Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 24 April 2015

Posted on 24 April 201524 April 2015 by sambayley

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discusses incidents from last weekend

KEITH HACKETT : Illegal challenges with hands and arms

THE FA CUP FINAL appointments

A referee’s guide to brandishing a card

PAUL REJER : Continues with last week’s Offside – Interfering with an Opponent II

LIVERPOOL top of the table for respecting referees

CHELSEA the worst at respecting referees

UEFA : Officials for U17 finals Bulgaria, 6^th to 22^nd May

2^nd UEFA Youth League Final : Monday April 13^th. Colovray Stadium, Lyon : Shakhtar Donetsk v Chelsea (2-3)

HAWK-EYE : Chosen by FIFA for Women’s World Cup finals in Canada

Girl Power rules as cup final is officiated by all-female quartet

RANDY VOGT : How refs make the whistle work for them

Parents swearing at ref are putting children off sport

SWITZERLAND : Frog invasion causes match to be abandoned

NEW ZEALAND : Kiwi referees handed FIFA World Cup roles

YOU ARE THE REF

Benchmark – Sheffield & Hallamshire Newsletter

Posted on 22 April 201522 April 2015 by sambayley

BENCHMARK-End-of-Season 2014-2015-Extra

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 17 April 2015

Posted on 22 April 201522 April 2015 by sambayley

This weekend’s FA Cup SEMI-FINALS appointments

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss incidents from last TWO weekend games

YATR visit Cork in May with Hackett & Halsey

KEITH HACKETT : Referees’ Association in crisis

PAUL REJER : Offside – Interfering with an Opponent

GRAHAM POLL : Dangerous precedent set by UEFA in ordering final 18 seconds to be replayed

CARLOS TEVEZ blasts indirect free kick from 6yds into roof of net. Referee awards a goal

FIFA : World’s best FUTSAL referees

UEFA : Youth League provides invaluable experience for players and referees

MALAWI : Bernadetter becomes first Malawian at Women’s World Cup finals

NEW ZEALAND : Pete O’Leary retires

NORTHERN IRELAND : Michelle off to Women’s World Cup finals in Canada

SOUTH AFRICA : Sanctions on match officials – ‘suspensions and fines’

TURKEY : Top referees become full-time

USA : Player who killed referee with a punch sued for $51m

WALES :Officials for Welsh FA cup final

YOU ARE THE REF

York St John v York City Academy – Howard Webb

Posted on 14 April 201514 April 2015 by sambayley

The ribbon will be cut at the York St John’s new facilities on Haxby Road on Wed 29th April at 6pm.

The event will be celebrated with a match between St Johns and the York City Academy team, refereed by none other than Howard Webb.

Annual Dinner – Change of Guest Speaker

Posted on 8 April 20158 April 2015 by sambayley

Due to assessing commitments, our previously arranged guest speaker Alan Kaye is no longer able to join us on Saturday.

We are delighted to announce that we will instead be joined by Football League Referee Mark Haywood, fresh from his game at Middlesbrough that day.

Referee Promotions 2015

Posted on 7 April 20157 April 2015 by sambayley

North Riding County FA are delighted to confirm that on Monday, 09 March 2015, the Associations’ Referee Development Committee approved the promotion of the following referees.

York

Level 6

Sam Mortimer

Liam Wadsworth

Jamie Hewitt

Level 5

Steve Hewitt

James Unwin

Level 4 (subject to FA approval)

Brandon Bishop

Elsewhere in the County

Level 6

Jonty Gill

Tim Craig

Graeme Lewis

Thomas Marshall

George Roberts

Jessica Shuker

Level 5

Ian Royle

Rory Sadler

Dane McCarrick

Alex Wyatt

Kyle Morrison

Geoff Mann

Leonard Thurlow

Matthew Jackson

Level 4 (Subject to FA Approval)

Jack Stephenson

Chris Newton

The Association would like to pass on their congratulations to each of the Referees and wish them all the best for their future refereeing careers.

Minutes of the 2 April 2015 Meeting

Posted on 7 April 20157 April 2015 by sambayley

Minutes of meeting held on 2nd April 2015 at NHS Club with 29 members and guests present.

The chairman, welcomed all to the meeting.

Apologies, were received from Mssrs Milburn; Turner;Lea;B Ballantyne & Allenby.

No matters arising from minutes

Dinner, two late cancellations. As we were now under the agreed total those involved will be asked to cover cost of the meal if replacements could not be found as we had to pay the full bill two weeks prior to the event

Nominations for Committee, in writing to secretary.

Web Site, as most items were now on the web, members are asked to browse.

FA Cup Final tickets, draw was made , Joe Ballantyne.

Membership, can be paid from now.

Promotions, names were read and congratulations given.

Chris Jones, ex York City stalwart and Radio York pundit then gave a two part presentation, talking about referees he had encountered, match incidents and reminiscing. The second half showing film clips he had collected. He also brought numerous match day programmes for all to browse. He also signed copies of his book that had just been published.

Meeting closed at 9.45

RA Kit Offer

Posted on 7 April 20157 April 2015 by sambayley

RA Conference 2015 – Understanding Football

Posted on 24 March 201524 March 2015 by sambayley

The Referees’ Association 2015 conference will be held Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th July at Radisson Heathrow, Haynes – UNDERSTANDING FOOTBALL, including the RA-FA Youth Councils “Special Mission” which is being held at Queens Park Rangers training ground, Harlington Haynes.

All details can be found on the booking portal or via Facebook, or see us on Twitter #RAconf2015