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

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.

Know your AFC Asian Cup 2015 Referees

Happy New Year everyone,

Well it's the AFC Asian Cup already - where did that time go??  A few days ago the panel of referees and assistant referees was released and 14 referees (3 reserve), 26 assistants (4 reserve) was released onto the net.  So given we have a rare opportunity to see the best officials from AFC in our own back yard, I figured it might be good to be able to put a face and a few facts to the list.  As per big tournament style, there are effectively 11 trios selected with reserves mixing in where needed.

The group is staying in Sydney and flying in/out of the 5 venues as appointed, with a three day window which looks like this:
Matchday -1 fly in to host city, met by Referees Liaison volunteer,  check in to hotel, light training session / relax / visit to ground?
Matchday - gameday, at the ground -3hrs prior
Matchday +1 - return to Sydney

There has even been some pre-tournament photos posted by the AFC on Facebook.  Hopefully more pictures will appear during the tournament and where possible I'll try and post appointments once they are released for those interested (hint hint Mr. Wilson). 

A full range of warm up matches have been keeping the local FFA boys busy, with some first international experiences for Kanga Cup alumni Owen Goldrick, Matthew Cropper, Daniel Olsen, Dylan Lambert, Luke Withell.
Well done guys, you can now sit back for a few weeks and watch the Current Elite do their stuff. 

Goodluck to all officials and the 4th team = volunteers. I'll be working with the Technical Study Group myself, so hope to get some great pictures along the way when I'm not running around Brisbane Stadium.


So here's the list - enjoy the tournament. Edit 9/1/15 - This list is not complete 

Referees

Ben Williams (Australia) 37yo, FIFA badge since 2005, You'd have to be living under a rock to not know the story on Ben - WC Finals 2014 (2 group games, 1st Australian to referee a 2nd round match) , AFC Ref of Year 2013, FIFA 2013 U20 WC, 2012 Olympics, AFC 2012 Asian Champions League Final, WC2010 Qualifiers, so here's a recent blog article from the Dutch Referee Blog

FIFA WC2014 Video Profile

© Gettyimages.com

Assistants

Matthew Cream (Australia)

Paul Cetrangolo (Australia)

Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain), 38yo, FIFA badge since 2008, attended 2011 FIFA U/17 WC, 2012 FIFA World Club Cup and WC2014.  Nawaf along with his Bahraini assistants Yaser Tolefat and Ebrahim Sabt officiated two matches in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. The first match was between Spain and Australia, few days later they received a call-up for the Portugal-Ghana match *Wikipedia

FIFA WC 2014 Video Profile

© www.zimbio.com

Assistants

Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)

Ebrahim Saleh (Bahrain)

Alireza Faghani (Iran), 36yo, FIFA badge since 2008, 2009 AFC Presidents Cup Final, 2010 AFC Challenge Cup (playoff match with the winner entering the 2011 AFC Asian Cup), 4th official WC2014 opening match, and is well know in Parramatta as the referee of the first leg for the 2014 AFC Champions Leg.  Currently refereeing in the Iran Pro League domestically * Wikipedia

FIFA WC 2014 Video Profile

© www.refereeffiri.persiangig.com/

Assistants
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)

Reza Abolfazli (Iran)

Ryuji Sato (Japan), 37yo FIFA badge since 2004, 2010 East Asian Championship, AFC Champions League 2012/2013/2014 and AFC Asian Cup (including a Wanders quarter final) and officiated on AFC 2014 Asian Cup qualifiers.  He officiates in the J League Div 1 domestically. http://worldreferee.com

© www.zimbo.com

Assistants
Toru Sagara (Japan)

Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)

Kim Jong Hyeok (Korea Republic), 31yo, FIFA badge since 2009, officiated in 2014 WC qualifiers, 

He officiates in the K-League domestically.

Image fixed  23/1/15

Assistants
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)

Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)

Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman), 45yo, FIFA badge since 2002, Olympics 2008 (becoming the first Omani to do so), shortlisted for WC2010 (including Aus -v- Bahrain qualifier), WC2014 qualifiers, AFC Asian Cup 2011, and 39 matches in the AFC Champions League since 2008.  A former solider, his one of the most experienced in the group. *Various sources

© Reuters

Assistants
Hamad Al-Mayahi (Oman)

Abu Bakar Al Amri (Oman)

Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia), 29yo, FIFA badge since 2011, AFC Presidents Cup qualifier 2012, U/22 Asian Cup qualifier, AFC U/19 Champions 2014, AFC Asian Cup qualifiers and most recently in the AFC Gulf Cup.  PE Teacher, Fahad officiates in the Saudi Pro League. *http://au.soccerway.com/

© www.refereesfifa.blogspot.com

Assistants
Badr Al-Shumrani (Saudi Arabia)

Abdulla Al Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)

Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar), 42yo, FIFA badge since 2006, AFC Asian Cup 2007 & 2011 (Aus -v- Iraq), 7 seasons of AFC Champions League, AFC U/19 Championships, U20 WC 2011 and WC2014 qualifiers.  Highly experienced, works in ICT and officiates in the Qatar Star League *http://www.worldfootball.net/

