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...
Apr 30, 2015 | News
It’s always good to sit back and reflect on a milestone once achieved, especially one that you were never supposed to make. So it is true for Brett Dalgleish, one of the infamous “Dalgleish brothers inc.” who have followed in each others footsteps...
Apr 27, 2015 | News
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sad passing of a wonderful family man, a great umpire and coach, an exceptional contributor to the AFLUA and a man who stood for all of the values our association holds dear. Brian had two “stints” with the VFL, firstly as...
Apr 24, 2015 | News
When RAAF air gunner and wireless operator Denis Kelly’s Lancaster bomber took off on its final mission in July 1944 little did he know that he would spend the next four months and his 21st birthday avoiding capture in Occupied France. Kelly, a VFLUA member from...
Apr 24, 2015 | News
The warm, sunny day in Estaires, Northern France in November 2014 was almost 100 years and a world removed from the France of 1916. The peace of the Estaires Cemetery was not interrupted by nearby artillery fire, the tramp of soldiers moving to the front or the roar...
