The Easter weekend saw one of the largest set of appointments put together across a wide range of EuroHockey competitions with 101 officials involved at the EHL FINALS in Den Bosch and the two EuroHockey Trophy I tournaments in Vienna.

This included 54 umpires, 24 judges, nine umpire managers, eight technical officiers and six technical delegates.

They oversaw the 26 EHL games and 32 EuroHockey Trophy fixtures while the current Umpire for Nations programme (U4N) umpires blew the whistle in 22 EHL U14 games.

In addition, 20 EHL Hockey ID matches were also taken care of by a unified umpiring team where mainstream partner umpires officiated alongside umpires from the Hockey ID community, individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Beyond these events, the current EuroHockey Umpires for Europe (U4E) programme participants travelled to Germany while Umpire Development Programme (UDP) participants were in Czechia for high performance youth international tournaments.

Those tournaments offered high intensity competition for participants under the watchful eyes of their course mentors.

EuroHockey is indebted to these incredible volunteers who ensure all out tournaments run every year!