Lyn Carpenter

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Lyn Carpenter
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58) [1]
Sport
SportNetball
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur team

Lyn Carpenter (born 1965) is an England Netball volunteer administrator and former National representative player. She is a former Chief Executive of Thurrock Council who served for 30 years in local government before retiring.

Netball career[edit]

Carpenter was the oldest player ever to be awarded a debut international cap in the England national netball team, which she received in December 1997 at the age of 32.[2] During her senior international career she amassed 33 international caps, representing England and winning a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5] She also won a bronze medal at the 1999 Netball World Championships in New Zealand.[6] She also represented Great Britain in basketball at the 1987 World Student Games in Zagreb.[7]

Administration[edit]

Carpenter served on the Board of England Netball from 2003, latterly as Vice Chairman, until August 2014. She is a former current Chairman of Netball Europe a role she has held until 2019 before being elected as International Netball Federation regional director for Europe . In 2009, Carpenter was appointed to Hammersmith Council as Director of Residents Services. In September 2011 she was appointed to a new Biborough Executive Director role that also included the Royal Borough managing a range of complex universal services.[8] Carpenter was appointed Chief Executive of Thurrock Council in September 2015.[9] and left in December 2022.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Director Profile". Company Check.
  2. ^ Miss England 2009: Judging panel. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ Garnham, Emily (9 April 2008). "Loneliness of the long distance netballer". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Your Environment" (PDF). Merton London Borough Council. 25 August 2006. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Executive Director for Environment, Leisure and Residents Services". Rbkc.gov.uk. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Chief Executive - Lyn Carpenter". Thurrock Council. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


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