NORTH WEST SYDNEY FOOTBALL REFEREES ASSOCIATION
North West Sydney Football Referees Association (NWSFRA) is one of the largest associations in NSW with over 450 referees. Our referees are appointed to local grassroots competitions (NWSF), school matches, state competition football, such as Youth and Premier league. Based in the Ryde/Gladesville-Hornsby district, our match officials are trained, certified and assessed on their abilities to provide safe, fair, and enjoyable experiences for players, coaches, and spectators. Our referees are invested in the Football Referee Development Panel, NSW State League Football Referees Association, as well as Youth League and A-League Men's and Women's.
Wet weather
There is significant rain predicted for this weekend. If there are ground closures, we will update the news item below. Dribl will also send direct notifications to referees who have been allocated.
Please do not call or text to ask if your ground is closed and instead check back here regularly. Assume your game is on unless you receive a notification from Dribl or see your ground listed on the website as closed.
For more information about wet weather, visit the library.
News and Events
If grounds are closed, we will update the list below.
Assume your game is on unless you receive a notification from Dribl or your ground is listed below.
Current status (25 April)
No grounds closed
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Appointments for 26-27 April 2025 are online.
We hope you had a relaxing Easter weekend. A reminder that the online request game function closes an hour before kick off. After this, you will need to call or text Appointments to request the game.
Happy birthday to
Stuart Booty, Ravindu Ranasinghe, Peter Steel, David Erwin, Evelyn Rogers, Gayna White, Edric Ng, Aidan Emeleus, Stephen Yeung-Lamko
Don't click the 'request contact' button in Dribl for a match. It sends us an email with no information and it will be ignored. Follow the admin instructions: email us during the week, phone appointments on the weekend.
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Nearly 30% of our referees don't have Dribl working. Click 'more' for details
The two main issues we covered are summarised in the links below. Please look through both of them so you're up to speed with the LOTG and administrative changes this year.
- Register as a "Learner" on playfootball. https://rego.prd.letsplayfootball.au/participant/product-details/65128933
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Complete the Free Online Laws of the Game -
https://learn.
footballaustralia.com.au/ training/index.cfm?event=page. login -
Complete Junior Football Match Official modules. $33 (+transaction fees) Prerequisites: Minimum 13 years old and have completed online Laws of the Games.
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Attend a Junior Football Match Official branch event. Prerequisites: Minimum 13 years old and have completed JFMO modules. At the moment we aren't running any more courses, however you can complete a course with another branch and then referee with us. Practical course search -
https://www.playfootball.com.
au/referee/find-a-referee- In the filter section, add in "junior football match official" this will be the course you will need to do.course# -
When you are done, email technical@nwsfra.com.au with certificate of completion and details of the course that you attended. From there we can sort out registration with our branch.
Any questions, please reach out to technical@nwsfra.com.au
Our administration instructions are clear on this:
Up until Friday evening, please email appointments@nwsfra.com.au with the details. Do not click 'request contact' in Dribl, as that triggers an email that doesn't tell us anything.
If there is a problem after Friday evening, call the Appointments mobile phone on 0434 537 900
Registration is on Play Football - search for North West Sydney Football Referees Association.
Once you have submitted your registration, please do not be concerned if it remains as pending for an extended period. There are numerous issues with Play Football this year, all of which are beyond our control. This has resulted in most registrations being delayed this year. This should not prevent anyone from refereeing and we will have a further update later this month.
Highlights
We recognise members for their contribution to the organisation and celebrate their achievements beyond their time at NWSFRA. The following members were recognised for their contributions in the 2024 November AGM.
15 Years Service
Ian Blackett 2024
25 Years Service
David Anderson 2024
5 Years Service
5 Years Service
Cadet of the Year
Charles Hollings 2024
5 Years Service
John Blackwell 2024
15 Years Service
Clare Lawrence 2024
5 Years Service
5 Years Service
10 Years Service
Robert Morfuni
5 Years Service
James Chan 2024
Tony Ho Game Management Award
Mark Sallway - 2024
President's Award
Shamik Paul 2024
Frequently Asked Questions
If you need more information please use the contact form at the bottom to get in touch with us.
- How do I transfer from another referee association to NWSFRA?
If you last Refereed as an Official within the last 4 years, you must obtain a clearance from the secretary of your current association and forward it to the NWSFRA Secretary. If you last Refereed as an Official more than 4 years ago, you must obtain a clearance from the secretary of your current association and forward it to the NWSFRA Secretary. You must also complete the New Referee course.
- How do I become a referee?
If you have never refereed before and wish to become a referee, you must complete the new referee's course.
Contact
We are currently situated at Christie Park where all our face-to-face events take place. Please use the information below to get in touch with various committee members.
Website Related Queries : webmaster@nwsfra.com.au
Other Queries : president@nwsfra.com.au
Preseason Trial Matches : appointments@nwsfra.com.au
Referee Payments : treasurer@nwsfra.com.au
New Referee Course : technical@nwsfra.com.au
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors for partnering with us to support grass roots football.
