It takes balls: world's best dodgeball players converge on Melbourne

By Carolyn Webb
Updated October 13 2016 - 2:13am, first published 12:59am
Amber Darwinkel, captain of the Australian women's dodgeball team ...  Photo: Pat Scala
Amber Darwinkel, captain of the Australian women's dodgeball team ... Photo: Pat Scala
... and in work mode at Royal Melbourne Hospital . Photo: Wayne Taylor
... and in work mode at Royal Melbourne Hospital . Photo: Wayne Taylor
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: Amber Darwinkel, captain of the Australian women's dodgeball team, ahead of the Dodgeball World Championships on October 11, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Pat Scala/Fairfax Media) Photo: Pat Scala
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: Amber Darwinkel, captain of the Australian women's dodgeball team, ahead of the Dodgeball World Championships on October 11, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Pat Scala/Fairfax Media) Photo: Pat Scala

By day, Amber Darwinkel​ operates heart-lung bypass machines for open heart surgery patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

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