The Referee's give up their time to officiate our games. Their contribution to Youth football is without question significant. The league as well as the F.A. will not tolerate poor conduct towards referee's and considers this paramount to the enjoyment of youth soccer by all. It is essential for the developement of our players that the Referee's decisions are considered final despite what may appear on television by managers, players and pundits, Good practice begins at U7 and developes habbits that run on through the whole of youth football.
List of Referees
| Name | Telephone | Mobile |
| Andrew Gough | 01884 255918 | |
| Blake Lugg | 01398 324211 | 07790 230233 |
| Cameron Xavier | 01884 259331 | |
| Chelsea Roast | 01884 251412 | |
| Simon Fowler | 01363 776789 | |
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This is a letter from Adam Hopkins head of Referee appointment and developement at the Devon FA
Referee Development
The National Game Strategy
The FA has a national game strategy which will be running from 2008-2012.
What does this mean for Referees?
The FA has made the following targets:
Have a new skilled workforce – Already in place through Referee Development Officer
Recruit 8,000 new Referees across the Nation
Retain 28,545 Referees
To achieve this in Devon we have to make our own Plans on how we think we can recruit and retain.
These ideas have been put forward through Consultation events across the county.
Ideas for Recruitment:
Offer better incentive packages
Clubs provide a referee when they affiliate to a league
Make the courses more interactive
Ideas for Retention:
Clamp down on player discipline, maybe by deducting points from teams involved
Make the fines higher for Referee Abuse charges
Pay Referees more money
Offer Referees better facilities
If you have any ideas that you feel may have a positive effect on refereeing in the County, do not hesitate to forward them to me.
Adam.hopkins@devonfa.com
07772 953003
01626 332077
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