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WESTERN
REGION
Welcome back!
It s hard to believe how quickly the
summer passes. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the season
ended.
I want to thank everyone that helped
out this year at Western Regionals. What a huge success! You all
went over and above and I definitely appreciate the help!
Congratulations to all of the Western
Officials who participated in the Provincial A’s, AA’s
and Nationals. You worked extra hard all season to get there and you
deserved the recognition!
Before you re able to
get started this year, you must be registered. It
is your responsibility to make sure
that you either fill out the paper work and
mail it in with payment or give it to your local association Referee
in Chief. Information and details can be found on the ORA web site
under “officiating”.
If your goal is to attain a position
on the list of eligible officials for Provincials, then you need to
travel to
some tournaments early in the season to be seen.
If you are having difficulties getting into a tournament or don’t
know who to contact, send me an email, and I will help you. A
reminder to those of you who are 18 or older, you must have a valid
Police Records Check done early in the season and mailed to the ORA
for
confirmation (police Record checks
are only valid for 3 years). Without the PRC, you run the risk of not
being eligible for Provincials or Regionals.
Clinic information will be available
on the Western Website, wrra.ca. Clinics are not mandatory this year
as this is an upgrade season, but if you are looking to move up you
will need to attend a 2/3 clinic and we will only be hosing 2 in the
region this year so please make sure you register online early.
Ringette Canada implemented some new
guidelines for officials taking the Level 2/3 clinics. They read as
follows:
The minimum age for an official to
attend a Level 2/3 clinic is 16 years of age as of December 31 of
that playing season. The official must have also attended a Level 1
clinic a minimum of two playing seasons prior to the current playing
season. Note: Any officials that attended a Level 2/3 clinic prior to
the 2006 season that are underage will retain their current level
and may continue to be evaluated to Level 2 or Level 3 accordingly,
and will not be required to attend another Level 2/3 clinic when they
reach the age of 16.
Last season our Western Region
Officiating Travel Program was a huge success! We provided officials
for over 300 scheduled A and AA games within the region. This system
received lots of positive feedback from both the officials and the
coaches so we will be using it again this year. This means that I
will
be assigning refs to travel to games
in order to make sure that there are qualified officials at every A
or
AA game in the region. If you wish to
participate in this program you can register at the western website
or
contact me directly at.
Your current rank must be 2B and you must be willing to travel in
order to participate.
As always we will be working on
trying to get an evaluator at every major event in Western Region. If
you are interested in being looked at
please contact me via the website and I will try and arrange it.
Unfortunately we did not get to see everyone at Regionals last season
so I know some of you are still looking for feedback.
I am looking forward to seeing all of
you on the ice this year, please don’t hesitate to contact me
if you have any questions or need some help.
Have a fantastic season!
Tania Pettitt-Tracey
Western Region Coordinator
(h) 519 656 9037
( c) 519 497 3463
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