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UMPIRING by Michael Sholly VAFA RNd 15 06.qxd 4/8/06 10:38 AM Page 1 UMPIRING by Michael Sholly One of the first surprises I had when working out of Whilst all this was going Elsternwick Park was to view umpires training first on the selectors would hand. Previously I had always been involved in club be in the stands picking sport and concentrated on the task of organising the teams for Saturday, football or cricket training at my club. Whilst I always the BBQ was fired up and tried to have a relationship with umpires on match day, the ever present sausage I generally didn’t give them another thought until the smell pervaded the atmosphere. After training, most following Saturday when I would meet the new set went to the bar in the umpires’ social club, received their again. appointments for the weekend and continued their night I was amazed and delighted to see up to one hundred with a few games of cards and generally having a and fifty umpires training on the Thursday night before sociable time. each Saturday’s match. There were always plenty of I am sure this scene is familiar to us all. activities with a number of different skills and drills to On match day, instead of going to the players’ huddle at educate our umpires. quarter and three quarter time, I go to see the umpires. The goal umpires would split into a couple of groups They are experiencing very similar sensations to that of behind portable goals and simulate match situations the players. They analyse their performance, discuss where they would adjudicate on whether the full ball the conditions with their fellow umpires and crossed the line or whether it was touched. Then they occasionally will have an umpires’ adviser to consult would practice their signals and the all important flag with. They get involved with the match and are able to wave. I haven’t yet seen them recording the score but give a good analysis of the strategies each team is they do have a familiar pose. using. Around the extremities, the boundaries would be going I have had the opportunity to witness the umpires over through their paces generally working on their fitness the past two years and would recommend to anybody to but also on the skill of throwing the ball ten metres up come down to Elsternwick Park, view the activities and and ten metres in. They also like to assemble at the top get involved as an umpire. Whilst you may not be of the goal square and practise throwing the ball to each competing for premiership points, you are putting your other to get their transitions correct. skills and your performance on the line each week which The biggest pack which would always have to be split up is what all sportspeople enjoy doing. into at least four groups was the fieldies. They would For those interested in umpiring in the VAFA contact have to work on so many issues weekly. Not only would Brian Goodman on 9531 8333 or [email protected]. they have to work hard on their fitness, but the learning of new rules and interpretations, the positions you stand INDEX at the boundary throw ins, the angles you run when the Coaches Clipboard..........................................................................12 ball gets transferred down the ground quickly. Mostly VAFA Media.....................................................................................24 though they would all love to grab a footy and pump the FTLOTG......................................................................................32-33 ball into the ground and see how high they could bounce Retrospective.............................................................................34-35 it. Generally there would be a contest going on Umpires Corner ..............................................................................41 Sportscover Arena Draw ................................................................61 somewhere on the oval. Tribunal & Investigations................................................................61 Looking at this mass of activity also showed me how Sportscover Spot the Ball ..............................................................62 much enjoyment people were getting from these 2006 Ladders ............................................................................63-64 sessions. THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER THE JOURNAL OF THE VICTORIAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION August 5th, 2006 Price: $2.00 Vol. 06 No. 15 V THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2005 1 VAFA RNd 15 06.qxd 4/8/06 10:38 AM Page 2 A SECTION by Jonathan Horn No Faults Cults but Ts A’Chasin’ A’Rayson as Scribe goes cursed by the kiss of Ping Ponging death! Indeed, having Absolutely kicking myself that