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I feel sorry for the new bloke in charge of the umpires as not only is he struggling for good quality umpires but he is also battling internal politics with a certain person. I still have contacts within the umpiring body having retired 9 years ago and I have asked the question is the past president of Millicent and also the A grade runner club umpires or official umpires and the reply is they are official umpires not club but can only do Millicent games. Which is a bit strange to then call them official umps I would have thought that makes them club umpires but I suppose they would`nt get paid if they were club umpires and it was interesting to see them both do a game together and of course you know who won. And on the Millicent crowd I from first hand experience how abusive they can get and I also know that there are a number of current umpires who refuse to go and umpire at Millicent
Of course Millicent reserves didnt win those games ,the two guys in question where umpriring cos their reserves team was better than the opposition... god no.
Did you happen to see the Reserves at South, where at least one maybe both (cant remember) where umpiring, where Millicent got smashed by a far better team?
Do agree that there are certain individuals that give Millicent supporters a bad name. But dont paint all of us with the same brush. Having been to most of the grounds this year there really isnt a lot of difference with some teams supporters.