NETBALL IN POINT FORTIN

Date of birth: 12th May, 1958 Place of birth:  Point Fortin, Trinidad. Marital Status: Married (1 son). Profession: Telephone Operator. Occupation: Nursing Student Favourite author Stephen King. Hobbies: Reading and singing. Favourite food: Curry and Chinese food. Position played on court Goal Keep. HEATHER CHARLEAU-SEEPERSAD

Heather's career in netball was filled from the outset with ambition and determination for sucess. Her desire was fostered by her forerunners Ivol Roberts, Sandra Phillip and Cherril St. Louis.l

Her first step into the arena was with her school team, Intermediate Roman Catholic of Point Fortn as a goal keeper at the age of eleven. She eventually  went on to represent St. Patrick's Education Division in the Secondary School Netball Competition and later played for Dynamos Sports and Cultural Club.

In 1974, at age sixteen, she was selected as! "Golden Girl" of the San Fernando Netball League, while playing for Sunsetters Netball Team. In that  very year she became a member of the Southern Netball Team. This eventually led to her selection on; the Trinidad and Tobago Netball Team as a goal keeper to play against England at home in 1978.

Her display at the game was of a high quality and she was named "Most Outstanding Under-21 Player".

In 1979 Heather became a member of Hoyte's Trotters Netball Club, and was selected to represent the San Fernando Netball League in the West Indian Tobacco Company Under-21 Tournament held in Tobago. At this Tournament she played in the position of goal defence.

Later that same year she was selected to the National Team as a wing defense to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the Fifth World Championship held in Trinidad. At the end of the Championship the players of the National Team together with Heather, were; recipients of the Chaconia Medal (gold) from the' Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The subse­quent year saw her off to St. Kitts with the National Team to play in the Caribbean Championship. In 1981 she traveled with Hoyte's Trotters Netball Team to Canada, where she was named "Most Out­standing Defense". On her return home she was named "Most Outstanding Player" of 1982 for her standard of play in that year.

 In 1983 she was on the National Tarn to the Caribbean Championships held in Bermuda. Her performance at that championship resulted in her being named "One of the Three Most Outstanding Players of the Championship".

Back home she was selected Vice-Captain of the National Team to tour England as part of the preparation for the Sixth World Championship held in Singapore in 1983. She continued to retain her position as Vice-Captain on the National Team for the Caribbean Championship and for the visiting Australian Institute of Sport Team in 1984. Her cup continued to run over for in that same year in the San Fernando League, she was voted "Player of the Year" and received the prestigious award of "South Sport Personality".

Her ascendancy to the captaincy of the National Team in 1985 was made possible when the then national captain Sherril Peters announced her retire­ment from competitive netball. Heather proved her worth as the team's captain at the Round Robin Tournament held in Australia and toured New Zealand with the team before returning home to play in the Caribbean Netball Championship held in Nevis. Playing with "Paradise Amusement Lakers" and captain of the team from 1986, she was instrumental in leading the club to both the League and Knockout titles of the Southern Ladies League. She was the captain of the League's representative team which played against the visiting Guelph University of Canada. At the same time she was the Captain of the South Netball Team.

That same year she played in the Caribbean Netball Championship held in St. Lucia and was also one of the 25 players selected to represent Caribbean Netball in England at Wembley in November of 1987,

In 1986 she was nominated by the National body for the West Indian Tobacco Company Sports Woman of the Year Award.

The Seventh World Netball Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland, in August 1987 was her third and final championship. She was also given the chance to captain the first West Indian team ever to tour England and Wales.

In 1988 she went to the Tenth Caribbean Netball Championship held in the Cayman Islands. She also played on invitational games that same year.

In 1989, she was again selected to tour Australia with the Caribbean Netbal 1 Association's West Indies • team.

A regular umpire with the National Associa­tion, she used her acquired knowledge to coach the National Under-18 Netball Team in 1984. when they played against a visiting Jamaican school team.

Heather who is always willing to impart knowl­edge of netball to others says her best moments in netball were in the Seventh World Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland, where the Trinidad and Tobago Team was filled with the spirit of an excep­tional interplay of harmony, never seen before.

Heather now resides in the United States with her son, Michael.