It is with great sadness that The Hockey Museum (THM) reports the death of Barbara West, who died last month aged 100. Born on 9 November 1913, she died five days short of 101st birthday. Known to all as ‘Bar’, she was an outstanding servant of women’s hockey for over 50 years, lecturing and coaching at Chelsea PE College, President of Sussex, involved in South coaching, a South Selector and much more.
In her playing days she went with two England touring teams to New Zealand and the USA. In later life, she and her identical twin sister, Bridget, who was similarly connected with West hockey, were ever present figures at county, territorial and international events. With the help of THM and many who remembered her, Cathy Harris was able to write a wonderful obituary that appeared recently in The Times; see below accompanied by an obituary published in her local Alfriston newspaper.
Katie Dodd, December 2014
