Round 17 – shorts
It was a case of "old home week" for a number of the AFL umpires last weekend when our Tassie boys went back to Blundstone Arena and a welcome home. Scott Jeffery hadn't been back since 1998 when he travelled ...
Courtney ready to go
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 began um...
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...
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 ...
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 fe...
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 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.
Umpires must be fit, healthy, disciplined and determined ...
EJ Whitten match – a game for legends
Over 25,000 people attended the 2014 EJ Whitten legends match at Etihad Stadium on July 1.
The game into its 19th year is about giving a clear message about men’s health - to men.
Ted Whitten Jnr comes in...