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Thursday, August 27, 2015

2015 Football Brisbane Referee Finals Appointments




Hi Everyone,

Well it's late into Wednesday night, but I figured a quick post from tonight's Senior referee meeting, where the Finals referees were announced.  29 Referee Final appointments from 179 senior referees, it was a tough job by Ted and the Coaching Panel with stronger performances from the lower "weekend warriors" this year making their job more difficult.  A great problem to have in a refereeing branch anywhere.

So here's the list, with changes only likely if referees become unavailable.  A few Kanga Alumni noted and if they were involved last year, what game is indicated.
Assistant Referees to be appointed.

Football Brisbane Referees August meeting

U/18 Division 4 - Ryan Mooney




U/18 Division 3 - Patrick Dwyer

U/18 Division 2 - Brad Burton (Kanga Cup Alumni 2012)

U/18 Division 1 - Dylan Lambert (Kanga Cup Alumni 2012, stepping up from U/18 Div 2 last year)


U/20 - David Snape (Kanga Cup Alumni 2010)

City 7 Silver - Jeff Luhrs

City 7 Blue - Jose Neves (City 6 Blue last year)

City 6 Silver - Andrew McGrath

City 6 Blue - Derek Smith

City 5 Silver - Craig Reid

City 5 Blue - Steve Smailes (repeats same final from 2014)

City 4 Silver - Shame Holdsworth (repeats same final from 2014)

City 4 Blue - Tony Mortenson (Capital 3 Reserves in 2014)

City 3 - Jim Roddy

City 2 - Phil Tracey (Capital 4 Reserves in 2014)

City 1 - Joseph Lee (Kanga Cup Alumni 2009, Capital 1 Reserves referee in 2014)



Capital 4 Reserves - Duncan Mansfield

Capital 4 - Trent Sleeman

Capital 3 Reserves - Mathew Male (U/18 Div 1 in 2014)

Capital 3 - John Vasiliadis (City League Cup in 2014)

Capital 2 Reserves - Daniel Olsen (Kanga Cup Alumni 2012, U/18 Div 3 in 2014)



Capital 2 Adam Kersey 

Capital 1 Reserves - Isidro Terol Crespo (TPL U/18 in 2014)

Capital 1 - Casey Reibelt (SEQ Womens Premier League in 2014)


Canale Travel Cup - Paul Eldridge 















City League Cup - Jake Beith


Trophy Superstore Premier League - U/18 Cameron Fawcett









Trophy Superstore Premier League Reserves - Lara Smith (SEQ Womens Div 1 in 2014)


Trophy Superstore Premier League First - Nathan Macdonald (repeats same final from 2014)

Champions of Champions - TBC


Congratulations to everyone selected and best of luck to all Third teams over the Semi Finals and Finals in the coming weeks.   Great to again see KangaCup Alumni featuring in the Brisbane Finals and progressing well in National panels in the coming NYL season.

How has your end of season been?  Did you get the finals appointments you deserved or were you surprised?  Did Kanga Cup participation have a effect on your final 6 weeks of the season?

I'd love to hear your stories....

Enjoy your finals

KangaCupRef



Sunday, August 9, 2015

2015/16 Hyundai Aleague Referee Panels

Good evening everyone,

Here's the coming seasons HAL/ WLeague and FNYL panels released on Friday.  

As usual, I've listed the #futureelite referees first as they are the focus on this blog
Some alumni names from Kanga Cup appearing again - Daniel Olson, Aaron Galanti


Foxtel National Youth League 2015/16 Panel List


  • Adam Powers  ACT
  • Alex Twomey ACT
  • Alex Merkel   NNSW
  • Cameron Burns NNSW
  • Stephen Laurie NNSW
  • Adam Vainauskas NSW
  • Samuel Grasso NSW 
  • Matthew McOrist NSW 
  • Patrick Telecki NSW
  • Timothy Danaskos NSW
  • Cameron Fawcett QLD 
  • Daniel Olson QLD 
  • Matthew Male QLD 
  • Zac Keenan QLD
  • Aaron Galanti SA
  • Andrew Kite SA
  • Daniel Cook SA
  • Samuel Kuys SA
  • James Hortle TAS
  • Daniel Ilievski VIC
  • Jordan English VIC
  • Oliver Bannister VIC
  • Adam Bavcar VIC
  • Lachlan Keevers VIC
  • Joshua Nixon WA
  • Tom Dowle WA
  • Zach Piccicacco WA


Numbers on this panel are down from last season (43), due primarily to a restructure and reduction of the NYL to just ten rounds and consequently as a developmental phase a smaller group is necessary.  This restructure is clearly inline with the recently announced 20 year plan, where the NYL's place in the competition structure is aligned under the NPL as the 2nd tier of football in Australia and as a stage of development, not necessarily just a step below the Aleague panel.  So perhaps those not on the reduced list need to concentrate on NPL matches?

