Jenny-May Coffin
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| Date of birth | 9 April 1974 | ||
| Height | 170 cm | ||
Jenny-May Coffin (born 9 April 1974) is a New Zealand netball player. She currently plays for the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship and formerly the Silver Ferns, New Zealand's national netball team, for which she was the vice-captain in 2001. She also played for the Waikato Magic in the National Bank Cup between 1998–2004 and the Auckland Diamonds in 2007.
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[edit] International netball
Jenny-May Coffin played for the Silver Ferns from 1996–2002. She was vice-captain in 2001, and represented the Silver Ferns at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 1999 Netball World Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She made 41 caps for the Ferns before retiring from international netball at the end of 2002.
[edit] Domestic netball
Jenny-May Coffin has been playing in New Zealand domestic netball leagues since 1995 and the National Bank Cup since 1998. She played for the Waikato Magic in 1998 until 2000 when she became Captain. She left the Magic 2004, going into retirement and worked as a sports presenter on TVNZ. She returned to netball in 2006 and played in the National Championships before playing in the Auckland Diamonds as Captain in 2007. She is currently playing on a two-year contract for the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship.
[edit] Broadcasting
Coffin first joined TVNZ in 2005 as the netball commentator for the National Bank Cup on ONE Sport. In March of that year she was announced as the weekend sports presenter and sports producer during the weekdays. In 2006 she regained her role on ONE Sport and she rejoined the netball commentating team. In 2007 she played for the Auckland Diamonds netball team. She presented sport on TV One on Mondays and Tuesdays, and commentated some National Bank Cup games. She currently is a news presenter on TVNZ's new television channel TVNZ 7, where she is the main presenter, working Tuesdays till Fridays.
