An Evening With Keely Dunn - The "Umpire Whisperer"

Keynsham Hockey Club are holding an evening with Keely Dunn. Keely Dunn is the founder of FHumpires providing support and mentorship to umpires of all standards. Keely is an ex-international umpire including twice going to the Junior World Cup and umpiring Olympic Qualifiers. In summer 2024, she came to live in the UK from her native Canada. Having gained her NPUA Level 3 Umpire Coaches award, she has been busy coaching umpires across the country, plus umpiring National League matches herself.

On Thursday 26 February 2026 from Keely will be at Keynsham Hockey Club for an interactive umpiring development session to which all umpires are invited. If you've ever heard Keely speak, you'll know that this will be a fun way to spend an evening.

Keely is intending to cover the topic of communication:

• Pre-match comms with your colleague and the teams
• In-match comms
• Post-match comms

but other topics will be included of course. The evening is intended to be your evening, so please let Keynsham HC know if you have any topics you would like to be discussed. Whilst things will crop up during the session, if you can let them know in advance, it might help Keely find a suitable video clip!

We hope the evening will be useful to all umpires keen to improve: both those taking neutral appointments and also club umpires. You can get a flavour of the event by watching a recording of a similar event held at Reading Hockey Club back in September 2023.

Details:

Venue: Keynsham Cricket Club, BS31 1HU

Date: Thursday 26 February 2026

Time: 7.00pm (door open 6.30pm)

Cost: free

Click on the link below to book onto the evening so that Keynsham HC know how many to expect