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Respect Umpires
At all times show respect for officials and umpires. Like junior players, many junior umpires are young and inexperienced and are also learning. Encourage players to respect the umpire’s decisions by your own actions. New umpires are hard to come by and easily lost if ill-informed adults give them a challenging time. Umpires are people and people make mistakes, learn to accept umpiring mistakes.
It is unheard of that a complaint about an umpire leads to a game being replayed or a result being altered. On the other hand, abuse of a umpire, regardless of the provocation, if it leads to the umpire abandoning the game, this guarantees that your team will lose any points gained and Greensborough HC will be heavily fined by Hockey Victoria. It may also see the abuser suspended or further disciplinary action taken.
If control of a game by an umpire has been seriously deficient, exercise restraint, report the matter to the club Junior Coordinator or the Umpires Coordinator and if judged appropriate it will be reported to Hockey Victoria.
Greensborough HC highly values its junior and senior umpires which the club views also as leadership development roles and the work they carry out as an official of the club. The club will take a very dim view of anyone abusing or otherwise disrespecting the club’s umpires.