Sep 8, 2022 | Member News, News
Arthur Cook served football in many roles. As umpire, umpire trainer, training supervisor and ‘blue coat’ at VFL Park, he was directly involved with the VFL and also trained a number of professional runners with VFL umpire connections. Born Arthur David...
Sep 6, 2022 | Member News, Milestones, News
Congratulations to 16-year-old Emma Stark, who became the youngest field umpire to officiate in an elite AFL competition, following her AFLW 2022 Round 1 debut. Before commencing proceedings in the Essendon v Hawthorn match, the young whistleblower from Northern...
Sep 6, 2022 | Awards, Member News, Milestones, News
Congratulations to retired boundary umpire Darren Wilson (AFLUA Heritage No. 431), who was recently inducted into the West End SA Football Hall of Fame honour roll. Running the boundary, Darren umpired 404 AFL matches. He officiated in 48 AFL Finals matches, including...
Aug 31, 2022 | Awards, Member News, Milestones, News
Boundary Umpire Chris Gordon’s 2022 All-Australian honour comes as an incredible achievement, which he described as a reflection piece of his umpiring journey that began almost 20 years ago. Chris commenced umpiring with the Southern Umpires Association in 2003....
Aug 31, 2022 | Awards, Member News, Milestones, News
Matthew Dervan has doubled his All-Australian tally, after being chosen as the All-Australian Goal Umpire for 2022 at the recent AFL awards. Matthew had umpired in the 2020 AFL Grand Final, and collected his first All-Australian blazer the same year. Since his...
