] 2nd
2024 Netball Nations Cup [7] [65] [66] [67] [69] [70] 3rd
2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [79] 2nd
2024 Constellation Cup [80] [81] 1st

Honours

Netball

New Zealand
Southern Steel

Cricket

Otago Sparks

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