Congratulations to AFL Field Umpire Eleni Glouftsis who won the South Australian Young Australian of the Year award for 2019 at Adelaide Oval last night.
Eleni Glouftsis named South Australian Young Australian of the Year 2019
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Invictus Games – An Inspiration
Article written by: AFLUA Life Member, Graeme Patterson OAM
Ex AFL Rookie field Umpire goes All-Australian
Queensland police officer and former AFL Rookie listed umpire, Kayne Nund has just come off another very successful police games footy tournament in Hobart.
AFL Field Umpire, Eleni Glouftsis nominated for the 2019 South Australian young Australian of the year
AFL Field Umpire Eleni Glouftsis has been nominated for the 2019 South Australian Young Australian of the Year.
Three changes made to the 2019 Field Umpires list
The AFL announced three changes to its 2019 field umpire panel last Friday. The three umpires will replace retired veterans, Justin Schmitt, Troy Pannell and Luke Farmer.
Boundary umpire, Mitch Le Fevre celebrates 250 games
Boundary umpire Mitch Le Fevre celebrated his 250th game in the Second Semi Final between Collingwood and GWS on Saturday 15 September 2018.
All Australian Umpires announced
Field umpire Matt Stevic was awarded with his 6th All-Australian award, his 5th in five years. Matt who umpired in his 6th grand final (the last 5 in a row also) was a “clear winner”, according to AFL Umpire’s coach Hayden Kennedy.
Grand Final shorts: Experience gets us home
Billed as a grand final too close to call, the game itself certainly lived up to those expectations! With scores level at the end of the third quarter, the game finished with West Coast the victors by 5 points in what many commentators were calling one of the greatest grand finals in recent memory.
Matt Jenkinson – 150 AFL Games
Most of us are fairly grumpy when starting work on a Monday morning but spare a thought for Matt Jenkinson who was waiting for his phone to ring for two reasons (1) was he appointed to the 2018 finals panel or (2) was his wife going into labour with their second child. Hardly a productive morning could be expected.