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Jon Nabbs started his run in May 2023 in St. John’s, Newfoundland

Former Silver Fern and Hamilton City councillor Margaret Forsyth died on May 4. She had been on sick leave from council duties since April following a cancer diagnosis and she died on May 4, 2021. On Saturday, May 8, friends, family, former teammates and political colleagues gathered at St Paul’s Collegiate’s Chapel of Christ the King, for a service to commend  Forsyth’s contribution to her community and her country. She leaves behind three sons, Thomas, Jonathan and Lucien and a gran...

Defenders like Tracey Fear, who played alongside Forsyth for the Verdettes club, Waikato and the Silver Ferns. “She was the hardest player I ever played against. Even though I played with her for so many years, I still couldn’t work her out,” Fear says. “And she would do it all with such bloody grace. I was in awe of her - even when she was doing it against you and made a dick out of you.” But Forsyth was loved and resepcted for more than just her exceptional netball talent. She w...