Good to see we girls are doing our bit for
the cause
New Female Goal Umpire Appointed to QLD List
4:38:15 PM Wed 2 June, 2004 from AFL website.The AFL Umpiring Department today announced that 22-year-old Queenslander Chelsea Roffey had been appointed to the AFL Goal Umpires panel for the remainder of the 2004 season.
Chelsea replaces David Morris, who resigned early in the season, as one of the four-Queensland based goal umpires scheduled to umpire matches at the Gabba.
She is the only female listed umpire for the 2004 Season and becomes the second ever female AFL umpire after former goal umpire Katrina Pressley.
Chelsea, a journalism student, began goal umpiring in 1999 after developing an interest in her final year at high school. She was recruited to the Queensland State League in 2000 and was appointed to stand in the AFL Qld Reserves Grand Final in both 2002 and 2003.
"Chelsea has been a very solid performer and state league level and deserves her chance to step up to the AFL, where I'm certain she will do very well," AFL Umpiring Director Jeff Gieschen said.
― Lucy Lion (Lucy Lion), Thursday, 3 June 2004 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)
Apparently as an umpire Katrina P left the AFL building a couple of years ago but still does QAFL games regularly.
According to today's Age she is studying journalism and she regularly reads the news on Brisbane's Channel 31, which prob means more people watch her 'live' than on TV if their 31 is anything like ours.
― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Friday, 4 June 2004 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)