Hello! Welcome to the second of our monthly bulletins designed to provide  you with important information regarding refereeing in Cheshire. We hope you all had a well-deserved break over the Christmas period and would like to wish you and your families the very best for 2018!

Closed Dates:

We kindly remind all referees to submit their closed dates to ClosedDates@CheshireFA.com. Your off field duties as a referee are just as important as your on field duties and therefore keeping us informed with when you can’t referee is really important.

Promotions:

Congratulations to Cheshire FA Referee Anthony Taylor who has been promoted to the UEFA Elite Group of Referees. Congratulations also to Rob Jones who has been promoted to PGMOL Select Group 2 which will see Rob take charge of Championship fixtures.

Have you got what it takes to apply for promotion? For more information email Ed.Duckworth@CheshireFA.com.

We encourage all candidates who are currently on the promotion scheme to apply for promotion next season and a decision will be made following the outcome of your current promotion.

(Minimum age is 16 and referees need to have been refereeing adult football for at least one full season).

What’s coming up?

Mentoring Course

Apply to become a mentor today! Mentors play an important part in new referee development. We expect our mentors to be available at least once a month on either a Saturday or Sunday. For each game, a short mentor report will be completed and sent in to Cheshire FA via the Mentor Coordinators. Mentors will require an in-date, FA accepted CRC. A mentor training session will be held at Cheshire FA on Wednesday 24^th January 2018(6.30pm-9.30pm).

To book your place on the course please email Ed.Duckworth@CheshireFA.com.

Observers Course (formerly Assessors)

Apply to become an Observer today! Observers will play an integral part in the Cheshire FA Promotion Scheme. We expect our observers to be available at least once a month on either a Saturday or Sunday. For each game, an observation report will be completed and sent to Cheshire FA via the Observer Coordinator. Observers will require an in-date, FA accepted CRC. An observer training workshop will be held at Cheshire FA on Sunday 18^th February 2018.

To book your place on the course please email Ed.Duckworth@CheshireFA.com.

Cheshire FA Online Referee Store

Don’t forget! Cheshire FA Referees Department have teamed up with Kitlocker to bring you a new online store for everything you need on match day- at a discounted price!

Please visit- https://www.kitlocker.com/cheshirefa/index.php 

If you have any referee information or news from your leagues, DFA’s, RA’s or Development Groups don’t hesitate to get in touch.