Born in South Africa, where she grew up and eventually played in 72 tests for their international team, with her goal-shooting talents (combining athleticism, 190 centimetres of height, and a strike rate of almost 90%) almost single-handedly making them competitive against world powers Australia and New Zealand.
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 one daughter, Bianca.
There is a biography written about her, called Changing Colours. She has had another child. 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.
Their first baby had her ears pierced before she was 3 months old; she was about 2 and a half months.
On 5 July2004 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.
