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Following the briefing given at the pre-season meetings, the user guide for claiming matchday expenses in Who's the Ref (WTR) is now available from the Documents Library.
A copy of the presentation used for the briefing can be found here.
The Society’s new approach to charging its clubs membership fees and paying ...
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Videos of the presentations given by Jonny Cartwright and Simon Vale at the recent pre-season meeting held at Blackburn are now available (similar presentations were given at Sedgley Park a week earlier).
New Laws of the Game (24 minutes)
New Expenses System plus Sources of Information and Support within the Society ...
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Congratulations to Henry Pearson who has been promoted to the RFU Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT) Associates.
Henry is one of four referees from the National Panel who have been chosen to join the PGMOT and they will be coached, trained and mentored by one of the professional referees, who they will ...
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Tony Turner joined the Society on 1st September 1971 and he received his salver marking 50 years of membership on 2nd November 2021 at the same meeting as long-time colleague David Hudson. In between those dates Tony Turner made a remarkable contribution to refereeing at the highest domestic level, both as a Referee and ...
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President John Jeskins presented Roger Bowden with the Alan Farmer Award for outstanding service to the Society at the AGM in July.
When Roger’s refereeing career was cut short by injury in 1992, he was immediately recruited as an Adviser. From then his career within the Society and beyond started to take off. ...
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Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses - New Approach Launched
The Society’s new approach to charging its clubs membership fees and paying members’ matchday travelling expenses is now operational.
With effect from today, 1st August 2024, the Society takes over from clubs the responsibility for paying refere...
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Appointments - Cut-off dates 2024/25
Appointments during season 2024/25 will be made for approximately five-week periods. Cut-off dates for the season are given in the table below. These are the dates by when referees are asked to update their availability in WTR and "club fixture secretaries” are asked to notify the ...
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Message from: John Pemberton, Hon. Treasurer
Club Membership Fees and Referees Expenses – An update
Preparations for the implementation of the new way for charging annual club membership fees and paying members’ matchday travel expenses are on-track for the start of the 2024/25 season. Tasks completed since January ...
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Last Sunday, Stefano Cossu, the late Alan Farmer's son-in-law, completed the London Marathon in memory of Alan with an official time of 3:20:06. In doing so he raised a considerable sum for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Stefano said, “Madrefs members donated nearly £500. Alan would have been proud of you ...
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A recording of the session on Refereeing the Quick Game - Positioning and Movement (35 minutes) at the April meeting is now available. (Thanks to Simon Vale for making and preparing the recording.)
The session was led by Henry Pearson with contributions from Fred Eckersley and Jack Moorhouse. It included numerous video ...
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