The EHF Umpiring Pathway brings our top 2 tier umpiring programmes (Umpires 4 Europe and Umpires Development Programme) and creates a definite link between them. The Pathway had its inaugural year last year, and served as the selection venue for UDP Group 11. This year, 35 umpires will participate and be considered for UDP Group 12!
Applications this year surpassed our expectations (and our capacity!), due to huge response we are over subscribed. This means not everyone could be accepted this time around, but the Education Committee will work to meet increasing demand in the coming years.
We are delighted with the success of the programme and delighted to announce the umpires accepted into the U4E programme (and the Pathway) for 2017:
| 2017 New Umpires | Returning Umpires | ||
| Philip Kucera | AUT | Alistair Munro | SCO |
| Jooris Mathei | BEL | Lena McCrae | SCO |
| Mihaela Dimitrova | BUL | Duncan Ruzzak | SCO |
| Nikol Babicka | CZE | Kamile Mockaitayte | LTU |
| Antoine Duhem | FRA | Simon Olivier | FRA |
| Ole Ingwersen | GER | Ludovic Novion | FRA |
| Teresa Lipsky | GER | Veronika Fechter | AUT |
| Lena Osswald | GER | Germaine Boutte | BEL |
| Russell Donaldson | IRL | Alvaro Lopez | ESP |
| Toni-Lee Lambert | WAL | Marton Wesselenyi | HUN |
| Mohammad Usman Tajamal | NOR | Enrico Zero | ITA |
| Mohammad Qasim Waheed | NOR | Alessia Bavaro | ITA |
| Anastasia Bogolyubova | RUS | Joe Astley | WAL |
| Svetlana Cherepanova | RUS | Nikita Yuklyaevskikh | RUS |
| Katie Howie | SCO | Dmitry Zhabin | RUS |
| Alejandro Amarillas Cámara | ESP | Petr Vetrovsky | CZE |
| MARIELA FERNANDEZ | ESP | ||
| Francec Tomo Carramiñana | ESP | ||
| Cristina Pérez Martel | ESP | ||
Congratulations to all the umpires selected! A small preview of what is in store for you in Breda this year, 25th-27th August 2017!