Quote ="Mick Cranes Sidestep"If you are unhappy with the ref, report the performance to the loacl referees society - they will sort it out. However, if this is a schools game, it is likely that it could be a pupil who has done the short course for teachers that reffed the game due to many society ref's being at work during school hours.
I ref locally and have never done schools for this reason. I like to think I fit into category 1 - but 2 is subjective and every official is capable of having a bad game due to whatever reasons.'"
I am going speak to parents from some of the other teams and if they confirm that they have had issues with the same refs at the same clubs then I will email the refs society. It is very difficult as I would imagine they will take the refs side and put it down to inexperience.
Would the society send an assesor to watch them?
The bulk of the adult refs fall into category 1 and 2, with the bulk of them being very good, speaking to the kids to explain the decisions and generally clamping down on violent behaviour, the issues arise with the 15ish year old kids who are reffing there own clubs, as they know the coaches and the kids very well.
