REFNEWS 1 JANUARY 2012 New Zealand Football gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organisations in CONGRATULATIONS assisting the development of referees: FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 14 Dec. 2011 Peter O’Leary Kashiwa Reysol v Santos 4th Official Jan Hintz Kashiwa Reysol v Santos 5th Official Credit: Pictures FIFA via Getty Images Monterrey v Kashiwa 11 December Peter establishing a relationship with the Kashiwa captain in the th Peter discusses the finer points of law with Monterrey players. tunnel. Jan is behind him and 4 Official Ravshan Irmatov nearest CENTRAL REFEREE ACADEMY CONGRATULATIONS Over the weekend of 21-22 January Central Football held an Chris Kerr introduction to refereeing for eight young men and women referees from around the Federation at Feilding High School (David Walmsley, Daniel Hembrow, Ashton Davenport, Josh Parker, Mel Knight, Cerese Kauika, Natalie Cale, Loiuse Hodges). Coaches David Lawrie, Kevin Cale and Mike Thomson assisted while Matt Conger (Hyundai A League) demonstrated the pathway for referees. Further coaching on the Sunday was followed by an opportunity to referee a game as part of a team of three at the Central Football Representative Training Camp. Coaching notes gave invaluable feedback to each referee together with suggestions for further work. The Academy was very positive and helped improve the relationship with the players and football coaches who were also part of the weekend. Thanks to Mandy Musa for her report. RECRUITMENT & DEVELOPMENT COURSES The following referee courses have been notified to NZF recently: FED. VENUE LEVEL INSTRUCTORS NOS DATE 5 Petone Level 1 Referees Barry Tasker 16 4-Dec-2011 4 Feilding HS Level 1 Referees K Cale, D Lawrie, M Thomson 3 22-Jan-2012 ETHICAL ISSUES UEFA 2012 We are always referees when we attend games Twelve referee teams of five (referee, 2 assistant or use social media or blog sites. referees, 2 additional assistant referees) have been selected for this tournament as well as four, who The issues that most negatively affect the way will act only as Fourth Officials. There is just one others view referees are: referee who officiated at EURO 2008 but all those • Commenting about other referees selected have two key elements – quality and • Jeering players experience. • Supporting local teams Their preparations include: • Media comments • A personalised training programme • Using Facebook / twitter to comment on • A winter course (30 January – 2 February) players, teams, football in New Zealand • Officiating in UEFA competitions from mid- February If you must go into sites be prepared to read • Preparatory workshop (30 April – 3 May) some very strong criticism of you and your • Arrival in Warsaw 4 June colleagues. Don’t respond! • Tournament 8 June – 1 July 2011 ASB NATIONAL MEN’S YOUTH ANSWERS FROM REFNEWS 11 DECEMBER 2011 1. You consult your Assistant Referee over an off-the- LEAGUE - FINAL ball incident. Players crowd around and as you ask them to leave your AR shouts at them aggressively using foul language. What now? Referees must remain calm and composed. Move the players away. Deal with the AR’s report. Dispense with his services, organise a replacement and report the matter to the authorities. You should also advise the captains of the action you have taken with the AR. 2. A striker jinks past the opposing goalkeeper. As he is about to shoot into the unguarded net a defender, who has run into his goalkeeper, falls into the attacker and knocks him over. What do you do? While the defender’s challenge was not deliberate it was careless and it has denied an obvious goal scoring opportunity. Award a penalty and issue a red card. Mark Fisher, Ken Quigley, Ben Fairweather and Steven 3. A striker goes down in the box. The ball is cleared Black lead the teams out before the start of the final upfield and you whistle for full time. You then see your AR signalling for a penalty kick. He tells you the between Waitakere and Canterbury. defender blatantly held the attacker so he started signalling just as you turned away. What action do Ken Wallace you take? New Zealand Football Referee Development Officer Once you have terminated the game you cannot reverse a previous decision. [email protected] (09) 414 0182 .