The following note was sent to all club secretaries on 8th of October 2008. To date 1 response has been received:

Subject: referee contacts – Referee Association

As we begin to pull information together for the soon to be formed NRHA Referee Association, there will at some point in the future be a meeting called for referees to elect a chair etc. but for now the work in pulling much needed information is being done by myself and Derek Bell.

I would however like to enlist your help in obtaining up to date contact details for your club referees, or those that you are aware of:

This information in the form of
Name -
Address -
Phone -
Email address (for speed of information) -
Club -
Current grade -

This information will be used to contact the referees to
ascertain their current involvement,
inform referees of coaching courses,
inform them of assessment courses and appoint to premier league matches where appropriate – as is currently happening.
Additionaly this information could be used to keep up to date with general items to do with refereeing

I would appreciate if you can supply this information or pass on the message to other referees who can return the information themselves.

Can you please try to do this by the end of October 2008

Many thanks

Mike Richardson
Spinner65@sky.com

Any individual referee, national league or regional should also feel free to send information on themselves in case of being missed by club secretaries and not all are connected to a club.