Sue Garden-Bachop

Sue Garden-Bachop (died 2009) was a New Zealand athlete who represented her country in rugby, touch, basketball and hockey.[1]

In 1998, Garden-Bachop was promoted to co-coach of Wellington's Northern United senior men's team, becoming one of the first women to coach a premier side in the country.[1] She was a selector for the New Zealand women's rugby team, the Black Ferns from 1996 to 1998.[2]

She was coach of University of Leeds' 1st XV in 2000-2002 and took the Leeds Tykes Sevens team to the quarterfinals of the Middlesex Sevens in 2001. In 2002 she returned to New Zealand and was appointed assistant coach of the Black Ferns.[3]

Garden-Bachop was diagnosed with leukemia and wrote a children's book (Who Will Tuck Me In?, 2006) to help children understand their feelings when a parent is dying from cancer.[4]

Personal life

Garden-Bachop was married to Stephen Bachop and together they had three children: Georgia, Jackson and Connor, all of whom play sport at high levels.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mum and nana driving Garden-Bachop". Club Rugby. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Women players impress new Black Ferns coach". NZ Herald. 2003-08-28. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Rowlands named new Black Ferns coach". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Cancer in the Family: Talking to your Children". wellington.cancernz.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ↑ "Garden-Bachop rising up hockey ranks". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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