Round 16 – shorts

Jul 7, 2014 | News, Umpire Shorts

While two of our senior umpires made solid comebacks on the weekend in the VFL, that was soured by a serious calf injury to our new Friday night specialist, Chris Kamolins.  Chris was replaced at three-quarter time in the North Melbourne v. Hawthorn game by Matthew...

MCC organises cocktail party for Ian Huntington

Jul 7, 2014 | News

Ex-VFL umpire Ian Huntington became a quadriplegic almost a year ago in a freak accident while playing golf.  The MCC are conducting a cocktail party for Ian on July 16 between 6pm-9pm in the Long Room.  All of his colleagues are invited to attend this fundraising...

Fifty games for Matty Konetschka

Jul 4, 2014 | Milestones, News

Who was the last 21 year old with fifty games of AFL experience under his belt?  Chris Simms maybe?  Not sure really.  One thing I do know is that this quietly spoken university student is passionate about a few things and one is certainly his footy. “I love...

Passing of Noel Egan – Life Member

Jul 3, 2014 | News

Noel Egan was one of the few VFA umpires to successfully transfer to the VFL and carve out a career over an extended period. While the vast majority of those games were in the country he tasted much success in the city reaching VFL senior level in the first three...

The life of an AFL Umpire

Jul 3, 2014 | News

Being an AFL umpire is not your average every day job. Many attributes needed by an athlete to compete in a sport are similar to those of an umpire.  Umpires must be fit, healthy, disciplined and determined to reach the highest level of umpiring. An AFL umpire will...