Umpiring in the WRFL

[The Coon Dog]

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Must be thick skinned CD? The stories you hear about young umpires being harassed are frightening

Would you believe the worst I saw last year was regularly at under 11 level!

It's the first time kids at that age play for points & the way some parents (& grandparents) carry on is a real worry. You'd think it was life & death.

[KT31]

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Would you believe the worst I saw last year was regularly at under 11 level!

It's the first time kids at that age play for points & the way some parents (& grandparents) carry on is a real worry. You'd think it was life & death.

Experienced it first hand TCD when I umpired for the juniors a few years back.
Not only the parents some of the language coming from the kid's.

[The Coon Dog]

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Just thought I'd update this, now that the season is over.

Ryan umpired most of the season doing Division 2 seniors, but did manage to umpire 3 games in Division 1 seniors. Pretty decent effort for a 15 year old!

He just needs to work on his fitness to regularly umpire Division 1 seniors, so he's going to do running training over Summer.

Here he is in action in ifs fist game in Div 1 seniors, St. Albans v Yarraville.

[Bornadog]

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Boy he has shot up.

[Scraggers]

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Just thought I'd update this, now that the season is over.

Ryan umpired most of the season doing Division 2 seniors, but did manage to umpire 3 games in Division 1 seniors. Pretty decent effort for a 15 year old!

He just needs to work on his fitness to regularly umpire Division 1 seniors, so he's going to do running training over Summer.

Here he is in action in ifs fist game in Div 1 seniors, St. Albans v Yarraville.

Fantastic effort ... Congrats to the Coon Pup !!

[Missing Dog]

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Great effort Ryan does the AFL have people in place to help with the fitness training of young umpires Coon Dog might be a way to keep more young people interested if there is a defined pathway.

[Topdog]

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Great effort.

Is he going on the GC trip this weekend? I assume at 15 he is not

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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Congratulations to Ryan and you for supporting him.
I like his ump's uniform, it's great that they reflect the Bulldog's colours.

[The Coon Dog]

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Great effort Ryan does the AFL have people in place to help with the fitness training of young umpires Coon Dog might be a way to keep more young people interested if there is a defined pathway.

No, WRFL umpires train at Maidstone during the season.

During Summer he has 2 alternatives, train with Terry McGarrity who has a running stable at Braybrook where a number of AFL umpires run. This year there will be running training a couple of nights per week overseen by the Umpires Boss, Mark Westgarth at MacKillop College in Werribee.

[The Coon Dog]

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Great effort.

Is he going on the GC trip this weekend? I assume at 15 he is not

No, he's not. I guess he could if he wanted, he's loaded!

[chef]

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Thanks for the update Barry. Any chance you'll stick around?

[GVGjr]

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Fantastic effort ... Congrats to the Coon Pup !!

He doesn't look like a pup now. Perhaps he should be known as the Coon Dawg or Junior.

[KT31]

Re: Umpiring in the WRFL

Just thought I'd update this, now that the season is over.

Ryan umpired most of the season doing Division 2 seniors, but did manage to umpire 3 games in Division 1 seniors. Pretty decent effort for a 15 year old!

He just needs to work on his fitness to regularly umpire Division 1 seniors, so he's going to do running training over Summer.

Here he is in action in ifs fist game in Div 1 seniors, St. Albans v Yarraville.

Great to hear you are still amongst us TCD.
Well done to the Pup on his umpiring.

[Max469]

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Great news for Ryan. He sure has grown up Barry

[bulldogtragic]

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How's he going for qual's Barry, level 2 this year or next?