© worldreferee.com

Assistants
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)

Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)

Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE), 37yo, FIFA badge since 2010, AFC Asian Cup 2011 - 2013, AFC Champions League 2014 (Wanderers -v- Guangzhou Evergrande Quarter Final), AFC U/22 Championship Final 2014, AFC U/19 Championship 2014 *http://worldreferee.com/

© worldreferee.com

Assistants

Hasan Al Mahri (UAE)

Mohamed Al Hammadi (UAE)

Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan), 37yo, FIFA badge since 2003, FIFA 2007 U/20 WC, FIFA Club WC Final 2008 & 2011, FIFA WC 2010 (3 group matches, 1 quarter, 1 semi, youngest referee in WC2010) & WC2014 (3 group matches, 1 quarter final), AFC 2011 Asian Cup Final, 2012 Summer Olympics.  Exceptionally talented and a strong candidate for the final given his World Cup form, also AFC Referees of the Year on 5 separate years. * http://en.wikipedia.org

The Dutch Referee Blog article - Ravshan was awarded a car by his country for WC2014 performance

FIFA WC2014 Ref Profile

© www.toovia.com

Assistants

Abduxamidullo Rasulov  (Uzbekistan)

Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)

Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari (Singapore), 29yo, FIFA badge since 2012, AFC Champions League 2014, AFC U/19 Championships, AFC U/22 Asian Cup

2nd from the left © refereesfifa.blogspot.com

Assistants

Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore)

Jeffrey Goh  (Singapore)

Reserve Referees

Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia), 28yo, FIFA badge since 2012 , AFC Champions League 2014, AFC Cup 2014, AFC U/19 Championships

© refereesfifa.blogspot.com

Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka), 37yo, FIFA badge since 2008, AFC Cup 2008,2010-2014, AFC U/19 & U/22 Championships 

© refereesfifa.blogspot.com

Ng Chiu Kok (Hong-Kong), 40yo, FIFA badge since 2008, AFC Asian Cup 2009-2013, AFC U/19 & U/22 Championships qualifiers *http://worldreferee.com/

© refereesfifa.blogspot.com

Assistant Referees Reserves

Mohd Yusri Muhamad  (Malaysia)   -   reserve assistant referee

Azman Ismail  (Malaysia)   -   reserve assistant referee

Palitha Hemathunga  (Sri Lanka)   -   reserve assistant referee
Chow Chun Kit  (Hong Kong)  -   reserve assistant referee

Champion of Champions Pictures

Evening refereeing community,

Here's the results from today's Football Brisbane CoC Finals at South Pine Complex.  I managed to get over for the second half of the days action and pictures are now uploaded - Thanks to Ausref for maintaining access to this excellent resource of youth referee photos

U16 Boys Crew - Nicholas, Justin, John

Under 12 Boys
Palm Beach 3 v UQFC 0

Under 13 Boys
Buderim 4 v Coomera 1

Under 13 Girls
Woombye/Buderim 1 v UQFC 0

Under 14 Boys
Buderim 2 v Brisbane Force 0

Under 15 Boys
Musgrave 5 v Logan 1

Under 15 Girls
UQFC 3 v Caboolture 0

Under 16 Boys
Musgrave 4 v Noosa 2

Under 18 Girls
Easts 5 v Murwillumbah 1

Open Men
Broadbeach 3 v Easts 2

The U/16's was the highlight of the day, competitive, fast and end to end stuff.  Well done to all referees and #Thirdteam supporters.

Great to see so many coaches and mentors out supporting the #Thirdteam today.  Here's some of my favourite moments from the day....

Madeleine getting some tips from FIFA Ref Casey Reibelt and WLeague Rebecca Durcau

Senior Open Mens team job done after a ill tempered match - Anton, Rebecca, Daniel, Martin
 

Ted having a word with the next generation

Champions of Champions Finals Appointments

Afternoon everyone,

This weekend marks the effective end of representative tournament football for the season here in SE Qld . If you don't count the 3 weeks of Komodo U12 qualifiers commencing 19th October (for 2015's season), this Saturday's Finals will be the end of the junior season.

The last three weekends have seen local juniors still officiating in the post season Champions of Champions tournament, where the winning Clubs from each of the 4 SEQ Zones local community competitions compete at age group level with rounds in the Sunshine Coast, Gatton, Gold Coast to determine a ultimate Championship team for the combined zone.  Here's Football's SWQ promotion from earlier in the year.

The final is this Saturday and here's the appointments, to be held at Brendale.

