EDFL: Oak Park under 18s coach Julian Valentino banned for six weeks

A junior coach has been banned for six weeks for abusing an umpire after a series of suspensions were handed down at a suburban footy tribunal.

A suburban footy competition has cracked down on umpire abuse after a junior coach was slapped with a huge ban at a tribunal.

Julian Valentino, the coach of Oak Park’s under 18.5 division 2 men’s team in the EDFL, was banned for six weeks on two separate charges after facing the tribunal on Tuesday night.

On one charge, Valentino was suspended for four games for “behaving in an abusive, insulting, threatening or obscene manner towards or in relation to an umpire”.

He was handed an additional two games for “using abusive, insulting, threatening or obscene language towards or in relation to an umpire”.

One of Valentino’s players, Eamon Whelan, was also handed a two-game ban after “using abusive, insulting, threatening, or obscene language or in relation” to a match official.

The pair weren’t the only individuals to face the tribunal charged with umpire misdemeanours.

Craigieburn’s Luke Scarpini was handed a one-game ban for “behaving in an abusive, insulting, threatening or obscene manner towards or in relation to an umpire”.

Scarpini was also handed a two-game ban for a “minor act of misconduct” after accepting the set penalty for the offence.

Meanwhile, an under 16s Roxburgh Park player was suspended for three matches for failing to leave the playing arena when directed to do so by the umpire.

Keilor’s Oskar Hainz accepted a set two-match penalty for striking another player in a Premier Division reserves match.

Tullamarine’s Cristiano Orlandi accept a two-match ban for using abusive, insulting, threatening or obscene language in a Thirds game.

An under 14s Coburg Districts player accepted the same penalty for the same offence.

Jacana’s Bryce Doge was given a reprimand on the same charge.