Tristan Burgess can’t wait for his next opportunity to umpire an AFL match after he came on to the field in the third quarter of the nail-biting clash between Richmond and West Coast last Sunday.....To read more, click here.
Bumper day with lens
Michael Boss was out last weekend and snapped the action at Victoria Park for the Collingwood v Sandringham match- Click here for the gallery
2 May 2012
Former VFL Umpire, VFUA executive member Nick Brown took on the challenge of re-locating to Perth for work and personal commitments and decided to progress his umpiring career in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).
Congratulations to 100 gamers Damien Cusack and Steve Piperno
Also congratulations to Michael Richardson who moves into first place on the goal umpires total matches since 1990.
24 April 2012
150 matches for Peter Balding
At the recent Williamstown v. Geelong match Peter Balding officiated in his 150th match. The VFL Record spoke to him about goal umpiring and his career. Read the article here
19 April
New photos in Gallery Michael Boss has been out and about and has published some great photos from recent matches
There is no better time to see the high turnover of umpires at VFL level than the start of a new year.
In 2012 all the development squads will be almost unrecognisable from 2011 with promotions, retirements and delisting leaving large gaps to be filled...... read more here
19 March 2012
Mather wins Black Opal
VFL Boundary Umpire Josh Mather won the Bendigo Black Opal 400m race on Sunday 11th March 2012.
FORMER Bendigo central umpire Tristan Burgess is one step closer to joining the AFL umpiring panel after being appointed to officiate in the NAB Cup this weekend.Burgess, 26, will make his NAB Cup debut in tomorrow’s Hawthorn versus Greater Western Sydney clash at Aurora Stadium in Launceston....
McLeod appointed as the Director of Umpiring at GFUL
Former VFUA member and VFL Development Squad field umpire Scott McLeod has recently been appointed as the Director of umpiring at the Geelong Football Umpires League (GFUL). McLeod, who spent three years on the VFL list decided that it was time to move on at the end of the 2011 season. The 34 year old officiated in 18 VFL reserve matches and 24 TAC Cup matches. Scott told the VFUA that he is looking forward to the complexities and challenges of leading an umpiring group at local grassroots level. ‘I am hoping to pass on some of my experiences in umpiring at both local and VFL level to the GFUL coaches, umpires - both young and elderly, and broader GFUL community’.
‘The GFUL has made much progress over recent years as an organisation and is regarded in many ways as one of the leading umpiring groups in the State of Victoria - I hope to continue this standard and add value where possible’, he said.
McLeod will not be a running umpire in the GFUL however, it might be necessary for him to umpire junior games with developing umpires. ‘My (main) role is observe and coach on weekends, (not to be umpiring)’.
The role will allow McLeod to train freely for his main personal goal this year, which is the Gold Coast Marathon in early July. He said, ‘in many ways being appointed as GFUL Director Of Umpiring has taken the pressure off me as the physical demands of umpiring on a weekend would have been counterproductive to my marathon training program’.
The VFUA wished Scott all the best with the new role and good luck for the Gold Coast Marathon.
WARRNAMBOOL export David Harris is expected to find out in the next month whether he has made the AFL umpires’ list.
The central umpire is trialling to become an AFL umpire, taking charge of two NAB Cup matches at Blacktown last Saturday night.
He officiated the Greater Western Sydney and Western Bulldogs clash, as well as the match between the Bulldogs and Collingwood...... read (a little bit) more
24 January 2012
Congratulations to former VFUA member Neil Woods who was recently appointed to the VAFA umpires coaching panel
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McLeod appointed as the Director of Umpiring at GFUL.JPG)
Umpire's bid for AFL list