The AFLUA would like to congratulate the following new members to the executive committee for 2016 – Troy Pannell (President), Drew Kowalski (Boundary) and Adam Wojcik (Goal) joining Leigh Fisher (Field), who returns for his second year on the executive.
Congratulations to AFL Boundary Umpire Darren Wilson on achieving his life-time dream of winning the prestigious Empire State building stairs race, completing the run up 1,576 steps to the 86th floor in 10 minutes 36 seconds.
What are you doing at 9pm on Mother’s Day?
The final pieces of the list management process have been completed and our umpires are in full pre-season training. Our field umpires have been involved in club visits across Australia since early January. All umpires have been completing their fitness benchmarks. The field umpires held their annual camp last weekend in Portsea and all goal and boundary umpires will be in Melbourne this coming weekend for their annual camp.
Shane Jones has made a very courageous decision in the lead up to the 2016 season, he has decided to put work and family first.
It’s the phone call every aspiring AFL Umpire wants to receive..
When one thinks of a couple of umpiring mates heading overseas during off-season, images of beaches, bars and a few bevvies spring to mind. Not for AFL umpire Nick Brown and AFL Rookie Daniel Butcher who spent a week teaching English, as part of Helping Hands Cambodia, a grass-roots Globalteer organisation that runs a complementary school for over 300 children in a rural village Prasat Char.
Check out this story in the Summer 2015 edition of Police life featuring 2015 AFL Grand Final goal umpire Adam Wojcik.
There have been some recent cases of umpires returning to the AFL after redeeming themselves with outstanding officiating back in state league football.