Goal umpire, Courtney Lai has been quietly working in the background rehabilitating his knee that had to be reconstructed following that awful collision with Liam Picken in round two 2013.
Courtney ready to go
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Round 16 – 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 Leppard after tearing his calf late in the third. Channel Seven showed Chris’s complete frustration during the break when he threw his whistle into the ground after realising the extent of the injury. He could spend the next four weeks on the sidelines.
MCC organises cocktail party for Ian Huntington
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 event.
Fifty games for Matty Konetschka
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.
Passing of Noel Egan – Life Member
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 years after moving leagues.
The life of an AFL Umpire
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.
EJ Whitten match – a game for legends
Over 25,000 people attended the 2014 EJ Whitten legends match at Etihad Stadium on July 1.
Round 15 – shorts
Justin Schmitt qualified for AFL life membership when he umpired the Hawthorn v. Collingwood match in round 14. Justin has umpired 271 home and away games plus practice matches and overseas exhibition matches bringing his total to 300. Congratulations Justin.
A very patient 50 games
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