sports report Sports Administrator, Marie Kanaan, shares the news from our sporting clubs.
1949 Started playing netball
1969 Became a member of Birrong Sports Netball Club* Held a variety of positions with Birrong Sports Netball Club including Coach, Umpires’ Convenor, Treasurer, Secretary and President
1972 – 1984 Bankstown City Netball Association Held roles of Representative Coach and Umpires Convenor (Produced six A Badged umpires, 24 B Badged umpires and 137 C Badged umpires)
1982 Awarded Life Membership of Birrong Sports Netball Club Awarded Life Membership of Bankstown City Netball Association
1984 – 1993 NSW Netball Association Assistant Secretary Venue Coordinator, World Netball Championships held in Sydney in 1992.
1998 Awarded the Anne Clarke Service Award for her contribution to netball
Birrong’s Kath Fullagar honoured Birrong Sports Netball Club’s Life Member, Kath Fullagar, was honoured this year with the prestigious Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to netball. Kath, now 76, started in the sport when she was just 11 years old. A member of Birrong Sports Netball Club since 1969*, Kath has been involved in administration, coaching or umpiring for more than 60 years. Admired for her compassion for others and selfless hours dedicated to the sport of netball, Kath’s commitment to the sport is impressive. Amongst her notable contributions, her work developing umpires for Bankstown City Netball Association delivered unprecedented numbers and quality of umpires in the 1970s and ’80s. Kath is also a Life Member of Bankstown City Netball Association and Netball NSW, where she as an administrator at state level fulfilled duties as a Venue Coordinator for the World Netball Championships in 1992. And where did it all begin? At the sideline of her daughter’s netball game, she was inspired to get involved with umpiring. Thousands of children and adults alike rely on the work of volunteers like Kath to keep sport alive in the community. From all of us here at Bankstown Sports, congratulations Kath! *Then Regents Park Sports Women’s Basketball Club.
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Kath with the NSW St Championship Bankstownate Age 12s 1979
1998 –1999 Bankstown City Netball Association, Umpire’s Convenor
2000 – 2004 Bankstown City Netball Association, Publicity Officer
2007 Awarded Life Membership of Netball NSW
2014
Medal of the Order of Australia
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