When AFL boundary umpire Patrick Tongue decided he needed a change of scenery for the next 15 months he didn’t mean heading north to Queensland. He was referring to a 14,685 kilometre journey to Switzerland. Pat’s wife, Claudine, a Swiss native has...
As a footy fan you only know her as “that female goal umpire, whatshername? Chelsea, that’s right. Yeah damn good goal umpire.” So it may come as somewhat of a surprise when you hear about her latest adventure. Chelsea, a journalist by occupation...
One hundred year old grand final boundary umpire, George (Harold) Smith passed away in Mildura on the weekend. George umpired the 1946, ’47 and ’48 VFL grand finals. In his time on the VFL list he umpired 145 games between 1938 and 1949. George is...
It is mid October and while most of our umpires are recovering from a gruelling season some have decided to continue to test themselves against the very best. The Melbourne marathon was run in Melbourne on Sunday in what turned out to be a tough day at the office for...
Umpires from around the region were recognised at the annual AFL North East Border Umpire Awards held at the Commercial Club Albury last week. Please click here to view the full article from The Wangaratta Chronicle.
