The AFL Umpire Roadshow has arrived, with AFL Umpires travelling from Townsville to Northern NSW giving community and junior umpires a chance to meet and learn from some of the league’s best. The Roadshow features umpires with a bevy of…
AFL Queensland has named the 2015 South East Queensland Umpire Academy Squads. The Academy was relaunched in 2014 as a state based field umpire program. “Queensland State Umpire Manager Gary Fila said the success of the program after just one…
We sent community footy writer, Beth Newman, behind the goals, ahead of Community Umpiring Round.
Queensland field umpire Andrew Stephens has been appointed to the senior AFL umpiring panel for 2014. It’s a case of third time lucky for the 25-year-old Darra local, who has trialled and been rookie listed with the AFL twice before.…
Kimberley Boyce will be the first woman to umpire a division one seniors grand final tomorrow.
Queensland AFL boundary umpire, Aaron Deckys, was last night announced as one of the 16 boundary umpires that will officiate in this year’s finals series. Aaron will kick off his finals duties with Friday night’s Qualifying Final clash between premiership…
Following Thanks Ump round on the weekend, we asked AFL goal umpire, Chelsea Roffey, her thoguhts on umpire appreciation.
Capricornia duo, Peter and Lisa Watkins, are the first father-daughter umpires in the region.
AFLQ umpires will train at Wilston Grange ahead of tomorrow’s Allied Pickfords Cup match.
Craig Scrase and Leigh Bowes volunteered for the club umpiring program this season.
Former Toowoomba Tigers player Darren Murphy has been appointed to the role of Regional Umpires Manager (Darling Downs) for season 2013. Darren takes over the reins from Wayne Waltisbuhl who has held the position for the previous 4 seasons and…
A new development program aims to give umpires a better chance of umpiring AFL.
NEAFL umpires ramped up their pre-season Coorparoo training sessions with a weekend seminar aimed at laying the foundations, standards and expectations for season 2013. On Saturday, 25 field umpires heard from key speakers AFL Field Umpire Matt Stevic and Aspley Senior…
Caloundra Australian Football Club on the Sunshine Coast is a club that has consistently achieved above and beyond their means throughout their 40-year history An area which the Caloundra Panthers take enormous pride in is club umpire development and providing…
After recently being promoted to the AFL’s boundary umpires panel, you’d think Matt McKenzie would be after a well-earned break in the off-season. Instead, he took on the toughest endurance test possible an Ironman triathlon. The decision to compete…
Queensland goal umpire Chelsea Roffey was named 2012 Queensland Sport Officiator at the Queensland Sport Awards in Brisbane last night. Roffey made AFL history in September when she became the first woman to wave the flags at a Grand Final.…
NEAFL Boundary umpire Matthew McKenzie has been added to the 2013 AFL boundary umpires’ panel. The NEAFL is proving to be a fantastic pathway for not just players to reach the AFL, but also for coaches, administrators and umpires. Amazingly,…
NEAFL field umpires Aaron Hall (left) & Andrew Stephens (right) will be trialling over the summer for a position on the 2013 AFL field umpires’ panel.
Mackay junior umpire Alex Finney was lucky enough to be selected to officiate NAB AFL Auskick games on Grand Final day. He kept a diary to ensure he didn’t forget a thing.
by Alexander Finney
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