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Welcome to another week in local football. Congratulations to all umpires last week, especially those who ran their first game with the association. This weekend Braxton Ficarra is umpiring his first senior game. A great effort and hopefully there is many more to come. Last weekend at MSP our illustrious coach (Josh Lee) calmly threw…

Whistlestop Semi Finals

Welcome to finals football. Congratulations to all football and netball teams who are playing this weekend, you have earnt the right to play finals in 2023. Congratulations also to all our umpires who are umpiring finals. Your hard work and commitment is being rewarded.  It is important to have a close look at ALL the…

Whistlestop Rd 18

Welcome to the final weekend of home and away football. Congratulations to all the football and netball teams that have won through to the finals next weekend. Congratulations to all the SFUA umpires for another successful home and away season. It has been great to see so many faces around the rooms this season. Concentrating on…

Whistlestop Rd 17

Welcome to another weekend of local football. Thanks to our sponsors for their continued support during season 2023. Please support our sponsors over the summer break, without them we would not be able to do what we do each week. To Mildura Gateway Tavern, Liparota Poultry Farms, Williams Master Painters, Mildura Workingmans Club, GJ Gardner…

Whistlestop Rd 16

Another weekend of local football has approached and we are into the final 3 rounds. It’s great to see umpires umpiring well and enjoying the football. This weekend we have matches at Kenny Park, Brian Weightman Oval, Irymple and Ouyen.  We learnt something very important last weekend about keeping our personal items safe. Colby Marr came into…

Whistlestop Rd 15

Welcome to the local footy! It’s hard to believe we are up to round 15, but we are and the finals are approaching quickly.  Last week our focus was on protecting the 10m area. This was done very well with many 50m penalties paid against players who encroached in the protected area. Let’s ensure we continue…

Whistlestop Rd 14

Welcome to another weekend of local football. Congratulations to Mick Breewel who won the members’ draw last Saturday. Our draw will now go back to $25 tonight, remember you have to be there to claim your prize. Thanks to those members who organise the draw and the raffle each week. This work is very much…

Whistle Round 13

Welcome to another weekend of local football. Last Tuesday night we were lucky enough to have Ben McGlynn run our training session. It was a fantastic experience and we were all involved in a range of different activities. We thoroughly enjoyed doing different running and football skill activities. Thanks to Ben for providing us with this…

Whistlestop Rd 11

As we approach the cold weeks of July it reminds us that the finals are fast approaching. The second half of the season is well under way which means to prepare for finals all umpires need to ensure they attend training, skills and lecture sessions.  Last weekend we saw Tom Connelly umpire his first senior…

Whistlestop – Rd 10

Another week of local football and the SFUA has had a busy week. Firstly, congratulations to Eamon Breewel who umpired his first senior game at Irymple last Saturday. Eamon got a late call up after another umpire was injured and did a fantastic job. This weekend we see the retirement of two legends of the…

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