Te Amo Amaru-Tibble

Te Amo Amaru-Tibble (born 11 May 1989 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball and basketball player.[1] She attended high school at Newlands College in Wellington before transferring to Tū Toa, a Māori sports academy in Palmerston North. During her early high school years she focused on basketball, playing with the New Zealand U16, U18, U19 and junior Tall Ferns teams. Amaru-Tibble eventually played netball at Tū Toa, coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie. In 2008, she qualified for the New Zealand U21 team to travel to Australia.[2] She also made the preliminary squad for the following year,[3] but she did not make the final team to compete at the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships in the Cook Islands.[4]

Te Amo Amaru-Tibble
Personal information
Born (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
University Victoria University
Occupation Student
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2009–present Central Pulse
Years National team(s) Caps
2008–present New Zealand U21
Last updated: 13 March 2010

After the 2008 season of the ANZ Championship, Amaru-Tibble received a callup from Central Pulse head coach Kate Carpenter to play for the Wellington-based franchise, who had failed to secure a win that year. Carpenter was eventually dismissed as coach of the team, but Amaru-Tibble was retained for the 2009 season under new head coach McCausland-Durie,[2] where she has played as a goal shooter partnering Paula Griffin. In 2009 Amaru-Tibble also played with PIC in the Wellington Regional Super League, in the leadup to the National Provincial Championships.[5]

References
  1. 2010 Central Pulse team profile
  2. Miles, Penny (29 May 2009). "Amaru-Tibble aims for top of her new game". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  3. Johannsen, Dana (6 October 2008). "Clashes may force changes to youth series". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  4. NZPA (14 May 2009). "NZ under-21 netball side full of trans-Tasman experience". TV3 News (online). Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  5. Miles, Penny (11 June 2009). "Regional league kicks off". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 July 2009.

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