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2017年09月07日

New female director has real passion

If Anna Campbell is not the first female board member of the Otago Cricket Association - she is certainly the first in a long time.


The businesswomen and scientist replaced long-serving board member Darin Smith in August.


Smith stepped down due to work commitments after more than five years on the board and Campbell has stepped in to fill the vacancy. She had previously been approached by OCA chairman James Lovelock and asked to consider applying for a board position at the association's annual general meeting next month.


Campbell will have to proceed through a formal appointment process to continue in the role following the AGM. But she has already made a positive impression during her short stint, Lovelock said.


''I think Anna brings an excellent all-round set of skills to the OCA board,'' he wrote in an email.


''Alongside the extensive business experience she's built up, particularly in her role as managing director of AbacusBio, Anna is active with the Institute of Directors and has well recognised governance credentials.


''She is also an excellent communicator, as her regular columns in the Otago Daily Times reflect.


''Importantly, Anna also has a strong personal interest in cricket and good administrative experience, particularly at the community level where she has served on club and Dunedin district junior committees.''


Lovelock said, to the best of his knowledge, Campbell was the first female director of the OCA but ''things are different now and she most definitely won't be the last''.


Both New Zealand Cricket and the OCA have been conscious of the need to broaden the sport's reach and women's cricket has become a strong focus.


Campbell describes herself as a scientist who moved into business and governance. She is analytical, strategic and has a deep passion for cricket which her father helped foster.


''My father, John Campbell, played club cricket until he was in his 40s and my two brothers and I all played as juniors in Dunedin,'' she wrote in an email.


''Later, I played senior women's cricket in Christchurch. More important were the many hours of backyard cricket our family played.''


Campbell said her family was always glued to the television set whenever there was an international on ''to the point that even on my wedding day, when New Zealand was playing India in a one-dayer, the wedding was stopped for regular updates -we won!''.


Campbell and husband Kevin Wilson have three children - two boys and a girl - and they all play club, school and representative cricket.


''A fellow mum told me once on the sideline that her son's teacher told her that playing cricket had improved his concentration at school and given him greater self-confidence.


''It's comments like that which make me realise that games like cricket, which are tactical and physical, with so many elements, are great for children's development.


''Overall, I would love to see greater depth in community cricket, particularly. In my mind, this will translate to senior and representative cricket.


''I am also aware that many mums are put off by the length and complexity of cricket and mums have a big influence on whether their sons and daughters play cricket.


''Cricket needs to become more accessible and less intimidating to females of all ages as spectators and players. Otago and New Zealand Cricket are working very hard on this and I hope I can help them make a difference in this.''Read more at:plus size bridesmaid dresses | blue bridesmaid dresses

  


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