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LINE JUDGES

The line judge is responsible for signalling whether a shuttlecock has landed in or out when the shuttlecock lands near the line assigned to them. The number of line judges around a court varies dependent on the level of the tournament.

QUALIFIED OCEANIA LINE JUDGES

  • Karen Arnold (AUS)
  • Ravi Nandan (AUS)
  • Christy P. Villaflor (MNP)
  • Taurea Mara (TAH)
  • Lok Yun Loi (AUS)
  • Chanmony Khieng (NZL)
  • Suyuan (Michael) Liu (NZL)
  • Amanda (Mingjing) Ma (NZL)
  • Jimmy Ti (AUS)
  • Suhas Shikare (AUS)
  • Daryl Chung (AUS)
  • Richard Skarott (NZL)
  • Jennifer Cui (AUS)
  • Mahesh Muddugangaiah (AUS)
  • Bruce Napier (AUS)
  • Pauline Dobson (AUS)
  • Wayne Dowling (AUS)
  • Lily Buttrose (AUS)
  • Craig Boustead (AUS)
  • Greg Clarnette (AUS)
  • Ru-Wen Clarnette (AUS)
  • Holly Cho (NZL)
  • Richard Wong (AUS)
  • Joshua Ho (AUS)
  • Michael Chappell (AUS)
  • Richard Wong (AUS)
  • Cynthia Tam (AUS)
  • Margaret Beakley (AUS)
  • Kathryn Blencowe (AUS)
  • Kevin Phillips (AUS)
  • Lynne Dobson (NZL)
  • Lisa Collins (NZL)
  • Shevaun Moody (AUS)
  • Ian Fernandez (AUS)
  • Pauline Eldred (AUS)
  • Simon Joe Yin Fee (NZL)
  • James Chen (NZL)

QUALIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

BWF LINE JUDGE MANUAL

To be accepted for assessment as an Oceania Line Judge, the following criteria will apply:

  • Oceania Line Judge – candidate must be a Certificated level National or Pacific Umpire and have held that qualification for a minimum of one year.  All nominees must have met their National/Pacific TOC criteria for that Level in the previous 12 months.  Understand and speak English fluently.