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Written by Bill Fulton
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GFUL Boundary Umpire, Jake Robertson, has been appointed to run the Boundary on the hallowed turf of the MCG in the curtain raiser to the Richmond v Essendon game at the MCG on Saturday 19th July.
The curtain raiser game is part of the Qantas AFL Kickstart Program and players have been selected from the particpants in this year’s program. The program is a Healthy Lifestyle Program which aims to use Australian Football to enhance the lifestyle of indigenous people living in remote areas of Australia.
Jake has been rewarded with this appointment for his efforts at the V/Line Cup and as a member of the 2008 VCFL Umpiring Academy.
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Written by Bill Fulton
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No less than four Umpiring Groups will be involved in a reciprocal Umpire Exchange program with the GFUL on Saturday 19th July.
Umpires from Warrnambool, Ballarat and the Melbourne based Western Region Football League, will umpire Geelong Football League games this Saturday, whilst GFUL umpires will be appointed to Hamden Football League, Ballarat Football League and Western Region Football League games.
In addition, Umpires from Colac and Ballarat will be appointed to games in the Brellarine Football League and Geelong & District Football League in an exchange which will see GFUL umpires officiate in Colac & District Football League and Central Highlands Football League games.
The Exchange Program is designed to give GFUL umpires and those from other Umpiring Groups, an opportunity to experience umpiring in different Football Leagues and gain an appreciation of the different standards and techniques used by both football clubs and umpiring groups outside of their normal umpiring environment. |
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Written by Bill Fulton
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Field Umpires Steven Trotter and Scott McLeod, Boundary Umpires Tim Larkins and Ross Marriner and Goal Umpire David House, have all been selected to officiate in Division 1 of the National Country Football Championships to be held in Shepparton at the end of July.
In addition, GFUL Coaches, Steve Keating (Field), Brian Hunter-Evans and Eden Stubbings(Boundary) and Mark Osborne (Goal), have also been selected as coaches in their respective disciplines throughout the Championships.
These appointments reflect the standard of GFUL umpires and coaches and the regard in which they are held throughout the umpiring fraternity.
These appointments also add to the already impressive list of GFUL Umpire appointments to VCFL and other representative matches so far this year.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 July 2008 )
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Written by Bill Fulton
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An extraordinary sporting event will take place on Saturday 28th June 2008, when female umpires will officiate in every game on the Bellarine Football League program at Queens Park, Highton, where Geelong Amateurs will host Portarlington.
Every single Field, Boundary and Goal umpiring appointment for the day in Seniors, Reserves, U/18’s and U/14’s, will be female. There have been some isolated instances previously where single games have been umpired by a totally female umpire panel, but never at senior level and never for a whole Match day program of 4 matches on the one day.
The promotion of an All-Female Uumpiring Panel day is the initiative of the Geelong Football Umpires League (GFUL) and involves a female exchange program with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) which will see five young SANFL Female Umpires coming to Geelong to participate in the program.
The five girls coming from South Australia will arrive in Geelong on Thursday evening and return to Adelaide on Sunday. They will be joined by a great number of GFUL female umpires, including Leigh Davis and Jacqui Ginn who have both been regular senior Field Umpires in the BFL and G&DFL competitions this year and who have both made their GFL debuts on Saturday 21st June. Several female umpires from other Umpiring Groups, such as Ballarat , Warrnambool and Yarra Ranges will also participate in the program.
In a recipricol exchange arrangement with the SANFL, several GFUL girls have been invited to umpire in an AFL Curtain Raiser game to be played prior to the Port Adelaide v Melbourne game at AAMI Stadium on 23rd August |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 June 2008 )
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Written by Bill Fulton
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Another five GFUL umpires from the VCFL Academy have been successful in gaining appointments to VCFL Representative matches, this time the 2008 V/Line Cup to commence in Melbourne on 30th June.
Erin Keating and Aidan Blake (Field), Nick Steel and Jake Robertson (Boundary) and Matthew Robertson (Goal) ,will represent the GFUL at the Championships and will undoubtedly gain a great deal from the experience.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 June 2008 )
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Written by Bill Fulton
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GFUL Field Umpires Steven Trotter and Steven Guarnaccia and Goal Umpire David House have been awarded the very prestigious appointments to the WorkSafe VCFL Inter-League Challenge match with the Victorian Amateur Football Association to be played at VAFA Headquarters, Elsternwick Park, melbourne, on Saturday 7th June . The teams involved in this game will be playing for the Cystic Fibrosis Cup and the umpiring appointments have been shared between the VCFL and the VAFA.
Congratulations to the two Stevens and David on their fantastic appointments. |
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