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Occupation/Education: Leading Teacher - ICT

Family: Jane, Ava & Lyla

Umpiring Discipline: Field / Boundary Coach

Years Umpiring and how old were you when you started: 14 years at it and started at 18.

Reason for umpiring: Initially money, but that didn’t last long.

Highlight of umpiring career to date: Many! Being awarded the Golden Whistle at DVFL. Umpiring the last ever Senior DVFL Grand Final & Umpiring the first ever NFL Senior Grand Final. Umpiring a Senior grand final with my best mate. Dare I say the 2012 RDFL Grand Final as an observer from the mid zone in the final minute and being named umpire in the year in that year. Lastly it was only a one year stint but the challenge of the VFL was fantastic and rewarding, didn’t continue into a second year due to teaching commitments.

Umpiring goal for next season: To not run a game…

What training drill do you dread the most: Anything taken by Anthony Rhodes

What is your prematch routine: Ducking into the loo about 8 times before the match to clear the bladder.

What is your favourite RDFL ground: Lancefield on Grand final day.

If umpire training was the TV show survivor, who would be voted off first and who would win: Joel Wood would be voted off first. Who would win? Glen Shilling…

Hobbies aside from umpiring: Cricket, any American sports, playing with my girls.

AFL team: West Coast Eagles

If you could invite any 5 people around for dinner, who would it be: Michael Jordan, Gordon Ramsey, Nic Natuini, Reggie Miller & My wife Jane

Which Hollywood actor would play you if they made a movie about you: Gordon Ramsey

I enjoy being a part of the Riddell umpires because: I love travel…Fantastic group of people who are involved with the betterment of the Riddell Umpires and I am enjoying the challenge of coaching the boundary umpires.