Referee Training
Referee Training Clinics - 2010
- The ALL REFEREE Meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday June 3, 2010 at the Municipal Building, 2135 Huntley Road, Stittsville from 7-9 pm.
If you are 12 years old or 13 years old on or before 31-March-2010, you can apply to be an OSA Mini-Soccer Referee:
- You will be required to attend a one-day training course, scheduled for May 8
- You will be authorized to referee Mini Soccer games for age groups from U4 to U10 level
- Training courses have a size limit, so make your registration early!
Registration will be held during regular office hours at the Goulbourn Soccer office in Stittsville (see home page for details).
Please see the notes below for the required information and fee required at the time of registration.
If you are 14-years old or older on or before 31-March-2010, you can apply to become a District Referee.
- You will be provided with a full FIFA rule book and a Pre-Course Study Book with questions.
- You will be required to attend a two-day training course in April.
- The Pre-Course Study Book must be completed (fully) and returned prior to beginning the course.
If the Pre-Course Study Book is not completed, you will be refused entry to the course.
- There is an exam at the end of the course.
- If you are 14 or 15 years old and pass the exam, you will be designated as a Youth Referee
- If you are 16 years or older and pass the exam, you will be designated as a District Referee.
- Classification will change automatically from Youth Referee to District Referee after turning 16 years of age.
- If you fail the course, you will be designated as an OSA Recreational Referee authorized to referee House League games only.
- It will be possible to re-sit the exam after 30 days have passed.
- Course size is from 15 to 25 people, so please register early to get the dates you desire.
- Adults are certainly welcome and we encourage your involvement in Soccer at the Community Level.
Registration will be during regular office hours at the Goulbourn Soccer Club offices in Stittsville (see home page for details).
Please see the next paragraph below for the required information and fee required at the time of registration.
To Register as a Referee Trainee, please refer to the Referee section of the Goulbourn Soccer League website. We will require:
- Your full name
- Your date of birth (year/month/day) with proof of age (Birth Certificate for all non-adults)
- Your full mailing address with postal code (we pay referees monthly by mailed cheque)
- A phone number to contact you; Please provide day, night, and cell if different
- An active e-mail address (that is checked daily) and an alternate if available
- Fees:
MINI-Soccer Referee Clinic $45.00 Two cheques are required- $20 course fee/$25 deposit
Note => the $25 deposit will be returned upon completion of the clinic
District Referee Clinic $90.00 Two cheques are required- $40 course fee/$50 deposit
Note => the $50 deposit will be returned upon completion of the clinic
OSA Mini-Soccer Referee Clinic
ID Date Location Time Status
1 08 May Richmond Community Centre 8 AM to 5 PM CLOSED (Full)
2 15 May Richmond Community Centre 8 AM to 5 PM CLOSED (Full)
District Referee Clinic
ID Date Location Time Status
1 17/18 April Richmond Community Centre 8 AM to 6 PM OPEN CLOSED (Full)
ADULT REFEREES ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED AND MOST WELCOME. We try to maintain a two year minimum age gap between the referee and the players. In the older age groups (U15 and up) we strongly prefer to use adult referees.
The Goulbourn Soccer Club is now recruiting new referees. There are two classifications in which Goulbourn is looking to recruit.
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