Sunday 14 August saw the gathering of former VFUA presidents at the fifth biennial Presidents’ Dinner. This year the event was held at L’altro Mondo restaurant, Albert Park. Continue reading
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Laurence earns Life Membership
Nick Laurence will become the first boundary umpire to earn life membership of the Peter Jackson VFL when he officiates in his 175th senior match in Round 17. Continue reading
Tackling Homophobia in Sport – AFL Pride Game this weekend
AFL umpires will join St Kilda and the Sydney Swans in the inaugural Pride Game at Etihad Stadium on Saturday 13 August to celebrate diversity and tackle homophobia in sport.
AFL goal umpires will wave rainbow-coloured flags, St Kilda players will wear rainbow-numbered jerseys whilst Sydney will wear rainbow socks. Continue reading
2016 Poker Night
The Annual VFUA Poker Night is all locked in for August 27 at the Coppers Inn Melbourne (See Map Below). Continue reading
Trivia Night Review
Do you know the six tallest currently listed AFL players? How about the first team to win three consecutive premierships? 60 umpires took on the challenge at the VFUA trivia night on Saturday 18 June at Coopers Inn.
Life Member’s Dinner a Success
The VFUA’s annual life members’ dinner was held on Sunday 29 May at the Mail Exchange Hotel.
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Balding Breaks Record
Goal umpire Peter Balding made history on the weekend, officiating in his 225th Peter Jackson VFL match and breaking the record of field umpire Dan Beard for VFL games umpired. Continue reading
State Game Umpires Announced
As we reach the half way point in the 2016 season and a number of umpires enjoy a much needed weekend off, there will be 25 players from 10 different clubs joining forces to take on the SANFL on enemy territory. Continue reading
Trivia Night
The 2016 Trivia Night is upon us and with a new venue, it is going to be bigger and better than ever!
AFL Community Umpiring Round
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The AFL Celebrates Community Umpiring This Weekend The AFL wishes to advise the weekend of 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 will be led on to the ground by four first-year community umpires, giving them a taste of the elite match day experience and demonstrating the opportunities that are available through umpiring. AFL National Umpiring Development Manager Adam Davis said umpiring numbers have had incredible growth over the last 12 months with a 15 percent increase, but we always need more umpires to cover the growing numbers of games played every weekend. “The celebration of community umpiring this weekend is about recognising all the umpires who do such a great job at community level to allow our game to be as great as it is,” he said. “Umpiring is a critical part of the game to allow the players to play our spectacular game on a level and safe playing field. “Umpiring offers opportunities for people from all backgrounds and all ages. We offer programs to introduce umpiring to people from multicultural and indigenous backgrounds as well as female umpires,” he said. Celebrations will also occur at matches across this weekend at grassroots and community level around Australia. OPSM is the Official Sponsor of the AFL Umpires, supporting community development and the umpire talent pathway at grassroots levels. More information is available at afl.com.au/umpires . This site includes information on how to become an umpire along with resources to assist learning the role of the umpire. Or visit the AFL Victoria Website for more information: http://www.aflvic.com.au/umpiring/umpiring-is-everyones-business-2/ |