After serving Border cricket across four decades, Jock Campbell has been given his next challenge.
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Cricket Albury-Wodonga has made the Belvoir and Wodonga Raiders stalwart just its second competition patron.
Campbell moved to the region from South Australia in 1980 and became a mainstay at Belvoir.
After a brief retirement, he then helped establish Wodonga Demons, which went on to become Wodonga Raiders, before his body said enough was enough.
He wanted to remain involved in the sport and immediately took up umpiring in the late 1980s, playing a key role in getting it off the ground for Wodonga and District Cricket Association.
Campbell relocated to Melbourne during the 1990s, but came back to Wodonga in 1998 and was approached by the late Joe Wooding to umpire in Albury and Border, officiating his last game in 2018.
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During that time, he also joined the Wodonga Raiders' committee with the likes of Ben Stewart and Brian Glass when the club was in a crisis, as well as serving on the Cricket Albury-Wodonga board from 2005.
He was treasurer for the majority of his time on the CAW board before stepping away this year.
Campbell also finished up as a Wodonga Raiders' committeeman, but still helps with the preparation of the wicket at Birallee Park.
He follows in the footsteps of Don Dennis who held down the patron's position in a challenging period when merger talks commenced between Albury and Border and Wodonga and District.
"Don Dennis is someone who had done a lot for cricket here over the years, people didn't realise he was on the board of Cricket Albury-Wodonga for several years at a time when it was a bit of a crisis," Campbell said.
"Donny was a neutral guy trying to look towards cricket in general for the region and was a well-respected person.
"I feel very honoured to be placed in the same situation as Donny was because I held him in very high esteem as a friend and a member of the umpiring fraternity.
"I didn't feel I was the right person for it, but Michael (CAW chairman Michael Erdeljac) came back and had another chat and I accepted.
"The last few years I've spent a lot of time at Raiders helping to get them up and maintain the enthusiasm there, but I like getting around to all the clubs and talking to the people."