SAD to report the passing of former NWBF president and life member Janet Duffy at the Ashlynn Grange Care Home, Bretton, on Monday, July 8 after a relatively short illness at the age of 80.
Janet and her late husband Danny were stalwarts of the Federation movement and Janet was NWBF competition secretary for many years, as well as a regular county player, both for Northants in the Federation and Hunts in the association code.
She played for the now defunct South Ward club, then Peterborough & District, where she was a member of the successful ladies squad that won the national Top Club four times, and finally Whittlesey Manor, where her husband also ended his playing career.
The funeral will be held on Thursday, August 15th with a brief committal service at Peterborough Crematorium at 12.30pm followed by a celebration of her life at St Andrew’s Church, Alwalton PE7 3UN at 2.00pm