I opted for a table tennis slipped below Fraser tournament rather than catching the De La Trinity game. Lord Cameron in the tipping help us all. De La went gangbusters in the first term, booting poll and blown off the ten to zip before the Cultrera led Ts mounted a very park by Ed Sill in the impressive fight-back. Six majors to the relatively unheralded most popular scribe poll, my confidence is at its lowest Michael Brown from De La and (yet another) five to the ebb. With that in mind, let’s tip Uni to beat Trinity (despite explosive Damien Rayson. He has plenty to say and cuts a a very patchy record in Bulleen), Ivanhoe over Xavs, pretty confident figure out on the field but boy can he back it Scotch over St Bernards, Haileybury over Marcellin and up. As for Andy Cultrera, he must be a serious Woodrow De La to absolutely Roger OMs. Medal chance, having won a comp B&F in the lower grades (Aquinas) several years ago. Trinity lost no admirers, particularly given the absence of their captain Ramsden. Trivia There aren’t many certainties in Amateur footy any more, but Congratulations to resident Badland hard-man Patty you can pretty safely say that Scotch will be playing at O’Donnell who correctly nominated team-mate Matt Sportscover Arena in the first week of the finals. And hats off Armstrong as the current A Section player with the most to them; they never demolish sides, just know how to scrap Woodrow Medal votes. Paddy, give Michael Sholly a call and how to win. To knock off Ivanhoe at home is some effort, and he’ll fix you up with your prize. It was close though, particularly after a pasting the week before. As always, an with Armstrong just shading Ramsden from Trinity, even Cardinals effort with particularly good games to Ockleshaw and Lethlean from Xavs and Nick Mitchell Gerstman and Wigney. Ivanhoe have gone down twice to from the “Pit. Which A Section club has the lowest and Scotch this year and had a day they’d rather forget. James highest average playing age (of senior players this year)? Hope’s return in the subject of some conjecture but my mail Might need a week off work to figure it out but feel free to is 2-3 weeks. email [email protected]. If Scotch are to get that flag, they’ll almost certainly have to beat Xavs in a final, something they haven’t done since 1959. Xavs are circling ominously and seem to have shaken off a/ McKINNON their injury curse b/ their tribunal problems and c/ their home SPORTS MEDICINE ground horrors. Judging by their run home, Marcellin are SHARPSHOOTERS – A pretty much gone. They’ll have to pinch a surprise win NAME CLUB LST WK TOTAL against one of the top teams and beat St Bernards at the “Pit in Round 17 in order to stay up. A SECTION Beating Bernards will be some task, given their fighting Cultrera, Andy OLD TRINITY GR 8 44 qualities over the last two weeks. If they had have knocked Handley, Matthew OLD XAVERIANS 3 40 off Uni, it would have thrown the comp into a tailspin but the Gerstman, James OLD SCOTCH 5 30 class of the students prevailed. Mark Paterson (again) was Potter, Callan ST BERNARDS 2 29 best for the Blues while Michael Kavangah was the premier Rayson, Damien DE LA SALLE 5 26 Pitter on the Varsity Oval. Very, very reminiscent of their Clarke, Tim OLD XAVERIANS 2 25 2005 season this for the Bernies. And Uni? Well, it’s almost MacLaren, Cameron MARCELLIN OC 0 22 impossible to gauge where they’re at from week to week but A RESERVE when they’re on, they’re frightfully good. Still not guaranteed Smith, Daniel OLD XAVERIANS 1 36 a finals spot by any means. Harris, Patrick ST BERNARDS 1 21 At the Badlands, Haileybury easily saw off OMs. No dramas Widmer, Timothy OLD SCOTCH 1 21 there. Darren Lay played his best game of 2006 to date, along Handley, Matthew OLD XAVERIANS 0 20 with Daniel Brown. David Oman was best for the Grammar. Westmore, James UNIVERSITY BLUES 0 17 Walmsley, Rohan DE LA SALLE 4 16 Today Baumgartner, Chris UNIVERSITY BLUES 0 15 Lots of clubs out there (not mentioning any names Uni Blues, “-” results weren’t received. Any discrepancies may be due to non- Ivanhoe & Scotch) begging me not to tip them, lest they be submission of results by clubs. 2 V THE AMATEUR FOOTBALLER 2006 VAFA RNd 15 06.qxd 4/8/06 10:38 AM Page 3 MILESTONESMILESTONES LAST ROUND RESULTS – A St. Bernards congratulate Simon Chatfield on 100 games A SECTION (53 sen, 7 res,40 U19). A long journey, with this being his OLD XAVERIANS 3.5 7.6 10.8 16.12 (108) MARCELLIN OC 2.3 3.7 5.11 5.16 (46) first year at the club in 8 years. Known for toughness and Old Xav: Goals: A. Bowen 3, M. Handley 3, T. Clarke 2, S. Johnston 2, J. Arnold, R. ability to find the pill, we hope there are more to come. Well Colbert, S. Mollard, T. O'Meara, M. Graham, T.
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