London open ref announcement

Hi!

So Ryan is head ref this year and would like to get in touch with all who have offered to ref games!

If people can lob their email and phone no on this thread or pm me thatd be great!

There will be a ref meeting on the morning of each tournament day and it has been pointed out that there is actually an NHA quiz on reffing on league of bike polo!

its here: http://ref.nahardcourt.com/the-rules-test-is-now-available/

take a look, you have to register to see it though, but there will be a pop quiz!

Looking forward to London bossing the shit out of the shit!

cheers
Nik

I stupidly read the rules, so I can now be considered available for reffing, Saturday and Sunday.

What an idiot. When will I learn etc.

I can ref the sat session that I'm not playing in.

Ryan has my digits

Ditt to the above, might even turn up to friday after 6:30, if that's any help?

Bill you taken the ref test yet?

Bill you taken the ref test yet?

If Landslide can pass without even reading the rules, then it must be absolute pony.

30 seconds for dissent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

In.

30 seconds for dissent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

2 minutes for verbally assaulting a ref,

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Bill will no doubt be enthralled to learn that I've now read the NAH rules and still passed the test.

Bill will no doubt be enthralled to learn that I've now read the NAH rules and still passed the test.

I amazed that you can read, actually.

Kriskropi@o2.pl or 353 851097708 and I can ref Saturday and Sunday if needed :-)

Nice one guys, thanks.

Dany, you can find my coord on the court building thread and I would be available to ref all but the seesion I'll be playing in.

great everyone! thanks for offering to help!

Reffing is a hard job and often heavily unappreciated. In order for us to have better reffing in polo, we need people to be willing to ref the game and make decisions without fear of attack (so that their judgement isn't clouded by being intimated by strong on court characters).

Obviously, we all make mistakes when we ref games and often, players and refs have very different perspectives based on what they can see. Towards the end of the tournament or in potentially contentious (in a big way) games it is useful to have experienced refs on hand.

However, This year to help combat this, Ryan has decided to come down hard on any players who feel it's ok to intimate refs! There will be a rule allowing any back chat deemed rude, offensive or untoward by the ref, that allows them to remove a player from the game (time tbc). Furthermore, Ryan, as head ref will be roaming and at any point if he sees a ref being intimated or being treated badly by a player will have the power to interject and remove said player from the game. Finally, if any ref feels that they need a 'helper' or more experienced ref to help, they will be able to request an assistant allowing them to have a confident ref available to give advice and back them up.

Obviously, Ryan will be having refs meetings at the beginning of each day to go over everything and of coure there will be room for questions anyone might have. At the end of the day, we all play the game and we all know the rules. All refs for the tournament will be provided with a copy of the ruleset and any less confident/experienced refs helped as much as they need. Ryan wants everyone to feel confident that under NO circumstances should they feel under pressure or threatened by a player. There will be a general announcement at the tournament covering all of this but to thse of you who are stepping up to help with this, cheers. You're awesome. And we have your back ;)

1. ryan
   
2. nik
   
3. bill (he's back!)
   
4. tim
   
5. gormley
   
6. chris sheffield
   
7. sevem
   
8. kropa
   
9. louis
   
10. jess
    
11. ben
    
12. jono
    
13. stan from krak
    
14. mat vidal/chukker
    
15. woody
    
16. josh
    
17. dan canterbury
    
18. nktshane
    
19. chris brighton
    
20. jamies brighton
    
21. mayeut
    
22. emmet
    
23. sean ?
    
24. aidan?
    
25. fin?
    
26. eddy
    
27. michael (johnny rocket)
    
    

the more the merrier!

Cheers Nik (& Ryan)!

Has it been confirmed which rule set we'll be using yet?

Also, what about goal refs?
And will there be dedicated timekeepers?

nah rules. goal refs in the group stages will come from winners, later on from the ref pool :)

timekeepers will be refs/ref assistants where poss. in later stages from ref pool

I would be happy to ref as much as needed.

The NAH rule-set is here: http://www.nahardcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nah_ruleset_v3_3.pdf

nice. there will be a laminated set at every court on the day. should issues arrive!

timekeepers will be refs/ref assistants where poss. in later stages from ref pool
Any harm in asking on the main thread for volunteers? There may be folk who don't feel confident enough to ref, but might like the experience/shadowing aspect?

updated list! look ^^^^^^^

if your name is down and you cant ref (i took some of this from the rego sheet) then score it out pls! :)

so here is the friday/sat ref schedule guys!

friday refs (14)

ryan
nik
bill
landslide
louis
jess
jono
woody
dan (canterbury)
chris (brighton)
jamie (birghton)
emmet
aidan
beagle

sat am refs (18)

ryan
nik
bill
tim
badger
kropa
louis
jess
jono
stan
vidal
woody
josh
nktshane
mayeut
aidan
eddy
michael

sat pm refs (12)

tim
landslide
ben
stan
vidal
dan
shane
chris
jamie
mayeut
eddy
michael

sunday refs will be worked out after the groups end on saturday. the list above should have everyone who volunteered and list you reffing the groups that you arent playing in. if any of this is wrong please let me know so i can make sure we have enough people.

also, bear in mind that we will try to have a time keeper where possible so 18 refs is really more like 9.

cheers!
nik

awesome news about cutting out the backchat nik and ryan. If thats the case im happy to ref if needed though it looks like you have it covered