BIANCA ON THE By Brodie Cowburn
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ormer Australian netball captain Bianca Chatfield has already forged an impressive career for herself as it is. Her list of achievements on the court is bigger than most would accomplish in a lifetime. She’s a Commonwealth Games gold medallist for her country, a six time championship winner for her club, and a former captain and leader of both. Now retired and with her netball legacy cemented, Bianca has chosen a different path to further that long list of achievements.
Bianca said she has had her eye on competing on the show for a couple of years now, and was partly inspired to give it a go by her dad, who works as a builder on the Mornington Peninsula.
Bianca and her former teammate and building partner Carla Dziwoki have swapped netballs for toolkits by signing up for Channel Nine’s renovation show, The Block.
Bianca had little experience when it came to building prior to joining the show, but said that a keen interest in real estate helped her come to the decision to take the leap and sign up.
“I have grown up having a builder for a dad, so I’ve always been around renovating. I’m also a huge fan of the show; I used to watch it and I wondered if I could ever do it. We applied last season and were shattered to miss out, so we had another crack at it and here we are. I was so shocked when we found out we were on, I felt so excited, scared, and nervous. It’s just been one of the craziest things I’ve ever put myself up for,” Bianca said.
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10 | PENINSULA
September 2018