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Chelsea Roffey honoured with Australia Post stamp

Thursday 30 November saw AFL Goal Umpire, Chelsea Roffey presented amongst many other AFL greats with the annual stamp presentation at Windy Hill, Essendon. The AFL Premiership Players Club selects 20 premie...

All Australian Umpires announced

Umpiring a grand final is one accolade that all umpires aspire too.  Then to be chosen as the best in Australia in your craft is the icing on the cake.  Field umpire Matt Stevic was announced as th...

Life Member Brian Stirling accepts his award

When a new life member lives a retired life in Coffs Harbour it can be a logistical nightmare to get all of the parties in the one place at the same time to formalise the presenting of the certificate. So it...

AFLUA Awards Evening Recognises Excellence

History was made on Sunday 23 November, when two of our highest awards had joint winners for the first time.  Luke Walker and Chris Appleton tied for the Leigh Keen Shield after voting by their peers for the...

Grand final umpire passes away

One hundred year old grand final boundary umpire, George (Harold) Smith passed away in Mildura on the weekend. George umpired the 1946, '47 and '48 VFL grand finals.  In his time on the VFL list he umpired 1...

Boundary boys still achieving great results

It is mid October and while most of our umpires are recovering from a gruelling season some have decided to continue to test themselves against the very best. The Melbourne marathon was run in Melbourne on S...

Smith receives AFL Merit Award

KEVIN Smith’s outstanding service to football has been acknowledged, with the NFL umpires boss the winner of the 2014 AFL Merit Award. Please click here to view the full article from the Northern Football Le...

A double take – a tale of two Pete’s

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 ...