{{short description|South African field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person| name = Natalie Fulton | image = | caption = | birth_name = Natalie Haynes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa<ref name="sportsreferencenfulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/natalie-fulton-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/natalie-fulton-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Natalie Fulton|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|accessdate=29 May 2012}}</ref> | spouse ={{marriage|Craig Fulton|2004}} | relatives = Grant Fulton (brother-in-law) | children = 3, {{ill|Milla Fulton|qid=Q131389207}}<br/>{{ill|Jake Fulton|qid=Q136705941}} | module = {{Infobox field hockey player |embed = yes
| height = {{convert|5|ft|4.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} | position = Defender/Right Back | years1 = 199x–199x | clubs1 = Western Cape <ref name="icon181100">{{cite news|url=http://www.icon.co.za/~sahockey/sawoprof.htm|title=South African women's national team profiles|publisher=www.icon.co.za|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref> | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = Northern Transvaal <ref name="news24021002">{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Sport/MoreSport/SA-womens-hockey-team-announced-20021002|title=SA women's hockey team announced|publisher=www.news24.com|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=2 October 2002}}</ref> | years3 = 199x–2005 | clubs3 = Chelmsford | years4 = 2005–2010 | clubs4 = Pembroke Wanderers | years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Pembroke Wanderers | nationalyears1 = 1997–200x | nationalteam1 = {{fhw|South Africa}} | nationalcaps1 = 69 <ref name="up070215">{{cite news|url=https://www.up.ac.za/media/shared/284/ZP_Files/tukshockey_2015_coaching_clinic_v5.zp44579.pdf|title=TuksHockey 2015 Coaching Clinic|publisher=www.up.ac.za|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=7 February 2015}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 2000–2005 | managerclubs1 = University of Pretoria | manageryears2 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs2 = Pembroke Wanderers | manageryears3 = 2010– | managerclubs3 = University of Pretoria }} }} {{For|the English writer and comedian|Natalie Haynes}} '''Natalie Fulton''' (born 17 May 1977), also known as '''Natalie Haynes''', is a former South Africa women's field hockey international. She represented South Africa at the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
==Early years and education== Natalie was educated at Mowat Park High School in Montclair, Durban and at Stellenbosch University.<ref name="icon181100">{{cite news|url=http://www.icon.co.za/~sahockey/sawoprof.htm|title=South African women's national team profiles|publisher=www.icon.co.za|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="linkedinnataliefulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-fulton-05786479/?originalSubdomain=uk|title=Natalie Fulton|publisher=www.linkedin.com|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="facebooknataliefulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/natalie.fulton.7503|title=Natalie Fulton|publisher=www.facebook.com|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>
==Domestic teams== ===Chelmsford=== Natalie played for Chelmsford in the Women's England Hockey League while her partner and future husband, Craig Fulton was a player/coach of the men's team in the Men's England Hockey League.<ref name="gazette181100">{{cite news|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5500671.womens-hockey-chelmsford-make-point-at-clifton/|title=Women's hockey: Chelmsford make point at Clifton|publisher=www.gazette-news.co.uk|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=18 November 2000}}</ref><ref name="independent021004">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/hockey-fulton-olympians-begin-battle-5384644.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/hockey-fulton-olympians-begin-battle-5384644.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hockey: Fulton Olympians begin battle|publisher=www.independent.co.uk|accessdate=3 February 2019|date=2 October 2004}}</ref> In September 2002, while the couple were in Pretoria, they interrupted a suspected burglar at their home. Craig was hospitalised after he was reportedly stabbed or slashed seven times during the incident.<ref name="iol050902">{{cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/top-hockey-player-slashed-7-times-by-intruder-94164|title=Top hockey player slashed 7 times by intruder|publisher=www.iol.co.za|accessdate=4 February 2019|date=5 September 2002}}</ref><ref name="gazette090902">{{cite news|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5464609.chelmsford-hockey-player-stabbed-7-times-during-home-raid/|title=Chelmsford Hockey player stabbed 7 times during home raid |publisher=www.gazette-news.co.uk|accessdate=4 February 2019|date=9 September 2002}}</ref>
