Sports Talk - Netball star Cathrine Tuivaiti: Motherhood, Pro Netball & life overseas

"I think it should be celebrated, I think that to be able to play at the top shouldn't just be for people who have to put their families on hold, it should be supported and encouraged and if you can't come back then at least you tried, but for too long it's been "Don't have babies, because you won't be able to come back" 

 ... ... that's not been said, it's been implied ... in the last few years we've seen so many Mums come back to netball, especially at the top level and it's really cool to see.  Not that they should get pregnant early, but they don't have to put off having families if that's what they want to succeed in first" 

We catch up with former Silver Fern Cathrine Tuivaiti about being a Mum of two boys, living in Italy with her husband Jimmy during the Covid-19 pandemic, making her comeback to professional sports after having two children and much more.

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You can catch Cat back in action this year playing for the Severn Stars (based in Gloucester and Worcester) in the Vitality Netball Super League.  

Their season kicks off next Friday the 5th of Feb 22 against the Surrey Storm and will be shown live on Sky Sports as well as streamed live on the Sky Sports Youtube Channel 

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Interviewer - Penina Momoiseā

Edited by Adrian Mcbirney 

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Public Interest Journalism Fund Training Programme NZOA