Gabrielle Spark, Charlayne Pankhurst - softball - 1988....

Gabrielle Spark

Gabrielle Spark and Charlayne Pankhurst were selected in 1988 for the 'short tour' for New Zealand softball.  Gabrielle got a break when the likes of Rita Fatialofa, Karen Mills (Auckland), Robyn Storer (Canterbury) were not available due to other commitments.

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Spark had shown ability since selected for the New Zealand U15 team in 1981, and the U21 team in 1983-84.
She came to Invercargill for the 1984-85 season and joined the Dodgers team.
Spark could see now reason why she could not represent New Zealand from Invercargill and gave a lot of credit for her success,  to the likes of Rex Pankhurst, Tony Buckley, Sharee Giles and Leigh Ronald.
In 1988 Ronald had been selected for the New Zealand U19 team to attend the World Youth Series in Oklahoma.

Reference:  Latta, G. All Star Selection Achieved.  The Southland Times. July 1988