Colin Newcombe, loyal supporter of the AFLUA and current umpire in the Colac district, is driving a fundraiser to assist the Football Integration Development Association (FIDA). FIDA provides and oversees a football competition for people with intellectual disabilities. Please see a caption of Colin’s reasoning and details for his fundraiser below;
Don’t let the greyish hair and the craggy face fool you. When you step onto the training track or onto the footy ground, veteran boundary umpire John Morris will give nothing short of 110% and make every post a winner. You’ll know you’ve been engaged in a war of wills when you lock horns with John and more often than not he will come out the victor.
AFL UMPIRE Ray Chamberlain will be sidelined for the rest of the season with a kneecap fracture, but the senior whistleblower is committed to returning in 2014.
One of the toughest gigs as an umpire on the AFL list is to be on the rotation list as an interstate goal umpire. WA based Brett Rogers notched up his 50th AFL game in the derby between WCE and Fremantle in his fifth year on the list. Brett was recruited from Swan Districts Juniors into the WAFL and onto the AFL Panel in 2009. Brett has had some very good success in the past 12 months having finished in the top 12 goal umpires and sitting as an emergency in last years finals and then umpired the 2013 NAB Cup Grand Final.
Three hundred game umpire and AFLUA life member Peter Cameron said it best when he addressed the umpires prior to the EJ Whitten legends game held under the roof at Etihad Stadium in front of 24,085 spectators, “This match is in its 18th year, you have the opportunity to re-live some of those memories in the distant past from your careers. Enjoy every minute of it, remember you represent the AFLUA and umpiring, but more importantly remember you are reminding the community about the importance of men’s health”, a message reiterated by Ted Whitten junior when he spoke to the group prior to entering the field.
Please click the video below to view Bryan Sheehan reflecting on his achievements and umpiring.
A typical winters afternoon in Queensland, 22 degrees and sunny, greeted 45 past and current members and their partners for lunch.
UMPIRES WEAR BLUE TO HELP AUSTRALIANS WITH THEIR VISION
Anytime you speak to Wayne “chuck” Hinton about football and umpiring you will have his undivided attention. With a smile on his face and a gleam in his eyes he engages anyone who wants to have a chat. Last weekend in the VAFA, Wayne took the field to umpire his 600th VAFA game in a Division one clash between Hampton Rovers and Ormond.