Some great milestones achieved in Round 1
Low scores, a couple of blowouts and a heap of warm and humid weather across the country didn’t stop AFL football from hitting our television screens for round one, across four days last week. On the back of the great football came a series of milestones for our...
Inside an umpire pre-season improvement camp
Umpires have a thankless task and are often the subject of criticism, but what goes unseen is the work they do to improve. Take, for example, the pre-season camp 10 developing whistleblowers went on last month. The group went down near Lorne, which is about two hours...
Often asked questions, Where do I get my flags?
The phone will often ring in our office and among the many varied requests we get from community umpires include, “Where can I purchase goal flags?” AFLUA Life Member, Ian Bennett (pictured) has been making goal umpire’s sticks for the past four years, his wife,...