The two closest games over the weekend were our two Alex’s debut games. On Saturday night in Sydney, 19 year old goal umpire, Alex Chisholm made his AFL debut in the Sydney v North Melbourne match. Alex who became the 349th person to goal umpire in the...
It’s one thing for those of us who are part of the umpiring fraternity to know some backstories involving our colleagues, but it is another thing all together for little things to come to light that we didn’t otherwise know. For example, gone are the days when umpires...
‘Good things come to those that wait’ is the old saying and nothing could be more true in the case of Daniel Hoskin who officiated his 100th AFL game having been on the list for 10 years. Daniel says the mental element of umpiring is demanding and for a number of...
