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.
Nathan Doig was extremely proud to receive his 2013 awards as the best boundary umpire in the AFL and his action photo from the grand final. When asked to reflect on those achievements he said with great respect and humility, “They are nice to receive but that time has gone, I am now only focusing on 2014 and what I can control.”
While our three listed field umpires in WA have only umpired six quarters of footy during the pre-season they are primed and ready to go. Veteran, Dean Margetts, who is getting ready for his 12th season of AFL football said the pre-season had been tough, especially given the significant heat wave that has enveloped the state since Christmas.