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ETA Annual Report
Referees (Report)
2013 was another big year for referee
development in England and we are
hoping that 2014 will be even bigger.
Courses
There has been considerable interest from all over the
country, requesting courses to be run (both Level 1
and Level 2). England has now put a Referee course
co-ordinator in place to help facilitate individual
request. The graph below shows figures from Level 1
courses ran, totalling 100 new referees.
ETA Referee Database
There are currently approximately 428 names on the
referee database; however we are still trying to
ascertain who our “active” referees are.
This report has been a brief overview of the work that
has been done on the referee side in 2013 and the
budget and proposal we submitted detail where our
major project lies for 2014.
Referee Coaches
A massive thank you needs to be made to the Touch
Europe Referee Commission for supporting England
Touch in all ETA events that we hosted this year.
England Touch had the pleasure of hosting:
Matthew Reid, Kevin Hobbs and Chris Wheeler from
the Touch Europe Referee Commission at our events.
Investment
The investment that England Touch and England
Touch Referees made towards the Referee coaches
has been invaluable to referees and has helped their
development. This investment needs to be committed
again for 2014 to really show to all England referees of
all skill levels, that we are serious about their
development as referees. Only through this
investment we will see the game and players grow.
European Championships 2014
England Touch referees are looking to implement
minimum attendance at England events and minimum
fitness requirements to be considered for selection for
the Euro’s as well as being eligible for subsidy.
Presenters
England hosted a Referee Recruitment and Retention Course (RRRC) at the
beginning of 2013 with 7 England referees in attendance. Following successful
attendance and completion of the course, England now additionally have:
5 x L1 Course presenters and L1 Referee coaches
2 x L2 Course presenters and L1 Referee coaches
England has been in discussions with the Touch Europe Referee Commission to
host 2 further RRRC courses in 2014. This will grow our network of referee
course presenters and help to spread the workload.
Referee Upgrades - In 2013, England had:
? 2 referees upgraded to Level 3
? 3 referees upgraded to Level 2
? 100 referees undertake a Level 1 course (not all have been assessed yet)
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Shelley Grace Quoted
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England Touch Association