Netball Umpires – We love them really
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Who’d be a netball umpire? It takes a certain type of person to want to be an umpire. A pretty brave person we think because mostly umpiring is a thankless task. No-one’s happy when a decision goes against them but next time you feel like venting your frustrations on the umpires, remember that without them we wouldn’t be able to play netball.
English umpiring was given a boost at the recent World Youth Netball Championships in the Cook Islands. Although England’s U21 team missed out on the medals, the event was a huge success for English umpiring as three England umpires were invited by IFNA to participate and Gary Burgess passed the award to become an International Umpire. Also, Bill Alexander was appointed as a member of the Umpire Appointments Panel.
Hoping to follow in their footsteps in the not too distant future is Lucy Mitchell, who at the age of 21 became one of England Netball’s youngest ‘A’ Award umpires.
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