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Thursday, May 07, 2009
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), thanks to a $1.2-million sponsorship deal with Digicel, has launched a programme aimed at the recruitment of school teens to become referees.
Digicel sports sponsorship manager, Paula Pinnock-McLeod (left), presents a symbolic cheque to chairman of the JFF Referees Committee, Peter Prendergast, at the launch of the Kick Start Football Clinics at the Barbican Sports Complex on Tuesday.
According to chairman of the JFF Referees Committee, Peter Prendergast, the programme is "geared towards capturing the interest of our young people, by exposing them to another facet of the beautiful game".
The programme was scheduled to start on Monday and will last for eight weeks ending on Saturday, June 20. Two hundred male and female students between the ages of 15 and 17 years from approximately 20 schools across the island will participate in what promises to be an exciting and innovative programme.
Participants will be drawn from the four confederations - Eastern (30), South Central (50), Western (50), and KSAFA (70).
The programme will consist of theoretical and practical sessions, divided into two segments, one day per week after school. To be conducted on the participating schools' grounds, the sessions will run for two hours and on Saturdays at the training facility determined by the parish organisers.
Certified instructors will conduct the courses and trainees will sit the referees examination to achieve certification.
Programme director, FIFA referee instructor Prendergast says the JFF is pleased to be involved in the initiative. "The unearthing of new talents in the field of match officiating is essential to the growth of football, the programme is a stepping stone in a bid to improve the standard of refereeing in Jamaica, and provide a continuous supply of competent world class referees," said Prendergast, who officiated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan/South Korea.
Digicel's sports sponsorship manager, Paula Pinnock-MacLeod, said "as sponsors of the JFF referees, Digicel is delighted to be onboard and pleased to support a programme that will not only provide an avenue for the development of football, but will also provide an alternative opportunity for so many high school students to get involved with the sport".
Once the students have successfully completed the programme, they will be injected into the refereeing body and will be used to officiate in matches at the prep and high school levels.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport..._PROGRAMME.asp
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), thanks to a $1.2-million sponsorship deal with Digicel, has launched a programme aimed at the recruitment of school teens to become referees.
Digicel sports sponsorship manager, Paula Pinnock-McLeod (left), presents a symbolic cheque to chairman of the JFF Referees Committee, Peter Prendergast, at the launch of the Kick Start Football Clinics at the Barbican Sports Complex on Tuesday.According to chairman of the JFF Referees Committee, Peter Prendergast, the programme is "geared towards capturing the interest of our young people, by exposing them to another facet of the beautiful game".
The programme was scheduled to start on Monday and will last for eight weeks ending on Saturday, June 20. Two hundred male and female students between the ages of 15 and 17 years from approximately 20 schools across the island will participate in what promises to be an exciting and innovative programme.
Participants will be drawn from the four confederations - Eastern (30), South Central (50), Western (50), and KSAFA (70).
The programme will consist of theoretical and practical sessions, divided into two segments, one day per week after school. To be conducted on the participating schools' grounds, the sessions will run for two hours and on Saturdays at the training facility determined by the parish organisers.
Certified instructors will conduct the courses and trainees will sit the referees examination to achieve certification.
Programme director, FIFA referee instructor Prendergast says the JFF is pleased to be involved in the initiative. "The unearthing of new talents in the field of match officiating is essential to the growth of football, the programme is a stepping stone in a bid to improve the standard of refereeing in Jamaica, and provide a continuous supply of competent world class referees," said Prendergast, who officiated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan/South Korea.
Digicel's sports sponsorship manager, Paula Pinnock-MacLeod, said "as sponsors of the JFF referees, Digicel is delighted to be onboard and pleased to support a programme that will not only provide an avenue for the development of football, but will also provide an alternative opportunity for so many high school students to get involved with the sport".
Once the students have successfully completed the programme, they will be injected into the refereeing body and will be used to officiate in matches at the prep and high school levels.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport..._PROGRAMME.asp