Sixteen young match officials, 18 years of age or under, were chosen from across all of Northern NSW to take part at the Talented Official Program Camp (TOP), which was held in conjunction with the annual Telstra State SAP Championships…
February has brought a lot of valuable resources for Match Officials and Referee coaches within Northern NSW and across the State. Earlier this month, NNSWF held two events, the Northern NSW Annual Match Officials Conference and the Annual Referees Seminar…
Name: Rob Stavrevski Age: 50 Rob has been refereeing with Newcastle Football Association for four years and is also a Mobile Lending Manager for Newcastle Permanent, he and his two children referee on weekends and love it! What prompted you…
Name: Zachary Butchard Age: 14 What prompted you to become a football referee? I became a referee because I love football and refereeing allows me to use my love and knowledge of the game to help earn me money, make…
Full name: Rebecca Davies Age: 27 What prompted you to become a football referee? My love and passion for the game. I wanted to make a difference and I wanted to make the game as fair and as enjoyable as…
Name: Aaron Strickland Age: 34 What initially prompted you to become a football referee? As a player, I would get frustrated at what I saw as poor officiating. They were usually older and slower but obviously loved the game and…
Name: Luke Mackney Age: 33 What initially prompted you to become a football referee? What initially prompted me to become a referee was because I was playing football and my best mate, who was in my team, started refereeing so…
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) and Community Football Partner, Newcastle Permanent Building Society (NPBS), have extended the annual Referee Recognition Weekend to a week this year to celebrate the region’s Referees! The recognition of referees is integral to the Newcastle Permanent…
Northern NSW Football State League referee, Stephen Laurie, 25, has achieved one of his objectives as a match official by refereeing the 2016/17 Foxtel National Youth League Grand Final between Sydney FC and Melbourne City FC at Central Coast Stadium…
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) is holding an Information Night for young members from Newcastle, Hunter Valley, and Macquarie Referees Associations, to outline its plans for their advancement for match officials in 2017. The Information Night will discuss: How greater opportunities…