PLEASE NOTE: THE MINIMUM AGE TO ATTEND A BEGINNER REFEREE COURSE IS 15 YEARS. THS AGE REQUIREMENT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
If accepted, you may be invited to attend a Beginner's Course immediately, or you may be included on a wait list to start in the next course.
The Beginner Referee Course will cost $100 which includes:
- Course instructor and training materials;
- Whistle and lanyard;
- On-court mentoring with an experienced official as long as required;
- A loaned green shirt that identifies each trainee as a beginner referee, which is to be returned to the Association in good condition after the referee is graded to C Grade, at which time the referee will be supplied with a striped shirt at no further cost.
After attending the course trainee referees will be required to referee a minimum of three (3) games a week with a mentor referee as a shadow, to put the theory that they have learned into practice. Obviously the more games a trainee works, the more chance they have to improve.
For more information about the Beginner Referee training, please read our FAQ page HERE.