k e e l y | d u n ntag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5327542009-12-13T10:29:58-07:00The experiences of a Canadian FIH hockey umpire, who also loves to get her geek on, kibbitz about her family and occasionally rant about politics.TypePadFIH involved in umpire course in Indiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e20128764e7873970c2009-12-13T10:29:58-07:002009-12-13T10:29:58-07:00FIH Umpiring Committee Chair Ermano Silvano ran an umpires' course in Chandigarh last month for attendees from India, Sri Lanka and Dubai (UAE). Of the more than 30 participants, 6 were women. A good start, but we need to continue...Keely Dunnamended interpretation: aerial over the circletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e20120a71d444b970b2009-12-06T11:02:06-07:002009-12-06T11:02:06-07:00An interesting area of ambiguity had evolved regarding playing the ball directly into the circle from within the 23m area. What is the ruling if, from a free hit within the 23m, a player aerials the ball so that it...Keely Dunnclaudia videla baezatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e201287600a32c970c2009-12-02T10:39:45-07:002009-12-02T10:39:45-07:00From PAHF, sad news that Claudia Videla passed away on Nov. 25th after a battle with cancer. I was very lucky to have umpired at several Pan Am tournaments with Claudia, most recently in 2007 in Santiago. Claudia was a...Keely Dunn¡bienvenido y chau! - a spanish umpiring exchange weekendtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e2012875d14896970c2009-11-24T10:00:28-07:002009-11-24T10:00:28-07:00Thanks to a rather late call-up, I signed up to be part of the hosting end of the Spanish Exchange last weekend. I was excited to see my friend "Vito" (Victoria Del Oulmo) again, whom I'd first met at a...Keely Dunnrole of video review expanded at men's champions trophytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e2012875cfd79c970c2009-11-24T03:30:47-07:002009-11-24T03:30:47-07:00The FIH announced yesterday that the current video umpire regulations in place at top-level international competitions would be expanded on a trial basis to more closely resemble the system in place in the EHL. In addition to referrals made by...Keely DunnSatinder Kumar joins the ranks of the Golden Whistletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e20120a6b7ddb5970b2009-11-19T14:38:52-07:002009-11-19T14:38:52-07:00From WorldHockey: "The first day of the BDO World Cup Qualifier in Invercargill, New Zealand saw the recognition of Umpire Satinder KUMAR (IND) umpiring his 100th International match... His career highlights are as follows: Two Olympic Games: Athens (GRE) 2004...Keely DunnNPUA guidance to umpires on the 2009 rules of indoor hockeytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218f369e2012875b9ac66970c2009-11-19T14:26:08-07:002009-11-19T14:26:08-07:00From the NPUA website, guidance for the new rules has been produced by David 'Tex' Lane. As with the outdoor guidance published earlier this year, this document has been endorsed by both England Hockey and the FIH, so it can...Keely Dunn