field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
umpire from Australia who has officiated over 150 international games since his debut in 1999 including two consecutive Summer Olympics. Prior to umpiring he represented South Australia as a field hockey player from junior through to the National League competition.
Personal
Tim lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He is an accountant and works as a Senior Consultant at Oreon Partners in South Australia.
Playing hockey
Tim played hockey for South Australian club the Burnside Bulldogs from junior through to senior competition. He represented South Australia as a junior right through to the
from 1999 to 2014. In October 2014, he officiated the AHL Gold Medal match in front of his home Adelaide crowd, a match between the
WA Thundersticks
Perth Thundersticks is an Australian field hockey club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was established in 1991 as a men's only team competing in the Australian Hockey League before expanding to include women's teams, WA Diamonds, unde ...
and Tassie Tigers which was won by the Tassie Tigers in a shoot-out.
International hockey umpire
Tim has umpired at an international level for over 15 years.
His first international was between Canada and India at a 4-nations event in Canberra in 1999. Since then he has travelled to major tournaments all round the world including the Junior World Cup in Hobart in 2001, 2 Commonwealth Games, 1 Champions Trophy and 1 World Cup.
He was one of only five Australian umpires chosen in the 'Road to Rio' Olympic Umpiring Project by the FIH Umpiring Committee where he went on to officiate at his second consecutive Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Tournaments where he has officiated include:
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Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park.
On 13 November 2010 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to allocate 12 teams for each men and wo ...
(London)
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2014 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Ha ...
(The Hague)
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2010 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 February to 13 March ...
(New Delhi)
*2003, 2004, 2006 FIH Champion's Trophy (Amsterdam, Lahore, Terrassa)
*2013 FIH World League (Rotterdam)
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2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
The 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place from June to July 2013. A total of 16 teams competing in 2 events were part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 10 and 18 January 2014 i ...
(New Delhi)
*2011 Champion's Challenge (Johannesburg)
*2009 European Championships (Amsterdam)
*2006 Asian Games (Doha)
*2002, 2010 Commonwealth Games (Manchester, New Delhi)
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Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics are qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The qualifying tournaments, which involve 18 teams divided into three group ...
*FIH Olympic Qualifying Events (Auckland, New Delhi)
*FIH World Cup Qualifying Event (Invercargill)
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2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held between 6–15 December 2013 in New Delhi, India.
Germany won the tournament for the sixt ...
(New Delhi) and 2002 Junior World Cup (Hobart)
Recognition
In 2010, he was awarded the male Australian Official of the Year by Hockey Australia, an award that recognizes someone who:
*must be currently actively officiating within Australia
*is also officiating at national and/or international level
*met a high level of achievement during the twelve-month period, by either improvement/development or achievement
*contributes to development of officiating in Australia – at club, regional, state or national level.
In 2011, Tim was presented with his golden whistle after umpiring his 100th senior international match at the Champions Challenge 1 in Johannesburg. Seif Ahmed, the FIH's representative at the tournament, made the presentation after the game between Malaysia and Canada.