The members in Kamloops have elected Mario Salituro to be their new President for the upcoming year. This occurred at the recent. Annual General Meeting of the Kamloops Soccer Referees Association. With the exception of Secretary Neil Farber, a new slate was elected.

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.

       On November 24,2009 the Referees Association received a letter from the BC Sports Hall of Fame courteously informing the association that former Canadian FIFA Referee and RA Founding/Life Member Werner Winsemann was not selected as one of this year’s BC Sports Hall of Fame’s inductees. Werner Winsemann was a FIFA Referee for 10 years and was appointed to two World Cups (1974 W. Germany and 1978 Argentina) as well as two Olympic games (1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal. He is the only Canadian FIFA Referee to have refereed a World Cup match (i.e. in the middle) and also officiated on-the-line in the 1976 Olympics Gold Medal match. 
      The association submitted its original nomination in 1993 on behalf of the Vancouver Area Association. The current nomination is still valid for two more years. Should the nomination not be accepted during this time, per the Hall of Fame’s regulations the nomination must be tendered inactive for a year after which it may be re-activated upon request.           
      This year’s inductees will be announced to the media on January 7, 2010.

‘Who would be a football referee?’. This article by Jim White addresses the recent increase in abuse towards referees being observed at both the professional and amateur levels of the game, and tries to divulge the characteristics required to be a successful referee in this- day- and- age.

Really worth a read.

Click here for the pdf version.