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Every team requires an Umpire. As part of our commitment to the development of Netball for our young players we offer a variety of support to those taking up the challenge of controlling games.

Umpire Training
Umpire Mentors
Umpire Jackets
Umpire Pool
Umpiring Guidelines

Umpire Training

KidzplayNetball and Netball North Harbour both offer Umpire Training courses. We encourage all umpires to take the opportunity to attend one of these courses each year. There is always something new to learn.

First Steps to Umpiring Course

Classes for beginner umpires or those wishing to refresh themselves on the rules and court etiquette. Classes are held over four consecutive weeks.

Cost: $20 (including a rule book and work book) payable on the first night.

Dates: Currently there are no courses scheduled for the remainder of the year. Dates for next year to be published later.

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Umpire Mentors

KidzplayNetball provides umpire mentors who are at the courts to support all of our umpires. These ladies are experienced umpires who will be available to offer advice and encouragement and to answer those queries that arise from time to time. They are easily identified by their white jackets

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Umpire Jackets

We ask all umpires to wear the umpire jackets suppled to make them easily identifiable to players and supporters alike. Umpires can pick these up and return to the control tables. All team Umpires are to wear the green jackets and the KidzplayNetball Pool Umpires are to wear the white jackets.

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Umpire Pool

We will have a pool of umpires from which we may be able to supply an umpire for your game, if required. This can either be a long standing arrangement or a one off request. If you require an umpire each week please mark this on the registration form.

One-off requests need to be booked by the Tuesday prior to the game so that we can arrange to have someone available. If you cancel your umpire request you must let us know before the Thursday prior to the game or the $5 will still be payable to the umpire (please hand into the control table)

The Umpire fee of $5.00 per game is to be paid directly to the Umpire, preferably before the game.

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Umpiring Guidelines

Our aim is to allow players to develop from novice to skilled players in a fun and friendly environment. To assist this aim we ask umpires to apply the following variations to the normal netball rules.

Infringement	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3B&C	Year 3A	Year 4B&C	Year 4A
Held Ball	5 seconds		4 seconds			3 seconds
Stepping	All travelling – allow for balancing		All stepping (give warning for 1^st stepping or dragging)			All stepping
Contact	All contact
Obstruction	Remind about distance – enforce if no attempt is being made to correct			All obstruction
Replay Ball	Be lenient		All replayed ball
Short Pass	All short passes
Offside	All offside when ball is involved			All offside
Over a third	All over a third

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This page was updated on 02 Nov 2011