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Beth Shea
Beth Shea was born in Sydney on 1 March 1960 and spent her early childhood in the small village of Lue near Mudgee. The school at Lue had just 22 students, so hockey became a popular sport, but the sticks were mainly made up of old broom handles, and a softball was used as a ball. Beth's father, Gerry Garner found a curved willow branch in the local creek and carved Beth her first hockey stick.
Beth played her first real hockey in Mudgee, and then progressed to higher competition in Lithgow, from where she was selected to represent Western Districts. In 1978 Beth was selected for New South Wales and played through with the State team until 1989, which she captained in 1984. Mainly a halfback, Beth played every position for New South Wales, except goalie.
Beth played her first Test for Australia against New Zealand in 1978 and then toured the USA with the Australian team in 1980. During that year she was selected for the Moscow Olympics but her dream of the Olympics was shattered when Australia placed a boycott on hockey at these Games.
In 1987, Beth was appointed Coaching Director of New South Wales Hockey, and then after the Seoul Olympics of 1988 was appointed ITC Coach for Women's Hockey Australia, a position she held until she moved to Orange in 1995 to become manager of the Orange Hockey Centre.
In 1996 Beth was appointed to umpire three Test matches between Australia and Germany, and she so impressed the selectors that she was chosen as official umpire to accompany the Australian Under 21 team on their tour to South Africa. She followed this by umpiring in the National Hockey League Melbourne, which is reserved for the top umpires in Australia.
Beth holds the highest umpire's qualifications available in Australia with an AA rating and has been recommended for assessment for the Federation of International Hockey Umpires. Beth is also a highly valued administrator and was the manager of the victorious Australian team on its tour to the Champions Trophy in Amsterdam in 1993.
Beth is a member of the joint National Coaching Accreditation Committee and she was the first woman in Australia in any sport to qualify for Level 4 Accreditation. Beth is a qualified PE teacher and in 2000 she took up an administrative position with the Western Region Academy of Sport, based at Bathurst, where she travels each day from her home near Orange. Beth Shea was born in Sydney on 1 March 1960 and spent her early childhood in the small village of Lue near Mudgee. The school at Lue had just 22 students, so hockey became a popular sport, but the sticks were mainly made up of old broom handles, and a softball was used as a ball. Beth's father, Gerry Garner found a curved willow branch in the local creek and carved Beth her first hockey stick.
Beth played her first real hockey in Mudgee, and then progressed to higher competition in Lithgow, from where she was selected to represent Western Districts. In 1978 Beth was selected for New South Wales and played through with the State team until 1989, which she captained in 1984. Mainly a halfback, Beth played every position for New South Wales, except goalie.
Beth played her first Test for Australia against New Zealand in 1978 and then toured the USA with the Australian team in 1980. During that year she was selected for the Moscow Olympics but her dream of the Olympics was shattered when Australia placed a boycott on hockey at these Games.
In 1987, Beth was appointed Coaching Director of New South Wales Hockey, and then after the Seoul Olympics of 1988 was appointed ITC Coach for Women's Hockey Australia, a position she held until she moved to Orange in 1995 to become manager of the Orange Hockey Centre.
In 1996 Beth was appointed to umpire three Test matches between Australia and Germany, and she so impressed the selectors that she was chosen as official umpire to accompany the Australian Under 21 team on their tour to South Africa. She followed this by umpiring in the National Hockey League Melbourne, which is reserved for the top umpires in Australia.
Beth holds the highest umpire's qualifications available in Australia with an AA rating and has been recommended for assessment for the Federation of International Hockey Umpires. Beth is also a highly valued administrator and was the manager of the victorious Australian team on its tour to the Champions Trophy in Amsterdam in 1993.
Beth is a member of the joint National Coaching Accreditation Committee and she was the first woman in Australia in any sport to qualify for Level 4 Accreditation. Beth is a qualified PE teacher and in 2000 she took up an administrative position with the Western Region Academy of Sport, based at Bathurst, where she travels each day from her home near Orange.
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