Chrisna Bootha

Chrisna van Zyl (née Bootha; born 10 August 1983) is a South African netball player. Van Zyl plays in the positions of Goal Shooter (GS) and Goal Attack (GA). She is a member of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore, among many other tournaments. She has also participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and the 2011 World Netball Series, both held in Liverpool, UK. In October 2012, she travelled with the Proteas to participate in the 2012 Netball Quad Series.

In November 2012 she was a member of the Proteas Fast5 team in the 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series where she won a bronze medal. She scored several long range "Super Shots" throughout the tournament, a major reason for the Proteas success.

Playing history Year(s) Team 1999 U/16 S.A Schools 2000 S.A U/17 2003-2004 COSANA Swaziland 2004-2009 SPAR Proteas Squad 2009 Tri-Nations vs Fiji & Botswana 2009 COSANA Games Durban 2010 Test Series vs Samoa 2010 AFRICA WNC Qualifying Round 2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi 2010 FAST5 World Netball Series Liverpool 2011 Tri-Nations vs Botswana & Singapore 2011 Test Series vs Trinidad & Tobago