Dodgy eyes

[Mick.]

I wear glasses for reading and would not need them to officiate (although I am sure players/spectators etc will at some point find the need to contradict me). However, I find that the match records generally are printed quite small and reading the bits and bobs on them would be a challenge. Does anyone know of any match records that have bigger writing or bigger spaces to write in? Or will I just have to learn where things are and hope that I can read my writing later when I am writing up match reports?

 

[MattyontheWhistle]

I wear glasses for reading and would not need them to officiate (although I am sure players/spectators etc will at some point find the need to contradict me).

Lol. Noone ever suggested I wear glasses - but I have been asked a few times "What game are you watching?" (I'm always tempted to reply "I try to imagine it's Barcelona/real Madrid, but that's impossible today!")

If you are talking about the record cards u use during the game - I have a couple of different systems.

http://refsworld.com/index.php/english/wallets/refsworld-rw-pack.html

These cards are re-usable, easy to clean and are superb in the wet if you use the pen that comes with them. The 'colour-coding' makes it very simple to use at-a-glance. Might be good for you if you are struggling close-up.

I have also made my own paper ones in Excel to fit another wallet, but these are much smaller.

A couple of our Federation Refs simply use a blank piece of paper, and write as they go:

YC - Blue 6. John Smith. Late Tackle. 15m
GOAL - Red 9. 18m
2YC - Blue 6. Dissent. 18m. "A fkin mile offside ref for f###s sake!"
etc

 

[Mick.]

Cheers mate. Never occurred to me to just use blank paper doh!

 

[Ross]

Contact lenses would be the only option for me as my eyes have got progressively worse. Even using blank paper I think I'd struggle to read what's on it