catrasca

Quick post to say g'day and wet my feet a little in the forums. After playing for nearly 30 years, the call came out from our Umpire Director that our league needed more blue in its ranks. Being a small league in remote Australia, all teams had to have a couple of guys sign up to do the accreditation. Hesitantly (at the time) i put my hand up for our club. Well almost a year later i find myself just as exited to take the field to umpire, as I do to play. I am always looking for that bit of info to further my knowledge and improve my umpiring, and have become a part of a close knit group of guys that make up our third team. As quite the newbie I will probably not post as much as i will read comments and absorb knowledge. In saying that I have already plated the longest game in our local league's history and officiated in local, state and even international games. I look forward to being part of the Empire.