Westfield W-League 2015/16 Panel Lists


Westfield W-League Referees (8)


  • Kirralee Andruschak NNSW
  • Rebecca Durcau QLD
  • Kate Jacewicz VIC
  • Kelly Jones NSW
  • Rachel Mitchenson QLD
  • Katie Patterson NSW
  • Casey Reibelt QLD
  • Lara Smith QLD


Referees panel remains unchanted from last season, reflecting the consistency of this high performing group.  Qld referees still very strong within this group.

Westfield W-League Assistant Referees (14)


  • Danielle Anderson VIC - Kanga Cup Alumni, returner to the panel I believe from Shepparton
  • Avrol Beecham QLD 
  • Isabella Blaess SA - new to panel
  • Joanna Charaktis VIC 
  • Renae Coghill QLD
  • Lily David NSW
  • Delfina Dimoski ACT 
  • Sarah Drake QLD 
  • Allyson Flynn ACT
  • Eleanor Hayes NNSW 
  • Sarah Ho NSW
  • Laura Moya VIC - new to panel
  • Nia Southwell ACT - Kanga Cup Alumni
  • Sarah Wikeley TAS - new to panel


Westfield W-League 4th Official (2)

Maddison Kennedy SA
Liz Shorter NSW


Hyundai A-League 2015/16 Panel Lists


Hyundai A-League Referees (11)


  • Chris Beath QLD - Kanga Cup Alumni
  • Matthew Conger NZ
  • Strebre Delovski NSW
  • Shaun Evans VIC
  • Adam Fielding WA
  • Jarred Gillett QLD - Kanga Cup Alumni
  • Peter Green QLD
  • Kris Griffith-Jones NSW
  • Stephen Lucas NSW
  • Alan Milliner QLD
  • Ben Williams ACT

The top panel drops two (Lucien Laverdure VIC and Peter O'Leary NZ, retired).  Presumably out of this panel three will be selected for the full time positions, expected to be announced just before the season kicks off.

Hyundai A-League Assistant Referees (29)


  • Ashley Beecham QLD - Kanga Cup Alumni
  • Luke Brennan VIC
  • Wilson Brown VIC - new to panel
  • Paul Cetrangolo SA
  • Mathew Cheeseman WA
  • James Cleal NNSW - new to panel
  • Matthew Cream SA
  • Scott Edeling NSW
  • Allyson Flynn ACT
  • Ryan Gallagher NNSW
  • Andrej Giev NSW
  • Owen Goldrick ACT - Kanga Cup Alumni
  • Lance Greenshields NSW
  • Brad Hobson VIC
  • Sarah Ho NSW
  • George Lakrindis VIC
  • Andrew Lindsay QLD
  • Glen Lochrie NZ
  • Simon Lount NZ - new to panel
  • Nathan MacDonald QLD
  • Josh Mannella WA
  • Leigh Pigram NSW
  • Kearney Robinson NSW - new to panel
  • Mark Rule NZ
  • Anton Shchetinin QLD
  • Greg Taylor ACT
  • James Tesoriero NSW
  • Stephen Toth SA - new to panel
  • David Walsh QLD

The AR panel has the most movements effectively, with Hakan Anaz VIC retired after a successful World Cup performance in 2014, Jonathan Barreiro VIC moving to the 4th panel and it appears to have 5 new rookies making the step up.

Hyundai A-League 4th Officials (8)


  • Jonathan Barreiro VIC
  • Matthew Cropper ACT
  • Daniel Elder SA
  • Alex King QLD
  • Lucien Laverdure VIC
  • Trent Nash NNSW - new to panel
  • Rick Schneider SA
  • Luke Withell ACT

The 4ths panel drops down from 10, with effectively 1 per state.  Analysis of this group is difficult, as the top 11 referees are effectively a strong group with many years ahead of them and certainly several have goals to achieve higher games in AFC and FIFA in the next few years, so this panel may need to be patient.  But with only 8, they are likely to be kept busy

With 8 FIFA Referees and 13 FIFA Assistant Referees currently in the ranks in both Aleague and Wleague competitions, the quality of the game facilitation in the coming year is in good hands.

