The campaign aims to communicate the following messages:
1. Umpiring
is everyone’s business – whether you are a coach, player, parent,
administrator, supporter, we all have a role to play in creating positive match
day environments. Your attitude and behaviour has a direct impact on an
umpire’s enjoyment of their role
2. Umpiring
is a significant issue for our game – the demand for umpires at community level
is not being met by the supply of umpire’s available (89% growth in
appointments, 13% growth in umpires) – if the current trend continues, the game
at community level will suffer.
3. There
is an annual umpiring turnover at community level of 20-25%. Recruitment is
difficult, but retention is the more significant challenge. The main reason for
this turnover and the challenge to recruit is the existence of poor match day
environments that are generated by players, coaches, administrators and
supporters (including parents). These environments consist of abuse and
intimidation towards umpires.
Umpiring can often be a very difficult and challenging task and umpires
do the job because of their enjoyment and love for the game – when the match
day environment is poor their enjoyment deteriorates and this leads to eventual
drop-out.
The League request all clubs to
please be involved this weekend and some suggestions are as follows:
· Display the attached corflute poster sign prominently
· Both teams line up prior
to the start of the game and shake hands with the umpires
· Captains to ensure they
shake the hands of umpires after the game
· Coaches to ensure they
shake the hands of umpires before and after the game
· Ground announcements introducing
the umpires and the fact it is Umpire Appreciation Round
· ‘Silent theme’ whereby
crowds are encouraged not to abuse umpires/players etc
· Post match presentations
in the home clubs rooms recognising the match day umpires
Thank you
for support.
Last Modified on 11/05/2010 13:56