FlaG & Wh i s t l E Official Newletter of the BC Soccer Referees Association • April 2014

ASSOCIATION ⌦ ABOUT TO CELEBRATE 45th ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SET FOR ⌦SATURDAY, MAY 3rd AT YWCA HOTEL IN VANCOUVER

It was 1969. Two men landed and nothing as far as education like there is General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday walked on the moon. There was a war now. There were little cliques.” May 3rd at the YWCA Hotel, 733 Beatty going on in a faraway place called Vietnam. It was then that a few referees decided St., in Vancouver. A rock band called The Beatles released things needed to change. A decision was To commemorate the anniversary of the their last compilation called “AbbeyRoad,” made, starting with John “The Com­ association, some initiatives are being on vinyl “records” when MP3 players mander” Morris, who would become considered which will be put forth to were still in the realm of science fiction. the association’s first president, to get members to decide on (Ed note: details of Justin Trudeau’s father was Prime Minister- together to form the with the goal of these initiatives for the AGM did not heck, Justin Trudeau wasn’t even born yet! improving the information given to refer- arrive at the editorial deadline). And in the background, several referees ees and bringing a spirit of camaraderie formed what they called the British amongst all fellow colleagues. BCSRA Founding Members Columbia Soccer Referees Association Eventually, the BCSRA would become Harry D. Anderson (BCSRA) and registered it as a legal soci- an associate member of the BC Soccer Thomas Atkinson ety with the provincial government. Little Association Commission (forerunner to Stanley Bennett did they know that forty-five years later the current BC Soccer) including being the (deceased) Jack Blackford the society they formed would still be provincial governing body’s agent for the (deceased) W. Dermot Boyd alive today and, for some, after they had registration of referees. The BCSRA was Robert Butler passed away. also instrumental in forming what is now Reginald A.J. Clark Looking back in the days before the called the BC Soccer Referees Committee (deceased) Norman Colclough Referees Association was formed, the starting the formation of the infrastructure John B. Meachin landscape was very different. In some we know today. (deceased) John W. A. Morris ways, one would not be out of line in say- “Everyone doesn’t realize that they are (deceased) William Sanderson ing it was like the wild old west. benefiting from the efforts (we) put forth Ronald Telfer “When I got here in the 1950’s, there in those early days,” states Norm. John P. Turner was nothing", recalls Founding and Life The official start to celebrating the anni- Werner Winsemann Member Norm Colclough. “There was versary year will occur with the Annual

PRIZES GALORE UP FOR GRABS AT THE AGM! Due to the incredible response to the catch- you have to be there to enter your accessed by Skytrain from the Beatty Street Whitecaps 40th Anniversary Match ticket name! entrance of the Stadium-Chinatown sta- purchase, the Referees Association has The AGM will held at the YWCA Hotel, tion. managed to secure some prizes which will 733 Beatty Street, Vancouver. The hotel is Start time is 11:00 am, and a light lunch be raffled off at the Annual General Meeting located approximately midway between will also be made available to those who (AGM) on Saturday, May 3rd. There's a Robson and Georgia Street. It can be easily are attending. WHITECAPS PRESIDENT TAKES TIME TO TALK TO REFEREES

L-R: Antonio Hurtado-Coll, 1st VP Art Duran, Director Dieter Freundt, Vancouver Whitecaps President Bob Lenarduzzi, President Marc Bowley, Treasurer Nick Miskin, Director Mynor Campos, Secretary Iain Andrews

The Vancouver Area branch (VASRA) and BCSRA Founding/Life Member on the game could leave without a refer- of the BCSRA took time out from usual Werner Winsemann who mentioned that ence to “the men in black.” When asked discuss