Selection Policy (National) - 2010

Championship Selection Procedures

The following outlines how Hockey Australia intends upon fulfilling umpire panel appointments for all National Championships:

Timeline/ Order of process

Hockey Australia Umpire Ranking Lists to be updated following performances at National Championships – by end of November each year.
Provisional ranking list to be distributed to State Association’s to ascertain any new umpires for consideration/ removal of inactive umpires for the next year.
Indoor Open/ U21Panel to be appointed and have confirmed acceptances by the middle of November.
Due to the uncertainty of scheduling of National Championships, panels will be appointed with a minimum of 2 months prior to the start of each championship.

Action by Umpires

Upon receiving appointment notification via email, umpires are to take the following action within a fortnight:

· Contact Hockey Australia and CONFIRM acceptance or

· Contact Hockey Australia and REJECT appointment citing reason for unavailability

Other actions to be undertaken by Hockey Australia

Umpires only to be selected on one panel (including as a reserve) initially
Reserve umpires to be listed in order of ranking on panel document
Local senior umpires to be utilised part-time as appropriate to strengthen panels and assist younger umpires
Panels to be available for public viewing on HA website under Officiating page once finalised – posted approx two weeks prior to championship
Maintain a list of umpires who are selected for a championship and are unavailable or withdraw as a possible option for a different championship
Provisional and final panel sent out to ensure continued ability to track number of withdrawals from panel and answer state enquiries regarding withdrawals, non-appointments etc