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UMPIRING PROFILE
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Yvonne Kahler
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Level 6 Accreditation 2004. Attended first Nationals 1998.
U16/U19 Men’s Nationals, Perth, 1999. ACT, 2000.
U19 Men’s Nationals Caboolture, 2001.
U23 Men’s Nationals, Sydney, 2004.
U19 Men’s Nationals, Redlands, 2008.
Open’s Men’s Nationals, 2009.
Southern Cross Challenge, Redlands, 2008.
Trans Tasman Exchange 2009.
First attended State Championships in mid 80’s (Open’s Men’s, Ipswich). Has attended every Senior Men’s State championship since 1997 and many of the U19 Men’s State Championships.
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Mark Toft
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Level 6 Accreditation 2002. Umpired officially since 1988.
First Nationals 1998. 25 National Tournaments (6 Open Men’s , 8 U/19 Youths, 3 U/23 Men, 2 U/16 Boys)
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David Casey
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ASF Level 5. Umpired Australia v China, 2006. 7 National Championships.
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Darren Sibraa
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ISF Accreditation 2006. Australian Level 6 accreditation 2005. National Awards- “Viv Triplett” Australian Umpire of the Year in 2006.
State Awards- “Tricia Bichel” Queensland Umpire of the Year in 2004 and 2006.
ISF International tournaments: VIII World Junior Men’s Championship, Canada, 2008. ISF Open Men’s Oceania Qualifier, New Zealand, 2008. Pacific International Men’s Series, Canberra, 2007. China Cup, Beijing, 2007
Additional overseas appointments: Trans Tasman Exchange, New Zealand Men’s Open Club tournament, Christchurch, NZ, 2007.
National tournaments: Open Men’s Nationals (7) 2003 – 2009. Open Women’s Nationals (4) 2004, 2006 - 2007, 2009. Under 23 Men’s Nationals (2) 2003, 2007. U/23 Women’s Nationals: (1) 2004. U/19 Men’s Nationals (2) 2005, 2008. U/19 Women’s Nationals (2) 2007 – 2008. U/16 Boy’s Nationals (3) 2003 – 2004, 2009.
Major Achievements – Administration: National Umpiring Committee since 2008. Queensland State Director of Umpiring since 2003. National Examination (Basic paper) working party since 2005. Queensland State Umpiring Committee since 2001
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Matthew Blake
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Started umpiring at age of 13. Umpired various state champs every year since. First Nationals in 2008. Umpired Australia vs China in 2008.
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Matthew Gowty
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ISF Accreditation (1997). Level 7 Accreditation (2000).
International Tournaments:
1988 Bicentennial Challenge Brisbane 1994 South Pacific Classic Sydney 1996 4 Nation Challenge Brisbane 1997 4 Nation Challenge Brisbane 1997 V Junior Mens World Championships, Canada 1999 US Olympic Cup San Diego, CA, USA 2000 5 Nation Challenge Sydney 2000 X Mens World Championships, South Africa 2001 VI Junior Mens World Championship, Sydney 2002 US Cup Honolulu, HI 2002 Canada Cup Vancouver, BC 2002 X Womens World Championship, Canada Total 31 National championships since 1986!
Awards- Australian Sports Medal 2000. Inaugural winner of NSWSUA "Andrew Rindfleish" Umpire of the Year Award. Inducted into Softball Australia Hall of Fame in 2006
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Ken Culpitt
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Umpired at least two national championships every year, including the Open Men’s National Championship every year since 1987. Ken has officiated at over 200 international matches, including six world championships.
1998- admitted as a life member of Softball Canberra. 2004- Australian Softball Administrator of the Year Award. 2005- Life Membership of Softball Australia, and inducted into the ISF Hall of Fame in 2007.
Active and influential contributor at the national level for softball since 1979.
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WORLD SERIES ALL-STAR
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Christine Jacka
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International team: Great Britain (scorer) 2009
World Series: ISF- Canada 2009
State: Qld U/19s, U/23 and Open Men’s scorer 1989-1991, 1995-1997 (Open Men’s Champions 1995)
Individual Awards: ASF Service award. QSA Service award. Best Batter- Jindalee Jaguars and Darwin Waratahs
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QUEENSLAND INVITATIONAL
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Ngaire Huston
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International team: Australian U/19s 1997, Open Men’s 1999-2004
World Series: ISF- U/19s Canada 1997, Open Men’s South Africa 2000, Christchurch 2004. Official scorer Sydney 20000 Olympics
State: 21 consecutive years 1989-current consisting of Qld Open Men’s (Champions 2002), Open Women’s and U/19s Youths (Champions 1992).
Individual Awards: Level 6 scorer. Australian scorer of the year 2002, 2003. Life Member QSA. National scoring committee since 1996.
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