A new home for The Sports Hall of Fame

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame exhibition in Dunedin is now closed while we prepare for an exciting move north. Later this year the exhibition will re-open inside the Grassroots Trust Velodrome in Cambridge, marking the start of an exciting new chapter for visitors and fans
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Netball, 1987
Inducted in 1996
Many in the team had played in the previous world championships, in Singapore in 1983, in which they were beaten in the final by Australia, and vowed that the championships in Glasgow in 1987 would be vastly different.
Sporting Category:
  • Netball
No opponents got closer than nine goals to the New Zealanders as they exhibited almost faultless netball.

Defending champions Australia were beaten by 11 in the round-robin final series and in the last match, against Trinidad and Tobago, the margin was a healthy and unheard-of 12.

The team was captained by Leigh Gibbs and coached by Lois Muir.
Bill Massey

Sporting Spotlight

Bill Massey

(1936-2020)

Dubbed “The Man With the Golden Arm”, Massey was a dominant figure in national softball and it was largely through his expertise and efforts that the sport gained national attention.
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