Facts:   - domesticyears: 2008 -- present    - domesticteams: canterbury tactix    - nationalteams: new zealand u21 fastnet ferns    - height: 1.85 0    - updated: 13 december 2010    - nationalyears: 2007 -- present 2010    - positions: ga , gs      - birth date: 25 july 1990    - school: villa maria college    - name: ellen halpenny    - birth place: napier , new zealand   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ellen halpenny .
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ellen halpenny -lrb- born 25 july 1990 in napier , new zealand -rrb- is a new zealand netball player in the anz championship , playing for the canterbury tactix .during the first two seasons of the anz championship , she spent much of her time on the reserves bench .but the departure of jodi brown to the waikato bay of plenty magic after 2009 saw halpenny given more on-court time in the shooting circle .halpenny attended villa maria college , whose netball team won the south island secondary schools netball title in 2008 .she is also a member of the new zealand u21 team , and in 2010 was selected for the fastnet ferns team that won the 2010 world netball series in liverpool .in 2012 she was shifted out to the goal attack position , and saw enough success there to be names in the nz accelerant squad .a foundation member of the tactix for the first five years of the anz , she has signed with the waikato bay of plenty magic for the 2013 season , where she will link up with silver ferns irene van dyk and laura langman .in 2014 , halpenny has had a very strong season with the waikato bay of plenty magic , resulting in her selection into the silver ferns squad for the 2014 commonwealth games in glasgow , scotland , where she replaces veteran shooter irene van dyk who has retired from international netball .