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Exciting Tournament

Ryan Owens

Ryan Owens

Token Colonial
Level 3 Referee
I'm going to Newfoundland in two weeks to referee in the Under 15 National All-Stars tournament wherein the provincial teams (not clubs but select players from across the provinces) convene and compete. I got the invitation to this thanks to a good performance at the U14 National Club Tournament (this time, each province sent a single club - the club which won the provincial league). I'm very excited but also rather nervous. This will be a higher standard of football than I'm used to.
 
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Sounds like a great tournament. I'm sure you'll be fine
 
There will be plenty of national level referees there so I suspect it will be a fantastic learning experience.
 
Sounds great! Really missing my football at the moment :(
 
I only managed 3 games last season due to injury. Just hoping my treatment works
 
Yeah. That's exactly what I'm doing at the moment
 
What like making a sacrifice to the gods? :D

Seriously, I'm waiting on some physio, just want to avoid surgery if I can
 
I'm doing physio on both my legs because the muscles in the back are absolutely knotted to ****e. All this an only 19 years old!
 
I've basically got Osteoporosis. Something you don't really get until your 50+. Wouldn't mind but I'm only 28 :(
 
Taking calcium supplements and waiting on physio. Hopefully that'll do the trick
 
Thanks Lewys. I'm getting nervous now since I leave tomorrow and I've never flown. I received a message from the Canadian Soccer Associations' Director of Referees and Fitness and it looks like there is a symposium for two days before the tournament actually begins which is rather exciting. The schedule is as follows (I'm very excited to get some more instruction than we usually get - particularly the on-field component):

Saturday 16 July

19:00 hrs Welcome, Opening Remarks, Outline of the course/administration

Sunday 17 July

Breakfast

9:00 hrs Practical Sessions

AR Running Technique

AR Flag Signals-Basic

AR Decisions-Throw-in

AR Decisions-Goal kick & Corner kick

10:20 hrs Break

10:35 hrs AR Decisions-Offside, Basic

AR Decisions-Offside, Enhanced

Referee Skills-Basic

12:00 hrs Lunch

12:30 hrs Classroom Session

Pre-Match Preparation

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Fourth Official

Monday 18 July

9:00 hrs Practical Sessions

Referee Skills-Foul recognition

Teamwork-Fouls inside/outside penalty area

10:20 hrs Break

10:35 hrs Teamwork-Offside

Referee Skills-Managing penalty kicks

Referee Skills-Concentration

12:00 hrs Lunch

12:30 hrs Classroom Session

Recognizing Challenges

Handing the Ball

14:45 hrs Break

15:00 hrs Offside

16:00 hrs Education evaluation

Pre Tournament meeting with assessors in attendance

First day match assignments & Competition Rules
 
Ooooh exciting! Good luck with it. Be sure to let us know how it goes
 
Update number one is a short one, only to say that 4:30 AM came awfully early. I'll be heading out to the airport in about a quarter of an hour. I'll post again when I'm on the ground in Newfoundland! Cheers, lads.
 
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