At Oakleigh Districts last week we had a visit from 2 superheroes, Batman and Robin. One of the officials for Oakleigh Districts, upon seeing two of our Coaches/Observers at the ground decide that they were Batman and Robin. The Coach happened to be our goal umpire coach Craig with one of his Observers Robin. So now we have Batman and Robin at the SFNLUA.
Upon arriving at a point post most of our boundary umpires tend to stand directly behind the goal post. Well not for one umpire at Endeavour Hills last week. He could be seen every so often arriving at the point post and deciding to casually lean against the post. While this may look good in a bar it is not suggested for our Boundary umpires.
Upon seeing your coach arrive at the ground most umpires may get nervous, but one goal umpire seemed to have a different reaction to seeing his coach. Tony Levett upon seeing his coach at the ground had a look of “oh no” behind the coaches back before warmly greeting the coach before his seniors match at Endeavour Hills.
During the week, while our head coach was away, the social committee decided to run a mini Olympics for the umpires. This included things like the longest plank, the longest kick, goal kicking, trying to throw a ball into a bin, and an egg toss match. It was interesting to watch as umpires out of there element trying to kick footballs a long way, it did show why some of us do umpire. Some field umpires may yet have a career as a boundary if there throw-ins where anything to go by. Just before the last group of the night, the plank record for us was at 5min, this was soon not only beaten but doubled with one of our boundaries, Kennedy, going for 10min.
The night was drawn to a close with a raffle, with prizes such as lollies, hats and a meat tray on offer. One of the goal umpire coaches happened to win the cap and put it on with no shame at all. The meat tray it seems was one by one of the very few vegetarians in the group. Here’s hoping he found someone to put it too good use. Well done to all who participated it was a fun night indeed and congratulations to the Social Committee and Committee for putting on the night.
Apologies to Elise for last week misinformation was provided to the white knight in regards to her arriving at her game last week.