Round 14 shorts – Luke Walker hits another milestone

Round 14 shorts – Luke Walker hits another milestone

Luke Walker just keeps on keeping on.  It’s an old cliche but a very apt one when thinking about Luke.  In Luke’s 12th year on the list he continues to find the drive necessary to excel at the elite level.  Luke umpired his 250th AFL game in Saturday...
Hosko – Congratulations on 100 AFL games

Hosko – Congratulations on 100 AFL games

Two umpires will celebrate milestones on Sunday afternoon at the St Kilda v Gold Coast Suns game – Brendan ‘Hosko’ Hosking will umpire his 100th AFL game alongside Hayden Gavine who walks onto the ground to umpire his 1st AFL game. Brendan commenced his umpiring...
Transition from teaching to cafe owner proving a winner

Transition from teaching to cafe owner proving a winner

The AFLUA recently visited Leigh Fisher’s new café – the Cornerstone and Co – a small licenced café located in the leafy back streets of Hampton, to catch up with Hayden Gavine, who will umpire his first AFL game on Sunday. Leigh took over the business three months...
Luke Walker – Congratulations on 250th AFL Game

Luke Walker – Congratulations on 250th AFL Game

Umpiring an AFL Grand Final is every umpires’ dream, doing six places you in a league of your own! Luke Walker, who will umpire his 250th AFL game this weekend, is ranked third in the all-time list of goal umpires appearing in grand finals. In addition to six grand...