Sarah Wilson promoted to World Panel List for umpires

Sarah Wilson 1Scottish Hockey Umpire Sarah Wilson has been promoted to the FIH top umpiring group, putting her in the top 16 umpires in the World. It’s an exceptional achievement following her appointment for the bronze medal match at the Rio Olympics.

Following Sarah Wilson’s performance and the overall mark she achieved at the Olympic Games, the Umpiring Committee approved her promotion to the World Panel List. The FIH said that over the last two years Sarah has shown a consistently improving level of performance at tournaments, which shows how hard she has worked to achieve the necessary standard of umpiring to be promoted to the World Panel.

Sarah umpired Argentina v India; India v Australia; Netherlands v Korea; China v Germany; and Australia v New Zealand at the Olympics as well as the bronze medal match between Germany and New Zealand.

Scottish Hockey umpire Martin Madden was also appointed to a bronze medal match at the Rio Olympics, umpiring the contest between Netherlands and Germany.

It is a tremendous achievement for our umpires, both taking part in the Olympics for the first time in their umpiring careers. It was also the third consecutive Olympics where a Scot has umpired a medal match, showing that Sarah and Martin both upheld the exceptional standard set by Scottish umpires in international hockey.

Martin Madden also became the 39th man to receive a FIH Golden Whistle for umpiring 100 senior international matches with Netherlands v India at the Olympics being his 100th match umpiring senior internationals.

Scottish hockey umpires have an excellent reputation, in both domestic competitions and at international level. If you are interested in umpiring, Scottish Hockey provides Umpire Qualifications that will enable you to officiate at matches and in competitions.

For current officials interested in furthering their skills and knowledge, District Associations run development workshops and craft nights for you to attend. Find out about national seminars and briefings taking place too. They are useful forums for discussing new developments in officiating.

 

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