UMPIRES
The umpire has authority over a particular match and in charge of the court and its immediate surroundings. It is the responsibility of the umpire to ensure that the matches assigned to them abide by the laws, code of conducts and rules and regulations of the BWF.
The role also involves keeping track of the score and announcing in between each point, along with making calls on service faults, other player faults and lets. Any incidents must also be noted by the umpire and reported to the referee. The umpires jurisdiction exists from the time that players enter the court before starting to the match until the time that they leave once the match is complete.The umpire reports to and acts under the authority of the referee.
QUALIFIED OCEANIA UMPIRES
- Jiten Bhatt (AUS)
- Trish Gubb (NZL)
- Sidney Galos (NZL)
- Kelvin Tsui (NZL)
- Cynthia Tam (AUS)
- Joshua Ho (AUS)
- David Turner (AUS)
- Kelly Hoare (AUS)
- Jean-Philippe Berges (NCL)
- David Turner (AUS)
- Richard Bramley (NZL)
- Susan Taylor (AUS)
- Sheehan Lim (AUS)
- Ravi Nandan (AUS)
- Simon Lin (NZL)
- Laurent DeGeoffroy (NCL)
- Richard Wong (AUS)
- Kathryn Blencowe (AUS)
- Greg Busch (NZL)
- Vic Kim (NZL)
- Gritto Augustine (NZL)
- Suyuan (Michael) Liu (NZL)
- Lily Buttrose (AUS)
- Casim Casim (AUS)
- Paul Garvey (AUS)
- Jean D Aldo Auleebux (AUS)
- Holly Cho (NZL)
- Rita Chen (NZL)
- Taurea Mara (TAH)
- Nalin Nanayakara (AUS)
- Vicky Zhang (AUS)
- David Turner (AUS)
- Susan Taylor (AUS)
- Kelly Hoare (AUS)
- Richard Bramley (NZL)
- Trish Gubb (NZL)
- Jiten Bhatt (AUS)
- Kelvin Tsui (NZL)
- Nicolas Mouret (TAH)
- Christy Villaflor (NMP)
- Sione Vainikolo (TGA)
- Joel Reti (SAM)
- Cherish Reti (SAM)
- Eliapo Eliapo (SAM)
- Andrew Ikenasio (SAM)
- May Keil (SAM)
- Terry Pea (SAM)
- Chris Reti (SAM)
- Fafofoga Reti (SAM)
- Sam Samuelu (SAM)
- Agnes Bourdelois (NCL)
- Merinda Herlin (NCL)
- Johanna Kou (NCL)
- Jean Claude Yagues (NCL)
- Jerome Katjawan (NCL)
- Heimana Tavita (NCL)
- Ryan Nagle (NCL)
- Lisa Herlin (NCL)
- Carl N’Guela (NCL)
- Ahkim Tikiroa (COK)
- Daniel Akavi (COK)
- Danny Simpson (COK)
- Emanuela Mataio (COK)
- Hebrew Tom (COK)
- Jean Akavi (COK)
- Kaiyin Mataio (COK)
- Makiroa Mataio (COK)
- Manea Maretapu (COK)
- Tereapii Akavi (COK)
- Tinomana Naea (COK)
- Heirani Taupo (TAH)
- Joanne Tasa Adrian (SOL)
- Ericka Santiago (NMI)
- Arriane Marica Antonio (NMI)
- Ka Yin Pierre Koon (TAH)
- Vairaumati Scheid (TAH)
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Daniell Pablo (NMP)
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Kyle Salcedo (NMP)
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Rolando Gallardo (NMP)
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Paulo Quidato (NMP)
- Brian Lubao (NMP)
QUALIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
To be accepted for assessment as an Oceania Umpire, the following criteria will apply:
- Accredited Umpire – candidate must be a Certificated level National or Pacific Umpire and have held that qualification for a minimum of two years. All nominees must have met their National/Pacific TOC criteria for that Level in the previous 12 months. Understand and speak English fluently.
- Certificated Umpire – BOC will invite Oceania Accredited Level umpires for Certification on the recommendation of TAP, this will only be offered to those under the BWF umpire retirement age. Candidate must have been at Oceania Accredited level for a minimum of two years, be in good standing with BOC and their member association and have been active in the last two years including tournaments at grade 3 or above. Understand and speak English fluently.
BWF UMPIRE MANUALS
BWF Umpires’ Manual Level One
BWF Umpires’ Manual Level Two
BWF Umpires’ Guide to Inclusive Events