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Being ref can be a joyless task (in the recent Amsterdam tourney I got called all sorts of shit by a player who I made tap out, to the point where he was F-ing and blinding and calling it a conspiracy. Kind of put a dampener on my day). Obviously I hadn't turned up for this incident at Cambridge, but the ref should never be sworn at, bullied or otherwise made to feel shit. The ref is doing everybody a favour, and I completely understand why it put Andy off reffing the rest of the day.
What this resulted in was the later games being reffed by people I have never seen on a polo court, which is plain ridiculous. This in turn resulted in some clear fouls (like the one on Rik) being ignored.
We should all treat the refs with more respect, and we should all step up and ref once in a while. For a city with so many people who know the rules we (yes, I'm still a londoner at heart) have surprisingly few people willing to do said thankless task.