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Along with the major overhaul to the FIH website, the Umpiring Committee has released “V2” of the 2011 FIH Outdoor Umpires Briefing. Changes are highlighted in yellow in the briefing and …
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A hearty congratulations to all of the November FIH Upgrades:Outdoor Promising Umpire List: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) & Chen Hong (CHN) Outdoor Grade 1: Andrew Kennedy (ENG)Outdoor …
We’ve all felt that umpiring (and obviously playing) on turf is harder on our joints that old-school natural grass, but now you can point to a study to prove it. A former college football wide …
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Third game, yet again the first match of the day. I think there may be a pattern here. This time I was lucky enough to draw Lisa Roach as a colleague.Now, I can write this in public because I know …
Wednesday has brought about our second rest day of the tournament. It seems like we’re having a lot of rest here, but it’s a function of the structure of a qualifying event like this. With only 6 …
For the second consecutive time, I was on the first game of the day. Keeping in mind my feedback from the first game, I was determined to sort out the positioning errors and at least get that part …