Kick Off Age    Home Team Away Team     REFEREE        A/REF 1                   A/REF 2

9:00AM U12B  Palm Beach -v- Uqfc     Mackenzie Janes Dominick Murphy  Jamie Cunningham

9:00AM U12G  Woombye/buderim-v- Uqfc Callum Aitken  Gavin Hutson  Kyle Beasley

10:30AM U18G Eastern Suburbs -v- Murwillumbah Vanessa Martens Jamie Cunningham Dominick Murphy

11:00AM U13B Buderim  -v- Coomera Thomas Hammond Kyle Beasley  Callum Aitken

1:00PM U14B Buderim -v- Brisbane Force  Connor Russell Madeleine Rapisardi Thomas Hammond

1:00PM Open Mens Eastern Suburbs -v- Broadbeach United  Anton Shchetinin Rebecca Durcau Daniel Olson Martin Krenes (4th)

3:30PM U15B Musgrave  -v- Logan Fc Max Crane Madeleine Rapisardi Connor Russell

3:30PM U15G Uqfc -v- Caboolture Nicholas Pinna John Mcavoy Nicholas Eedy

6:00PM U16B Musgrave  -v- Noosa Justin Temple   Nicholas Eedy John Mcavoy

Great again to see Kanga Cup alumni Mackenzie, Max and Daniel all being appointed to these inaugural but potentially exciting and prestigious matches.

Good luck everyone and if you can, get down there on Saturday to support the Thirdteam.  Hope to have some pictures late on Saturday night online at www.flickr.com/Ausref

All over for another season...

Evening everyone,

Well the final whistle has been blown at Wolves and the 2014 Football Brisbane season has come to a close.  Lots of great refereeing crews working across the town today and yesterday, all doing themselves proud on excellent performances.

Nick, Vanessa, Kianna ready for U16 Girls GF

The pictures from today's venues are uploaded to Flickr, three venues (Rochedale, Pine Rivers, Wolves) - search via the venue or age group tag to find your pictures, under Ausref.  Thanks to Scott Ferguson for maintaining the access to this excellent service.  Please patronize his online referee equipment store Ausref

Here's my favourite from the day

Max wondering where Grace went - onto the next game

Congratulations to all the Kanga Cup alumni who took part in game this weekend and enjoy the off season
Only 286 days until Kanga '15


KangaCupRef

2014 Football Brisbane Finals Appointments released

Evening everyone,

Night two at QSAC for me this week, with the junior's meeting on Monday and tonight Seniors.

Here's the 32 Grand Final appointments as released tonight, of which 9 attended Kanga Cup at some point in their earlier refereeing career.


U/18 Div 3 - Daniel Olsen - KCRYA 2012

Daniel at O'Connor 2012

U/18 Div 2 - Dylan Lambert - KCRYA 2012

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Dylan at Harrison 2012

• U/18 Div 1 - Matthew Male 
• U/20 - Liam Jackson, formerly of Maryborough / Wide Bay zone

• City 7 Silver - Jeff Lewis
• City 7 Blue - Nik Fawcett - formerly of Gold Coast
• City 6 Silver - Chris Kenward
• City 6 Blue - Jose Neves
• City 5 Silver - Robert Brose, repeating Finalist from 2013
• City 5 Blue - Steve Smailes
• City 4 - Shane Holdsworth
• City 3 - David Porter
• City 2 - Darren Quinlan - KCRYA 2014 Coach and many years alumni from 2006
  Here's DQ in action at Technical training this year
• City 1 - Ashley Stout KCRYA 2011

• Capital 4 Reserves - Phil Tracey
• Capital 4 - Camelo Pulvirenti
• Capital 3 Reserves - Tony Mortensen
• Capital 3 - Scott Russell - Kanga Cup 2004 Alumni

Scott in action U/18 Final 2004 at Hawker

• Capital 2 Reserves - Colin Brooke
• Capital 2 - Rebecca Dureau
• Capital 1 Reserves - Joseph Lee - Kanga Cup 2009 Alumni - sorry Joey, no few pics from 2009 exist
• Capital 1 - Matthew Skinner

• Trophy Superstore Premier U/18 - Isidro Terol Crespo
• Trophy Superstore Premier League Reserves - Tony Sarai
• Trophy Superstore Premier League - Nathan MacDonald

• SEQ Womens Premier League - Casey Reibelt
• SEQ Womens Premier Div 1 - Lara Smith
• Elaine Watson Cup - Avrol Beecham
• *City League Cup - John Vasiliadis
• *Canale Cup - Jason Crow - Kanga Cup 2007 Alumni

* already held

Post season competition, new this year

• Champion of Champions Cup Play off - Martin Krenes
• Champion of Champions Final - Jarred Gillett - Kanga Cup 2004 Alumni   

Scott, Jarred and Norm - FB crew on Final 2004

England Exchange

The yearly exchange this year is all former Kanga Cup alumni - perhaps the boys can promote KC to the PGMOL for a Youth Exchange??

Andrew Lindsay - 2006 Alumni

2006 Final Team, Andrew second from right

Jason Crow - 2007

Greg, James, Jason (R), Mick on 2007 U/18 Plate Final

Congratulations to everyone on well deserved appointments and good luck on match day.  No doubt further Kanga Cup alumni will be Assistant Referees and Match Commissioning 

on some junior finals games in the next few weeks.

What is your local branch doing about promoting their referees outstanding performer's this year? How many Grand Final appointed referees in your State / Region can claim Kanga Cup alumni? - drop me a line I'd love to post further updates in the next few weeks.

Happy whistling this weekend, the end is in sight...

KangaCupRef