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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Referee’s secretary warns of crisis
By Ivan Neill
A stern warning was issued at the annual Mayo Bord na nOg GAA Convention in Castlebar last week that unless the problem of referees shortage in the county was addressed immediately the Board could face a crisis in two to three years time.
Secretary, Sean McEil, in his annual report to the Convention at the Welcome Inn Hotel, made a special appeal to try and recruit new referees.
He pointed out that if the recruitment drive was unsuccessful it would limit the number of game that could be played on any one evening or,indeed, on any weekend.
“I am appealing especially to clubs who have no referees, either at under-age or senior level, to forward names of people willing to undertake the job of refereeing”, said the secretary.
He stressed that a referee had a vital part to play in the association and that it was, in the main, very rewarding.
“There will always be criticism because refereeing is not an exact science”, he added.
The secretary went on: “All we can do at under-age level is to ensure that our players are more skilful, hence the continued emphasis must be on more coaching.
“ A lot of good work is being done with development squads and the School of Excellence and great credit must go to the Coaching Committee and the Games Promotions Officers”, he added.
He said that many clubs were doing excellent work with coaching but that some clubs were doing very little.
“This is not a criticism, but simply identifying where more work can be done”, he stressed.
Soccer, he added, had a huge advantage over their games in the publicity it gets in the press and television.
“That requires all of us to work very hard at promoting and developing our games.
“It’s not easy, but by working together it can be made a little easier”, concluded Mr McEil.
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