Harvey Wolff Umpire Exchange to NSW - 2015 Having flown out of Hobart at 10:00am on Friday shivering from the wind, rain and a 14deg day, I was collected from Sydney Airport by Laurie Borg when I arrived around lunch time, with a slightly better temperature around 25deg’s and sunny. Laurie took me to the NSWCUSA headquarters beside the SCG where we met up with Darren Goodger and Troy Penman enjoying lunch together in a cafeteria outside of HQ and enjoying a few of the sights. After lunch Darren took me to the SCG umpires room for a look and a picture in front of the members which was fantastic. Umpire’s Lockers SCG Members I had been outside the ground in 1990, when my wife Donna and I were on our honeymoon, so to be given the opportunity to walk quickly onto the ground is something that I will always remember. I had a quick looksee at the member’s area and also the umpire’s room as shown in the pictures. A View From The Members Bar Area After the tour Laurie took me to my accommodation at Metro X, Ryde. Later that evening my partner for the weekend, Muhammad Qureshi took me to one of Darren’s local haunts for dinner, where we met up with the man himself. A nice evening meal was had by all and Muhammad dropped me back to my accommodation for a good night’s sleep. Saturday morning saw me picked up at 08:30am and taken the half hour trip by car and foot to North Sydney Oval, where I would umpire North Sydney (Captained by Scott Rodgie) v Northern Districts (Captained by Chris Green) with a 10.30am start. Muhammad took me to the umpire’s room to settle in before taking a walk around the ground, scorer’s area and meeting up with the groundsman. The grounds staff actually put the stumps in for us, so we only had to deliver them from the umpire’s room to the square.
Harvey Wolff Umpire Exchange to NSW - 2015 Having flown out of Hobart at 10:00am on Friday shivering from the wind, rain and a 14deg day, I was collected from Sydney Airport by Laurie Borg when I arrived around lunch time, with a slightly better temperature around 25deg’s and sunny. Laurie took me to the NSWCUSA headquarters beside the SCG where we met up with Darren Goodger and Troy Penman enjoying lunch together in a cafeteria outside of HQ and enjoying a few of the sights. After lunch Darren took me to the SCG umpires room for a look and a picture in front of the members which was fantastic. Umpire’s Lockers SCG Members I had been outside the ground in 1990, when my wife Donna and I were on our honeymoon, so to be given the opportunity to walk quickly onto the ground is something that I will always remember. I had a quick looksee at the member’s area and also the umpire’s room as shown in the pictures. A View From The Members Bar Area After the tour Laurie took me to my accommodation at Metro X, Ryde. Later that evening my partner for the weekend, Muhammad Qureshi took me to one of Darren’s local haunts for dinner, where we met up with the man himself. A nice evening meal was had by all and Muhammad dropped me back to my accommodation for a good night’s sleep. Saturday morning saw me picked up at 08:30am and taken the half hour trip by car and foot to North Sydney Oval, where I would umpire North Sydney (Captained by Scott Rodgie) v Northern Districts (Captained by Chris Green) with a 10.30am start. Muhammad took me to the umpire’s room to settle in before taking a walk around the ground, scorer’s area and meeting up with the groundsman. The grounds staff actually put the stumps in for us, so we only had to deliver them from the umpire’s room to the square.
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