Annette Heffernan

Between 1985 and 1990, Heffernan made nine senior appearances for New Zealand. On 2 February 1985, she made her senior debut against England during the netball tournament at the Australia Games.^[1] Her sister, Maxine Blomquist, was already a New Zealand netball international. Annette and Maxine were the first set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand.^[1][2][9] She was subsequently a member of the New Zealand team that won the gold medal at the 1985 World Games.^[10] A knee injury on the eve of the 1987 World Netball Championships limited Heffernan's involvement to just one match.^{[1][11][12][13][14]} Heffernan won a third gold medal at the 1989 World Games.^[15] At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, she also played for New Zealand against Australia in a one-off match when netball was a demonstration sport.^[4][16] During the Ruth Aitken era, Heffernan served as a New Zealand selector.^[17]

Tournaments	Place
1985 Australia Games[1]	1st
1985 World Games[10]
1987 World Netball Championships[11][12][13][14]
1989 World Games[15]
1990 Commonwealth Games[4][16]	2nd

Heffernan has served as an assistant coach and/or team manager of several teams that featured her twin daughters, Kate Heffernan and Georgia Heffernan. These have included their St Hilda's Collegiate School team and the Netball South team in the National Netball League.^[7][18][19]

New Zealand

• World Netball Championships
  • Winners: 1987
• World Games
  • Winners: 1985, 1989