A world-class athlete in her youth, Beverley was the Long Jump Bronze Medalist in the 1958 British Commonwealth Games. She was also the National Champion of Australia (and Italy) in that event---and the first alternate on Australia's 4x100 Relay team---one of the best ever in the history of our sport.
She trained nearly all of the track starters in the Ventura Santa Barbara area and professionalized the officials. She also assigned starters to work track meets
She insisted that we all wear red coats and ties and that all knew the rules, mechanics and safety protocols. Everyone knew that an official on Southern California wearing a red coat was a really good official.
At the USATF, college and international level, she was also a giant. She served as Co-Chair of the SCA-USATF Starters Committee for many years. She was a versatile Master level official with excellent great skill in field events as well as the running events. She worked several National Championships and was a starter in Atlanta's 1996 Paralympic Games. She was heavily involved in Club West Youth and Masters track clubs in Santa Barbara and was Meet Director for many of those events.
Despite the fact that starters must now use closed barrel, blank only pistols, many wanted to prohibit starters to even use such blank-only guns on school campuses in California.
Beverley lobbied local and state leaders to allow the sport to continue to use starter pistols and educated the politicians on all of the good things that our sport was doing for kids. The result was a pile of state and local awards to her by her elected representatives. Everyone knew "the lady in the red coat with the Australian accent."
As the local So. Calif. Assn. Officials Social Chair, she ran our annual Awards luncheon to honor our T&F Officials for many years. Often, she would refuse to be nominated for a prestigious award so that others would get it. Unknown to others, Beverley quietly picked up the cost of the luncheon for the retired "emeritus" officials out of her own pocket.
She gave a lifetime of service to the sport and made the world a better place by doing so.
She trained nearly all of the track starters in the Ventura Santa Barbara area and professionalized the officials. She also assigned starters to work track meets
She insisted that we all wear red coats and ties and that all knew the rules, mechanics and safety protocols. Everyone knew that an official on Southern California wearing a red coat was a really good official.
At the USATF, college and international level, she was also a giant. She served as Co-Chair of the SCA-USATF Starters Committee for many years. She was a versatile Master level official with excellent great skill in field events as well as the running events. She worked several National Championships and was a starter in Atlanta's 1996 Paralympic Games. She was heavily involved in Club West Youth and Masters track clubs in Santa Barbara and was Meet Director for many of those events.
Despite the fact that starters must now use closed barrel, blank only pistols, many wanted to prohibit starters to even use such blank-only guns on school campuses in California.
Beverley lobbied local and state leaders to allow the sport to continue to use starter pistols and educated the politicians on all of the good things that our sport was doing for kids. The result was a pile of state and local awards to her by her elected representatives. Everyone knew "the lady in the red coat with the Australian accent."
As the local So. Calif. Assn. Officials Social Chair, she ran our annual Awards luncheon to honor our T&F Officials for many years. Often, she would refuse to be nominated for a prestigious award so that others would get it. Unknown to others, Beverley quietly picked up the cost of the luncheon for the retired "emeritus" officials out of her own pocket.
She gave a lifetime of service to the sport and made the world a better place by doing so.
A world-class athlete in her youth, Beverley was the Long Jump Bronze Medalist in the 1958 British Commonwealth Games. She was also the National Champion of Australia (and Italy) in that event---and the first alternate on Australia's 4x100 Relay team---one of the best ever in the history of our sport.
She trained nearly all of the track starters in the Ventura Santa Barbara area and professionalized the officials. She also assigned starters to work track meets
She insisted that we all wear red coats and ties and that all knew the rules, mechanics and safety protocols. Everyone knew that an official on Southern California wearing a red coat was a really good official.
At the USATF, college and international level, she was also a giant. She served as Co-Chair of the SCA-USATF Starters Committee for many years. She was a versatile Master level official with excellent great skill in field events as well as the running events. She worked several National Championships and was a starter in Atlanta's 1996 Paralympic Games. She was heavily involved in Club West Youth and Masters track clubs in Santa Barbara and was Meet Director for many of those events.
Despite the fact that starters must now use closed barrel, blank only pistols, many wanted to prohibit starters to even use such blank-only guns on school campuses in California.
Beverley lobbied local and state leaders to allow the sport to continue to use starter pistols and educated the politicians on all of the good things that our sport was doing for kids. The result was a pile of state and local awards to her by her elected representatives. Everyone knew "the lady in the red coat with the Australian accent."
As the local So. Calif. Assn. Officials Social Chair, she ran our annual Awards luncheon to honor our T&F Officials for many years. Often, she would refuse to be nominated for a prestigious award so that others would get it. Unknown to others, Beverley quietly picked up the cost of the luncheon for the retired "emeritus" officials out of her own pocket.
She gave a lifetime of service to the sport and made the world a better place by doing so.
She trained nearly all of the track starters in the Ventura Santa Barbara area and professionalized the officials. She also assigned starters to work track meets
She insisted that we all wear red coats and ties and that all knew the rules, mechanics and safety protocols. Everyone knew that an official on Southern California wearing a red coat was a really good official.
At the USATF, college and international level, she was also a giant. She served as Co-Chair of the SCA-USATF Starters Committee for many years. She was a versatile Master level official with excellent great skill in field events as well as the running events. She worked several National Championships and was a starter in Atlanta's 1996 Paralympic Games. She was heavily involved in Club West Youth and Masters track clubs in Santa Barbara and was Meet Director for many of those events.
Despite the fact that starters must now use closed barrel, blank only pistols, many wanted to prohibit starters to even use such blank-only guns on school campuses in California.
Beverley lobbied local and state leaders to allow the sport to continue to use starter pistols and educated the politicians on all of the good things that our sport was doing for kids. The result was a pile of state and local awards to her by her elected representatives. Everyone knew "the lady in the red coat with the Australian accent."
As the local So. Calif. Assn. Officials Social Chair, she ran our annual Awards luncheon to honor our T&F Officials for many years. Often, she would refuse to be nominated for a prestigious award so that others would get it. Unknown to others, Beverley quietly picked up the cost of the luncheon for the retired "emeritus" officials out of her own pocket.
She gave a lifetime of service to the sport and made the world a better place by doing so.
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