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AFLUA Life Member Allan Arvidson passed away on December 29 2017 aged 93 and was buried on January 9 2018.

Veteran field umpire, Chris Kamolins has called stumps on his 207-game career to take up a role as General Manager Fisher and Paykel Healthcare in India.  Speaking with Chris over the past few days he reflected fondly on his footy involvement but said, “this was too good an offer to refuse and it’s time to put my family and my future career first.”

On the 26th of November, 2017 I started my work experience with the AFLUA. This is an environment I was familiar with as I am an umpire myself and have worked in sport. Through the week I have had here, I learnt and grasped a new look on the business side of the AFLUA and what happens behind the scenes. 

2012 proved to be pivotal in the life of Dr Nick Wade.  The oft told (by the writer) story of him receiving word from the AFL while traveling to Melbourne in his kombi van with his wife Carmel, that he was to be offered an AFL contract, radically rearranged his holiday and forced him to run beside Carmel who was driving the van. This turned his AFL story into somewhat of a Cinderella fairytale, partly embellished by my (the writer’s) imagination, that captivated the umpiring panel.

Field umpire Robert Miller commenced his umpiring career in 1946 in the East Suburban Churches football competition as a boundary umpire in 1946.  Two years later he was accepted onto the VFL Reserve Grade as a field umpire where he umpired until the end of 1950.  Robert was admitted onto the VFL senior panel in 1951 where he umpired until his retirement in 1962.

TEN of Western Australia’s football greats will be inducted to the NAB West Australian Football Hall of Fame in a special event on the playing surface at Domain Stadium on Sunday, November 26.

On a Sunday afternoon when it’s 32 degrees the last thing you’d expect to see is a hybrid game of International Rules between the Irish Gaelic team and a team of AFL stars being played at Adelaide Oval.

HAVE you ever wondered who runs further – the umpires or the players?