The Centre Circle
The Soccer Referee's Point of View

 

Your Referee Development Committee for 2007/2008 season:

Our expectations of You
- the Referee:

  • Show up to the game in time to talk to your assistants and tell them what you expect from them.

  • Your referee attire is a uniform for your job, and you must dress properly for every game.

  • Any referees that are experiencing problems with coaches or fans will be supported by the Head referee.  Abuse will not be tolerated.  We cannot, however, help you if you do not advise us of any problems.  Call Art Bandenieks about any problems.

With hard work, and a commitment to learn more about soccer, there are many opportunities, for you as an official, to advance to higher calibre games.

Head Referee:
Art Bandenieks        
Scheduler (U8-U10): 
Theo Lohnes
Scheduler (U11-U18):
Cathy Hunter      
Ref Equipment:
Gord Reddy
Ref Payroll:
Mike Corrigan
Committee Members:
Dave Miller
Gerry Brady
Garth Huziak
Phone: 
604-856-1984
 
604-607-0305
 
604-857-3523


604-857-5421

604-856-3693

 

Email:
headref@aldergrovesoccer.com

 
devsched@aldergrovesoccer.com
 
scheduler@aldergrovesoccer.com


refequipment@aldergrovesoccer.com

refpayroll@aldergrovesoccer.com
A Message from Art:

This season we are going to make a few changes to our opening pregame procedure. This will add a bit of professional flair to our image and reflect the expectations of BC Soccer and indeed FIFA. I will review these changes by email to you. Also please add any pertinent comments to your game reports so that we can track any issues re field conditions, coach/parent dissent, and any unusual circumstances.

The head referee is mainly a resource person for all your refereeing concerns. Please feel free to email me with any questions or comments at artbandenieks@shaw.ca  or headref@aldergrovesoccer.com, my phone number is 604.856.1984. As always if you have any significant incidents or red cards given out at a game, let me know. Also if you have any friends thinking of becoming referees tell them to contact me for further information and dates of upcoming classes.

As a reminder you need to fill out game reports after each game. Online reports are found on this webpage. If you show any red or yellow cards you need to also fill out a report at www.bcsoccer.net/bcsa/ . Click on the “referee” tab on the top of the page. Then click on “discipline” on the lower left side of the ref page. From there you will be guided to the login page, you will need to create a password on your first visit. You then need to fill out the BC Soccer game report and then add an incident report. Keep the description clear and concise. Most of your efforts should be done before you leave the game field, record the time of incident, the number of the player(s) involved and what happened including what was said. Have a team list so that you have player names. Remember to take the player ID cards if you Red card someone. If you send a coach off keep their card also. After you report an incident on the BC Soccer website you will be directed to send the card to a discipline committee. Check out “referees quick start tutorial” on the login page for a detailed demonstration.

Art