Minutes from the 2018 AGM

Posted on 8 May 20188 May 2018 by sambayley

Minutes of AGM held on 3 rd May 2018

With 9 members present at NHS Club, Whitecross Rd.

The Chairman welcomed all to a very depleted meeting, with only 9 members present. Two were not committee members.

Apols were received from Mssrs Thornton; Rich; McEvoy;Luff;P Hartley;Blakey;Burke.

Mins last meeting were on with no matters arising.

Secretary’s Report was given from memory as a certain committee member who was due to photo copy for the meeting did not attend the meeting.

Treasurer’s Report, was given and discussed

Chairman’s Report in a break from tradition, the chairman gave a report.

Election of Officers; President; Ian Hotchkies…Chairman; Sam Bayley…V Chair; Jonny Ham…

Secretary; Ian Hotchkies….Treasurer; John Ledgeway…. Supplies; Connor Ledgeway…..Ref Dev/Membership; James Unwin…Communications; Dave King….Welfare; Barry Casterton.

Officers withoutportfolio; Brian Smith; Paul Ballantyne; Anthony Thornton; Matt Butcher; Alan Kaye; John Ledgeway.

NRCRA Dels David King….Auditor Ron Price

There being no permissible business meeting closed at 8.02

Chair’s Annual Report – 2018 AGM

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Annual General Meeting 2018 – Chair Report

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 27 April 2018

Posted on 27 April 201827 April 2018 by sambayley

THE EMIRATES FA CUP FINAL : Officials confirmed for Chelsea v ManUtd, Saturday 19^thMay, kick-off 5.15pm

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend

PREMIER LEAGUE APPOINTMENTS week 36

CORRECT DECISIONS : How many calls do referees get right?

SELFSCAN FOR REFEREES

HUGE RAMIFICATIONS : County FA wrong to charge charity rep with misconduct

PAUL REJER : Play of the Week 8 – discusses Mass Confrontation and Handball Offences

PAUL GARDNER : Referees and communication : a long history of non-compliance

ANDY TOWNSEND : Etihad AAR made the perfect case for the VAR

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE de la PRESSE SPORTIVE (AIPS) : Collina and VAR’s big World Cup push

VAR’s most controversial moments

THE FA : Football Matters – Referees are born and bred in the Non-League

SEMI-FINAL ABANDONED after visiting boss hit on head by object thrown from crowd

PL REFEREE KEVIN FRIEND referees United Counties reserve game

RANDY VOGT : How to retain referees – part 1

Could players become referees?

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 20 April 2018

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DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend

PREMIER LEAGUE appointments Week 35, and those for the FA Cup semi-finals

Big screens at Wembley for VAR in FA Cup semi-finals

PREMIER LEAGUE agree to continue testing VAR…..

…..but Arsene Wenger believes we are behind the rest of the world

VAR chaos in Germany – good article plus video with German commentary
https://streamable.com/8hcys

VAR has made 16-18 errors this season in Italy’s Serie A

BEAR NECESSITY? Start of a Russian 3^rd Division game with bear’s entrance one minute into video

Referee Michael Oliver not to blame for Juventus exit from Champions League

How to become a referee

The life of a female referee

UEFA League Final 2018 and semi-final appointments

PAUL REJER : Play of the Week7 – discusses Handball, Fouls and Misconduct, and dropped ball

DANNY MURPHY : Isn’t it time to broaden the scope of panels? (talking to Alex Griffiths)

FAN GUIDE to refereeing – part 2 – handling, offside and advantage

DENNIS WISE has new respect for referees after trial match

SOUTH AFRICA : Youngest SAFA referee aiming to be the best

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 13 April 2018

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DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend

PREMIER LEAGUE: Referee appointments Week 34

NO BRITISH REFEREE at 2018 World Cup finals in Russia

NEALE BARRY: Sin-bins will almost certainly be introduced

GAME ABANDONED 65 mins due to serious head injury – AR praised for action

PAUL REJER : Play of the Week 6 – discusses penalty v simulation, positioning in and around the penalty area, and player management

REFEREEING : The possibilities of refereeing are endless

SEMI-FINAL AR quit Police after being fined £500 for assault

ITALIAN REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION sent packages with bullets in protest against introduction of VAR

KEIR RADNEDGE : Sports Journalists’ Association condemns attacks on officials

RAVSHAN IRMATOV became the first ever AFC referee to officiate in the ScotiaBank CONCACAF Champions League semi-final 2^nd leg, in Mexico City : Club America v Toronto FC (1-1; aggregate 2-4)

ESFANDIAR BAHARMAST interviewed

FAN GUIDE to refereeing – part 1 — VAR and cards

RED CARDS for severe dissent would prevent disrespect towards referees

USING VAR : Tried by Ryan Mason and Laura Basset

CHINA : VAR in China : the good, the bad and the ugly

FIJI : Referees get communication upgrade

Benchmark – Sheffield & Hallamshire CRA Newsletter

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BENCHMARK April 2018 issue

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 6 April 2018

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DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend

PREMIER LEAGUE appointments week 33

FIFA 2018 World Cup officials – 36 referees and 63 ARs

MIKE RILEY: The reason why England have no World Cup ref

USA will be the only country with two referees in the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals

ASIAN REFEREES biggest-ever FIFA World Cup contingent

VAR decision led to objects thrown at referee in Portugal

VAR debated on SKY’s ‘Support the Ref’

FAN GUIDE to refereeing – part 1 — VAR and cards

MLS fine player for diving

PAUL REJER: Play of the Week 5 – discusses offside interpretation and position

IBER CUP: A great experience for referees – by Jan ter Harmstel

GEORGE COURTNEY: twice World Cup finals referee is still going strong.

CHRIS FOY highlights daily challenges faced by officials from grassroots to EFL and EPL

DENNIS WISE becomes the referee for SSN v The FA

YOU ARE THE AR: Ex-pro players turn assistant referees

Minutes from the 5 April 2018 Meeting

Posted on 9 April 20189 April 2018 by sambayley

Minutes of the meeting held on 5 April 2018
At NHS Sports & Social Club
With 33 members and guests attending

Minute’s silence was observed for Don Thorpe; John Fowler and Kevin Sweeting who had passed away recently.

Apologies were received from Mssrs J Ledgeway; McEvoy; Shiers; Atkinson; Bishop.

Chairman welcomed all to the meeting, with a good turnout.

Dinner all in hand and appeal made for raffle prizes.

Welfare Officers, Barry Casterton , York RA and David King, CRA

R U Taking the P run names asked for as we had our members run in refs kit to the event over the past 4/5 years. All in a good cause, walk, run and half and half.

A Blakey gave details of the York League’s team victory in the semi final, and details of the new appointments sec.

Problem corner Dave King said he was representing an E Riding referee who has been accused of swearing at a player. Anyone young or old who finds themselves in this situation can get help from the RA locally or nationally.

Graham Bradbury gave a profile of Don Thorpe our ex president (twice), MSA recipient, life member and regular attendee at meetings. Also mentioning ex members John Fowler and Kevin Sweeting.

Lol Cussons Award was presented to Anthony Thornton by Guy Mowbray, due to Anthony being unable to attend the dinner.

Guy Mowbray our guest for the evening gave a resume of his history interspaced with questions and queries from the floor. He touched on numerous topics including; VAR; UAFA;FIFA; bias in fans; interviewing players/managers; also techniques for interviewing; social media; venues; York City; Nigel Worthington; how he got into broadcasting. After 90 mins we had to call a close to discussion.

There being no more business meeting closed at 9.40 with more carrying on after.

Ian Hotchkies.