She played netball for Otago, Canterbury and Wellington Region and was chosen for the New Zealand Under-21 team.

In 1989 she was a member of the winning New Zealand team in the World Games in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

The following year, she was a member of the team that lost to Australia in a demonstration match played at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, held in Auckland, New Zealand.

She played for the team again in 1994 and 1995, competing in the 1995 World Netball Championships in Birmingham, England, when New Zealand finished third.

Their three sons are active basketball players with one, Ben, having been the first New Zealander to be selected to attend the NBA Global Academy at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.