Nuala is the brightest star among woman archers since the glory days of Nerol Fairhall, establishing herself as the 2023 U21 Women's Recurve Oceania Champion.  She won this ranking after shooting in three back-to-back competitions in Australia, winning 8 medals, and

Since returning, she’s been selected by Archery New Zealand to wear the fern again as the only girl on the Kiwi team to the Limerick (Ireland) 2023 World Archery Youth Championships.

It is she says, “a chance to test myself against the best youth archers in the world, including Olympians.”