Silver Fern Van Dyk shoots 100%

NETBALLERS at next month’s 11th World Netball Championships in Jamaica must fear South African-born New Zealand goal-shoot Irene Van Dyk. The powerfully built six-footer has been in devastating form in recent games, scoring 64 goals from 64 attempts for Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic against Capital Shakers in the National Bank Cup in New Zealand. Van Dyk, who represented South Africa at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before marrying a New Zealander and migrating, followed up her April 13 performance with a second 100 percent shooting outing two weeks later. This time, the Vodafone Silver Fern goal-shoot slotted in 54 of 54 against the Auckland Diamonds. The Vodafone Silver Ferns will warm-up for the World Championships with a three-test series against England starting today.  The other matches are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday.