Bendigo Umpires Association

Annual General Meeting 4th December, 2019

We acknowledge and thank the following sponsors in 2019

Congratulations to all umpires who represented

the Bendigo Umpires Association in Season 2019

Allan, Graham Carter, Gavin Field, Tony Hicks, Samuel Mannes, Riley O’Neill, Mitchell

Allen, Patrick Cartwright, Travis Findlay, Craig Higgs, Max Marshall, Sam Osborne, Marcus

Anastasi, Bambos Catto, Glenn Fish, Callum Hindson, Matthew Martin, Paul O’Sullivan, Brett

Anderson, Jack Chavan, Abhilash Fish, Lachlan Hongal, Praveen Martin, Tom O’Sullivan, Izak

Anderson, Michelle Christensen, Josh Fiske-kealy, Xavier Holland, Leo Mason, Michael O’Sullivan, Sebastian

Anderson, Shaylee Christensen, Liam Flood, Kieran Hunter, Ashleigh Mason, Philip Pearce, Eli

Annand, Bronte Christensen, Steve Floyd, Bayne Hunter, Darcy Mathews, Ethan Pearce, Maiya

Annand, Geoffrey Clarke, Jordan Floyd, Jacob Hutchinson, Paul McClure, Leo Pearce, Nathaniel

Aoueiss, Justin Clemens, Aidan Floyd, Matthew Irvine, Ty McDowell, Darien Pearce, Sasha

Ashman, Henry Clohesy, Darren Floyd, Tom James, Timothy McDowell, Rodney Pearce, Mark

Austin, Dion Cockerell, Neville Ford, Jerremy Jenkyn, Wes McEwen, Stephen Peck, Shane

Aylward, Alan Cockerell, Mitchell Ford, Mikayla Jilbert, Raymond McHugh, Peter Perdon, Lachlan

Balcke, Max Cole Evan Ford, Wayne Johnson, Brady McKenzie, Connor Pinder, Samuel

Balcke, Toby Conway, Dean Fox, Rowan Jones, Lachie McKenzie, Stuart Prange, Dion

Banfield, Fraser Conway, Wayne Froelich, Stephen Kasi, Kalaivanan McKinnon, Eugene Prout, Abel

Banfield, Louis Costigan, Dion Fuge, Kaidan Keating, Jack Miller, Kenneth Quincey, Hayden

Barilari, Brandyn Court, Michael Gallagher, Fletcher Keating, Ryan Milligan, Jai Ray, Glenn

Bartlett, Zech Cox, Christopher Gamble, Graham Keating, Tony Milligan, Jett Reddys, Bhaskar

Baxter, Scott Cox, Gavin Gass, Murray Kervin, Cameron Milligan, Jordan Reiffel, Craig

Bish, Peter Cronk, Daryl Gass, Ridley Kervin, Patrick Milne, David Ridge, Noel

Bogli, Simon Currie, Blake Geary, Zavier Kingma, Ayla Mitchell, Daylan Rimmer, Jordan

Bonanno, Jordan Davey, Brian Gillies, Joshua Kingma, Silas Monk, Kevin Roffey, Nick

Bowen, Mark Davey, Mitch Goggin, Hamish Kingma, Silas Moran, Jim Rule, Tess

Boyd, Campbell Davie, Cameron Goodridge, Dean Kingma, Timothy Morris, Rodney Russell, Gary

Bourne, Scott Day, Andrew Graham, Griffin Kirkwood, Peter Morrison, Zachary Ryan, Mark

Bramley, Craig Dieckmann, Kye Gretgrix, John Knight, Jordan Morvell, Emiel Scanlon, Gerard

Bramley, Samantha Dieckmann, Will Gretgrix, Warren Lacey, Jack Murphy, Patrick Seipolt, Jason

Brown, Jacob Dingfelder, Adrian Hamilton, Darryl Langdon, Gary Murphy, Richard Seipolt, Thomas

Brown, James Dodd, Ross Hamilton, Joshua Langtree, Niah Murray, Shane Self, Ian

Brown, Liam Donnellon, Corey Hanley, Samuel Lawler, Darcy Murrells, Jacob Sexton, Matthew

Brown, Robert Donnelly, Tim Harrip, Chloe Lee, Andrew Nahon, Dominic Shawyer, Caelan

Burge, Mal Downie, Brad Harrip, Geoff Leech, Ben Naughton, Toby Shay, Michael

Burns, Errol Downie, Noah Hartland, Luke Lefevre, Dylan Newman,Brodie Shay, Paula

Bury, Alyssa Dowton Blake Hartland, Shane Lefevre, Paul Nicholson, Thomas Sinnett, Ian

Cail, Eve Dunlop, Tully Harvey, John Lillycrapp, Damian Nolan, Cameron Slater, Andrew

Caldwell, Dale Dunn, Joshua Harvey, Russell Long, Matthew Nolan, Damian Smartt, Oskar

Carr, Lachlan Dunn, Stuart Herman, Mark Luckman, Stewart Norton, John Smith, Jack

Carter, David Ellis, Jeremy Hicks, Richard Maher, Jason O’Brien, Benjamin Smith, Tom

Congratulations to all umpires who represented

the Bendigo Umpires Association in Season 2019

Smolenaars, Brodie Thouliss, Ron Varker, Cail Wells, Oliver

Smythe, Paul Thurwood, Leigh Vaster, Yashwanth Welsh, Brodie

Snell, Andrew Tobin, David Vellore Ranganathan, Wheelhouse, Jude

Snell, Mark Toman, Jakob Ganeshkumar White, Matthew

Stapleton, Dylan Toose, Vaughan Verbeek, Brad Wild, Hamish

Stewart, William Trezise, Rohan Vitiritti, Matthew Wills, Cameron

Symons, Ian Tzanidis, George Walker, Ken Wood, Darcy

Stock, Alan Upton, Jeff Wallace, Alexander Wright, Harry

Thomas, Xavier Upton, Noah Wallace, Ben

Thompson, Bruce Valente, Aaron Wallace, Stu

Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary/General Manager and Coach

YEAR President/

Chairman

Treasurer/

Finance Director

Director of Coaching Secretary/

General Manager

1993 J. CADZOW. M. HOCKLEY Rod THRELFELL R. WILSON

1994 M. CHAKLKEY M. HOCKLEY Rod THRELFELL R. WILSON

1995 M. CHAKLKEY M. HOCKLEY Rod THRELFELL R. WILSON

1996 G. MARSHALL M. HOCKLEY C. FINDLAY R. WILSON

1997 G. MARSHALL. M. HOCKLEY C. FINDLAY J. MILNE / T. McNAMARA

1998 G. MARSHALL M. HOCKLEY C. FINDLAY T. McNAMARA

1999 Ron THRELFELL M. HOCKLEY C. FINDLAY T. McNAMARA

2000 Ron THRELFELL M. HOCKLEY C. FINDLAY T. McNAMARA

2001 Ron THRELFELL M. HOCKLEY G. MILLAR T. McNAMARA

2002 Ron THRELFELL M. HOCKLEY G. MILLAR B. WALSH

2003 Ron THRELFELL M. HOCKLEY G. MILLAR B. WALSH

2004 K. MONK J. SEIPOLT C. GREEN B. WALSH

2005 K. MONK J. SEIPOLT C. GREEN Ron THRELFALL

2006 G. MILLAR J. SEIPOLT C. GREEN/G. MILLAR Ron THRELFALL

2007 G. MILLAR J. SEIPOLT G. MILLAR Ron THRELFALL

2008 G. MILLAR J. SEIPOLT G. MILLAR L. WILD

2009 G. MILLAR J. SEIPOLT G. MILLAR L. WILD

2010 J. SEIPOLT J. SEIPOLT P. HILSON R. McGIBBON

2011 G. CARTER J. NORTON P. HILSON R. McGIBBON

2012 J. NORTON J. NORTON D. GOODRIDGE P. CLEARY

2013 J. NORTON J. NORTON D. GOODRIDGE P. CLEARY

2014 J. NORTON J. SEIPOLT D. GOODRIDGE P. CLEARY

2015 J. NORTON J. SEIPOLT D. GOODRIDGE P. CLEARY /S. McCOLL

2016 C. FINDLAY J. SEIPOLT D. GOODRIDGE S. McCOLL

2017 C. FINDLAY M. HOCKLEY D. GOODRIDGE S. McCOLL

2018 C. FINDLAY M. HOCKLEY D. GOODRIDGE S. McCOLL

2019 C. FINDLAY M. HOCKLEY D. GOODRIDGE S. McCOLL

Bendigo Umpires Association

Annual General Meeting

December 5th 2018 6:30pm

Weeroona Pavilion Bendigo

Type of meeting: Annual General Meeting

Board Members

Present:

Craig Findlay (Chairman), Sharon McColl (General Manager), Dean Goodridge

(Director of Coaching), Michael Hockley (Treasurer), Bayne Floyd and Mark

Snell (Board Members)

Members in

Attendance:

Geoffrey Annand, Stephen McEwen, Kevin Monk, Stan Cue, Simon Hay,

Matthew Vitiritti, Jason Maher, Damian Lillycrapp, Gavin Cox, Scott Baxter,

Peter Kirkwood, Ian Self, Colleen Rogers, Mal Burge, Tom Nicholson, Dale

Caldwell, Chris Harrington, Darryl Hamilton

Proxy: Rex Nancarrow,

Apologies: Graeme Wild, Lorna Wild, Ron Threlfall, Paula Shay (Vice Chair), Gary Russell,

Scott Bourne, Noel Ridge, Adelaide Annand, Carol Cathcart, Chris Cox

1.0

AGENDA ITEMS

Meeting opened 6.33 pm.

Adoption of Previous AGM minutes 6/12/2017

Moved: Kevin Monk

Seconded: Simon Hay

Motion passed.

2.0 Annual Reports

2.1 Chairman’s Report

Moved: Simon Hay

Seconded: Gavin Cox

Motion passed.

2.2 Treasurer’s Report

Moved: Michael Hockley

Seconded: Kevin Monk

Motion passed.

2.3

General Manager’s Report

Moved: Simon Hay

Seconded: Gavin Cox

Motion passed.

2.4 Board Portfolio Reports

Paula Shay, Dean Goodridge and Mark Snell

Moved: Simon Hay

Seconded: Gavin Cox

Motion passed

3.0 Appointment of Auditor

A motion that Richmond Sinnott Delahunty be

appointed as the Company’s auditor.

Moved: Michael Hockley

Seconded: Stephen McEwen

Motion passed.

4.0 Board Vacancies

Michael Hockley – stand for re-election

Mark Snell – stand for re-election

As the number of nominees does not exceed the

number of vacancies, Michael Hockley and Mark

Snell are hereby appointed to the Board.

Members to tick boxes

of their preferred

nominations.

4.1 Members to vote for Chairman & Treasurer roles

(If more than one nominee from elected board)

Chairman – Craig Findlay

Vice Chair –

Treasurer – Michael Hockley

Moved: Simon Hay

Seconded: Stephen McEwen

Motion passed.

5.0 General Business

• Step Into Life - not on ground when

umpires training

• HDFL – discussions with REFUA about

blending two umpiring groups to umpire 5

leagues in season 2019.

• Recruitment – need more umpires going

forward.

• Christmas Party – great attendance from

members. Thank you to Kevin Monk.

• Goal Umpire uniform bonus announced.

• Retention – Geoff Annand available to

assist with ringing umpires.

6.0 AGM closed 7.16 pm

FIELD UMPIRE PANEL

SEASON 2019

Back: John Norton, Jason Maher, Andrew Snell, Stephen Christensen, Shane Hartland, Cameron Nolan,

Patrick Allen, Rohan Trezise, Dion Costigan, Jeremy Ellis, Tom Floyd

Middle: David Milne, Paul Hutchinson, Kevin Monk, Stuart McKenzie, Paul Smythe, Matthew Vitiritti, Tom

Nicholson, Matt Floyd, Mitch O’Neill, Scott Baxter, Peter Kirkwood, Gerard Scanlon

Front: Dale Caldwell, Damian Lillycrapp, Mark Snell, Paul Shay, Craig Findlay (Chairman of Selectors), Gary

Russell (Junior Appointments Officer), Ken Walker, Rodney McDowell, Geoff Harrip, Emiel Morvell

BOUNDARY UMPIRE PANEL

SEASON 2019

Back: Izak O’Sullivan, Zavier Geary, Adrian Dingfelder, Matt Floyd, Hamish Wild, Lachlan Perdon, Patrick

Murphy, George Tzanidis, Brodie Welsh

Middle: Jacob Floyd, Jude Wheelhouse, Darian McDowell, Chloe Harrip, Jeremy Ellis, Darcy Hunter, Mitch

O’Neill, Blake Currie, Henry Ashman, Samuel Hicks

Front: Matthew Sexton, Damian Lillycrapp, James Brown, Lachlan Carr, Matthew Vitiritti (Boundary

Coach), Andrew Day (Boundary Appointments Officer), Michael Court, Cail Varker, Connor McKenzie

GOAL UMPIRE PANEL

SEASON 2019

Back: Andrew Day, Mitch Davey, Daryl Cronk, Dion Austin, Noel Ridge, Darryl Hamilton

Middle: Paul Lefevre, Jordan Clarke, Kevin Monk, Leo Holland, Damian Nolan, Alan Stock, Bhaskar Reddys,

Abhilash Chavan

Front: Brian Davey, Ken Miller, Scott Bourne, Bayne Floyd (Goal Coach), Leo McClure, Ashleigh Hunter,

Simon Hay, Praveen Hongal

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Craig Findlay

Welcome to the 2019 Bendigo Umpires Association, Annual General Meeting. This year has proven once again to be a very successful season. We saw membership grow as well as the number of appointments rise owing the return to officiating in the Heathcote and District Football Netball League. As a result of this we joined on forces with the Rochester Echuca Football Umpires Association (REFUA) on field. Off field the two associations remained separate identities. The BUA Board again worked hard all year for its members. Paula Shay worked tirelessly on our social media platforms making sure members were kept up to date all aspects of the Association. This included coaching clips, newsletters and general snippets of umpiring which kept us informed and entertained. She also looked after our female members to make sure they felt comfortable in the predominantly male environment. Michael Hockley as Finance Director kept the Association in great financial shape and an active member on the social scene. Dean Goodridge’s work as Director of Coaching was absolutely first class and was rewarded as AFL Victoria’s Coach of the Year. His detail to his role were very extensive and comprehensive which was tremendice assistance to our members. The connection between the BUA and clubs we are associated with has never been stronger thanks to Dean’s dedication to his role. Bayne Floyd and Mark Snell continued in their roles on the Board and their contribution over the season has been very much appreciated. Once again Sharon McColl in her role as General Manager has been nothing short of amazing. Her attention to detail and efficient way she handles the day to day business of the Association is staggering. Sharon’s ability to have her finger on the pulse of everything that is going on in the football world in country Victoria is an asset that very few people have. Thank you to all our Board members for your hard work throughout the year. To our major sponsors, Mark Prince of Mark Prince’s Eyecare Plus, Bendigo Bank and the Inglewood and Districts Community Bank we thank you for your continued support. A big thank you also to The Bendigo Original Pie Shop, Golden City Physiotherapy and Sports Clinic and the Bendigo Stadium for being a part of our Association. I would also like to thank our partners in football in AFL Central Vic, Bendigo Football Netball League, Loddon Valley Football Netball League, North Central Football League, Heathcote and District Football Netball League, Bendigo Junior Football League and Central Victoria Football League Women’s. To the Rochester Echuca Football Umpires Association, I feel the bond between us is extremely strong and I look forward to working alongside you again in the 2020 season.

Lastly, I would like to thank ALL pf our members and acknowledge the outstanding contribution that they have made to the Bendigo Umpires Association this year and hope to see everyone back next year (and bring a friend) for another successful year. Thank you for a great 2019.

Craig Findlay Chairman Bendigo Umpires Association

TREASURER’S REPORT

Michael Hockley

For the 2019 year, we made a loss of ($1915) 2018 Profit $12,002, 2017 profit: $709. This was

a good result considering our further commitment to the coaching structure. We continued to

invest carefully again this year in relation to on field warm up shirts and off field jackets and

shirts. As is usual we currently have a small surplus of some sizes in shirts and shorts and will

continue to use those into the 2020 season.

We have had another steady and solid year in the Finance Department and thanks to our hard-

working General Manager Sharon we have managed to keep the money issues to a

minimum. Monthly payments went with minimum problems and any issues that arose were

quickly dealt with and all Leagues were reasonably prompt in making payments. We are indeed

fortunate that Sharon works closely with all of the Leagues and is able to ensure that these

payments do not blow out beyond the 30 days agreed to Members are now used to the monthly

payment system and Schedula seems to work well under this regime.

The other changes this year were the addition of the HDFL for our umpires to umpire and the

integration of umpires from the REFUA which enabled us to fill additional games and added

workload to our busy coaching and selection staff.

This year was the third year of the basic food and drinks made available to our members after

training on Thursday nights and this activity seems to be well received by an increasingly bigger

proportion of our members. I would like to thank two Life Member stalwarts in Tim Donnelly and

Kevin Monk for assisting with serving behind the bar. I would also like to thank one of our

sponsor, Grant Findlay from The Original Pie Shop for providing pies and pasties at an affordable

price.

This year was the second year of the monthly Tuesday night counter teas at the Bridge Hotel and

thanks to Tony Southcombe for his support of the social club, this proved to be popular amongst

the members and will continue in 2020.

This year saw a second year of the trip away to Manangatang Cup which saw 14 intrepid

members brave the elements up north and a great time was had by all thanks to Matt Vitiritti for

organizing and Kevin Monk for driving the bus.

We would like to see more people involved in the Social Club in 2020 with the aim of arranging

monthly functions and some functions for our younger members.

I would like to thank my fellow board members for their tireless work in 2019. It is a tough gig and the small business we run seems to be getting larger and more complex every year. I believe that the Board has the recipe right to try and make the BUA a friendly and community minded organisation that we would all like it to be. BFNL Hall of Fame Dinner: Beres Fitch, Michael Hockley, Geoff Millar, Craig Findlay and Ron Threlfall

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

Sharon McColl

Historically 2019 will be the year that the 6 football leagues running out of AFL Central Victoria were umpired by the one group. Bendigo Umpires Association and Rochester and Echuca Football Umpires Association blended their members together to have all appointments coming from one point. This blending was extremely successful for both groups with all members offered an opportunity to run matches in new Leagues. With the addition of the Heathcote & District Football League to the schedule, weekly appointments proved challenging. Craig Findlay, Dean Goodridge, Andrew Day, Matthew Vitiritti, Gary Russell, Bayne Floyd and Paul Martin spent countless hours working on who would umpire at which ground and how many games they would be able to do. All members should also be congratulated for the enormous efforts they were also asked of in season 2019, with some weekends up to 30 umpires not available. The magic that our selectors are able to perform, and the dedication of our umpires ensured that we were able to fill the majority of appointments. We need to thank the Clubs in the HDFNL, LVFNL and NCFL who assisted in times when umpire numbers were full exhausted and the call out for club umpires was required. We are extremely keen to work closer with clubs and provide training for club umpires, so that they always have someone to step in. Our members were well represented at all Tribunal appearances in season 2019 by Advocate Peter Hilson as he continued his role with AFL Central Victoria in 2018. It was a busy year and all members were represented admirably. To the Coaching and Fitness Team who work alongside Dean, your efforts in keeping everyone on the track during those cold winter months is some amazing feet. Jason Maher and Damian Nolan you have done an amazing job with training this large and diverse group. To Michael Ryan and Leon Hartley who worked massaging our members, this service has become invaluable. Thank you all for your efforts this season. Dean Goodridge has gone above and beyond this season, starting out with 21 club visits across Central Victoria to ensure that all of our clubs were across the new rules that had been introduced. Your work with our members has taken this group to a standard of professionalism that is required by the Leagues that we are contracted to. Our members are fitter and have better knowledge of all rules and requirements for AFL football. A huge congratulations to you on being awarded the Greg Sidebottom AFL Victoria Community Umpiring Coach of the Year. This award was the culmination of a great year’s work and acknowledges the respect of your peers. The BUA Chairman Craig Findlay, your dedication to the Association is outstanding, your time committed to our members and umpiring goes above and beyond and personally I thank you for always being the best sounding board to all facets of my role.

The Vice Chair Paula Shay works tirelessly to make the BUA the best it can be. Whether it is promotion via social media, working at highlighting women in umpiring (supporting our female members) or strategically working behind the scenes, your support and loyalty to the BUA and its members is outstanding. Michael Hockley as Treasurer oversees the finances involved. As we have grown in season 2019, Michael has worked closely with me to ensure that financially we are sound and that in particular payments to all members are made in a timely manner. Michael’s efforts in the behind the scenes running of the social club activities, especially the Thursday night food is greatly appreciated by all members. How lucky are we to have to have something warm to eat when you come off the ground on a cold winters night in June and July. Well done Michael on another great year. Bayne Floyd and Mark Snell both Board and Running Members bring member issues to the Board, that may otherwise be missed. Both of these men are great sounding boards for all and I would encourage all our members to speak with Bayne or Mark with issues they have. Thank you to you both and I look forward to working with you again in season 2020. Personally, I believe this years Annual Dinner, to be our best yet. The bigger room, high standard pa equipment ensures everyone hears everything and the addition of the two-piece band and music made the night. Congratulations to all the award winners, much time and effort is taken in choosing who is eligible and who took it to the next level to be outstanding and win. To Barry Denner who MC’d our function for the first time, thank you, your time was very much appreciated. To those who umpired grand finals, from Under 12 to BFNL seniors this is an achievement that you should be proud of. To Matthew Vitiritti our Best Clubman, this was extremely well deserved, you put much time and effort into the BUA and in particular the coaching of our young boundary members. To the almost 300 registered umpires in season 2019, thank you for being a part of this Association. When you run out onto the ground every weekend during the season you represent the BUA with such pride and to complete a job that is not always applauded the way it should be. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us all. I am fortunate in my role to work with the staff at AFL Central Victoria. They run each of their leagues with professionalism and with such a positive work environment our Commission is in great hands. Thank you to Carol Cathcart, Norm Sheahan, Cameron Tomlins, Laura Naughton, Jan Mannes, Nathan Williams, Jake McLean, Daniel Reid and Amy Kenyon. To our major sponsors Mark Prince Eyecare Plus, Bendigo Bank and The Inglewood & District Community Bank, your support of our Association ensures that we can provide the best umpires throughout Central Victoria and we are very proud to take your business’s to football grounds and towns from Sea Lake to Gisborne. To Golden City Physiotherapy, Bendigo Original Pie Shop and the Bendigo Stadium (The Borough Club) thank you for your ongoing support, we look forward to working with you again in season 2020. Season 2020 is not far away, we need to work together to keep our Association strong. Members take advantage of our incentive program and bring along a friend or family member, that extra bonus at the end of next season might come in handy. To our Members and your families keep safe over the festive season. On behalf of myself and my children Holly and Charlie we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and see you all in 2020. Sharon McColl

General Manager

VICE CHAIR’S REPORT

Paula Shay

We have just completed our 88th year as an Association, what a journey we’ve had and it continues. I’ve completed only 4 and a half years on the board but each year I’m surprised at how much we have achieve in a season and wonder if its possible to reach a higher benchmark – but we continue to improve the Association. As always, I start with our commander and chief. If you think that all you see him do is sit in that chair at the end of the table in the boardroom and write names of umpires to games with his HB pencil and then rub them out to replace with another name… then you would be correct, that is what you SEE. But, he always comes out and puts an eye over the field, notes who is at training, chats to parents and the like. What you don’t see is all the other work he does. Phone calls and meetings with the clubs and leagues, meetings with AFL Central Vic and carries the burden of the future of the BUA from week to week. Thankyou Craig, your calm nature served us well through yet another challenging year. Our Director of Coaching Dean Goodridge stepped it up a notch this year. With seven new rules to introduce not only to the umpires but also the 35 senior clubs. On top of that we added another location for coaching with the blending of the Rochy Umpires; a great addition to the BUA but so much more work for Dean on top of the LV Umpire training and BJFL Umpire training. We also have all our umpires wanting game review and Dean spends many hours at home watching games so we can improve. Thanks Dean, your work is admirable. Sharon, our General Manager, gives so much of her time and care to our members. Again this year with the increase of members, so many young members being given care like her own children; thank you. Additional workload with the blending of Associations thank you for all your work to bring these two clubs together. Thank you also to our other great board members, Bayne, Michael and Mark. We are given some challenges in that boardroom but we are a positive and cohesive group. I enjoy that we can have the tough conversations, bring our opinions to the table to hear all sides and always put the success of the association first. Congratulations to everyone for being a part of this great group. Our members are what make this such a success. I’m proud to represent our club and brag about our umpires who have made it to the top, our member numbers, our diversity but mainly the great members stories.

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2019 Member Survey - What BUA do well

STATISTICS REPORT

Mark Snell

On behalf of the BUA Board, I would again like to congratulate all members on their contributions in season 2019. Whilst the BUA is another team within the Bendigo region football landscape, and we all endeavour to promote the organisation collectively, it also is rewarding to recognise individual achievements within the BUA family. Season 2019 has been another year where a number of individual milestones have been achieved by its members. The achievement of individual milestones displays a continued commitment and support towards the BUA and the leagues that we officiate. The Board of the BUA and I’m sure the leagues, recognise this commitment of its umpires and congratulate the milestones of all members of the BUA. The efforts and hard work of our members in both games and at training is recognised, as members reach their own personal goals or within the BUA, or as with 3 of our 2019 members, progressing onto higher ranks, everybody deserves the plaudits for keeping our group running successfully. In all, 69 members have reached personal milestones in 2019, with a further 110 new umpires officiating within the group. The BUA congratulates the following members on their milestones in 2019. Senior Games Milestones 50 Senior Games Scott Bourne, Samantha Bramley, Bayne Floyd, Tom Floyd, Emiel Morvell, Ganesh Ranganathan, Noel Ridge, George Tzanidis 150 Senior Games Graham Gretgrix, Darryl Hamilton, Ken Miller, Cam Nolan, Mark Snell, Aaron Valente 200 Senior Games Paul Smythe 250 Senior Games Dale Caldwell Games Milestones 50 Games

Patrick Allen, Scott Bourne, Tony Field, Stephen Froelich, Griffin Graham, Geoff Harrip, Jack Keating, Tim James, Darien McDowell, Leo McLure, Emiel Morvell, Brodie Newman, Mark Ryan, Cail Varker, Matt Vitiritti, Yashwanth Vaster, Ben Wallace, Hamish Wild 100 Games David Carter, Abhilash Chavan, Michael Court, Jeremy Ellis, Mikayla Ford, Peter Kirkwood, Damien Lillycrapp, Stewart Luckman, Paul Martin, Tom Nicholson, Ganesh Ranganathan, Ron Thoullis 150 Games Bayne Floyd, Matthew Floyd, Warren Gretgrix, Mitch O’Neill, Mark Snell 200 Games Brian Davey, Mitch Davey, Adrian Dingfelder, Richard Hicks, Paula Shay 250 Games Tom Floyd, Paul Hutchinson, Alan Stock 300 Games Graham Allan, Wayne Ford, Simon Hay 350 Games Justin Aoueiss, Leo Holland 400 Games Jason Seipolt, Michael Shay 450 Games Shane Hartland, Cam Nolan 500 Games Dion Austin 550 Games Craig Findlay, Gary Russell 600 Games Michael Mason, Damien Nolan 1150 Games Ian Self 1300 Games Kevin Monk 1650 Games Tim Donnelly Congratulations Paul Smythe 200 Senior matches.

DIRECTOR OF COACHING REPORT

Dean Goodridge

Season 2019 has once again been a busy and rewarding year for the Bendigo Umpires Association. Our training bases at Serpentine/Bridgewater and Echuca which cater for our North Central, Loddon Valley and Echuca/Rochester based umpires. I would like to recognise and thank Richard Hicks, Alan Aylward and Gary Langdon for their support and organisation with the running of these training groups. We have worked hard to ensure that all umpires have had access to the same coaching message across such a vast territory. The alignment with the Echuca/Rochester group in 2019 has been a successful one with both groups being flexible and willing to work for the betterment of football in the Central Victorian region. It has been pleasing to see umpires attend training sessions and experience umpiring in other leagues. The partnership will hopefully continue to strengthen in 2020. We had several new rule interpretations implemented across our region in season 2019 and I would like to thank the many umpires who were prepared to travel to clubs right across the region to explain the new rules and discuss issues with footballers, coaches and administrators. The BUA Board has continued to support the coaching structure that I have adopted since my initial employment in 2012. The fees taken out from umpire pays help fund this coaching model and the feedback from members from our annual survey continues to highlight the importance of providing match feedback to umpires. I would like to congratulate all umpires who officiated in Grand Finals across our four football leagues, junior football league and Womens competition. I hope that you all enjoyed the experience of Grand Final day. Speaking of our annual survey, a huge thank you to Paula Shay for once again organising the implantation of the survey. I recently met with Paula to discuss the data from members. I will be disseminating this data to discipline coaches and selectors and as Director of Coaching will action those issues that members identify that require immediate action. Recruitment and retention of umpires will continue to remain at the forefront of our core business as we face the challenge of providing full complements of umpires for our four football leagues within the Central Victoria Commission. We need to continue to be creative in our quest to attract new people to umpiring. I would like to thank and acknowledge those people who took on leadership and coaching positions in season 2019. Our coaching structure is well resourced and the quality of coaching that umpires are exposed to throughout the course of the season is excellent. Field Umpires – Craig Findlay (Chairman of Selectors), Jason Seipolt, Mark Herman, Mick Hockley, Alan Aylward (Match day observers), Garry Russell (Junior Appointments Officer), John Norton (Junior match observer)

Boundary Umpires – Matt Vitiritti (Umpire Coach), Andrew Day (Appointments Officer), James Brown (assistant Coach) Goal Umpires – Bayne Floyd (Umpire Coach), Paul Martin (Appointments Officer), Craig Bramley (Match day observer). Fitness Advisor – Damian Nolan. I would like to sincerely wish Emiel Morvell, Lachlan Perdon and Mitch O’Neill all the very best over the pre season as they have been nominated by the BUA for the VFL Development Squad. I am sure that they will do themselves and the BUA proud. Congratulations to ex BUA umpire, John Howorth who officiated his first AFL Senior match in 2019. Congratulations to ex BUA umpire Sam Stagg who has been promoted on to the AFL Senior boundary umpire squad. Finally I would like to sincerely thank the Board for their continued support of my role within the BUA and in particular Chairman Craig Findlay, Vice Chair Paula Shay and General Manager Sharon McColl for their leadership, organisation and tireless help. I look forward to season 2020 with great anticipation and wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas with their family.

Dean Goordridge Director of Coaching

AFL CENTRAL VICTORIAN

COMMISSION REPORT

Thank you to all the people who are involved in football and netball clubs throughout the region. All volunteers complete a power of work, enriching the lives and supporting many people, the positive impact this provides to our communities cannot be underestimated. Once again, we brought the region together and began the year with our Expo. In the morning we held a football and netball coaches conference, with John Worsfold (Essendon FC) and Rob Wright (Melbourne Magpies), and a new President’s session. John Worsfold also presented at the Expo on the link between on field success and off field governance, additional sessions included finance, compliance requirements for gambling and liquor, wellbeing education programs with SALT and competition information. AFL Central Victoria staff convened tribunals and continued to explore methods to reduce workload for clubs and trialled video conferencing for those located outside of Bendigo. The Bendigo Bank have continued to support community football and have received $15,000 by referring new business to the bank. We thank the bank for their sponsorship of our leagues and encourage all clubs to promote the referral program. Nathan Dole continued to provide media content with regular stories for websites and social media. We encourage clubs to let us know of any major milestones so that these can be included in the articles. Congratulations to all concerned in both State and Local Governments and all clubs for driving facility development within the region. This year facility development has included: at the QEO a new kiosk and public toilet block and new netball change rooms were ready for use for the grand final, a new pavilion at Wesley Hill in Castlemaine, Inglewood have new netball and umpire change rooms, change rooms have been refurbished at Kyneton on oval two and at Huntly, a new scoreboard at Eaglehawk and St Arnaud. Thanks to AFL Victoria and Worksafe, to make clubs safer they have provided Mt Pleasant with a new electronic scoreboard and Bears Lagoon Serpentine with behind the goal netting, both should be completed ready for next season. Calivil United and Charlton both received a grant through the AFL Victoria Energy Safe funding to purchase new equipment to improve the safety of their canteen. Charlton also received a grant for goal post padding and Maiden Gully YCW Eagles for first aid kits through AFL Victoria WorkSafe funding. We completed a State of Play document for the Eastern Corridor to plan for the expected population growth. In addition, we visited all senior football clubs as part of the Third Tier Review, these meetings provided valuable information to the Commission to assist with planning for the future. We also conducted a junior workshop to ascertain any changes and to continually develop the junior competition.

As a code, Australian Football continues to grow in our region. Our Development Managers, Daniel Reid and Jake McLean, have worked hard to promote our game across the region. They have provided many promotional activities, sporting school programs, school competition support and clinics both in schools and at clubs. In addition to the free clinics provided to NCFL clubs Birchip Watchem, Boort and Wedderburn, this year they also delivered free clinics to HDFNL club’s Mt Pleasant and Lockington Bamawm United and LVFNL club’s Bridgewater and Calivil United. A successful Community Camp was conducted in Kyneton in conjunction with the Essendon Football Club who attended the Kyneton Junior Football Club’s training session/season launch and entertained supporters at a function in Kyneton. Primary school students also participated in an Auskick super clinic. The Western Bulldogs Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club player visits aligned with Castlemaine and Maryborough Junior Football Clubs to provide brand awareness and promote junior participation through local school visits. Castlemaine, Maryborough and Kyneton also had Toyota Good for Footy clinics. Auskick was launched at Huntly with a clinic for 450 students from surrounding schools. In 2019 we increased our Auskick numbers and added a new Auskick centre. In addition, the AFL provided funding for the introduction of Auskick Champions who visited many of our centres during the year. Their involvement will be increased in 2020 to provide more visits to more centres. Our Football Development Managers conducted a multicultural come and try day for school students and an Indigenous Community Day with BDAC. They also took two teams of primary school indigenous and multicultural students to Ballarat to participate in a friendly competition as an introduction to football. Programs were also delivered as part of NAIDOC Week. AFL Central Victoria and AFL Central Murray instigated an Inclusion Gala Day in Bendigo which was the culmination of a series of clinics at Kalianna. The FIDA team participated in their second year of competition in the Northern Conference FIDA (Football Integration Development Association) Football League. The competition provides people with an intellectual disability the chance to play competition level Australian Rules Football. AFL Victoria and AFL Central Victoria supported coach development with the introduction of a Coach Academy launched by Brad Scott (North Melbourne). Additional workshops were also provided for coaches. Congratulations to the winners of the AFCA Coach of the Year Awards who were announced at a well-attended breakfast. We were able to provide Boort, Calivil, Elmore and Pyramid Hill Net Set Go centres with a half time experience at a Suncorp Super Netball Game with the support of Melbourne Magpies. The 14 years netball Academy and the HDFNL, LVFNL and NCNA U/13 teams participated in a clinic by Melbourne Magpies players. The academy structures across our region provide many of our footballers and netballers with accelerated development programs. This program is only possible with the support of our volunteer coaches and generous sponsors. Also, congratulations to players selected to participate in VLine Cup. We partnered with SALT to deliver 50 presentations across the region on topics such as Alcohol and Drugs, Wellbeing and Mental Health and Leadership. We also partnered with the City of Greater Bendigo and Macedon Ranges Shire to continue to deliver the Rural Challenge Project to promote gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. Congratulations to Eaglehawk FNC who participated in the project. AFL Central Victoria partnered with Bendigo Community Health to provide primary and community health services dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our community. Our female numbers continue to rise with both Eaglehawk and Golden Square joining the Central Victorian Football League Women. The juniors had another positive year providing games for 3,000 players each weekend.

Well done to the leagues participating in the Worksafe AFL Victoria Community Championships. Heathcote hosted a successful Worksafe Game of the Month. We endorsed themed rounds including Bendigo Bank, Love the Game, Mental Health (Beyond Blue, Headspace and Bendigo Community Health), Towards Zero, and Umpire Appreciation. The BUA had a record number of umpires register for the second year in succession with the BUA and the Rochester Echuca FUA working in partnership to provide umpires to all leagues within the region. A satellite training session was conducted once per month at Echuca and in Serpentine for umpires based in North Central, Kerang and Loddon Valley and sessions were provided to the BJFL umpires group. Umpires attended many clubs’ training sessions working with Clubs on drills that involve player and umpire participation. Fifteen umpires completed the mentoring program to transfer from boundary to field umpiring. Congratulations to Dean Goodridge, Coach of the BUA, who won the AFL Victoria Community Umpire Coach of the Year for 2019. Thanks to Fosterville Goldmine for their support for netball umpires. Clubs received complimentary umpire tops providing a more professional environment. In addition, the support allowed AFL Central Victoria to host a Netball Umpire mentors and C grade badge workshop followed by a Crit Night to assess for umpire badges. This was followed up with an umpire rules evening prior to finals. AFL Central Victoria believe it has an important role in developing sport administrators/managers and have continued to host students from La Trobe University and SEDA to support the students’ development and provide industry experience. Finally, we wish to recognise all staff at the Hub, they go above and beyond to assist our leagues and clubs. Thank you once again for your contribution to the game and your continued support of the Central Victoria AFL Commission. We look forward to working with you to meet the challenges ahead. On behalf of the Commission Carol Cathcart Region General Manager

MEMBERSHIP FOR 2020

IS NOW OPEN

All members in 2020 will receive the new BUA training shirt as part of their membership

fees.

SEASON 2019

AWARD WINNERS

MARK PRINCE EYECARE PLUS – UMPIRE OF THE YEAR

Field – Emiel Morvell Goal – Alan Stock Boundary – Lachlan Perdon BENDIGO BANK – BEST 1ST YEAR UMPIRE

Field – Andrew Snell Goal – Daryl Cronk Boundary – Izak O’Sullivan INGLEWOOD & DISTRICT COMMUNITY BANK – MOST IMPROVED UMPIRE

Field – Damian Lillycrapp Goal – Mitch Davey Boundary – Patrick Murphy

SEASON 2019

AWARD WINNERS

JOHN HAGLEY MEMORIAL PATHWAYS AWARD Emiel Morvell

GOLDEN WHISTLE AWARD

Lachlan Perdon

IAN TUDDENHAM – BEST CLUBMAN

Matthew Vitiritti

SEASON 2019

AWARD WINNERS

IAN COATES MEMORIAL – ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Cail Varker

LIFE MEMBERS SCHOLARSHIP

Darian McDowell

BEST 1ST YEAR JUNIOR UMPIRE

Blake Currie

BUA HISTORY

Umpire of the Year

YEAR CENTRAL GOAL BOUNDARY

1981 FLETCHER, J.

1982 THRELFALL, Rod MANLEY, R. RUFF, M.

1983 THRELFALL, Rod MILLER, J. NOLAN, L.

1984 THRELFALL, Ron MILLER, J. McDONALD, N.

1985 THRELFALL, Ron MURTON, B. GARLICK, C.

1986 GIBSON, N. CUE, S. BRODIE, R.

1987 THRELFALL, Rod MASON, R. WHEATHLAND, R.

1988 THRELFALL, Rod OVEREND, I. BELLESINI, W.

1989 THRELFALL, Ron HAGLEY, J. VITIRITTI, M.

1990 MILLAR, G. PARISH, R. VITIRITTI, M.

1991 GOUDGE, G. CUE, S. GUNN, A.

1992 WILLIAMSON, G. CUE, S. GUNN, A.

1993 THRELFALL, Ron CUE, S. MITCHELL, T.

1994 FITCH, B. CUE, S. BULLOW, S.

1995 WILLIAMSON, G. CUE, S. PARKER, D.

1996 WILLIAMSON, G. STOCKWELL, E. TREMBATH, B.

1997 McQUILLAN, G. HAGLEY, J. HARVEY, R.

1998 WALSH, B. CUE, S. HORAN, M.

1999 FINDLAY, C. HAGLEY, J. PARKER, T.

2000 GOUDGE, G. WELLARD, Peter HUNTER, A.

2001 WILLIAMSON, G and BREEWELL, M. CUE, S. and HAGLEY, J. HOURIGAN, A. and WHEELHOUSE, K.

2002 WILLIAMSON, G. MONK, K. THOMPSON, E.

2003 BREEWEL, M. BRAMLEY, C. BURGESS, T.

2004 WILLIAMSON, G. CLARK, J. THRELFALL, Brady

2005 FITCH, B. BRAMLEY, C. LOUGOON, T.

2006 RANKIN, B. ROGERS, N. LOUGOON, T.

2007 SEIPOLT J. BRAMLEY, C. LOUGOON, T.

2008 MASON, P. BATEMAN, K. VALENTE, A.

2009 THOMPSON, S. VARKER, L. VALENTE, A.

2010 CALDWELL, D. GUNN, K. PEARCE, C.

2011 CALDWELL, D. BRAMLEY, C. PEARCE, C.

2012 BULLOW, S. VARKER, L. HOCKING, M.

2013 HOWARTH, J. EVANS, C. STAGG, S.

2014 HUTCHINSON, P. FORD, W. BROWN, J.

2015 CALDWELL, D. VARKER, J. BROWN, J.

2016 HUTCHINSON, P. COURT, R. DINGFELDER, A.

2017 MAHER, J. HOLLAND, L. BOMBARDIERI, J.

2018 BAXTER, S. FORD, W. PERDON, L.

2019 MORVELL, E. STOCK, A. PERDON, L.

BUA HISTORY

300 CLUB and

BEST CLUBMAN

300 CLUB BEST CLUBMAN

ELLERTON, J. 1985 SMITH, A. 2011 HAGLEY, J.

MURTON, B. 1986 DONNELLY, T. 2012 MONK, K.

CUE, S. 1987 STONE, N. 2013 MONK, K.

SMITH, A. 1988 ELLERTSON, J. 2014 NOLAN, D.

THRELFALL, Ron 1989 THRELFALL, Ron 2015 NADORT, M.

MILLAR, G. 1990 MILLAR, G. 2016 RIDGE, N.

MASON, R. 1991 MONK, K. 2017 SHAY, P.

GOUDGE, G. 1992 GOUDGE, M. 2018 DAY, A. & RUSSELL, G.

FINDLAY, C. 1993 CONNELL, R. 2019 VITIRITTI, M.

HAGLEY, J. 1994 FINDLAY, C.

WILLIAMSON, G. 1995 MONK, K.

FITCH, B. 1996 CUE, B.

WILD, G. 1997 MONK, K.

WEATHERITT, C. 1998 CUE, B.

BARKER, A. 1999 MONK, K.

MONK, K. 2000 TOBIAS, M.

STOCKWELL, E. 2001 MURTON, B.

COURT, R. 2002 WALSH, H.

McEWEN, S. 2003 WHATLEY, A.

CARTER, G. 2004 BREEWEL, M.

VARKER, L. 2005 FITCH, B.

2006 SEIPOLT, J.

2007 WILD, L.

2008 JACKMAN, K.

2009 VAN DYK, P.

2010 MARTIN, S.

LIFE MEMBERS

1961 JAMES, W 1996 MURTON, B. 1962 PRICE, F. 1996 DONNELLY, T. 1962 BOUCHER, W. 1997 GOUDGE, G. 1964 HART, J. 1998 MARSHALL, G. 1965 BOLITHO, A. 1998 FINDLAY, C. 1967 MILLS, G.. 2001 HOCKLEY, M. 1968 RAYNER, P. 2002 MONK, K. 1970 WHITE, W. 2002 FITCH, B. 1973 TREWARNE, D. 2004 MASON, R. 1973 BOYD, N. 2004 WILLIAMSON, G. 1975 HARRIES, D. 2006 HAGLEY, J. 1976 GRENFELL, N. 2007 WEATHERITT, C. 1976 COAD, M. 2007 BARKER, A. 1977 WILKINSON, L. 2008 BAKER, E. 1977 THIES, K. 2008 ROWLAND, T. 1978 CHAFER, T. 2011 SEIPOLT, J. 1979 BURNS, S. 2011 MARTIN, S. 1981 ELLERTON, J. 2016 CARTER, G. 1981 NANCARROW, R. 2017 McEWEN, S. 1985 DONALDSON, A. 2018 HILSON, P. 1985 FLETCHER, J. 2018 WILD, Lorna (Hon) 1985 McCASKILL, P. 1987 SMITH, A. 1987 WILD, G. 1979 CAMPBELL, L. 1979 O’BRIEN, L. 1982 LANE, T. 1984 ARNOLD, K. 1989 CADZOW, J. 1990 WATERSON, J. 1991 CUE, S. 1992 THRELFALL, Ron 1993 MILLAR, G. 1994 THRELFALL, Rod

LIFE MEMBERS

Life Members Dinner was held on Wednesday 22nd May 2019 at the BUA rooms. It was a night full of great umpiring stories and tales, with 21 of our Life Members in attendance. This is a night that is held yearly and allows Life Members a chance to catch up and reminisce of days gone bay. This dinner and the Annual Dinner now allow for those who have made the BUA what is has become today a chance to get together.

Congratulations to BUA Life Member Geoff Millar who was inducted into the Bendigo Football Netball League Hall of Fame in 2019. The BUA had two tables of guests attend on the night to celebrate this great achievement.

GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS

1st September 2019

Field: Peter Kirkwood, Tony Field Boundary: Blake Currie, Lachlan Carr Goal: Stephen McEwen, Bhaskar Reddys Veniveerapur

GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS

7th September 2019

Under 18'

Field: Glenn Catto, Neville Cockerell,

Warren Gretgrix,

Emergency: Stewart Luckman

Boundary: Samuel Hicks, Jack Smith,

Jett Upton, Brodie Welsh

Goal: Dion Austin, Richard Murphy

Reserves

Field: Richard Hicks, Nick Roffey,

Rohan Tresize

Boundary: Toby Balcke, Lachie Carr,

Josh Gillies, Ganesh Ranganathan

Goal: Daryl Cronk, Noel Ridge

Seniors

Field: Tom Floyd, David Milne,

Paul Smythe

Boundary: Shaylee Anderson, Matthew

Floyd, Darcy Hunter, Matthew Sexton

Goal: Steve McEwen, Bruce Thompson

GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS

14th September 2019

Under 17

Field: Todd Gellettly, Mark Ryan,

Jason Seipolt

Boundary: Brady Johnson, Silas Kingma,

Abel Prout

Goal: Simon Hay, Bruce Thompson

Reserves

Field: Mal Burge, Travis Cartwright,

Michael Shay

Boundary: Zech Bartlett, Dean Conway,

Samual Pinder, Brodie Smolenaars

Goal: Jordan Clarke, Ken Miller

Seniors

Field: Dean Goodridge, Jason Maher,

Matthew Vitiritti

Boundary: Liam Brown, Noah Downie,

Ty Irvine, Jude Wheelhouse

Goal: Leo Holland, Paul Martin

GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS

14th September 2019

Under 13’s

Field: Peter Bish, Andrew Slater

Boundary: Henry Ashman, Aidan Clemens, Blake Currie,

Connor McKenzie

Goal: Andrew Day, Paul Lefevre

Under 16’s

Field: Peter Kirkwood, Peter McHugh, Ian Sinnett

Boundary: Henry Ashman, Aidan Clemens, Blake Currie,

Connor McKenzie

Goal: Andrew Day, Paul Lefevre

Reserves

Field: Steve Christensen, Darren Clohesy, Cameron Nolan

Boundary: Kaidan Fuge, Griffin Graham, Darian McDowell,

Cail Varker

Goal: Samantha Bramley, Stephen McEwen

Seniors

Field: Dale Caldwell, Tom Nicholson, John Norton

Boundary: Tom Martin, Patrick Murphy, Mitch

O’Neill, George Tzanidis

Goal: Brian Davey, Wayne Ford

BJFL GRAND FINAL APPOINTMENTS

15th September 2019

BENDIGO FOOTBALL NETBALL LEAGUE

21st September 2019