Newly elected AFLUA President, Chris Kamolins took the reins from his predecessor, Stefan Grun last Tuesday night at the AGM. Chris will lead a new executive team of Luke Walker, Shane Thiele and Leigh Fisher. Chris has been a member of the AFLUA for 10 years...
Talking to newly listed Dan Field-Read today brought back many memories of the last man I knew to change umpiring disciplines at State League level. Evergreen, AFLUA life member, 256 AFL games and 3 time grand final boundary umpire, Allan Cook started his career in...
Wye River was the base for the AFL Field Umpires 2015 preseason camp conducted last weekend. In pretty surrounds about 20km past Lorne, the beach and steep hills made it the perfect place to test the physical capability and strength of the squad, whilst also providing...
Life member, special award recipient and AFLUA Hall of Fame member, JR as he is affectionately known, Jack Gray celebrates his ninetieth birthday on February 19. Not one to like the focus of attention on him he was a little bemused when we rang to wish him a happy...
The AFL will trial four field umpires in the pre-season competition, with the extra umpire possible in future premiership seasons. Please click here to view the full article from The Age newspaper.
