Peterborough & District Soccer Referees Association In Need Of Match Officials For The Season

The Peterborough & District Soccer Referees Association is facilitating a virtual community info session via Zoom for anyone in the community interested in becoming a match official, on April 6 at 7 p.m.

U-17 BOYS COMPETITIVE SOCCER EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT AT TRENT U APRIL 2019: BETH (MIDDLE) WITH HER ASSISTANT REFEREES LIAM WILLISTON AND JAMES MONTAGUE. (PHOTO BY PETERBOROUGH AREA DISTRICT REFEREE COORDINATOR, MICHAEL SMITH.)

This session is being held in hopes to address the the local match official shortage.

“Locally, we are at a crisis point, especially when it comes to recruitment of older youth and adults that can be eligible to officiate competitive matches,” said Beth McLelland, vice president of Peterborough & District Referees Association.

She notes that in 2019 Ontario Soccer registered over 9,000 Match Officials, while in 2021 they registered less than 3,500

The session will share what refereeing opportunities exist in Peterborough and surrounding area, the benefits of refereeing, and how to become a match official.

Anyone is welcome to attend the information session. There will be time at the end to ask questions.

To register for the session click here. Questions can be directed to ptbo.district.soccer.refs@gmail.com.

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