Essendon District Football League Umpires Association

11/10/2026

📸 A few snaps from our 2026 EDFL Umpires Senior Presentation Night!

A great night celebrating another fantastic season.

🔗 Link to the full photo drive is available here; https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rh6lomnm5hjl92r3tesbs/ANxKMYr9AW-MCSyrj7GxNcE?rlkey=fqypvmetwr0icxctb5ovhfmq4&st=jwgc5gee&dl=0

08/10/2026

🏆 2026 SENIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT 🏆

A massive congratulations to all our award winners from the 2026 Senior Presentation Night! 👏

🏉 FIELD UMPIRES

- Best First Year: Tom Vernal
- Most Improved: Tom Smith
- Coaches Award: Tony Maiuto
- Encouragement Award: Leyla Brown
- Best in Finals: Matt Gaskett

🏃 BOUNDARY UMPIRES

- Best First Year: Eloise Stanley
- Most Improved: Joshua Brownley
- Coaches Award: Lawson Scheele
- Encouragement Award: Harper Vendy

🏳️ GOAL UMPIRES

- Best First Year: Isla Bush
- Most Improved: David Mawdsley
- Coaches Award: Steve Pastras
- Encouragement Award: Paul Simon

🏅 SPECIAL AWARDS

- Joel Parkinson Award: Ryan Hartwig
- President’s Award: Allan Semmens
- Golden Whistle: Daniel Turner

25/09/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 V/Line Cup attendees, who represented the EDFL this week in Gippsland! 🏆

Daniel Turner (F)
Jimmy Hammond-Collins (F)
Reuban Webbie (B)
Sarah Maxwell (G)
Amar Yassine (G)
Chris Mikhael (G)

A season of hard work and commitment has seen these up-and-coming umpires rewarded with an opportunity for higher honours - well done to all!

Essendon District Football League

24/09/2026

Congratulations to Ryan Prochazka for being recognised as the 2026 EDFL Umpire Rising Star!

24/09/2026

Congratulations to Zachary Strong for being awarded the 2026 EDFL Umpire of the Year!

18/09/2026

As we take a look around the state leagues, we congratulate our 4x EDFL Alum who will officiate in Grand Finals this weekend! 👏

Coyney will umpire his first VFL Grand Final at IKON park on Sunday at 2:05, capping off a stellar year.

Ky, in his first year on the development squad will umpire the VFLW Grand Final at 11:00 on Sunday, also picking up VFLW Umpire of the year for 2026.

Also in his first year, Josh will run the boundary in the Talent League Boys Grand Final on Saturday at Whitten Oval starting at 1:30 - an amazing feat.

Brady will wave the flags for the VFLW Grand Final also, having umpired the Talent League Girls Grand Final last year.

14/09/2026

Thank you Zous 💚💚

After more than a decade of umpiring Senior football with us, Peter Zouzounis will be hanging up the whistle - having umpired the Division 1 Reserves Grand Final on Saturday, at Coburg City Oval.

Peter’s time with us followed a long playing career, and now we salute one of our favourites on a job well done.

Congratulations Zous and we hope you enjoy retirement!

Essendon District Football League

18/08/2026

🏆✨ Celebrating Our Junior Umpires! ✨🏆

What a fantastic night on August 11th, celebrating the incredible achievements of our Junior Umpires throughout the year! 🏉👏

A huge congratulations to all our award winners and Grand Final appointments - your dedication, growth and commitment have been outstanding! 🌟

🏆 Academy Coaches Awards
* Zara Azzopardi
* Phoebe Dew
* Jason Portelli
* Lucy Walkom
* Oscar Turnbull

🌟 Best First Year Umpires�Jasmine Spring-Brown & Owen Hastie

📈 Most Improved�Tiana Efron & Ben Hausfield

💫 Junior Encouragement Awards
* Eliza Helibronn
* Montana Morrell
* Amy Conroy
* Marley Kelly
* Alex Gowland
* Anika Chiles
* Lachlan Reid
* Ashley Spring-Brown

🏆 Junior Leadership Group Acknowledgement
* Leyla Brown
* Tom Smith
* Olivia Douglas
* Coby Jarvis
* Elliot Brown
* Chase Jardine

🎓 Brad Teal Scholarship Recipients
* Jacinta Ripa
* James Barker
* Matthew Reed
* Chris Logan
* Oscar Radywonik
* Ethan Pizzinga
* Max Dolence
* Hamish Gilbertson
* Declan McIldowney
* Eloise Stanley
* Lincoln Bloomfield
* Isla Bush

🏅 President’s Award�Sharkya Fernando

🏆 Ian Coates Shield�Elliot Brown

A massive thank you to our dedicated coaching group, all the parents and supporters of our Junior Umpires, and the EDFL & EDFLUA for helping make this such a memorable evening. 🙌💚

Congratulations to everyone - keep learning, keep growing and keep leading the way! 🌟🏉👏

15/07/2026

Some recent captures by our man Moments by Shaun 👌

16/05/2026

Our #16 👏👏💚🐐

Congratulations to Brendan Hosking who will reach his 300th AFL game when Melbourne host Hawthorn at the 'G! Hosko first picked up the whistle with the Essendon District Football League in 2003 before quickly progressing to the VFL. After a TAC cup Grand Final in 2010 followed by a VFL Grand Final in 2011, Hosko earned promotion to the AFL list in 2012, debuting in the round 3 clash between GWS and West Coast. Brendan reached the pinnacle of AFL umpiring when he was appointed to the 2022 AFL Grand Final. With his 300th game, he'll now qualify for AFL Life Membership in recognition of his outstanding contribution to football. Well done Brendan!