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The wind roared through the deserted grandstands and the rain threatened the once hallowed turf that was once the home of SANFL football, the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide.  Now it is only the training venue of Adelaide and the SANFL umpires.  That didn’t deter 25 young Down syndrome participants and their parents from assembling in the centre of AAMI Park to learn how to become an umpire.  There were the excited cries of “Go Crows” as the warm up started and then as the parents looked around the vast emptiness of the 50,000 seat stadium there were sighs of wow this is bigger than I thought it would be!

Boundary umpire Darren ‘’Whipper’’ Wilson will officiate in his 400th AFL match when Adelaide hosts Geelong at the Adelaide Oval on Friday night.

The third of our female goal umpires, Sally Boud made her AFL debut on Saturday evening in the Fremantle v GWS game.  Sally who has had an extensive apprenticeship including two WAFL senior grand finals becomes only the fourth woman but 344th goal umpire to umpire AFL football.  Sally had a tough initiation with a couple of great goal line gets first up.  it can only get easier from here!

Many boys grow up in Australia dreaming of one day making their AFL debut … and then there is Sally Boud.

Join the AFL Umpires in helping to find a cure for Spinal Cord Injury, a condition that could affect anyone at any time.

Journeyman, Michael Palm umpired his 50th AFL game on Friday night at Etihad Stadium in the top of the table clash between North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs.

AFL Field Umpire, Dean Margetts was hospitalised back in March after he suffered a burst stomach ulcer, causing his Virgin Flight to Perth from Melbourne to be diverted to Adelaide.

Mark Thomson just keeps on keeping on and this weekend moved into equal 3rd on the all time list of games umpired by a boundary umpire equaling Murray Williams (320). John Morris moves into equal 7th all time joining John Hicks (308)

Rob O’Gorman umpired his first ANZAC Day match on Monday as a field umpire.