Jun 27, 2014 | Milestones, News
School holidays mean a lot to our teaching colleagues, they can simply pack up and head home. What makes these holidays especially sweet for boundary umpire Shane Thiele is that he gets to umpire his 100th game in his old home state. “The SA guys have bent over...
Jun 26, 2014 | Milestones, News
Queensland boundary umpire, Nick Wade achieves his 50 game milestone this weekend when Brisbane plays North Melbourne at the Gabba. Nick is a realist when it comes to understanding his strengths and weaknesses in footy. “I was never a gifted athlete nor did I...
Jun 25, 2014 | Milestones, News
When first gamer Robert Whitehead walked onto the ground at Metricon Stadium last Saturday evening he allowed himself a look back up into the crowd to see his sister. It was she after all that introduced him to AFL football and goal umpiring. They even umpired...
Jun 20, 2014 | Milestones, News
Evergreen boundary umpire, Luke Roberts breaks the all time number of games record by a Sydney/ACT based umpire in this weekends, GWS v Carlton game at Giants Stadium. The previous record of 131 games was held by goal umpire Sergio Villagra who retired at the end of...
