SEQLD Community Goal Umpires

Hi All,

Hope you are all having a good off-season.

As many of you would know by now, but for those that don't, I will not be returning next season in any capacity, umpiring or coaching.

My work will be taking precedence as I move into Neonatal Intensive Care in November and complete my very intense graduate program throughout next year.

I have not ruled out returning in the future, and I look forward to getting out and about on a weekend when my roster and study permits, but unfortunately I cannot make the commitment to football that is needed.

I would like to thank each and every one of you for the part you have played in my career, whether that is umpiring or coaching, big or small, and I wish you all the best in your umpiring journeys.

In the meantime, until a new goal coach is appointed, I am hoping someone may volunteer to manage this page in the interim, preferably someone from the Brisbane group who will be continuing with umpiring next season, and I can transfer the admin rights over to. If you are interested please send me a message and we can discuss it.

Yours in umpiring
Steph

Third Scoring Goal Umpires

Please note this run-down is specific to community umpiring, and third scorers will only be appointed for the grand finals. It is good knowledge to have in general though, so please everyone read.

If you are appointed to be a third scorer, you have several key roles to play throughout the day:

First and foremost - YOU ARE A SCORER! Your most important role as a third scorer is to have the correct score. Particularly in a close game, or where a lot of goals or points are scored. You are the impartial scorer of the 3 goal umpires, and therefore it is imperative that your score card is correct at the end of each quarter.

Second - you are the umpires timekeeper. This has a few parts to it but they are all just as important:

It is your responsibility to ensure the umpires are ready and walking out the door and onto the field at the correct time. Grand final days are often jam packed and time is of the essence. Prior to the game, you should be sourcing out the match manager and getting a run down of what time they want the umpires entering the field. Often there is an anthem being sung/played prior to the match, and the match manager will be able to tell you what time the umpires need to be walking onto the field.
When you know what time you are walking, it is then your responsibility to be counting down and ensuring your teammates are aware of how long they have till walk. You should be counting down from 60mins and calling out at 60 mins, 45 mins, 30 mins, 15 mins, 10 mins, 5 mins, 4 mins, 3 mins, 2 mins, 1 mins and finally “time to walk”.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BE FIRM TO ENSURE PUNCTUALITY! A discussion point raised with the Brisbane umpires on Wednesday training was the fact that some umpires dawdle along and take their time getting ready. On grand final days, timing is everything and you MUST ensure that all the umpires are ready to go at the walk time.

As the umpires timekeeper, it is also your responsibility to keep a track of breaks, and let the field umpires know how long is left until the recommencement of play. For 1st quarter and 3rd quarter breaks, this will often mean telling the field umpires how long is left in the break so they can get players back onto the ground. At half time, your role is the same as before the game, and it is your job to ensure that the umpires are ready and out the door with 5 minutes left in the break. Once back on the field, alert the fieldies when 2 minutes remains as they may need to blow their whistle to get players back on the field.

On field duties:
As the third scorer, it is your responsibility to have the coin for the toss. Where the two on-field goalies will leave for their goals almost immediately after the formalities, you will wait with the field and boundary umpires until after the toss. This does not mean chatting to them or getting in the way, or distracting them. It is expected of you to stand off to the side and provide the field umpires with the coin when they conduct the toss, and after the toss you will leave for the interchange.

During the game, you still need to have your stopwatch running as you would if you were on the field, and you will still keep an eye on play watching for any incidents that need to be reported. That comes second though to your first priority - you are a scorer! If there is stuff happening behind play, but the attacking team is pushing towards goal, then your focus will be on the goal end. Leave the incident/s to the emergency field umpire.

At the end of each quarter, restart your stopwatch for the break (remember you are the umpires timekeeper), make your way out to the middle, BUT DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE GOAL UMPIRES! You are there to assist if they have conflicting scores. If their scores are incorrect, they will turn to you for your input and the correct score. Once scores are confirmed and waved off, it is your job to ensure the field umpires are aware of how long there is left in the break. Generally speaking, when there is 2 minutes left in the break, your field umpires should be blowing their whistles to get the teams back onto the field to recommence if there is a team/s still in their huddles.

As a third scorer, you wear the full on field uniform, however you will only take out 1 flag, and your hold your hat. You are there as an emergency, and you must be ready to take the field at a moments notice if one of the other goal umpires was to be injured/go down.
Same with the flag, you only require one in the unlikely off-chance one of the on-field goal umpires breaks a flag you will have a replacement for them. Should this happen before half time, you would then grab a second flag for yourself at half time to have spare for the second half - you always have 1 flag with you.

As you can see, if you are appointed to be a third scorer, you will still have a massive role to play, and it is hugely important that you get it right. Use this as a guide, and any questions, comment them below and I will answer them

Steph

Hi All,

Please see below the procedure for any drawn matches this weekend and familiarise yourself with the process

Due to the Queensland Government lockdown for South East Queensland and as per advice from Queensland Health, any matches that have not commenced today are CANCELLED.

The health, safety and wellbeing of our football community is our highest priority.

Stay safe everyone!

We will have further communications in due course.

For those not in the Facebook group - Please see attached from Gary Paul regarding attire and schedula. These are not negotiable and will reflect on you when finals roll around. Put yourself in the best stead possible for finals and get on the front foot now. Schedula in particular is mentioned every single week and yet myself and the other discipline coaches still have issues every single week. Goals will continue to inform your respective coaches via personal message/email/text regarding availability due to the collaboration with QAFL and GC and the requirement to know in advance to schedula.

I do want to thank and applaud each and every one of you that has contacted me in the past week regarding your upcoming availabilities and will continue to appreciate it as the season goes on.

