Mo'onia Gerrard

Mo'onia Gerrard
Gerrard in Tonga 2012
Personal information
Born	(1980-11-15) 15 November 1980 (age 36) Bathurst, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation	Tan technician
Relatives	Mark Gerrard (brother) Wycliff Palu (first cousin)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, WD
Medal record Representing  Australia Netball World Championships 2011 Singapore Netball 2007 Auckland Netball Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Netball
Last updated: 15 October 2010

Mo'onia Gerrard (born 15 November 1980 in Bathurst, Australia) is a Tongan-Australian netball player. Her Netball career commenced at a very young age, she would often participate in training sessions of her mother's senior Dee Why Beach Netball Club Team, when she was old enough to register in a team, Mo'onia commenced playing with Narrabeen Youth Club and was later selected to represent Manly Warringah Netball Association at State Age, State Championships and State League. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Gerrard is a current member of the Australian national team, and from 2011 is playing for the New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship. She is the sister of Australian rugby union player Mark Gerrard.

Gerrard is also greatly admired for her dedication to the community, mentoring younger people, promoting healthy lifestyles and sporting and personal excellence, particularly in disadvantaged communities. On 14 March 2013 the New South Wales Parliament's Legislative Council voted unanimously to commend Gerrard on her outstanding service to the community -

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20130313006?open&refNavID=HA8_1

In the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, Gerrard played five years with the Sydney Sandpipers and during that time received the 1999 Best New Talent Award and shared the Player's Player Award in 2003.

Late 2003 saw the demise of Gerrard's Sandpipers team, so she relocated to cross-town rivals the Sydney Swifts. Gerrard's relocation was followed by a string of serious injuries, with an ankle injury keeping her out of the 2004 season, and a knee reconstruction curtailing her comeback in 2005. This knee reconstruction also prevented Gerrard from competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in which Australia lost the gold-medal match to New Zealand.