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Library Books
Just a reminder that every I.R.T. class, you can borrow a book or DVD, from the CDSRA library. To view a list of the titles, click here and/or contact Nik for availability.

Ask the Referee
Do you have a question about applying the Laws of the Game? Unsure of a restart, or the answer to those tricky, "what if..?" questions? Check out the Ask the Ref page! Ask the Ref is there for one to ask questions and see responses to previous questions. Thank you to our resident expert Richard Sansregret for answering the questions, and to Doug Huber for facilitating this resource.

Referee's Guide to Soccer in Calgary
(as of Nov. 11th 2012)

To avoid confusion about how Soccer in Calgary (and specifically refereeing) is organized, i.e. which organization is responsible for what, the following is a referee's reference guide.

Alberta Soccer Association (ASA): This is the governing body for soccer in Alberta and dervices its authority from the Canadian Soccer Association. Referees in Alberta must be registered with the ASA in order to be scheduled to referee in any sanctioned game in the Province of Alberta. The ASA database of refereee contacts is a valuable resource for communicating with referees. There website is www.albertasoccer.com.

Referee Development Committee (ASA RDC): This is the committee of ASA that handles referee affairs including education, assessments, upgrading (referee class vs the CSF rating system, see below), and scheduling referees for competitions like the AMSL and Provincials.

The sub-committee for the Southern part of the Province, including Calgary includes the below referee members:

  • Annette Cameron (Coordinator of Education South) Annette.soccermom@gmail.com
  • Leo Donlevy (Coordinator of Assessments South) leo.donlevy@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
  • Bill Buchannan (Coordinator of Assessments South) williambuchanan@shaw.ca
  • Referee Affair Committee (CSF RAC): This is the committee of CSF responsible for dealing with referee issues like the referee "rating" system, local league scheduling, setting game fees, complaints or other issues about or from individual referees.

    Current referee members of the commitee are:
    Maria Marshall
    Michael Pleiter

    Other important emails:
    CSF Referee Scheduler: ref.scheduler@subwaysoccercentre.com
    CSF Referee Payments: ref.payments@subwaysoccercentre.com

    Community News

    Spring 2012 CDSRA Newsletter
    In this issue…

    1. Upcoming CDSRA events
    2. Membership Renewal
    3. "Mass Confrontations" - by Paul Wyatt
    4. ‘You Are the Ref’

    Help Needed!
    Clubs in Calgary are looking for additional referees to help schedule community level games (U10, U12, U14 Comp A/B, U16 Comp B). If you are interested in picking up some games and helping out the clubs, please contact the individuals listed in the pdf file below.

    Ref Clubs & Contacts

    Many clubs offer incentives such as reimbursement of your ASA fees or %-bonuses if you referee consistently with their club.

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