09/04/2024
We are saddened to hear that Barbara Moir passed away on Saturday 6 April 2024.
Everyone at Orioles knew Barb. She was the matriarch of the Moirs, and one of the greatest supporters of the Oriole brand. Like many of us, Barb got involved when the boys were young and started playing some 40 years ago. She did some scoring in the juniors and was 1st Grade scorer for many years in the Dick Shirt era.
Her strength was in connections … Barb would talk to everyone. She knew everybody’s name and was friend and confidant to generations of players, their significant others, their kids and even grandchildren.
In our darkest days in the late 1990s when the very existence of the playing club was at its most uncertain, Barb was part of the defacto committee that took every advantage to convince the competition administrators and the legal administrators that the playing squad, while similarly named to the troubled licenced club, was indeed a separate entity and could, and should, remain on the ballpark. When the Os first negotiated import players, it was Barb who opened her home to give these players a genuine Aussie experience.
Barb was wife and mother/step mother of Orioles life members. We extend our sincere condolences to Bob, Scott and Jason and wish them strength as they deal with their loss.
Barb’s funeral is scheduled for Monday, 15 April 2024 at West Chapel, Pinegrove at 12:30pm.
