York City & District Referees' Association

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The FA website has a whole host of information for referees including Misconduct Report Forms.

They have now added access to other useful documents for referees; guides for Misconduct Report Writing, Assistant Referees, Fitness, Advice on the Application of the Laws and for Newly Qualified Referees.

To see the website follow the link below, this will give you access to these useful documents:

Latest News

REFormation: Life of Riley Many congratualtion to Mike Riley who has been appointed the PGMOL General Manager Designate and will take full control in January 2010 following the retirement of Keith Hackett. The Board of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) has appointed Mike Riley as its General Manager Designate. This appointment will take effect from 1 September 2009 with departing General Manager Keith Hackett completing a handover period by January 2010. The appointment signals the end of an illustrious refereeing career for Riley who has refereed in the Premier League for the past thirteen seasons, officiated in both an FA Cup Final and Carling Cup Final and served as an international referee for eleven years, 7 of those in the Elite Group of Uefa referees. The role includes the training and development of all match officials from the Select Group and National Group. FAMOA - 3 Sept The NRCFA has arranged two events in the County with the York event at York City FC on Thursday 3 September 2009 (Middlesbrough on 10 Sept). It is hoped that this will be another success after last year's event. the key note speakers are Howard Webb, Martin Atkinson, Phil Sharp and Trevor Massey. Details of the events and timings will be sent out to referees in due course, but make a note in your diary now. Law changes See "Law amendments page" for latest changes to the Laws (Minimal). These cover the experiment with additonal assistant referees, offside, technical area and kicks fro the penalty mark. Fortunately, these changes are just cosmetic and not significant. York RA v Lancaster Cricket On the 14 June 12 refs from York RA went over to Morecambe for the annual War of the Roses match. York were well and truly beaten, scoring 88 (all out) whereas Lancaster & Morecambe scored 90 for 2 in 17 overs. Hospitality was good as usual and the weather first class. Fitness Training These commence 1845 hrs at York University (Sports centre running track) on Friday 8 May and continue every Tue/Fri until 2 June. Contributory Fitness Test on Sunday 7 June 2009. It is hoped that this can continue during the summer months also, demand permitting. Leep to the Minster York Leeper Hare FL has ended sponsorship with Leeper Hare after sixteen years. The new sponsors form 2009-2010 are York Minster Engineering (FL). The Wembley Cup Wembley Stadium will this summer host a prestigious new annual pre-season football tournament, The Wembley Cup in which UEFA Champions League finalists FC Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic Football Club, and African Champions Al Ahly of Egypt will line-up in the inaugural competition on Friday 24 and Sunday 26 July 2009. The landmark two-day pre-season competition will consist of two matches to be played across each day. The opening games will be staged on Friday 24 July when Al Ahly take on Celtic while Tottenham play FC Barcelona. The second set of matches will be played two days later on Sunday 26 July with Al Ahly playing FC Barcelona and Tottenham facing Celtic. The winner of the tournament will be decided on a combined points and goals scored system. Referee Numbers RAE membership at the end of March 2009 was 10, 897 (11,284), a reduction of 3.4%. Membership represents 44% of the number of referees registered in England (24, 545). 663 newly-qualified referees took advantage of the RA supplies voucher initiative. Map of local clubs on "leagues" page....find your way. If you are interested in becoming a referee and live in the York area, then drop me an email using the "mail form" facility on this site. Courses are held throughout the year. If you would like to subscribe to the email newsletter, just send an email and you will be added to the distribution. The latest edition is now on the site (newsletter page). "Referees' Utilities" page for practical help and advice, including a link to FIFA's interactive "Offside" presentations and misconduct forms; plus some useful local links. ____________________________________________________ CLICK ON TO THE RELEVANT PAGE LINK ON THE LEFT OF THIS PAGE............Please enjoy and feel free to leave a message in the guest book ____________________________________________________ ** Next meeting is on 10 September 2009 (first of the new season) at York City FC ** Whilst you are waiting why not try the competition on the "Competition" page; good luck. FAMOA

Refs Courses

Latest news:
A practical referees' (weekend) course was held at York College in August, October 2008 and January 2009. It is envisaged that more practical courses will be held in York - on 5 (Mod 1) and 22/23 August 2009 at York College.

So if you are interested contact me using the mail form or contact N Riding County FA direct on 01642 717778 to register your interest. You can now register on-line at northridingfa.com.
See link below for more details.

The Final Word (Editorial)

Enjoy your summer break - make the most of the free weekend time.
See you refreshed next season.

Editor

Disclaimer The opinions and comments on this website are not necessarily those of the Referees Association of England (RAE), or York City and District Referees' Association. York City and District Referees Association is not responsible for the content of any website that it displays links to. The webmaster accepts no responsbility for errors and omissions, but does maintain a high standard of accuracy for information posted to the site. The webmaster accepts no responsibility for the guestbook entries. York RA is a not for profit organisation. DAVID KING Last Updated on 1 July 2009)