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Marcia Ella-Duncan inducted into Australian netball Hall of Fame level and I’ve been recognised for a lot of things for my contribution to netball but this does stand out for me personally as a remarkable achievement.” Born and raised in Sydney, EllaDuncan - a descendant of the Yuin nation on the NSW far south coast
Medal (OAM) for services to netball in 1988. “The sport has given me an ustralia’s first Aboriginal opportunity to break the mould and netball representative defy my destiny,” Ella-Duncan said. Marcia Ella-Duncan OAM will “I have travelled the world, made be inducted into the Australian lifelong friends, developed skills Netball Hall of Fame at the 2015 and qualities that have helped me at Australian Netball home, at work and in the Awards tonight. broader community. A pioneer in Australian “Netball is my lifelong sport, Ella-Duncan played sport and I am eternally 18 Tests for Australia after grateful for what it has making her international given me.” debut against New Ella-Duncan continues Zealand in Christchurch to combine her loves of in May, 1986. Her career sport and championing included winning a silver issues affecting Aboriginal medal at the 1987 Netball and Torres Strait Islander World Cup in Glasgow, communities. Scotland. She is the coaching Ella-Duncan was also co-ordinator for the the first Aboriginal athlete Randwick Netball to receive a scholarship to Association (RNA) in the Australian Institute of Sydney, coaches the Sport in Canberra. RNA’s State League team The talented midcourter and founded the Pearlers said the Hall of Fame Netball Club, which accolade is the highlight provides an inclusive, of her career. Marcia Ella-Duncan said netball “has given me an opportunity diverse and supportive “It is both flattering and to break the mould and defy my destiny”. Image: caama.com netball environment for all an incredible honor,” Ellaits members. Duncan said. “To be recognised – began her netball career as a nineShe is also a member of Netball among the most incredible people year-old at the La Perouse Netball Australia’s Working Group to in the netball community is a Club, playing in a team of girls five develop a Reconciliation Action wonderful honor and I feel very years older than her. Plan (RAP), which will be launched humbled to be included in that elite The former midcourter has in Sydney on Saturday morning. group. received numerous awards over The 2015 Australian Netball “I enjoyed a wonderful career. It her career, on and off the court, Awards will be held at the Museum wasn’t a long career at international including an Order of Australia of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
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