===Pembroke Wanderers=== In 2005 when her husband, Craig Fulton, was appointed director of coaching and player/coach to the senior men's team at Pembroke Wanderers, Natalie began playing for the Wanderers women's team.<ref name="rte140607">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2005/0728/194781-pembroke/|title=Pembroke announce South African appointment|publisher=www.rte.ie|accessdate=4 February 2019|date=14 June 2007}}</ref> In 2007, together with Mary Goode, she was a member of the Wanderers women's team that lost 1–0 to Pegasus in the Irish Senior Cup final.<ref name="irishtimes260307">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/pegasus-earn-reward-for-their-patient-approach-1.1294185|title=Pegasus earn reward for their patient approach|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=26 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="rte140607a">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2007/0325/215953-pegasus/|title=McMahon goal wins cup for Pegasus|publisher=www.rte.ie|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=14 June 2007}}</ref> She was also a member of the Wanderers women's team that finished as runners up in the 2008 European Cup Winners Cup.<ref name="pembrokewanderers070408">{{cite news|url=http://www.pembrokewanderers.ie/ladies-cup-winners-cup-ghent-2008/|title=Ladies Cup Winner's Cup – Ghent 2008|publisher=www.pembrokewanderers.ie|accessdate=1 December 2018|date=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey140308">{{cite news|url=http://hookhockey.blogspot.com/2008/03/pembroke-announce-euro-squad.html|title=Pembroke announce Euro squad|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=14 March 2008}}</ref> Between 2007 and 2010 Fulton was a player/coach of the women's team.<ref name="up070215"/><ref name="pembroke180310">{{cite news|url=http://www.pembrokewanderers.ie/alex-deny-ladies-in-cup-final/|title=Alex deny Ladies in Cup Final|publisher=www.pembrokewanderers.ie|date=18 March 2010|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey260909">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2009/09/pembroke/#.XF39bPZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124352/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2009/09/pembroke/#.XF39bPZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 February 2019|title=Pembroke|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=26 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey240910">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2010/09/pembroke-womens-division-one-preview/#.XF3ZXvZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124115/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2010/09/pembroke-womens-division-one-preview/#.XF3ZXvZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 February 2019|title=Pembroke – Women's Division One preview|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=24 September 2010}}</ref> After her husband was appointed the coach of the Ireland men's national field hockey team, Fulton re-joined the Wanderers women's team for the 2015–16 Women's Irish Hockey League season.<ref name="hookhockey250915">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/09/womens-national-league-set-for-engaging-first-stanza/#.W7DXRvZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315024900/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/09/womens-national-league-set-for-engaging-first-stanza/#.W7DXRvZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 March 2016|title=Women's national league set for engaging first stanza|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=30 September 2018|date=25 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey220916">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/09/pembroke-womens-eyhl-preview/#.XF3qU_Z2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124454/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/09/pembroke-womens-eyhl-preview/#.XF3qU_Z2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 February 2019|title=Pembroke – Women's EYHL preview|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=22 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="up250314">{{cite news|url=https://www.up.ac.za/hockey/news/post_1734144-craig-fulton-lands-irish-mens-job|title=Craig Fulton Lands Irish Men's Job|publisher=www.up.ac.za|accessdate=3 February 2019|date=25 March 2014}}</ref>
==South Africa international== Fulton represented South Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.<ref name="up070215"/> Her husband, Craig Fulton, and her brother-in-law, Grant Fulton, were both South Africa men's field hockey internationals.<ref name="sportsreferencecfulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/craig-fulton-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/craig-fulton-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Craig Fulton|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="sportsreferencegfulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/grant-fulton-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/grant-fulton-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Grant Fulton|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> In 2004 Fulton and her husband became the first married couple to represent South Africa at the same Olympic Games.