As always, any questions please feel free to contact me
Steph

Hi all,

Still looking for goal umpires for the Div 2 south game at Park Ridge on Saturday at 2pm

Send me a message if you can help out
Thanks

ROUND 1 IS HERE for SEQ football!!

Round 1 for the SEQ Division 1 and Division 2 commence this week, and we are into round 2 for QAFL, and round 6 for the QAFLW.

Appointments have been input, and there are a lot of double-ups this weekend. Please pay attention to the ground locations of your games! There are several people with two games at two different grounds. Schedula will release them tomorrow afternoon.

I really appreciate everyone's flexibility, and if you are doubling-up at different grounds, we have tried to keep the grounds as close as possible. This has meant we have all games covered from QAFL seniors down to the practice match we were asked to provide umpires for.

Please confirm all appointments as soon as possible

Thanks all,
Run well and good umpiring
Steph

Training returns! Please see below for your local groups and times.

As COVID protocols still continue, please only attend your local group, unless otherwise informed. This is a directive from AFLQ and the government and we need to ensure we follow the directives we are given.

Any questions feel free to shoot me a message
Steph xx

Hey all,

Apologies for the lack of posts recently - I have recently started a new job and it has had my focus for the last few weeks.

For those unaware, there is preseason occurring at Zillmere until next week. Everyone is invited to attend the sessions in GREEN only, which includes the Mt Cootha run if you’re willing. The Tuesday session is for selected umpires only.

There were a few emails sent out from Duffy regarding these training sessions - if you have any questions or would like some more info, comment below

Steph xx

Well done Wayne Watson, Michael Green and Jonah Genn.

Third Scoring Goal Umpires

Please note this run-down is specific to community umpiring, and third scorers will only be appointed for the grand finals. It is good knowledge to have in general though, so please everyone read.

If you are appointed to be a third scorer, you have several key roles to play throughout the day:

First and foremost - YOU ARE A SCORER! Your most important role as a third scorer is to have the correct score. Particularly in a close game, or where a lot of goals or points are scored. You are the impartial scorer of the 3 goal umpires, and therefore it is imperative that your score card is correct at the end of each quarter.

Second - you are the umpires timekeeper. This has a few parts to it but they are all just as important:

It is your responsibility to ensure the umpires are ready and walking out the door and onto the field at the correct time. Grand final days are often jam packed and time is of the essence. Prior to the game, you should be sourcing out the match manager and getting a run down of what time they want the umpires entering the field. Often there is an anthem being sung/played prior to the match, and the match manager will be able to tell you what time the umpires need to be walking onto the field.
When you know what time you are walking, it is then your responsibility to be counting down and ensuring your teammates are aware of how long they have till walk. You should be counting down from 60mins and calling out at 60 mins, 45 mins, 30 mins, 15 mins, 10 mins, 5 mins, 4 mins, 3 mins, 2 mins, 1 mins and finally “time to walk”.

DO NOT BE AFRAID TO BE FIRM TO ENSURE PUNCTUALITY! A discussion point raised with the Brisbane umpires on Wednesday training was the fact that some umpires dawdle along and take their time getting ready. On grand final days, timing is everything and you MUST ensure that all the umpires are ready to go at the walk time.

As the umpires timekeeper, it is also your responsibility to keep a track of breaks, and let the field umpires know how long is left until the recommencement of play. For 1st quarter and 3rd quarter breaks, this will often mean telling the field umpires how long is left in the break so they can get players back onto the ground. At half time, your role is the same as before the game, and it is your job to ensure that the umpires are ready and out the door with 5 minutes left in the break. Once back on the field, alert the fieldies when 2 minutes remains as they may need to blow their whistle to get players back on the field.

On field duties:
As the third scorer, it is your responsibility to have the coin for the toss. Where the two on-field goalies will leave for their goals almost immediately after the formalities, you will wait with the field and boundary umpires until after the toss. This does not mean chatting to them or getting in the way, or distracting them. It is expected of you to stand off to the side and provide the field umpires with the coin when they conduct the toss, and after the toss you will leave for the interchange.

During the game, you still need to have your stopwatch running as you would if you were on the field, and you will still keep an eye on play watching for any incidents that need to be reported. That comes second though to your first priority - you are a scorer! If there is stuff happening behind play, but the attacking team is pushing towards goal, then your focus will be on the goal end. Leave the incident/s to the emergency field umpire.

At the end of each quarter, restart your stopwatch for the break (remember you are the umpires timekeeper), make your way out to the middle, BUT DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE GOAL UMPIRES! You are there to assist if they have conflicting scores. If their scores are incorrect, they will turn to you for your input and the correct score. Once scores are confirmed and waved off, it is your job to ensure the field umpires are aware of how long there is left in the break. Generally speaking, when there is 2 minutes left in the break, your field umpires should be blowing their whistles to get the teams back onto the field to recommence if there is a team/s still in their huddles.

As a third scorer, you wear the full on field uniform, however you will only take out 1 flag, and your hold your hat. You are there as an emergency, and you must be ready to take the field at a moments notice if one of the other goal umpires was to be injured/go down.
Same with the flag, you only require one in the unlikely off-chance one of the on-field goal umpires breaks a flag you will have a replacement for them. Should this happen before half time, you would then grab a second flag for yourself at half time to have spare for the second half - you always have 1 flag with you.

As you can see, if you are appointed to be a third scorer, you will still have a massive role to play, and it is hugely important that you get it right. Use this as a guide, and any questions, comment them below and Darryll or I will answer them

Steph XX