Umpire Shorts – 22 July 2013

Jul 22, 2013 | Umpire Shorts

Field umpire Shane Stewart achieved his 100 game milestone in the Richmond v. Fremantle match on Sunday.  Shane began his umpiring career in Tasmania in the Southern Tasmanian Football League umpiring his first VFL game as a 16 year old which, by today’s...

John Morris 250 games through the eras

Jul 22, 2013 | News

Don’t let the greyish hair and the craggy face fool you. When you step onto the training track or onto the footy ground, veteran boundary umpire John Morris will give nothing short of 110% and make every post a winner. You’ll know you’ve been engaged...

Knee injury ends umpire Ray Chamberlain’s year

Jul 22, 2013 | News

AFL UMPIRE Ray Chamberlain will be sidelined for the rest of the season with a kneecap fracture, but the senior whistleblower is committed to returning in 2014. Please click here to view the following article from the AFL.

Umpire shorts – 15 July 2013

Jul 15, 2013 | News, Umpire Shorts

One of the toughest gigs as an umpire on the AFL list is to be on the rotation list as an interstate goal umpire.  WA based Brett Rogers notched up his 50th AFL game in the derby between WCE and Fremantle in his fifth year on the list.  Brett was recruited from Swan...

Our Legends match it with the players in the EJ Whitten game

Jul 12, 2013 | News

Three hundred game umpire and AFLUA life member Peter Cameron said it best when he addressed the umpires prior to the EJ Whitten legends game held under the roof at Etihad Stadium in front of 24,085 spectators, “This match is in its 18th year, you have the...