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JOIN NOWCan the umpire award a penalty goal after time has gone?
Is it right that an umpire can award a penalty and a shot for goal after the hooter for time has blown, and that goal counts?
tracy Coach, New Zealand
ANSWERS
Janet Coach, Australia
Hi Tracy. If the hooter is the official signal for time in your association then no. The infringement must be penalised before the signal for time hooter/whistle for the shot to be taken after. If the umpire had blown the whistle for the penalty before the hooter sounded but set the penalty after that is ok.
Netball CoachCoach
If the infringement has occured after the hooter, then definitely no. If the infringement occured before the hooter, the umpire needs to sound her whistle before the hooter.
Netball CoachCoach
The hooter does give you an indication of the start and finish of each quarter or half, but fundamentally the game starts and ends with the umpires whistle not the hooter. The umpire may be playing to their own time due to a stoppage or injury break, so the hooter may sound but the game may play on until the umpire signals that time taken has now been played. So yes, an umpire may award a penalty pass or shot after the hooter has blown.
