We would like to take the opportunity to pay
tribute and welcome to
our Club’s 2019 Senior Coaching Staff: Lynda Boyle
Lynda
is celebrating 25 years of Service with Bulimba Women’s Hockey Club
and we are so proud to have her as our 2019
Division 2 Women’s Coach.
Lynda
started playing with us in 1981 as a 9yr old in and right from the start she
showed potential, she was awarded the team’s Most Consistent player & the
Most Diligent Club Player.
In
her 2nd year, she represented Brisbane in U11’s and played in the
Primary School Girls team and has since represented Brisbane several times in
U14 & U15 & U18, also in later years as a Masters player.
Of
course, none of this is a surprise to us as Lynda does come from one of the
families that founded our Men’s Club some 75 years ago, so she was always
likely to be a good player and has grown to be an innovative & progressive
coach. How proud June & Bill Grant must be of their daughter.
During
her 25 years of service with us, Lynda has held several club positions, as our
youngest Club President for 6 years from 1997 - 2002, she has also been a
Selector and a Junior & Senior Coach of several teams.
Most
recently, Lynda has coached our U13T team to 2 Grand Finals, while also
coaching the Lourdes Hill JT3 team to 2 Grand Finals, which is truly an
outstanding effort.
Lynda
has also represented Brisbane in recent years, (as a non-player), firstly 2017
as a U13 Selector & a Coach of the Brisbane Opens team for the Qld Festival
of Hockey and again in 2018 as Assist Coach to the Premier League team Brisbane
Blitz.
We welcome Lynda to her new coaching role and
we look forward to working with her in rebuilding our Club’s top team. We are very excited about the promise of
things to come in 2019 and many more seasons to come.