AFLUA life member, John Leighton passed away on grand final day, aged 82. His funeral was held in Cobden last week. John’s son, Peter said today, his father loved his umpiring and said that he had travelled extensively with John during his umpiring days on the VFL panel all over country Victoria. “Dad umpired with Alan Nash and Harry Beitzel, he loved it.” John was a regular at our annual dinners over many years.
Three hundred and nineteen game veteran, Mark Canning has decided to hand up his flags after 21 years on the AFL list. The announcement was made at the umpires cocktail party on Saturday night.
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The three best umpires in Australia were announced at a cocktail party to celebrate the season and the 2014 grand final umpires.
AFL umpires Ian Burrows and Luke Walker will be officiating on Grand Final day. They chat to Paul Kennedy about selection and fading into the background.
The AFL umpiring department has backed in its experienced umpires to take charge of the 2014 grand final.
HISTORY will be made in the WAFL Grand Final on Sunday at Patersons Stadium as Lauren French and Sally Boud become the first female goal-umpiring duo to officiate in a senior Grand Final.
GRAND Final umpire Matthew Nicholls says the next frontier for the game is to have female field umpires officiating at AFL level.
THERE he is. On the edge of the frame. But no one is looking at him. Instead 50,000 sets of eyes are on the Crows player with No. 19 on his back who is about to kick a miraculous goal from deep in the pocket at the Adelaide Oval.