Irene van Dyk
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Irene van Dyk, (born June 21 1971), is one of the world's best-known netball players.
Born in South Africa, she became the International South African netball team's captain, then in 2000 moved to New Zealand and joined the "Silver Ferns" international team almost immediately (causing some minor controversy, as netball at the time had no specific rules on players moving between nations).
She now lives in Stokes Valley, Wellington, and as well as her international duties she plays for a team (initially the Capital Shakers but recently a team further north) in the domestic netball competition, is a teacher, and has two children. Her first daughter, Bianca had her ears pierced before she was 3 months old; she was about 2 and a half months.
There is a biography written about her, called Changing Colours. She shoots 300 goals a day just for fun. Her husband Christe van Dyk analyses her play and can tell if the ball would go in or not.
On July 5 2004 she came on at the start of the 3rd quarter of the third test match in a series against Australia and scored 24/24 to turn the match around.