Round 19 shorts: Milestones aplenty

Round 19 shorts: Milestones aplenty

Congratulations this week must go to our two 100 game milestone achievers, Rob Taylor (boundary) and Andrew Mitchell (field).  Andrew umpired for 8 years and 150 games in the VFL before making the AFL list at age 30.  He is certainly resilient and not even a...
Trucking Magnate – Alan Ross Raphael

Trucking Magnate – Alan Ross Raphael

Alan Ross Raphael, commonly known as Ross is one of our longest serving life members, but who is he really?   Ross set out with the intention of having his own business.  He quickly went from one truck for deliveries to a total of 20 delivery trucks and in...
Andrew Mitchell – 100 sensational games

Andrew Mitchell – 100 sensational games

In 1997 Andrew Mitchell started his umpiring journey with the Waverley Junior Football Association. Although this league has now disbanded, Andrew’s career certainly has not. This weekend in the Western Bulldogs v Essendon match, Andrew will umpire his 100th match....
Round 18 shorts: AFLUA support the Pride Game

Round 18 shorts: AFLUA support the Pride Game

The third annual Pride match was played between Sydney and St.Kilda on Saturday night at the SCG. Both Sydney and St.Kilda stand united to promote inclusion in our game from all corners of our society. The AFLUA are strong supporters of this match and inclusion in our...
A Telemarketer?  Surely not………

A Telemarketer?  Surely not………

I am sure Simon Leigh has been called many things but a telemarketer isn’t probably one of them. Damien Main was at work one Monday afternoon when he received a call from an unknown number so decided to let it go to voicemail.  No doubt, Simon had just hung up...