WA Umpire Coaches Invited to National UMPowered Coaching Conference

Five emerging umpire coaches from WA, including two from regional WA, will make their way to Melbourne this weekend to take part in the inaugural National UMPowered Coaching Conference.

Designed to help women take their umpire coaching to a new level, the UMPowered Coaching Conference aims to increase the number of women in umpire coaching and support their pathway and further development.

Cassidy Bodenham (Goldfields Football League Umpires Association) and Katherine Dann (West Kimberley Football League), Amy Markusic (Perth Football League), Ella Spinks (East Fremantle Umpires Association), and Chloe Wright (WAFL/East Perth Junior Football Umpires Association) form part of the selected 24 umpire coaches from around the country to hear from industry leaders, aid the visibility of umpire coaching role models for women, and develop a network of women in umpire coaching across Australia.

The initiative links to the AFL’s Women and Girls Action Plan which at its core, aims to continually progress the game for women and girls across all levels of Australian football.

As part of that vision, it is imperative the AFL creates inclusive pathways for women in the umpiring department as it strives to achieve its goal for women to make up at least 40 per cent of all accredited umpires by 2030. A key driver of this is more women in umpire coaching roles.

UMPowered Coaching Conference attendees:

Umpire Coach

State

Umpiring Group

Tope Adepoyibi

VIC

VFL / AFLW

Katelin Bayre

SA

SANFL / SANFL Juniors

Cassidy Bodenham

WA

Goldfields Football League Umpires Association

Jessica Cunning

QLD

Brisbane

Katherine Dann

WA

West Kimberley Football League

Annette Greenshields

SA

Adelaide Football League

Chloe Haughton

VIC

Wimmera Mallee Umpires Association

Sarah Jane Jameson

NSW/ACT

Riverina Umpires Association

Emma Loaney

NSW/ACT

AFL Canberra

Ashleigh Lovas

VIC

Sale Umpires Association

Belinda Maher

QLD

QAFL

Amy Markusic

WA

Perth Football League

Annika Mighall

NT

NTFL

Alysha Ramsay

NSW/ACT

AFL Sydney

Portia Ronsberg

VIC

South Metro Junior Football League

Jessica Smith

QLD

QAFL

Ella Spinks

WA

East Fremantle Umpires Association

Julia Stokes

VIC

Victorian Amateur Football Association

Kahla Summers

TAS

North West Umpires Association

Katrina Stopinski

VIC

Eastern Football Netball League

Kayla Tsorotiotis

SA

Riverland Football League

Leanne Usher

NT

Alice Springs Central Australia Football League

Chloe Wright

WA

WAFL / East Perth Junior Football Umpires Association

Amar Yassine

VIC

Essendon Districts Football League