Judy (Withers) Mugford

Judy (Withers) Mugford

Member Conception Bay South FSC

- in 1992 – involved for more than 15 years

Club Involvement

  • - test chairman – 4 years
  • - vice-president – 1 year
  • - president- 2 years
  • - precision co-ordinator – 3 years
  • - fund raising
  • - ice show co-ordinator
  • - backbone and fundraiser for senior precision team

Region Involvement

  • - club delegate
  • - vice -chair
  • - test chair for region test days

Section Involvement

  • - fundraising – greatly expanded fund raising and was always in touch with fund raising companies to have them display their wares at the annual meetings. This was a very successful operation
  • - marketing- began marketing and getting sponsorships for various skaters and competitions
  • - public relations – her persistence with the media gave us a much greater presence in print than we had ever had. – weekly TV guide and sports inserts on TV – cable 9 did several slots on figure skating in general Canskate, and precision- as well as CBC sports section of the news.
  • - 1992 Newfoundland Section Volunteer of the Year – received her plaque at the National AGM Awards Banquet in Ottawa

A sports writer wrote that Figure Skating’s Judy Mugford of Conception Bay South “is quickly becoming one of the finest PR persons within local amateur sport”

Compiled by Marion Jeans