Two staff members at City Academy Norwich are celebrating exciting netball call-ups.
The Earlham school's head of student standards, Gary Burgess, has been confirmed as an umpire for this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
And Sophie Hansell, City Academy's sports manager, has been called up for the Indoor Netball Association England mixed squad.
It is an exciting time for the duo, as well as a perfect chance to show their pupils what can be achieved through dedication to a sport.
For 33-year-old Burgess, it will be his second time officiating at a Commonwealth Games, as he was also called up for Delhi 2010. He also umpired at the 2011 World Championships in Singapore and has been named England umpire of the year five times.
Burgess, who teaches PE and science, said: 'There will be a lot of England supporters and home supporters which is something that I've not really experienced before. There will be a lot of people around that I know so I always like umpiring in this country.
'In India (in 2010) it was very unsafe, you couldn't really just go out and watch the other sports. I did it once but it was a nightmare to get back from the coach afterwards, so it's nice to think we'll be able to see some of the other sports.'
Huge interest in netball has already seen the final moved from the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) to the nearby Hydro, to make another 4,000 seats available.
Burgess will see his Commonwealth Games dictated by the success of England. He was able to umpire the gold medal clashes between Australia and New Zealand at both the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2011 World Championships, as England were in the bronze medal match both times, beating Jamaica both times.
The game has allowed Burgess to experience some top level events and he is clearly proud of his achievements.
'I do a lot of guest speaking at sports awards and events like that and I talk about repackaging failure,' Burgess added.
'Everyone dreams about representing their country as a player and I realised reasonably young that I was a good sportsman but that I wasn't going to represent my country so I picked up umpiring.
'I soon realised that doors to umpiring at the Olympics in hockey were closed because of experience and age so I went down a different path with netball.'
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