RA Board “Voiceover” – Aug 2015

Posted on 3 August 20153 August 2015 by sambayley

VOICEOVER August 2015

RA-FA Youth Council Regional Representative Application Opportunity 2015-16

Posted on 21 July 201521 July 2015 by sambayley

The RA-FA Youth Council is now seeking to recruit its members for the 2015-16 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 continue to provide support to the growing number of Youth Councils in the country, and therefore are looking for Regional Representatives to represent the counties in their regions.

About the RA-FA Youth Council

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. The RA-FA Youth Council run the successful Referee Development Fund and County FA Youth Council Development Programme, with significant investment in providing opportunities for young referees and Youth Councils across England.

Regional Representatives

Over two-thirds 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. The RA-FA Youth Council run exciting programmes that you will have the opportunity to shape, develop and deliver meaning you can have a real impact on refereeing in your region.

A full role description is attached.

How to Apply

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 info@rafayc.co.uk no later than Friday 31st July 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 2015
Registered FA referee for the 2015-2016 season
Current RA full member for the 2015-2016 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 17th August and Friday 21st August.

More Information

More information, including our meeting dates, are found within the attached application pack. Should you have any further questions please contact us at info@rafayc.co.uk

We look forward to receiving your application.

Best wishes

RA-FA Youth Council

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In memory of Joel Richards, West Bromwich RA

Posted on 15 July 201515 July 2015 by sambayley

It is with considerable sadness that the refereeing community learnt of the death of Joel Richards in the terrorist attacks in Tunisia on 26 June, who was killed along with thirty-seven other tourists.

Joel was a 19-year old, Level 4 referee from West Bromwich RA. York RA’s thoughts are with his family at this very sad time, and will make a donation to his memorial fund on behalf of our members. Anybody wishing to donate can do so through the GoFundMe website.

RA Newsletter – Conference 2015

Posted on 15 July 201515 July 2015 by sambayley

Conference 2015 Special

Referees’ Association AGM Minutes

Posted on 15 July 201515 July 2015 by sambayley

RA AGM Minutes 3 July 2015

Referee Course for females – half price

Posted on 9 June 20159 June 2015 by sambayley

Appeal for referees at Woldgate College

Posted on 9 June 20159 June 2015 by sambayley

Woldgate College are looking for referees for school fixtures starting in September. They play 4 games at once and usually need 2 or 3 refs per game, most weeks between the beginning of September and the end of October.

They then have cup fixtures throughout the year, depending on how well the teams do.

Games are usually 30 mins each way, and generally kick off between 4pm and 4.30pm depending on how far the other school has to travel.

It is Woldgate College in Pocklington.

Anyone interested should contact Ben Clarke at Woldgate College.

RA Voiceover – June 2015

Posted on 4 June 20154 June 2015 by sambayley

RA Voiceover – June 2015

R U Taking the P? 5K

Posted on 26 May 201526 May 2015 by sambayley

The ‘RUTTP?’ event is a unique men only fun- run that takes place every year on Father’s Day organised by local fundraiser Brian Hughes. The annual event helps to raise awareness for prostate cancer whilst raising vital funds for Professor Norman Maitland and his team at the Yorkshire Cancer Research Unit at the University of York, who are world leaders in the field of prostate cancer research.

Now in its fifth year the event has raised £71,000 and this year the target is to bring this total to £100,000. We are very excited to help make this happen along with the support of local sports teams Yorkshire County Cricket Club, York City FC, York City Knights and Tadcaster Albion FC.

We would love as many York RA members as possible to sign up – and do it in ref’s kit to show our collective support for this great cause.

You can sign up here.