Like so many kids at an early age, Matt Maclure started his umpiring career as a boundary umpire for the simple reasons that it was a good source of pocket money and kept him fit as he was also playing football...

THE PUSH for the AFL to employ full-time whistleblowers is growing within its own ranks, as the umpiring department continues to explore the concept. The idea of full-time umpires has been debated over the y...

Since joining the VFL list, Dylan Benwell has been amongst the high performers at VFL senior level, having umpired 104 VFL, 10 AFV Development and 16 TAC Cup games during his career at the VFL, since arriving f...

Sunbury’s Kevin Andrews was among those honoured on Thursday night at the AFL Premiership Players Club annual stamp launch. Each year the club’s committee selects 20 premiership players, coaches or umpires t...

Packing his bags and saying goodbye to family and friends and then heading for Melbourne will be the first big step in Nathan Williamson’s pursuit of a career as a newly appointed AFL umpire. Well that’s what w...

Charles "Alan" Cole passed away last Wednesday.  Alan was one of the members of our Yarrawonga chapter.  He recently celebrated his 90th birthday with Bill Sutton, Peter Saultry and Ted Johnson traveling to Mel...

Boundary umpire, Shane Thiele is a competitive beast by nature, although very lithe by stature.  Shane became interested in the World Masters Games that were held recently in WA and given his veteran status, he...

Affectionately known as Razor Ray, Canberra-raised Chamberlain is in the capital preparing for a fundraising cycle from Parliament House to Melbourne on Monday morning for GriefLine and mental health awareness....