Round 15 – shorts

Jun 30, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

Justin Schmitt qualified for AFL life membership when he umpired the Hawthorn v. Collingwood  match in round 14. Justin has umpired 271 home and away games plus practice matches and overseas exhibition matches bringing his total to 300. Congratulations Justin. Our...

A very patient 50 games

Jun 27, 2014 | News

Who am I? I live in Moonta.  It takes me four hours to drive to training and back each training session. I am 28 years of age. I am an AFL goal umpire. If you don’t have an answer now then you will never get it! Daniel Hoskin feels like he has climbed a mountain...

AFL Umpire Simon Meredith on the mend after major health scare

Jun 27, 2014 | News

Simon Meredith felt fine, when he flew to Sydney two weeks ago to umpire the Swans’ game against Port Adelaide. He slept well, ate breakfast, watched some soccer on television, headed to the ground and warmed up well. Please click here to view the full article from...

100 games for a quiet South Australian

Jun 27, 2014 | Milestones, News

School holidays mean a lot to our teaching colleagues, they can simply pack up and head home. What makes these holidays especially sweet for boundary umpire Shane Thiele is that he gets to umpire his 100th game in his old home state. “The SA guys have bent over...

My memorable experience at training

Jun 26, 2014 | News

On Wednesday 25th of June a group of 10 field umpires gathered at Visy Park, to undertake their biweekly training session, commencing at 2pm. Due to the rain the previous day, ground one was quite soft making the field more difficult to train on.  Within the session...