Umpiring
HQ Outdoor Championships UM/UC Appointments Criteria v2025
HQ Indoor Championships UM/UC Appointments Criteria v2025
HQ Champsionship Appointment Criteria for Technical and Umpire Panels v2025
HQ Appointed Tournament Officials Process v2025
HQ State Championships Umpire Appointments Outdoor 2025
HQ State Championships Umpire Appointments Indoor 2025
Umpire Mentor Program
- Umpire Mentor List (currently being reviewed to align with HockeyED Facilitator pathway)
Forms
- Request for Umpire Mentor
- Umpire Mentor Program Visit – Association Report
- Umpire Mentor Program Visit – Mentor Report
- HQ Umpire Assessors List (currently being reviewed to align with HockeyED Facilitator pathway)
Umpiring Accreditation
Hockey Ed Umpire Accreditation levels & Hockey Queensland interim Assessment levels for Hockey Queensland umpires
You may be Practically Assessed in your local Association or at a Championship only by an approved Hockey Queensland Assessor. Either before or after a Practical Assessment has been undertaken at one of the above Levels, you will need to access HockeyEd and register as the appropriate accreditation level when a HA HockeyEd Accreditation for which you are being assessed as and complete the online component.
The HQ Accreditations provide additional levels of assessment and provides another step in the Umpiring Career Development Pathway and links with the HA Hockey Ed Accreditation Levels.
The HQ & HA Umpire Accreditation Levels - Required Criteria & Competencies document indentifies the criteria required to be met for Hockey Australia HockeyEd levels and the Hockey Queensland interim levels of accreditation.
Queensland and Australian Umpire Accreditation Levels - required criteria & compentencies (currently being updated June 2024)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ACCREDITATIONS & COURSES
QUESTIONS? Email the office at officiating@hockeyqld.com.au
Umpire Fitness Testing
Hockey Australia Fitness Testing Requirements document
Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 Description
Levels, Speeds and Accumulated distances for YY1R1
Qld Approved Supervisors List for Umpire Fitness Testing (as at 20th August 2025)
2025 QLD Umpire Fitness Test Result form
Any questions please contact Kerry Liebenberg via kliebenberg@hockeyqld.com.au
QLD Officials Recommendation Lists
Officials are added to the QLD Officials Recommendation List who show potential for National Tournaments from their recent performance at QLD State Championships events, embody #TeamQLD Values, adhere to the HA Code of Conduct, and who are active at HQ level within the current season in the role they are being recommended for.
Hockey QLD will review the QLD Officials Recommendation List after each season for Outdoor and Indoor. Hockey Australia may request updates to these lists at various times during the calendar year however National updates are usually requested in October/November each year.
QLD Officials Recommendation List (as at February 2025)
If you have any questions on your Umpire and/or Umpire Manager pathway please email kliebenberg@hockeyqld.com.au
Hockey Australia Officiating Resources (via HA Website)
HA Officiating Panels information can be found via the link above.