Congratulations to Jason on officiating in his 100thAFL match (Adelaide v North Melbourne) at Adelaide Oval last weekend.
100th AFL Game for Jason Moore
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Round 22 shorts: The round starts with some big news
Field umpires, Justin Schmitt and Troy Pannell stood in front of their Melbourne colleagues before training on Thursday night and announced their retirements from AFL Football at the end of the season. Scott Jeffery spoke of Justin’s contribution to umpiring and Simon Meredith spoke of Troy’s legacy. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house – everyone rolled around the coaching room crying with laughter. It’s no laughing matter however, with the group losing over 500 games of experience.
Round 21 shorts: It was a round of big milestones and bigger hits
Matt Stevic – 350 AFL games, Shaun Ryan – 300 AFL games, Tristan Symes – 150 AFL games and Chelsea Roffey floored by Oscar McDonald in the Melbourne v Sydney clash. It doesn’t get bigger than this.
150th AFL Match – Congratulations to Tristan Symes
The Queensland football scene has changed significantly since Tristan’s arrival to AFL football. He was first appointed to the AFL panel in 2007. At first, it was tough going to get a game with four goal umpires based in Queensland and Brisbane Lions the only AFL team in town. In his first year, Tristan only umpired 4 AFL games.
Former Warrnambool umpire Shaun Ryan to umpire 300th AFL match
Where are they now?: John Robert ‘Slim’ Sutcliffe, Heritage No: 259
My next “where are they now” is an umpire who officiated in close to 500 games during his career.
Round 19 shorts: Has there been a colder or darker day for footy?
There is no doubt that Ballarat would’ve made some type of football history on Sunday. Played in arctic temperatures with hail, wind and rain the weather bureau said the temperature felt like minus 5 degrees. Add that to the sub-standard lighting and the game certainly took on a country game that needed car headlights around the perimeter of the oval turned on to allow players and coaches to see.
Vale John Gray (Jack)
AFLUA Life member John Gray (Jack) passed away peacefully on Monday 23rd July aged 92.