Tim Pullman

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Tim Pullman
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Nationality Australian
BornLibya
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Country Australia
Sport Field hockey

Tim Pullman is an international field hockey 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. [1]

Field hockey team sport version of hockey played on grass or turf with sticks and a round ball

Field hockey, known in most countries just as hockey, is a team game of the hockey family. The earliest origins of the game date back to the Middle Ages in England, Scotland, France and the Netherlands. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities to hit a round, hard, plastic ball. The length of the stick depends on the player's individual height. Only one face of the stick is allowed to be used. Goalies often have a different kind of stick, however they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick. The specific goal-keeping sticks have another curve at the end of the stick, this is to give them more surface area to save the ball. The uniform consists of shin guards, shoes, shorts, a mouth guard and a jersey. Today, the game is played globally, with particular popularity throughout Western Europe, South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and parts of the United States. Known simply as "hockey" in many territories, the term "field hockey" is used primarily in Canada and the United States where ice hockey is more popular. In Sweden, the term "landhockey" is used and to some degree also in Norway where it is governed by Norway's Bandy Association.

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Personal

Tim lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He is an accountant and works as a Senior Consultant at Oreon Partners in South Australia. [1]

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 Australian Hockey League. [2]

Australian Hockey League

The Australian Hockey League (AHL) is Australia's premier national domestic field hockey competition. Despite its non-professional nature, AHL is considered one of the strongest and most competitive national field hockey leagues in the world. The AHL consists of both men's and women's competition. It includes many players from the Kookaburras and the Hockeyroos, and participating in the AHL is a selection requirement for all Australian national squad members.

Domestic Australian hockey umpire

Tim umpires regularly as part of the Metropolitan Competition Premier League run in Adelaide by Hockey SA.

He has also officiated in the Australian Hockey League 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 and Tassie Tigers which was won by the Tassie Tigers in a shoot-out.

WA Thundersticks

The SmokeFree WA Thundersticks are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Western Australia in the Australian Hockey League.

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. [3]

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:

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.

2014 Mens Hockey World Cup Hoki Piala Dunia 2014

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 Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the women's tournament. It was the third time that the Netherlands hosted the World Cup after 1973 and 1998.

2010 Mens Hockey World Cup 2010 edition of the Mens Hockey World Cup

The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 February to 13 March 2010 in New Delhi, India.

Recognition

In 2010, he was awarded the male Australian Official of the Year by Hockey Australia, an award that recognizes someone who:

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. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "BDO Profile - Tim Pullman" . Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hockey SA - Tim Pullman selected in Road to Rio Umpiring Project" . Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "FIH - Tim Pullman earns his golden whistle" . Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hockey Australia - Appointments & Achievements" . Retrieved 8 January 2015.


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