Dawn Jones (netball)

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Dawn Jones
CNZM OBE JP
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Jones in 2016
President of Netball New Zealand
In office
1987–?

Myrlene Dawn Jones CNZM OBE JP (born 1940) is a New Zealand netball umpire who spent 15 years as New Zealand's top-ranked umpire and officiated at four netball world championships. She was also a netball administrator, a school principal and a justice of the peace.

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Early life

Jones was born in Ōtāhuhu, a suburb of Auckland. Her father was a wrestler and also coached rugby in Papatoetoe, near Auckland. She attended the Auckland Girls' Grammar School in Newton, where one of her teachers fostered a love of mathematics, at a time when girls were not encouraged to become mathematicians. [1] [2] Jones graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942. [3] She would go on to work at Papatoetoe High School as a maths teacher. [1]

Umpiring career

In the 1960s Jones obtained local and national umpiring qualifications in netball and in 1974 was appointed to accompany the New Zealand national netball team to England, at the beginning of an international umpiring career in which she was the top-ranked umpire in the country for 15 years. She became president of the New Zealand Umpires Association in 1975. She umpired 85 test matches, including in four world championships and two World Games, together with more than 200 other first-class matches. She became president of Netball New Zealand in 1987. On retiring from active umpiring, she became a member of the International Netball Federation's umpiring committee, chairing its umpiring advisory panel from its establishment in 2008 until 2013, and was a key force behind the introduction of new rules and a new rule book. [1] [4] [5]

Other activities

Between 1975 and 1993 Jones was principal of the Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland. A sports centre at the school was named after her. She also served as a Justice of the peace. [6] [7] [8]

Awards and honours

In the 1994 New Year Honours Jones was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to both netball and education. In 1999 she was given the Ultimate Umpire Award, on the occasion of Netball New Zealand's 75th anniversary celebrations, for her outstanding umpiring. She has received service awards from the International Netball Federation and Netball New Zealand and was awarded life membership of Netball New Zealand. In 2015, Jones was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Halberg Awards, named after the New Zealand runner, Sir Murray Halberg, who won the 5000 metres race at the 1960 Olympic Games, despite suffering from a withered arm. In the 2016 Birthday Honours, she was a made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) [4] [5] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interview with Dawn Jones". National Library. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Old girls' achievers". Auckland Girls Grammar School. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: I–K". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Netball NZ awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at Halbergs". Voxy.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Netball New Zealand Life Member Awarded Halberg Award". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Our History". Diocesan School for Girls. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Diocesan multi-purpose sports turf complex". The Governor General. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "MINUTES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017" (PDF). AUCKLAND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION INC. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Queen's 90th Birthday Honours List 2016". Dept. of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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