September Members Meeting at York Hospital Social Club- 7 Sept 2023
Apologies:
Ian Hotchkies, Andy McEvoy and Sam Bayley
Introductions and information from the summer
The meeting began at 19:38 with 30 members present for the guest speaker Matt Messias
We had one new member on the evening, Neil Hunter from Poppleton who has recently passed the February referees course.
Myles Smith and Vlad Mollov welcomed onto the committee
David Milburn congratulated on his achievement in Rugby League as a match commissioner
The SILVER QUEST Award was highlighted that was presented at our 2022 annual dinner
David King applauded for his achievements which saw him end up at Wembley over the summer
Law updates
Dave King ran members through the most recent changes in the LOTG, albeit fairly minor changes for the new season
Safeguarding
Barry Casterton talked us through some current safeguarding issues and upcoming courses
Clip Analysis
Alan showed a range of different clips from his recent games, sparking debate around simulation, technical area misconduct, and penalty kick decisions
Matt Messias:
Chairman Alan introduced Matt Messias, one of our own members who is an ex FIFA & Premier League Referee. Matt began his presentation with a special thanks to Dave King to recognise his 50 years lifetime award. Matt then proceeded to host an interactive discussion around mass confrontations. Referees from different years of experience were put together on tables to discuss the different stages of what is best practice when confrontations occur. It was a very informative evening, that was well received by all those in attendance… a good turnout for the first meeting of the season
AOB:
Date of next meeting – 5 October 2023
Raffle
Meeting closed at 21:50
