At Morley Eagles Teeball Club, each team provides an umpire for every game – the home team provides the Plate Umpire (who controls the general flow of the game and makes decisions for Third Base and Home Plate), and the away team provides a Base Umpire (who makes decisions for First Base and Second Base).
If you are fair and emphasise that both teams are there to have fun, umpiring can be an incredibly rewarding role. If you have an understanding of baseball, softball, or teeball, this is obviously advantageous… however, many umpires learn as they go with the support of the club and other parents with umpiring knowledge.
The official rules, as well as an annotated rule manual, can be downloaded from the TBAWA website.
If you are on the Home Team and wanting to organise a “Green Shirt Umpire” for an upcoming game, please reach out to the Umpiring Co-ordinator by emailing umpiring@morleyeaglesteeball.org as early as possible. Please note, preference for umpire allocation will go to the Year 5/6 games above Year 3/4 games.
If you want to take your umpiring to the next level, then we have some good news! Each year, TBAWA offers Level 1 Accreditation Courses for Umpires – and Morley Eagles Teeball Club will wear the cost of this course so that you can attend! It gets better – if you attain the accreditation and become a “Green Shirt Umpire”, then you can join the Green Shirt umpire roster and be paid $20 to plate umpire games (to be paid by the home team).
Existing Level 1 umpires are encouraged to upgrade to Level 2, ensuring the club has sufficient umpires to allow any willing teams to participate in States Championships at the end of the season.
If you wish to umpire and would like to attend the Level 1 umpiring course, take a look at the upcoming umpiring clinics on the TBAWA website… and happy umpiring!