Umpiring

ANY JUNIOR WISHING TO LEARN HOW TO UMPIRE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE BOTH EXPERIENCE AND INSTRUCTION DURING THE YEAR.

WE ALREADY HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF CHILDREN WHO ARE UMPIRING REGULARILY. SEVERAL OF THESE CHILDEN HAVE GAINED FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS.

THE PROCESS OF GAINING QUALIFICATION INVOLVES PROGRESSING THROUGH THE VARIOUS LEVELS AS LISTED BELOW.

  • COMMUNITY
  • BEGINNER
  • DEVELOPMENT

TO GAIN EXPERIANCE AS AN UMPIRE PLAYERS NEED TO ;

1. GO TO HOCKEY AUSTRALIA WEB SITE AND REGISTER AS A COMMUNITY UMPIRE AND COMPLETE ONLINE QUIZ.

       - LINK TO HOCKEY AUST

2. OBTAIN EXPERIANCE UMPIRING.

      - SPEAK TO UNDER 9 COORDINATOR ABOUT ATTENDING UNDER 9 TRAININGS AND UMPIRING THEIR PRACTISE MATCHES.

      -SPEAK TO UNDER 9 COORDINATOR ABOUT BEING ASSIGNED TO A TEAM AND UMPIRING THE SATURDAY GAMES.

      -SPEAK TO UNDER 11 COORDINATOR ABOUT BEING ASSIGNED TO A TEAM AND UMPIRING THE SATURDAY GAMES.

3. CONTACT RICHARD INGRAM SO AN EXPERIANCED UMPIRE CAN ASSIST AND HELP YOU.

4. ONCE YOU HAVE REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPETANCY (AS JUDGED BY VARIOUS OFFICIALS) WE WILL ORGANISE FOR FORMAL ASSESSMENT AND QUALIFICATION. YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE AN APPLICATION TO BE ASSESSED. GO TO DOCUMENTS SECTION.  CURRENTLY RICHARD INGRAM, NORM WALKER AND BRYCE BEAGLY ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT THESE ASSESSMENTS.

5. YOU WILL THEN RECIEVE CONFIRMATION FROM HOCKEY AUSTRALIA THAT YOU HAVE OBTAINED QUALIFICATION.

FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS

 1. GO TO HOCKEY AUSTRALIA WEB SITE AND REGISTER AS A BEGINNER UMPIRE.

 2. ONCE YOU HAVE REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMPETANCY, FORMAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE ORGANISED USING THE SAME FORM AS BEFORE.

 3. YOU WILL RECIEVE CONFIRMATION FROM HOCKEY AUSTRALIA.

THE SAME PROCESS IS REPEATED FOR ALL LEVELS. 

PAYMENT

  • $10 PER GAME
  • $25 PER GAME IF A BEGINNER UMPIRE.

UMPIRING ROSTERS

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