Congratulations to everyone who have worked hard to maintain or join the panels for 2015/16 - good luck with your season.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

2010 the Missing Year?

Morning everyone,
It's amazing what triggers you to start looking back inorder to look forward.
Whilst reviewing the Flickr feed of old pictures for some of David London I noticed, not for the first time, that nothing existed from 2010.  No album, no pictures on my current or last laptop and so I started digging around old USB drives and came upon a treasure trove of now dated but interesting pictures from five years ago.
Kanga Cup Referees 2010
Carotel Refs HQ 2010

And what a year it was - the Carotel Year I like to call it, or they year we went missing in north Canberra.  It had it all - Peter Walton, who was still on the English Premier League visited, mentored and stayed with the group, including a star performance covering a U/11 SSG game - it really happened.
Peter Walton Referees 2010
Peter Walton, David Ockerby, Heather Reid at Opening Ceremony

This year included the first visit from a foreign referee, Luke Grinstead from the UK.  Couldn't find any pictures of Luke in the ones I've found, but I'm certain they're out there somewhere.

Certainly a year for many highs and some lows I won't mention here, but it's interesting to now look back 5 years at the faces and think about where you were then and where you are now.


Kanga Cup Referees 2010
Kanga Cup Referees @ Opening Ceremony 2010
I asked this same question to the QSS U/12's State Championship referee group in Brisbane two weeks ago (sucker for referee camps).  For most of them it was their first time away representing their region and participating in a live away tournament.  The question on the last night was, where do you see yourself in 5 years with your refereeing?
Many of the answers were positive, some uncertain and a few perhaps will need some review along the way.  But they all had a excited vision, a goal to work towards and for many of them, 5 years is perhaps too long into the future, almost another quarter of their lives yet to be lived.  But it passes quickly.

So my question today, whilst I reflect on memories of people and places, have you realized your dreams and goals from 2010?  Or if that's too far away, finals are just around the corner for most of us - will you get the final / semifinal game you expected / deserved this year?  Was there a definite goal / desire and commitment to get that outcome reached this season?  Did you seek excellence this season, or was it just another year refereeing?
Or is it still on the bucket list?  And if so, why?

As Stevie sang, there's only five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes...how do you measure a year?


Enjoy the additional 184 photos I've uploaded - I have some videos of faces and Peter's presentation that I might upload when I get some more time.












Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Vale David London

Hello Friends,

It's with a heavy heart that I pass along the sad news that David London, Kanga Cup Academy alumni coach / assessor / Interstate Referees Coordinator has passed away on Sunday night.
David London 2011 Kanga Cup
In control at O'Connor 2011

David joined the adult assessing crew from 2008, along with his son Matthew participating as a referee from the Hunter Valley branch of Northern New South Wales.














David's time with the Academy included the transitional period, where the referees attending Kanga Cup went from being a social event with some refereeing during the day, the away years travelling at the Scots College / Carotell to 2011 when it became an Academy structure with improvements in educational values and under David's sometime firm teaching hand a more professional approach to referee development and administration began.


Opening Ceremony 2008

Coaches Dinner Out 2008


2008

David's influence was most notable at O'Connor fields, a venue he made his own with many SSG and U/12's taking place, usually in the role of Referees Coordinator.  His friendly, calm personality allowed strong bonds to form with the tournaments star teams, notability Adelaide City and Shingok, with the team's coaches always remembering to say Hi and handshakes all round each year they played at O'Connor and enviably during the finals.

Field inspections 2011

Lunch time at O'Connor


Admin 2012
The two David's together 2012

Cleaning up after the referees O'Connor


David took a year off after the 2012 tournament, attending a wedding in 2013 but I remember him calling at some point on Friday night at the coaches debrief missing the action from the week with my phone being passed around all the coaches so that everyone could say hi and retell the tall stories from the weeks competition.

The NNSW Football notice is here and the Celebration of David's life is at the Maitland City Bowling Club this Friday 7th August at 10am Memorial Notice.  I'll be attending to represent those who can't from Brisbane and the greater Kanga Cup family and would be happy to pass along any pictures or stories you may have of David.

We'll miss you mate, take care.