Ian Parker has announced his intention to step down from the role of Referee Appointments and Fixtures Secretary, for the York Sunday Morning League, with effect from May 2015.
A replacement is being sought, to commence from June 2015, with a full handover provided before then.
If you would like further information or to put yourself forward, please contact Ian – skeltonref@tiscali.co.uk.
We were sad to hear of the passing of York RA stalwart, Tony Kennedy, earlier this week.
He passed away peacefully, having deteriorated recently following his stroke 3 years ago.
Tony was York RA Chairman 1997-2000. He was awarded his RA 50 year membership in 2008 and the York RA Chairman’s Award in 2010. He was a stalwart member of the RA and a supporter of referees, having assessed in the local Supply League for a number of years before his stroke.
Tony’s cremation service will be held at Woodlands crematorium in Scunthorpe on Thursday 23rd October at 10.40am. This will be followed by some light refreshments at the Ingram Arms public house in Laughton village (about 15 minutes drive from the crematorium). If anyone would like to attend, please let the family know by email (cathykennedy64@btinternet.com
Please see the information below from the RA-FA Youth Council. It’d be great to support one (or more!) of our referees in standing for a place on the Council, so if you need any help, please contact the Membership Secretary.
Dear Referee,
The RA-FA Youth Council is now seeking to recruit its members for the 2014-15 season. It is a fantastic opportunity for you to be involved in the future of refereeing in the country. With the growing number of County FA Youth Councils the RA-FA Youth Council are striving to provide support and a clear link into the RA-FA Youth Council, and therefore are looking for Regional Representatives to represent the counties in their regions.
The RA-FA Youth Council was formed in the Summer of 2012. It is a group of 12 young people who represent each region of the country. The Youth Council works to support Youth Councils within County FAs with referee development. The RA-FA Youth Council acts the voice of young people in referee development, and strives to work with The FA and RA in ensuring the future of refereeing engages with the next generation of match officials.
Over half of England’s County FAs now have a County FA Youth Council, which shows the strong voice young people have within grassroots football. With the number of Youth Councils and volume of work they’re undertaking growing it is important that the RA-FA Youth Council can fully support those Youth Councils who are developing and supporting referees in their counties.
In order to facilitate this support, the RA-FA Youth Council will be appointing Regional Representatives, one per region. Regional Representatives will provide the link between County FA Youth Councils and the RA-FA Youth Council, The FA and The RA. The role of these representatives include; maintaining and growing the number of County FA Youth Councils, promoting the support the RA-FA Youth Council can provide and sharing best practice.
A full role description is attached.
In order to apply for one of the RA-FA Youth Council Regional Representative roles please complete the attached application form and submit by email to RA-FAYouthCouncil@TheFA.com no later than Friday 29th August at 5pm.
Please provide two contacts, one from your County FA and one from your Local RA, should we wish to contact them for a reference of support.
In order to apply, you must meet the following criteria:
• Aged 16-25 on 1st July 2014
• Registered FA referee for the 2014-2015 season
• Current RA full member for the 2014-2015 season
You will then be contacted if we wish to undertake a telephone interview with you. This is an informal conversation about your application and suitability for the role. These telephone interviews will take place between Monday 15th September and Thursday 18th September.
More information, including our meeting dates, are found within the attached application pack.
Should you have any further questions please contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your application.
Best wishes
RA-FA Youth Council
Regional Representative Job Description
New betting rules from the FA come into force today. This is particularly relevant to referees officiating at Level 3 or above:
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North Riding County Football Association are pleased to confirm the appointment of Paul Stalker (North Officer) and Colin Atkinson (South Officer) for season 2014/2015.
Paul and Colin will be responsible for appointing match officials to all adult Saturday league fixtures including NRCFA County and Challenge Cups.
The following leagues will be part of this new appointing system:
Full information will be sent to all match officials in the week commencing Monday, 7 July 2014, this will include how to register for games within the pool and the appointment procedures that will be in place.
Once again we would like to stress to all match officials that they will still have the opportunity to request which leagues they officiate on in the first instance with both Paul and Colin looking to accommodate such requests.
Ross Joyce, Referee Development Officer, feels that the new appointing system is the way forward.
“After a couple of years of consultation with leagues I am pleased that we are now in a position to implement the new appointing process for all of our Saturday adult leagues in the County for season 2014/ 2015.
“I would like to stress that one of the key objectives of this is for the Association to modernize the way in which match officials are appointed and to ensure that each of our leagues are given the same opportunity to secure the services of a qualified match official, ultimately striving towards 100% coverage of all games.
“Moving forward, and with the appointment of both Paul and Colin, we hope to continue to develop and raise the standards of officiating, whilst providing opportunities for referees to officiate within a number of different leagues.
“We are very mindful that within some leagues referees often see the same clubs a couple of times per month which is not appropriate and can often cause problems. We hope by embracing the new appointment system we can tackle these problems and that a wider variety of officials can by appointed whilst ensuring the cost to clubs does not increase significantly.”
Further information will be sent to all leagues, clubs and match officials from July 2014. If you have any queries, please contact our Referee Development Officer, Ross Joyce, at ross.joyce@northridingfa.com.
Peter and the team have now raised £2150 so are getting very close to their target. Please support this great cause and mammoth effort and sponsor them on the Just Giving website.