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TEACHING: IT’S A LIFE CHOICE, NOT A DAY JOB By JOHN RYAN LINDA Macleod’s first netball game ended in tears, but today the region’s most recognised netball coach is laughing about her first experience with the game she loves. “I started playing netball in Wagga, in the Under-8s. I played
goalkeeper because I was tall. I literally folded my arms underneath the post and cried and my parents thought I would never play netball again, but thankfully I did,” she said. Mrs Macleod, who is also Dubbo College South Campus principal, was recently inducted as the tenth life member of the Western
Region Academy of Sport. Students Sophie McAneney, Addison Rufus and Taliyah Lovett are keen netball players and love the fact their principal understands the importance of sport for so many young lives. Sophie says it’s great to see Linda Macleod taking such an interest in the extracurricular activi-
ties of her students. “Coaches are very important, they help us get better, it’s nice they give up their time. “There are hundreds of girls paying netball just in Dubbo every weekend, and all those teams need coaches. “She’s very good, it’s great to have a principal who understands
netball,” Sophie said. Read about Linda’s life – and the impact she’s had on so many netballers across the region – inside this week’s Dubbo Photo News. Pictured: Linda Macleod with students Sophie McAneney, Addison Rufus and Taliyah Lovett. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS.
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