<ref name="news24190704">{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Sport/MoreSport/Man-and-wife-team-for-Athens-20040623-2|title=Man and wife team for Athens|publisher=www.news24.com|accessdate=3 February 2019|date=19 July 2004}}</ref><ref name="supersport300516">{{cite news|url=https://www.supersport.com/athletics/sa-track-and-field/news/160530/van_zyls_add_to_married_couples_at_games|title=Van Zyls add to married couples at Games|publisher=www.supersport.com|accessdate=5 February 2019|date=30 May 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Tournaments ! Place |- |2002 Commonwealth Games<ref name="thecgf">{{cite news|url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/3475|title=Hockey Hockey - Women Manchester 2002|publisher=thecgf.com|accessdate=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="iol050602">{{cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/commonwealth-games-squad-going-for-gold-512745|title=Commonwealth Games squad going for gold|publisher=www.iol.co.za|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=5 June 2002}}</ref><ref name="nzherald300702">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=2197919|title=Hockey: New Zealand women earn smooth ride to semifinals|publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=30 July 2002}}</ref>||5th |- |2002 Women's Hockey World Cup<ref name="news24021002">{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/xArchive/Sport/MoreSport/SA-womens-hockey-team-announced-20021002|title=SA women's hockey team announced|publisher=www.news24.com|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=2 October 2002}}</ref><ref name="todor66">{{cite news|url=http://www.todor66.com/hockey/field/World/Women_2002.html|title=Women Field Hockey World Cup 2002 Perth|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=7 February 2019|date=2 October 2002}}</ref>||13th |- |2004 Summer Olympics<ref name="sportsreferencenfulton">{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/natalie-fulton-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/natalie-fulton-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Natalie Fulton|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|accessdate=29 May 2012}}</ref>||9th |- |}
==Coach== ===University of Pretoria=== Fulton has served as club manager at University of Pretoria.<ref name="up070215"/><ref name="linkedinnataliefulton"/><ref name="up250314"/> ==Personal life== Her husband, Craig Fulton, and her brother-in-law, Grant Fulton, were both South Africa men's field hockey internationals. In 2004 Fulton and her husband became the first married couple to represent South Africa at the same Olympic Games.
Her child, Milla, was Ireland indoor hockey player, 2023 Nkosi Cup senior caps,<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=craigfulton5 |postid=C05CU0MsAuP |title=Congrats Milla 1st Irish snr Indoor Cap☘️❤️ #Fulton5 #nats #asscoach#family#proud |date=16 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=sahockey_ |postid=DDMZJH4MFBA |title=Player to Watch - Milla Fulton - Ireland |date=5 December 2024}}</ref> and Ireland U21 in 2025 Junior World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Rachael |date=2025-11-04 |title=IRL U21 Women’s Squad announced for FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile |url=https://hockey.ie/international/irl-u21-womens-squad-announced-for-fih-junior-world-cup-in-santiago-chile/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=Hockey Ireland |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her child, Jake, were Ireland U21 in 2025 Junior World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Rachael |date=2025-11-04 |title=IRL U21 Men’s Squad announced for FIH Junior World Cup in India |url=https://hockey.ie/international/pathway/irl-u21-mens-squad-announced-for-fih-junior-world-cup-in-india/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=Hockey Ireland |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Pembroke Wanderers *'''European Cup Winners Cup''' **''Runners Up'': 2008: '''1''' *'''Irish Senior Cup''' **''Runners Up'': 2007: '''1'''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}}
{{South Africa FHW Squad 2002 World Cup}} {{South Africa FHW Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fulton, Natalie}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:South African women's field hockey players Category:South African field hockey coaches Category:Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Category:Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Pembroke Wanderers Hockey Club players Category:Women's Irish Hockey League players Category:Women's England Hockey League players Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Field hockey players from Durban Category:South African expatriate field hockey players Category:Stellenbosch University alumni Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for South Africa Category:Stellenbosch University Hockey Club players