Iowa Referee Academy for March 08
March 15, 2008 - Prairie High School, Cedar Rapids. This clinic will have speakers, an advanced referee clinic and much more. It's free. Register at www.iowareferees.org. More information will be posted as it's received.
Referee Certification for Spring 08
A referee certification course for Spring will be held on March 28-29. Please contact Bob Bergmann to get the latest and sign up or click here for a list of clinics a bit further away, e.g., Des Moines area. You can also visit www.iowareferees.org to sign up.
Interested in getting certified to referee? The club supports referee development, just as it does players and coaches. A class is almost always held before each season somewhere in the Ames/Story County. Contact Bob Bergmann (bagman774@msn.com) to sign up or to get more information. the class is usually a Friday evening and all day Saturday. While there is no official minimum age, most beginning youth wait until they are U12 or U13.
Referee Development
The Ames Soccer Club's director of Referee Development is Robert Bergman. His mission is to provide education opportunities for local referees and help ensure that clubs operate in a way that ensures referees are continuously trained and supported. If you are interested in becoming a referee, either as a parent to support your son/daughter's team, or as a teenager interested in earning some pocket money, please contact Mr. Bergman. We ordinarily have an entry level referee certification clinic in the Ames/Story County area before each season.
Club Referee information
All U9/U10 and older games will be officiated by a certified referee. All U6 games should be officiated by a parent referee. Most U8 games will have a certified referee, but teams should be prepared to provide a parent ref if necessary. Every team should have at least one referee (a parent, brother/sister, etc.). The younger teams will need them for their games, and the older teams will need them to enter tournaments.
All referee assignments are being made through Charlie Ramsay. If you want to be a referee for the club or need a referee for a make-up game please contact him by email at socrdude74@msn.com or call him at 641-430-9071.
All U10 and older games need to be rescheduled through Charlie. U8 games may be scheduled independently if you do not want a referee. PLEASE DO NOT RESCHEDULE GAMES FOR TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. Please give Charlie AT LEAST 10 days notice.
U6 games may be rescheduled at the coaches' convenience, since the club does not provide referees and there should not be an instance in which all the fields are full.