Hi,
Dad of a newly qualified 14yo ref here. He's had four games to ref over the past two weekends in a local girls league, including two with offsides, from U11 up to U13, and has been doing pretty well. This next weekend however he's been scheduled a match by another league that clashes with the ones the girls league has scheduled.
The girls league has scheduled him 3 back-to-back U10s and U11s games (without offsides); the other league (boys) has scheduled him an U12 game (with offsides) which clashes with the two later girls games.
The girls matches he's been notified about via an FA Full Time email yesterday; the boys match he's been notified by the coach of the home team today but the appointment has gone onto Full Time as well, but no email's gone out for some reason.
My thoughts objectively are that the U12 boys match would probably be better experience and another tick towards the "5 matches with offsides" goal to "qualify".
What's the etiquette here? I know there's appointment precedence when it comes to cup competitions, but is there any equivalent when it comes to leagues, e.g. the older team takes priority?
Obviously don't want him to annoy any league referee co-ordinators, but clearly he can't do all 4 matches - he can either do all 3 girls matches; or 1 girls match and the boys match; or - possibly? - 2 girls matches and the boys match if they agreed to delay the boys kick-off by 15 minutes...
Also, if it makes any difference (and for me it shouldn't because I think he's sensible enough not to let it affect him) - the boys match he's been assigned to happens to be his younger brother's team...
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Dad of a newly qualified 14yo ref here. He's had four games to ref over the past two weekends in a local girls league, including two with offsides, from U11 up to U13, and has been doing pretty well. This next weekend however he's been scheduled a match by another league that clashes with the ones the girls league has scheduled.
The girls league has scheduled him 3 back-to-back U10s and U11s games (without offsides); the other league (boys) has scheduled him an U12 game (with offsides) which clashes with the two later girls games.
The girls matches he's been notified about via an FA Full Time email yesterday; the boys match he's been notified by the coach of the home team today but the appointment has gone onto Full Time as well, but no email's gone out for some reason.
My thoughts objectively are that the U12 boys match would probably be better experience and another tick towards the "5 matches with offsides" goal to "qualify".
What's the etiquette here? I know there's appointment precedence when it comes to cup competitions, but is there any equivalent when it comes to leagues, e.g. the older team takes priority?
Obviously don't want him to annoy any league referee co-ordinators, but clearly he can't do all 4 matches - he can either do all 3 girls matches; or 1 girls match and the boys match; or - possibly? - 2 girls matches and the boys match if they agreed to delay the boys kick-off by 15 minutes...
Also, if it makes any difference (and for me it shouldn't because I think he's sensible enough not to let it affect him) - the boys match he's been assigned to happens to be his younger brother's team...
Thanks in advance for any advice!