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Teens stepping up to fill umpiring gap, Australian Sports Commission says

Sisters Cleo (left) and Leila Campbell are netball umpires in the Riverina. (ABC Riverina: Simon Wallace)

Teenagers are increasingly carrying the load of umpiring in junior and senior club sporting games, according to the Australian Sports Commission.

More than one million people in Australia volunteer in sports as an official and almost 15 per cent are teenagers, the commission's latest data shows.

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