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2013 Year Book 2013 YEAR BOOK 1 | P a g e Contents 2103 EFLUA Committee .......................................................................................................................... 3 President’s Report................................................................................................................................... 4 EFL Chief Executive Officer’s Message .................................................................................................... 6 Treasurer’s Report .................................................................................................................................. 7 Social Secretary’s Report ........................................................................................................................ 9 EFLUA Grand Final Appointments and Presentation Dinner 2013 ....................................................... 10 Report from (2013) Head of Umpiring .................................................................................................. 12 Junior Umpire’s Coaches Report ........................................................................................................... 15 Boundary Umpires Report .................................................................................................................... 17 Goal Umpires Report ............................................................................................................................ 18 Search for Our History 2013 ................................................................................................................. 19 EFLUA Life Members ............................................................................................................................. 20 Umpiring Awards 2013 ......................................................................................................................... 21 EFLUA 2013 Milestones ........................................................................................................................ 22 EFL Division 1 Senior Grand Final Umpires ........................................................................................... 23 Division 1 Grand Final 2013 .................................................................................................................. 24 2013 Division 1 Grand Final Umpire Panels .......................................................................................... 25 2013 Division 2 Grand Final Umpire Panels .......................................................................................... 27 2013 Division 3 Grand Final Umpire Panels .......................................................................................... 29 2013 Division 4 Grand Final Umpire Panels .......................................................................................... 31 2013 EFL Junior Grand Finals ................................................................................................................ 33 2013 Junior Grand Final Umpire Panels ................................................................................................ 34 Boot Camp 2013.................................................................................................................................... 36 Chinese Night @ the Dragon Boat Restaurant ..................................................................................... 37 A Farwell to Umpiring ........................................................................................................................... 38 EFL Umpire Games Records to 2013 ..................................................................................................... 39 2 | P a g e 2103 EFLUA Committee Executive Committee President Lou Tabacchiera Vice President Sean Clarke Secretary Charles May Treasurer Jarrod Reid Social Secretary Jacob Carroll General Committee Greg Alford Trevor Fyander Jason Hermann Warren Hillier David Latchford Bart Maaskant Martien Pruysers Darren Robertson Katrina Stopinski 3 | P a g e President’s Report 2013 saw a new Executive Committee appointed to steer the EFLUA as they continue to represent the interests of one of the largest groupS of participants in the Eastern Football League. I found my first year as your President one of challenge and achievement, and I see no reason for 2014 to be any different. As a committee we believe we have a strong platform on which to build and look forward to continued success this year. The year was scattered with highlights everywhere you looked and for me they are, in no particular order: Record high membership numbers The pre-season boot camp was a highlight, yet it did leave us with a few unfortunate injuries. The interaction and effort of all umpires in activities that were largely foreign to umpires was outstanding and stood us in good stead for the year. The camaraderie of the entire umpiring group, celebrating in each other achievement and continually supporting each other on and off the field Record attendance at several social functions, as well as some new and creative events and a spectacular finale at the Grand Final Appointments Dinner with almost 200 people in attendance A great active, supportive and responsive committee, with particular note of the leadership of the Executive who were all new to the role, with the exception of Charles May who selflessly guided and mentored us during the year The introduction of new processes in relation to financial management providing transparency of financial transactions, available to all members on a regular monthly basis The strength of our relationship with all areas of the EFL administration The growth in our relationship with FIDA and the Ringwood Spiders, our local all abilities team. We look forward to enhancing that relationship further in 2014. Initiated the creation of an EFLUA Hall of Fame, with inaugural inductees and Legend to be considered Seeing Katrina Stopinski become our first ever female field umpire to officiate in a Senior Division 1 game. The inaugural Umpire’s Triathlon, raising over $2500 for the White Ribbon Foundation The introduction of chef prepared meals after training and meetings on a Wednesday night. Thank you to James and his father for the preparation, service and clean up. It was great to see Trevor Fyander out and about socialising with his peers after countless years on the other side of the counter The wind up of the Springfield Sporting Group and the corresponding enhancement of our relationship with the Croydon Rangers Gridiron Club With all of the highlights, you could be excused for thinking that we are now going to sit back and let this happen. Nothing could be further from the truth. Some of the challenges we are facing this season are: The new structure at the offices of the EFL, with a new CEO and Football Operations Manager. We offer our congratulations to Phil Murton and Matthew Bishop on their respective appointments and we look forward to developing strong relationships to complement those we have now. 4 | P a g e Darren Goldspink joining us as the new Head of Umpiring. We see this as a positive appointment and look forward to reaping the benefits of Darren’s extensive experience and knowledge. We wish Darren all the best as he makes the transition from SEJ. Further increasing membership numbers with a focus on introducing more juniors to the association Building on each of the highlights of 2013 to ensure we maintain a vibrant and positive culture where everyone is comfortable in an environment that promotes and encourages achievement Introduce greater accountability and responsibility on all members of the committee, primarily through task and activity assignment Streamline the appointment of Tribunal Advocates ensuring that all hearings have an appropriately trained Advocate appointed Promote and guide greater interaction and activity between the senior group and our junior umpires who are our future So, as you can see much has been done, and there is so much more we are excited about. In closing, I would like to acknowledge and thank a number of people. Firstly, to outgoing CEO Rob Sharpe, thank you for your unwavering support of umpires and umpiring; we had our moments but we always had the best interests of the game at heart. Michael Vozzo was an outstanding appointment as the Head of Umpiring, straight out of the AFL. We learned much from him and I am sure he also learned from us. I worked well with Michael and we understood each other well and I feel we grew together. To all of the committee, thank you for all that you did and particularly for the passion you show for your umpiring group. I do not want to single anyone out, however it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge on behalf of all members the outstanding contribution made to the association by Charles May. As mentioned earlier, his guidance was very much appreciated and we wish him well in his ‘retirement’. Thanks Charlie. A challenging job is that of the Tribunal Advocate. Thank you to all those that shouldered this responsibility last year, with particular thanks for the coordination effort by Greg Alford. To Mark Freeman, Kirra Miriklis and the team at EFL House, thank you for supporting us and working with us; we get the job done and almost always have fun doing it. Finally to my members, our members. Thank you for making umpiring the fantastic experience that it is in the Eastern Football League. The support and encouragement, the sledging and joking, the commitment
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