It doesn’t matter whether it’s your first Olympics or your third, the butterflies are there, says Gisborne hockey umpire Amber Church.
“You get nervous; you get excited. It’s massive. You can never take it for granted.”
Church leaves today to take her place as one of 28 umpires – 14 men and 14 women – who will control the hockey games at the Paris Olympics.
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