Former Silver Fern and New Zealand women's touch champion Joan Hodson has done it all in sport but perhaps the greatest impact she's had is as a teacher.
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 was a woman who gave back – as a successful coach, role model and mentor; a teacher, police officer and a city councillor. She was a wonderful mother to her three sons, and a new grandmother.
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