Colleen Falloon

Colleen Natalie Falloon (née McMaster; born 10 July 1943) is a former New Zealand netball player. She played 11 international matches for the New Zealand team between 1960 and 1963, including at the 1963 World Netball Championships. More recently she has been active in Masters athletics, winning multiple national marathon titles, in the W60, W65, W70 and W75 categories.

Early life Falloon was born Colleen Natalie McMaster on 10 July 1943. She was educated at Christchurch West High School, and went on to study at Christchurch Teachers' College.

Netball career McMaster began playing representative netball for Canterbury in 1959, and was described as "one of the outstanding players" at that year's national netball championships, where she gained South Island honours.

In 1960, McMaster was selected for the New Zealand team that toured Australia, and was the youngest member of the touring party. In the first Test match in Adelaide, New Zealand achieved their first ever victory over , winning 49–40. The game was won by Australia, 44–39, and McMaster returned for the third Test, won 46–45 by Australia.

McMaster was a member of the New Zealand team at the inaugural World Netball Championships at Eastbourne, England, in 1963.

Across her international career, McMaster played in 11 Test matches. They lived at Muriwai, where Neil Falloon was active in surf lifesaving, as a competitor who won national titles, a referee, and manager of representative teams. He served as district president and district president for Surf Life Saving Northern Region, and was president of the Muriwai Surf Life Saving Club at the time of his death on 7 March 2006.

Colleen Falloon took up distance running, and by 2012 had run 82 marathons.