THE Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football Netball League has rebadged its B-Grade netball fairest and best award the Carol Bingham Medal.<\/p>\n
One of the first two netball-specific inductees to the Bendigo FNL Hall of Fame, Carol Bingham built an incredible coaching record at Kangaroo Flat and inter-league level.<\/p>\n
In a 598-game coaching career with the Kangaroos, Bingham had a winning record of 72 per cent.<\/p>\n
An 11-year stint with the Dower Park-based club included coaching 33 teams before she retired after the A-Grade premiership victory in 2009.<\/p>\n
She began coaching the A-Grade and B-grade teams and later added C-grade and 17-and-under.<\/p>\n
Bendigo FNL general manager Cameron Tomlins said Carol Bingham had left an incredible mark on the netball competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt times, Carol coached as many as three grades on the same day,\u201d Tomlins said.<\/p>\n
A premiership-winning haul of nine included the A-Grade victories in 2001, \u201903,\u201904 and \u201909.<\/p>\n
She also coached the Roos top-level team as runner-up on two occasions.<\/p>\n
Across her time at A-Reserve, B-Grade and under-age level, Bingham marked another five premierships across 10 grand final appearances.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol also spent time developing and mentoring many other coaches at the club which ensured Kangaroo Flat would be left in good hands on her retirement,\u201d Tomlins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol also contributed to the successful BFNL representative program and coached the BFNL open netball team six times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bingham also played a key role for the BFNL netball committee.<\/p>\n
She was league registrar, a representative team selector, and assisted in the running of the BFNL netball tournament.<\/p>\n
The Kangaroo Flat FNC awarded Carol Bingham life membership in 2009 and the club\u2019s A-Grade netball best and fairest award is named the Bingham Medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol passed away in September of 2021, but her BFNL legacy will be forever remembered,\u201d Tomlins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol made such a significant contribution to our league and will be remembered and honoured by future winners of the BFNL B-grade netball medal as well as being in the BFNL Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football Netball League has rebadged its B-Grade netball fairest and best award the Carol Bingham Medal. One of the first two netball-specific inductees to the Bendigo FNL Hall of Fame, Carol Bingham built an incredible coaching record at Kangaroo Flat and inter-league level. In a 598-game coaching career with the Kangaroos, […]<\/p>\n