Written by: Keziah Glenane – Kez participated in the Round 19 Fiona McBurney Match Day Experience. I was very excited and nervous when we went to Melbourne for the AFL match where I would be at the coin toss. I practised for a while with coins and I got to be...
I caught up with David Harris this afternoon as he was wrapping up his day for the Geelong umpires where he works as their administrator and while he was waiting for another bush umpire, Shaun Ryan to pick him up for their trip to Melbourne to train. Both boys hailed...
Ninety-seven years young and still attending functions with stories and anecdotes of years gone by was our esteemed life member, Vic Henderson. Vic passed away last Friday. Vic began umpiring in 1948 on the VFL Reserve Grade as a boundary umpire. Between 1952-54 he...
Field umpire, Justin Schmitt became just the 19th umpire in VFL/AFL history to umpire 300 AFL games on the weekend in the traditional Carlton v Collingwood clash at the MCG. Justin, who joined the AFL panel from South Australia in 1997 has had to overcome significant...
Fifty game milestones are not recognised by the AFL. They consider multiple of 100 games deserve real celebration and recognition. However, on this occasion Leigh Fisher’s 50th game as an umpire just coincides with his 105th game of AFL. Fifty-five as a...
