Congratulations to AFLUA Life Member and field umpire, Gavin Dore who was presented with the annual stamp presentation at Windy Hill, Essendon on Thursday evening, November 30.
Now that I have your undivided attention, there have been fourteen families who have had father / son or father / son / son follow them into VFL/AFL umpiring since 1913.
Article written by: Work Experience student, Jai Venturoni from Haileybury College
Pictured left to right: EDFL Chairman, Brett Scott and Don Cooke
Twenty-seven year old Cameron Dore was the final umpire offered an AFL contract for 2019. Cameron is the son of retired field umpire Gavin Dore, a veteran of 302 AFL games between 1986 and 2004 including 17 finals and the 1996 AFL Grand Final between Sydney and North Melbourne. Cameron has had a very different journey into umpiring however. He played football at Vermont Football Club and was offered a pathway into umpiring at the VFL when he decided to umpire in the VAFA one year before heading overseas in 2015. So successful was his stint, Cameron was fast tracked into the VFL. He has spent the last two years in the Advanced Development Program run by Adam Davis and Stuart Wenn. Cameron was the emergency field umpire in the last two VFL grand finals and was a rookie field umpire on the AFL panel in 2018.
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.
Article written by: AFLUA Life Member, Graeme Patterson OAM
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 has been nominated for the 2019 South Australian Young Australian of the Year.