Bowls umpire retires after 30 years

A Woy Woy bowls umpire is retiring after 30 years of service.

Ms Barbara Champion joined the Woy Woy Women's Bowling Club in 1984 and underwent special training to become an umpire in 1988.

Ms Champion has been successfully re-assessed every three years since.

However, Ms Champion has decided it has become a little difficult to get down to measure and it was time for younger club members to take over.

Ms Champion has been an active member of the club and, along with umpiring, has coached, acted as both club president and vice-president and has been the club's historian for the past 20 years.

Ms Champion has been a life member of the club since 2006.

Email, 30 May 2016

Gaye Scarfe, Woy Woy Women's Bowling Club