Anne Evelyn Clark

Annie "Ann" Evelyn Clark BEM (1903, Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia – 1983, Singapore) was an Australian sportswoman, a coach and netball umpire and administrator.[1] After breaking her ankle in her first season of women’s basketball (netball), she decided to concentrate on umpiring and coaching.[1]

She was born to Victorian parents, George Cornelius Clarke and Martha Doige, the third of five and attended Redfern Public School. In 1929, she was a founding member of the New South Wales Women's Basketball Association. She held a range of executive positions on the board of the NSWWBA and with the All Australia Netball Association. She was president of the NSWWBA for 29 years (1950 to 1979).[1] Clark was five times (1955, 1960, 1966, 1972 and 1978) concurrently national president of the All Australia Women’s Basket Ball Association (from 1970 the All Australia Netball Association).[1]

British Empire Medal

She received an All Australian Service Award in 1964.[2] She was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1975.[1] In 1976, the Anne Clark Service Award was introduced in her honour. In 1983, the NSW State Netball Centre was renamed the Anne Clarke Centre in her honour.[2]

References
  1. Tracy Taylor. "Clark, Annie Evelyn (Anne) (1903–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 8 March 2016.
  2. National Library of Australia. Clark, Anne Evelyn, (BEM) (1903-1983)
  • Dunbar, Judy, 1929-1989: 60 Years of Netball in New South Wales, Netball New South Wales, Sydney, 1989
  • Hyland, Deirdre, "Little Anne" : a biography of Anne Clarke, B.E.M., N.S.W. Netball Association, Sydney, 1987.
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