The inaugural UDP group began in 2007, with 7 members. It had three mentors: Ray O’Connor (IRL), Margaret Hunnaball (ENG) and Ermanno Silvano (ITA)
| Group 1: 2007 – 2009 | |||
| Umpire | Country | Start Grade | Current Grade |
| Marcin Grochal | POL | FIH | World Panel Umpire |
| Luca Ferrara | ITA | NATIONAL | FIH |
| Thomas Dumon | BEL | FIH | |
| Stepan Podmol | CZE | FIH | |
| Geoffrey Conn | IRL | NATIONAL | World Development Panel Umpire |
| Florian Geschl | AUT | NATIONAL | |
| Ana Faias | POR | NATIONAL | Promising Umpire List |
Truly a day for featuring our umpires and their progress our second #FridayFocus today comes from UDP Group 13. Mentor Mirjam Wessel reports: The KO16 in Barcelona marked the second time that UDP group 13 came together with the goal of developing our understanding of...
This year's U4E Exchange weekends got off to a great start in France, organised by Gregory Maya-Perez and Yolande Lanzas. Mentees : Zoe Hall (ENG) / Iva MARIC (SLO) / Keith Calleja (MLT) / Stefan Her (NED) / Kamaal Khan (ITA) / Marius Cuadrat-Posada (SPA) / Luke Rees...
Today's #FridayFocus is all about coaches! The EHF has today announced the selection of coaches from around Europea for the Top Coaches Programme and Coaches 4 Europe Selection for 2020 and 2021 On making the announcement Inez Cooper, Chair of the EHF Education...