Twenty-two year old Liam Rowe has completed his first AFL trial as a field umpire and performed well enough to take a rookie spot on the 2014 panel. He joins Brent Pawley who has been rookied for the second year in a row, still searching for that elusive place on the full panel.
Field umpire Brett Rosebury was awarded his AFL life membership by AFL Commission chairman, Mike Fitzpatrick at last week’s AFL season launch at the newly revamped, Adelaide Oval. Brett was presented along with Sydney coach, John Longmire, Geelong Coach, Chris Scott and players, Ryan O’Keefe, Joel Corey and Lenny Hayes for achieving 300 matches of AFL football. Dr Harry Unglik, David Smorgan and Brian Sierakowski were awarded their life memberships for providing “special service to the game.”
Jonathan Creasey is committed to leaving a great legacy for boundary umpires in South Australia and indeed across Australia. Jonathan was presented with his 250 match certificate at a dinner last week where all of the SA listed AFL umpires got together to celebrate the start of the 2014 season. Jonathan achieved this great milestone in the Fremantle v Sydney preliminary final in 2013.
ST Joseph’s College student – and local football umpire – Antonio Liparota met his heroes this week as part of the 2014 AFL Umpire Roadshow.
TWO Australian Football League umpires spent Wednesday passing on their knowledge and skills to local officials and schoolchildren.
I can still hear the words ringing in my ears, even though it was more than thirty years ago. “If you don’t have an umpire you don’t have a game.”
OUTGOING AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou was instrumental in creating a zero tolerance approach on abuse towards umpires, according to umpire Stuart Wenn.
AFL Umpires Simon Meredith, Nick Liparota, Brendan Hosking and Adam Wojcik will visit the Gold Coast, Northern Rivers, Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay from today as part of the AFL Umpire Roadshow.