Umpire Shorts – 19 August 2013

Aug 19, 2013 | News, Umpire Shorts

The umpiring department obviously thought that Jack McBurney might need some assistance in his 400 AFL appearance on the weekend so they appointed him with Shane McInerney who was doing his 373rd game and with veteran “rookie” Stuart Wenn who was doing his...

Former cricketer/VFL umpire hurt as tree tumbles

Aug 19, 2013 | News

Ian Huntington hit off the tee last, into a fierce wind on the second hole at Kew Golf Club six days ago. Please click here to read more from The Age newspaper.

Steve McBurney 400th Game – Reflection Piece by AFL umpire Stuart Wenn

Aug 19, 2013 | News

Well finally the big day arrived. The build up had been like grand final week, with speeches by his peers at training, an AFL presser, and multiple appearances on ‘media street’ courtesy of SEN’s The Run Home, Fox Footy’s AFL 360 and MMM’s Hot Breakfast . The only...

Stephen “Jack” McBurney passes a special milestone and the baton

Aug 13, 2013 | Milestones, News

“Jack” as he is affectionally known by his mates, stood proud today as the AFL recognised the feat of one of its best officials as he reaches 400 AFL games this Saturday. He then announced that he was hanging up his whistle at the end of the season. Jack...

A double take – a tale of two Pete’s

Aug 7, 2013 | Awards, News

Two goal umpiring stalwarts received their retirement caricatures and Pete Nastasi received his life membership in a small but classy dinner in Carlton on Monday night with most Melbourne based goal umpires in attendance. David Dixon spoke in glowing terms about the...