| Mar 2007 |
County Cup Final
appointments. |
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| Name |
Cup |
Appointment |
Competitors |
Date |
Venue |
| A Howitt |
Senior Cup |
4th Official |
Lincoln City v Scunthorpe United |
tbc |
tbc |
| M Massingham |
County Sunday Cup |
4th Official |
Seven Seas v Golden Eagle |
tbc |
tbc |
| N Burton |
County Women's Cup |
Assistant |
Lincoln City / Nettleham v Scunthorpe
United / Rushcliffe |
tbc |
tbc |
| S Carter |
County Women's Cup |
Assistant |
Lincoln City / Nettleham v Scunthorpe
United / Rushcliffe |
tbc |
tbc |
| B Hannigan |
County U16s Cup |
Assistant |
tbc v Boston Town / Appleby
Frodingham |
tbc |
tbc |
| S Beswick |
County Girls U16s Cup |
Referee |
Rushton Sports / Wyberton Wildcats v
Grimsby Town / Birchwood Colts |
tbc |
tbc |
| A Sharrock |
County U14s Cup |
Assistant |
Birchwood Colts / Lowlands Uniited v
Clee Community / Discoveries |
tbc |
tbc |
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| Feb 2007 |
Grantham Journal helps with Referee Recruitment
John Burgess, Sports Correspondent for the Grantham Journal, has
published an article on the 16th February 2007 edition which is aimed at
helping the Grantham Referees recruit more referees in to the game at
local level. Mick Massingham said "It is fantastic for our local
paper to pitch in and help referee recruitment; we have already
been inundated with enquiries". Grantham Town football
club have also offered the use of their facilities after their
Marketing Manager read the article in the Journal. |
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Quiz
Night – Great Success!
Nineteen
teams took part in the Associations’ Annual Charity Quiz run as usual by
Keith Noble on Friday 9th February 2007. What a
turn out – thanks to everyone supporting this event, and even more
importantly raising a lot of money for charity. Regular
contestants were dreading some of the questions that Keith would pose as
he has recently been a convert to the Web. The the top three
were:
| 1st.
Acme Thunderer |
112 points |
| 2nd.
Top
Banana |
102 points |
| 3rd.
To be
Inserted Later |
101 points |
Successful
nights like these have people working hard behind the scenes as
our Chairman, Mick Massingham, reiterated on conclusion of the
quiz. Our thanks go to
Keith “Quiz Master” Noble, his wife June and Sue Larkin
for being the marks women, Pete Sharp and Nigel Burton
for running the raffle, and finally, a big thank you to
Grantham Railway Club for letting us have the use of their
facilities and the hard working Paul Ledenham
who ensured that drinks flowed freely. |
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| Jan 2007 |
Peter Jones, Customer Relations Manager at Leicester City and a former FIFA Referee & Premier League match official,
came to
speak about his experiences at our meeting on 25th January 2007.
Peter is also a UEFA observer / assessor and has had numerous high profile Referee appointments which
include:
FA Cup Final 1999 Man Utd v Newcastle Utd
Coca Cola Cup Final 1998 Chelsea v M'boro
Charity Shield 1997 Man Utd v Chelsea
Peter had the whole audience in the palm of
his hand, laughing at the hilarious incidents and jokes, and in
total awe of his knowledge of the top Referees and his
refereeing experience. The highlight of the evening was
the passing around of the FA Cup medal which he did manage to
get back, eventually. It is a rare talent for someone to speak
for an hour unscripted without loosing the audience. Peter
was a close friend of Martyn Short's; his trip was in tribute to
our former Vice Chairman and it was really appreciated by all.
Thank you, Peter and hope to see you again soon. |
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| Nov 2006 |
Sarah Teal from Lincolnshire FA came to speak
about Disabled Football and how Referees can help at our meeting in
November 2006. Sarah has played a major role in encouraging youngsters
in to the game from all backgrounds including the disadvantaged and
disabled. Well done Sarah, everyone enjoyed your presentation and the
passion that you portrayed. |
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Adey Johnson
is to be the whistle blower in the County Senior Trophy quarter-final on
2nd December 2006 between Bourne Town and Bottesford Town; the men on
the touchlines will be Bill Hannigan and Nigel Burton. Also
congratulations go to Simon Carter on his U18 County Cup appointment on
7th January 2007. |
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| Oct 2006 |
Congrats to all officials given recent
County Cup Appointments as listed
below:
| September
2006 |
October
2006 |
| A Green, A Howitt, A Johnson
& J Morrisey |
County Senior
Shield |
A Howitt, S Beswick & B
Hannigan |
County Senior
Trophy |
| J Drew & B Hannigan |
County Junior
Cup |
S Carter, M Massingham, J
Morrisey, P Sharp & T Sharrock |
County Junior
Cup |
| J Drew & M Massingham |
Sunday Cup |
J Morrisey, T Sharrock & D
Tutty |
Sunday Cup |
| N Burton, J Drew & D Tutty |
U18 |
S Carter & C Pound |
U16 |
| A Green & D Hibbert |
U12 |
W McIntosh |
U14 |
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| Sep 2006 |
Neale Barry the legendary
Premier League referee, and now of The FA, came to G & D RA to give an update
from the FA on refereeing matters, and talk of his experience as a
premier league official at our meeting on 31st August 2006. It was
good to hear that Neale is getting the FA to adopt a more professional
and practicable approach in the Training & Development of future top
level Referees. Well done Neale, everyone who attended enjoyed the
insight you provided. |
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New Referees roll up
- Six delegates have turned up on the first day of the new referees
course that started on 5th September. Les Burrow, Training
Officer, was delighted with the turnout, but said that the other volunteers on
his list that failed to turn up on the first day can still attend the next session.
Les gives an open
invitation to anyone else that would like to join in. Contact
Les
NOW to start the course at 7:30pm on 12th September 2006,
at the Railway Club, Grantham. |
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200 Club Tickets -
Nigel Burton is now selling 200 Club tickets for this season, book yours
now - email
Nigel, and hurry whilst stocks last; they are going like hot cakes. |
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| Aug 2006 |
Referee for the
Disabled - Lincs FA are looking to train up some referees to
officiate in matches for the disabled and are running courses in
September 2006. If you are interested in attending the course
please contact
tracy.nixon@lincolnshirefa.com or contact her on 01522 524995, and
read the document opposite giving all the background information. |
 Train
to Referee the Disabled
 Train
to Referee the Disabled |
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| July 2006 |
Jewellery - The FA lay the law
down. Neil Barry, Head of Refereeing at the FA, has reiterated
that officials are to ensure that players are not to wear jewellery of
any kind. Read the full instructions from Neil here in either word
or acrobat format. |
Jewellery
Instructions
Jewellery
Instructions |
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Lincolnshire Youth Games 2006. Three Referees from
Grantham volunteered to help at this years games held at the Meres
Stadium, Grantham. The Football Festival, aimed primarily at Girls
in Year 4/5 and Boys with disabilities, was a huge success. The
standard of football on display and the enthusiasm of the participants
was fantastic, and the support given to the officials by Sarah Teal,
Derek Elmhirst and Stacie Neal was superb. The boys in black
(actually purple on this occasion) were Nigel Burton, Bill Hannigan and
Pete Preston. |
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