She’s the first dame of New Zealand netball – a remarkable and passionate figure who still, at the grand age of 88, will absolutely talk your ear off about all things netball.
But while life has taken on a slightly slower pace for Dame Lois Muir since a second battle with breast cancer, come hell or high water, she’ll be tuning in to every single minute of the Silver Ferns’ fight to defend their Netball World Cup crown this month.
“I had breast cancer about 25 years ago and the wretched stuff came back and got me again last year,” Lois – she will not have you call her Dame Lois “I only had one boob to lose, so that’s gone now. But I’ve recovered and I’m bouncing around. Well, bouncing’s probably a bit too far! But all is well.”
