Next Meeting - Tuesday 19th May (AGM)

Venue - Cambridgeshire FA 

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March Magazine

Click Here for a copy of our Monthly news letter for March. 

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The Norway Cup 2009

The athletic achievements and the joy of sports that the teams show make the tournament interesting and colourful in many ways. Norway Cup was founded in 1972 with 472 teams and through the years grown to approximately 1500 teams. The matches are played at Ekeberg fields and on other fields in near vicinity to Ekeberg. We invite referees to a pleasant stay at Ekeberg. If you are under the age of 18 please enclose a parental confirmation that you may participate in the tournament.  You have to be an active referee in your country to be selected.  

Assignments for referees in Norway Cup

To referee these games we are in need of approximately 350 football referees. The program consists of refereeing 2 – 4 games a day, either as a referee or as an assistant referee. We divide the referees into groups thus enabling us to get the right referee for the right game. We range the referees according to what division or level they are refereeing at. All games are important and it will therefore also be many interesting assignment for referees joining us for the first time.

For 11 a-side football we utilize authorized county referees. Recruiting referees and club referees will mainly be given 7 a-side matches. Although we make this selection, the referees compete to referee games in the play-offs and finals in the classes they have refereed in.  

This is your bonus for refereeing in Norway Cup

Norway Cup gives you the opportunity to develop as a referee. You will be given many interesting assignments and we have a very skilled observer corps that will guide you. The matches in Norway Cup offer many challenges that you will not normally come across. Foreign teams from several continents provide a challenge, from the sporty point of view. You will enjoy yourself both off and on the fields.  The total is a very exciting week. Refereeing in Norway Cup will not make you rich, but a nice fee will be paid for each match.

This is the accommodation for referees in Norway Cup

The referees live in a school in close vicinity to the Ekeberg fields. In the school you are accommodated in dormitories. You will be given a bed and a mattress and all the meals are in the school. You need only to bring your referee equipment, normal clothes, sleeping bag and toilet articles. There is safety boxes in the school where you may place your valuables instead of having it easy accessible in the class room or on the fields.

You will make many new friends in Norway Cup. Norway Cup is a good opportunity to make new friends amongst the referees. Referees from all of Norway as well as referees from many countries are gathered at   Ekeberg. Your network will widen and you may require many new relations both professionally and private. You will improve your skills as a referee because the observers and guardians follow your progress. In addition you have the wonderful social atmosphere during the tournament week.

Click here for entry form if you wish to go.


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January/February Magazine

The latest version of our monthly magazine has been uploaded Click Here to download it or visit the Newsletters Page.

February Meeting

Due to unforseen circumstances our pre arranged guest speaker Steve Bennett, had to withdraw from the meeting last minute. Thankfully our local National List Referee Darren Deadman stepped in to assist us. He ran an excellent evening on recognising and acting on challenges. He showed us clips from a prozone DVD, then we discussed them and decided on what action should be taken. Sometimes this left a split room on what action would be taken! I think everyone learned something from the evening which was a great success. Once again we would like to thank Darren for helping us out at such short notice.

Pictures from Sunbowl

4 referees from Cambridgeshire travelled to the tampa bay sunbowl in Florida this Christmas click here to see some pictures

Buy At Offers

A great deal from Sky

Sky will offer Cambridge Referees Society a cash reward for everyone that registers via www.buy.at/cambsra.

As always there are a number of benefits for new Sky customers including free Sky Talk Freetime which means all weekend and evening calls are free.

Discipline Reports

Presently, our computer system converter programme cannot convert these files and we are unable to open your reports. If you find when you have compiled your report your pc gives you the option to save the document as …save as .xlsx please would you save it in 2003 format (.xls) which can easily be done by clicking the File tab and {save as} and then selection 1997-2003 format and then sending it to us at (discipline@cambridgeshirefa.com) in the normal manner.

We hope this problem will be rectified in the not too distant future, but if you could help us by following these instructions until notified otherwise it would be greatly appreciated. Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience, but it is entirely out of our control. If you have any problems following these guidelines, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you again for your help. 

Colin Hills

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