Umpiring news

Young Leaders Umpires Program

The AFL NSW/ACT Umpiring Department has announced their new ‘Young Leaders – Staying in the Game’ program aimed at helping reduce the current decline of umpire participation numbers experienced at the end of each season. Each year, NSW/ACT lose between 25% to 35% of

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The AFL celebrates community umpiring this weekend

Round Eight in the 2016 Toyota AFL Premiership Season has been designated to celebrate community umpiring with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the grassroots level. Umpires at each AFL match this weekend

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Broken Hill’s Shane Chapman to Umpire his 400th Seniors Game

Broken Hill’s umpire, Shane Chapman approaches a major milestone coming into the 5th round of the Broken Hill League. Shane will celebrate his 400th senior match this weekend, at the Miners Cups in Adelaide, as representative sides from Broken Hill

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Leading AFL umpires head west

Three of the AFL’s elite umpires will head to the Central West of New South Wales on Tuesday for an AFL Umpire Roadshow. The first stop for the officials will be in Dubbo for the Paul Kelly Cup before visiting

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Community Raffle Winners announced

The annual AFL NSW/ACT community club raffle has been drawn, with winners from across the region set to enjoy some phenomenal prizes.

Posted in ACT/South Coast, AFL Riverina Front Page, Central West, Coaching news, Community, Front page news, Hunter/Central Coast, Northern NSW, Schools news, Southern NSW, Sydney Harbour, Sydney South/Illawarra, Umpiring news, Western Sydney

Community Legend: Murray Lembit

The latest installment in our ‘Community Legend’ series features a stalwart of AFL Canberra, Murray Lembit, whose commitment to the game is second to none.

Posted in ACT/South Coast, Community, Front page news, Umpiring news

The Master of the Game: John Sullivan

With a career spanning across six decades, no one knows the ins and outs of the game of AFL like John Sullivan, who has achieved his 950th umpiring milestone.

Posted in Community, Front page news, Hunter/Central Coast, Umpiring news

Community Legend: Rick Clancy

This week in AFL NSW/ACT’S ‘Community Legend’ series we celebrate the tireless efforts and contribution of Walbundrie’s stalwart Rick Clancy.

Posted in Community, Football Services news, Front page news, Umpiring news

500 games for Sydney umpiring stalwart

Veteran umpire Frank Kalayzich will notch his landmark 500th first grade game this weekend, with two very special guests blowing the whistle alongside him.

Posted in ACT/South Coast, Community, Front page news, Sydney Harbour, Umpiring news

2015 Community Umpiring Round

Round Seven of the 2015 Toyota AFL Premiership Season has been designated Community Umpiring Round with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the grassroots level.

Posted in ACT/South Coast, Central West, Front page news, Hunter/Central Coast, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Sydney Harbour, Sydney South/Illawarra, Umpiring news, Western Sydney