Umpire Ged Curran selected for London 2012 Olympics

There was good news for one Scot just after
Christmas when Dundonian Ged Curran was informed that he had been
selected to umpire hockey at the London Olympics
Ged started his Hockey at St John’s High School in
1979, as a 12 year old, then played for Lawside FP before moved to
Dundee Wanderers, playing in a variety of positions from goalkeeper
to left wing, midfield and eventually left back
In 1992 he went to a Menzieshill Indoor Tournament
at the Dick McTaggart Sports Centre and due to shortage of umpires
and, having do some Club umpiring, he offered to help out and it
was there that former Olympic Umpire Craig Madden told Ged he
though he had a future as an umpiring. So at the age of 25 he began
to umpire regularly in the National leagues, Outdoor and Indoor,
though still playing for Moray House College in Edinburgh where he
was a PE student.
In 1995 Ged umpired his first outdoor international
match in Genoa and has now umpired 95 Senior International matches
which included at four Champions Trophy tournaments, doing the
Finals at Lahore, Melbourne and Mönchengladbach. He also umpired
finals of both Champions Challenge 2 in Dublin and Champion
Challenge 1 in December at Johannesburg, was reserve umpire for
outdoor World Cup Final in New Delhi in 2010 and umpired the final
of the Indoor World Cup in Poznan last year.
Looking back on what has been a very successful
umpiring career Ged is well aware of those who have been major
influences including umpires Frank Moran from Dundee Wanderers,
Craig Madden and Norrie Urquhart,  Henrik Ehlers from Denmark,
Clive McMurray in South Africa, Don Prior from Australia and Ray
O’Connor from Ireland.
Another key factor for Ged has been the support he
has had from Dundee City Council Education Department, Fiona
McLagan the new head teacher at St John’s RC, where Ged is
Principal Teacher of Physical Education, and her predecessor George
Haggarty, plus the St John’s PE department staff  for their
continued support
And above all to my wife Ali and children Molly,
Mark and Paul for putting up with his continued absences from
home

There was good news for one Scot just after Christmas
when Dundonian Ged Curran was informed that he had been selected to
umpire hockey at the London 2012 Olympics.

Ged started his Hockey at St John’s High School in 1979, as a 12
year old, then played for Lawside FP before moved to Dundee
Wanderers, playing in a variety of positions from goalkeeper to
left wing, midfield and eventually left back

In 1992 he went to a Menzieshill Indoor Tournament at the Dick
McTaggart Sports Centre and due to shortage of umpires and, having
do some Club umpiring, he offered to help out and it was there that
former Olympic Umpire Craig Madden told Ged he though he had a
future as an umpiring.

At the age of 25 he began to umpire regularly in the National
leagues, Outdoor and Indoor, though still playing for Moray House
College in Edinburgh where he was a PE student.

In 1995 Ged umpired his first outdoor international match in
Genoa and has now umpired 95 Senior International matches which
included at four Champions Trophy tournaments, doing the Finals at
Lahore, Melbourne and Mönchengladbach.

He also umpired finals of both Champions Challenge 2 in Dublin
and Champions Challenge 1 in December at Johannesburg, was reserve
umpire for outdoor World Cup Final in New Delhi in 2010 and umpired
the final of the Indoor World Cup in Poznan last year.

Looking back on what has been a very successful umpiring career
Ged is well aware of those who have been major influences including
umpires Frank Moran from Dundee Wanderers, Craig Madden and Norrie
Urquhart,  Henrik Ehlers from Denmark, Clive McMurray in South
Africa, Don Prior from Australia and Ray O’Connor from Ireland.

Another key factor for Ged has been the support he has had from
Dundee City Council Education Department, Fiona McLagan the new
head teacher at St John’s RC, where Ged is Principal Teacher of
Physical Education, and her predecessor George Haggarty, plus the
St John’s PE department staff for their continued support. And
above all to his wife Ali and children Molly, Mark and Paul for
putting up with his continued absences from home

Credit for story and photo: Jim
Shepherd.

 

 

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