Linda Skelton
Country: England
Elected: March 2021
Born: 1951
Hockey Playing Career
- Started playing and representing school in 1962 and at 15 joined Bridlington.Selected for North Yorkshire.
- Over the years played club hockey for Bridlington, Scarborough, Hull East Riding, Gillingham,
Epsom, Harrogate and now City of York (with various roles including Captain Treasurer). - Toured with Scarborough, Epsom, Harrogate Vets, City of York, LX Ladies.
- Represented North Masters from 2011 (O50 – O65).
- Played for England O60 in Lille, Home Internationals and World Cup at Rotterdam (2014).
- Played for Alliance O60 in European Cup at Southgate (2015).
- Formed LX Lionesses to participate in O60 TT at Canberra, Australia (2016).
- Joined LX Ladies and played in Europeans O60 at Glasgow (2017).
- Played for LX Ladies O65 in World Cup at Barcelona (2018) and European Cup at Brasschaat (2019).
- Played for LX Ladies Inaugural O70 in Tilburg and Valencia (2022).
- Played for LX Ladies O65 in World Cup at Cape Town (2022).
Hockey administration roles
- Coached and umpired in schools 1994 – 2004 and club umpire from 2004.
- Chair of City of York (2011 – 2019).
- Founding member and Chair of LX Ladies from 2016.
- Board Member of WGMA from 2021.
Other Interests
- Treasurer of M500 Society (for Open University staff students) from 1983.
- Volunteer Walking Leader for HF Holidays in UK from 2002 and Overseas from 2014.
- Field Adviser for HF Holidays from 2012.
- Walking, trekking, yoga, travelling.
Professional Life
Former banker, academic, lecturer and teacher of mathematics.