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Choosing umpiring over playing

Josh Hollands came to umpiring as so many do: “I needed a part time job and thought getting to run around and umpire games of footy would be perfect,” he said. Then 15 years old, Hollands never expected umpiring to

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The AFL Celebrates Community Umpiring Week

Round Seven of the 2021 Toyota AFL Premiership Season is Community Umpiring Week with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the community level. Throughout the week, April 26 – May 2, the AFL

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AFL celebrates Community Umpiring Week

AFL Umpires

Round Seven of the 2018 Toyota AFL Premiership Season is Community Umpiring Week with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the grassroots level. Umpires at each AFL match this weekend will be led

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Junior Umpires Hit the Big Stage

As part of the AFL’s Community Umpiring Week, a number of initiatives will be taking place across the state and territory to celebrate the contribution of Umpires at a grassroots level. State and territory-wide, community football teams will pause to recognise

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Button’s bounce into Community Umpiring Week

Button Family

Written by Leyla Kaya. With record numbers of boys, girls, men, and women playing AFL across the AFL NSW/ACT region, community Umpires have never been more important. For without the men and women in teams of bright green, there are

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Briody sisters having a “BALL!”

2017 Community Umpiring Round

  Round 7 of the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership season is set to celebrate Community Umpiring Week – an initiative to encourage people to get involved in umpiring AFL at a grassroots level. AFL National Umpiring Development Manager, Adam Davis said with more

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