May 15, 2015 | News
AFL umpire Dean Margetts has urged football clubs throughout Australia to follow Hawthorn’s lead in a bid to build stronger relationships with whistleblowers. Please click here to view the full article from The West Australian.
May 14, 2015 | News
Cameron Ward umpired just four AFL games in his first two seasons as a listed boundary umpire. To say that forged a level of determination and commitment is an understatement. What it also created was a man with patience and a very good life balance. A hip flexor tear...
May 1, 2015 | News
It took Frank 18 years of dedicated service to AFL umpiring to be awarded an honorary life membership and it took the association another five months to track him down and find a suitable place to present it to him. Frank has been in the wars since he retired as the...
Apr 30, 2015 | News
Curtis Deboy debuted as the 432nd field umpire to officiate in VFL/AFL football. Curtis had charge of the Western Bulldogs v Adelaide game at Etihad Stadium. However, it was Curtis’ second recorded match. So why the discrepancy? Curtis was emergency in 2014...
Apr 30, 2015 | News
AFL Umpire Rob O’Gorman will mentor two promising Southern Football Netball League Umpires in 2015 through the AFL Victoria’s Mates Program. The Mates Program is an initiative designed to develop a mentoring relationship between AFL umpires and young field umpires in...
