Gwen Nagel

Gwen Nagel

QSO

Nagel in April 2009
Personal information
Full name	Gwendolyn Anne Nagel
Born	(1946-05-20)20 May 1946 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	17 October 2009(2009-10-17) (aged 63) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965/66–1968/69	North Shore Women
FC debut	27 December 1965 North Shore Women v Canterbury Women
Last FC	30 December 1968 North Shore Women v Wellington Women
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1977–1977)
ODIs umpired	3 (1982–1982)
Source: CricketArchive, 12 January 2017

Gwendolyn Anne Nagel QSO (née Townsend; 20 May 1946 – 17 October 2009) was a New Zealand advocate for people with vision impairment, cricketer and international cricket umpire. She umpired in one Women's Test Match and three Women's One Day Internationals.

Career

Nagel made her first-class debut in December 1965. She played 14 first-class matches for North Shore Women. She was a right-handed batter and bowled left-arm medium fast.

Nagel has a master's of education degree from Massey University. Nagel spent over 25 years advocating and working for improved educational services for blind and vision-impaired children. She was a senior lecturer at the Auckland College of Education, where she was the coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education of Students with Vision Impairment. She spent many years as a vision research teacher, travelling to schools across the North Island to teach blind students. She also served as chief executive of the Vision Education Agency. In the 2009 New Year Honours, Nagel was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to special education.