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Ruth Ellina Aitken ONZM (née Fathers; born 31 July 1956 in Paeroa New Zealand) is a New Zealand former international-level netball player and former head coach of the New Zealand national netball team the Silver Ferns. A former goal-attack Aitken represented New Zealand in the 1979 World Netball Championships in Trinidad and Tobago playing two warm-up games and then in one match against Ireland.Aitken became coach of the Silver Ferns in 2001 replacing Yvonne Willering.