Congratulations to Otter's Mhairi Nurthen, who, at 16, recently became one of the youngest referees to officiate in the British League. She was in good company, too, pairing up with Olympic referee Brian Littlejohn to take charge of two women's Championship 2 games at Basingstoke.
Meanwhile, Mhairi is one of the GB under-17 girls' squad aiming for the inaugural European Olympics Games in Baku next year. Following withdrawal of funding, the team are self-supporting and raising funds towards costs of training and attending the qualification tournament next March.
Meanwhile, Mhairi is one of the GB under-17 girls' squad aiming for the inaugural European Olympics Games in Baku next year. Following withdrawal of funding, the team are self-supporting and raising funds towards costs of training and attending the qualification tournament next March.
A private benefactor is prepared to match fund any monies raised by the girls' efforts. So far, they've run a raffle including memorabilia from Tom Daley and there are also cake sales at selected BWPL weekends. The squad includes players from a number of BWPL clubs: Alison Tate and Hannah Edwards (Caledonia), Fleur Kennedy (Coventry), Beth Ward (Devonport Royal), Emily Pilkington, Sophie Jackson (Leeds), Grace Rowland, Lucy Shaw, Verity McCoy (Liverpool), Annie Clapperton, Niamh and Roisin Campbell-O'Donnell (Manchester), Dani Brazier, Grace Walker, Lara Partridge (Mid Sussex Marlins), Anna Szyszko, Helena Philips, Izzy Dean, Kathy Rogers (Otter), Hayley Price (Tyldesley). Mhairi is pictured on the right with Beth Ward (left) and Sophie Jackson (centre).
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