Harrow RA’s February 2020 Meeting

We were so pleased that Ceri Williams (pictured above), a 25 year old qualified physiotherapist and referee who represents FA Wales on the Women Assistant Referees’ FIFA list was able be our guest speaker at Harrow Referees’ Association on Monday 10th February at Tithe Farm Sports and Social Club, Rayners Lane FC, 150 Rayners Lane, HARROW, HA2 0XH.

In addition to being an Assistant Referee at FIFA Women’s matches: International Friendlies, Champions League Round of 32 and 16 matches and Euro Qualifier matches, and on the Women’s Welsh Premier League, Ceri referees in England and Wales, on the Women’s FA Championship and the Spartan South Midlands League in addition to officiating as Assistant Referee on the Isthmian and Southern Contributory Leagues and Cymru South Leagues.

Ceri spoke about her journey so far in refereeing, culminating in her appointment to the FIFA List at the age of 23 (the minimum age for that honour) and some of the things she has done/seen and gave us an expert’s insight into assisting with comms etc at a higher level.  Ceri also gave a presentation on Managing Confrontation. Members present thoroughly enjoyed the whole evening, including the great video clips and were able to ask many interesting questions of Ceri. Before the main meeting was a Young Referees’ Development Meeting which started at 7:30 p.m. for referees aged 14 to 26 years old. Parents are welcome to attend if driving someone to the meetings.