It's not just the athletes at the Olympic Games that have dreams of making the gold medal game. The team of Umpires and Technical Officials also have aspirations of being a part of both the bronze and gold medal game.
Yesterday, for the women's tournament the appointments were announced. Below are the crews for the women's bronze and gold medal games. Congratulations to all the officials assigned to the medal matches and to everyone that has been a part of the officials here in London. (The men will be announced following today's semi-finals and those assigned will be added to this list).
Women's Gold Medal Game
Lisa Roach and Julie Ashton-Lucy, umpires.
Carol Metchette, reserve umpire
Frances Block, video umpire.
Paula Parks and Sheila Morrow, judges
Sheila Brown, assistant technical delegate
Women's Bronze Medal Game
Soledad Iparraguirre and Chieko Soma, umpires
Carolina de la Fuente, reserve umpire
Carol Metchette, video umpire
Lorena Rinaldini and Sylvie Petitjean, judges
Edna Rutten, assistant technical delegate
Men's Gold Medal Game
David Gentles and Ged Curran, umpires.
Hamish Jamson, reserve umpire
Colin Hutchinson, video umpire.
Antonio Aguilera, Larry Cornofsky, judges
Jason McCracken, assistant technical delegate
Men's Bronze Medal Game
Christian Blasch and Gary Simmonds, umpires
Simon Taylor, reserve umpire
Colin Hutchinson, video umpire
Guido Braca and Ryuichi Koshiko, judges
Nii Quaye-Kumah, assistant technical delegate
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