It is with regret that I inform you that former Metro Women’s Soccer League Coordinator John Jukes has died. No word yet on the cause of death or details of a funeral.

John, in my opinion, could be considered a friend of referees. Although not a referee himself, he understood the trials and tribulations we go through and always supported referees in his dealings with teams and players while working for the Metro Women’s Soccer League. He was a constant fixture at Vancouver Area meetings, always providing information about the league and perhaps his attendance led to his understanding and support of the refereeing profession. John always had a positive demeanour and was always willing to talk with referees.

Obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time.

Sincerely,

Elvio Chies

President

 

Canadian FIFA Referee and RA member Michelle Pye has been bestowed with dual honours recently. She has been appointed to officiate in the girl’s tournament of the first ever Youth Olympics Games (YOG) in Singapore. The YOG tournament which features players born in 1995, will be held Aug 14-26^th.

Michelle was also announced as this year’s BC Soccer Association Official of the Year, the presentation which will be made at the BC Soccer Awards and Scholarship Celebration on the night of June 13^th. This is the second time she has been bestowed this honour.

The RA congratulates Michelle on her award and wishes her the very best for her upcoming appointment in Singapore.

Each year the CSA gathers all referees being upgraded to Provincial status to a national clinic. To be able to attend the clinic, participants must have passed an online exam, had the requisite number of assessments and taken and passed the fitness test held in their respective province.

The RA congratulates the aforementioned members on their involvement in this year’s clinic!

Join the KSRA World Cup Pool.

To complete the application please follow this link for the instructions.

• April 24/25 Ice Breaker
  April 23/24 Merritt High School *
  April 30, May 1, 2 Mike Bartram
  May long weekend KYSA Cup **

Members wishing information should contact the following people:

-For Merrit High Schoool Girls Tourney: Darren Clarke (deesee16@yahoo.ca) or Danny Nikolic (dusbra@shaw.ca)
-For all other tournaments listed: Danny Nikolic (dusbra@shaw.ca)

Interested in seeing how football referees and refereeing is perceived around the world?

               ‘The Referees’, a documentary from Belgium, will be shown during the Documentary Media Association’s (DOXA) film festival in Vancouver. Yves Hinant’s new documentary, ‘The Referees’, takes a look at what it takes to be a professional referee in countries where football is often perceived as a religion, and draws insight into the numerous grievances of the professional referee. The film will be showing at the Pacific Cinematique on May 13^th at 6:00pm. For further information please proceed to the DOXA film festival site. A review of the documentary can be located here.

The meeting is open to all members of the Referees Association. All participants are asked to RSVP to Provincial Secretary Richard Brownie (guild_ref@hotmail.com) so that numbers for lunch can be arranged.

The purpose of the meeting is as follows:

• To continue focus on the RA’s Business Plan 
• To approve election of officers (President, Secretary- both 2 year terms)
• To ratify Area Association-appointed Directors (Fraser Valley, Van. Area, Interior)
• To approve a budget for the coming 2010-2011 fiscal year
• To meet and re-acquaint with fellow referee colleagues

A Brainstorming session is being developed of which the topic will be announced shortly.

Those wishing to peruse the Currently the KSRA website (www.ksra.ca) is undergoing an update and will be up and running in the near future.