We are very short of parents in the U13 & U15 age groups who are officials.
We recently had to call on Charlotte & Matt Viner to cover the Cardiff YDL Lower match (as well as officials from Bristol & West) to ensure that we did not lose points, as officials contribute to the team’s points in the both the YDL Lower & Upper Leagues as well as the senior leagues that we compete in.
There is a field level 1 course on Sunday 3rd July in Yeovil.
It should go without saying that competition simply cant go ahead if there is nobody to measure and record athletes times heights or distances.
This season, the club would desperately like to hear from more people willing to help us with our officiating commitments.
Our Officials Coordinator, Andrew Moyes, tells us “we are short of officials for many competitions over the coming season, with a very worrying zero volunteers for one of the competitions”.
THE MORE OFFICIALS WE HAVE…
England Athletics are running online courses and the club would be willing to pay for any of our members (must be aged 16+) or parents to take them.
Anybody interested would need to;
When you have created an account, the first thing you will need to do is complete a Health & Safety course, before you can book any Officiating courses.
When you have completed the Health and Safety course you will be able to book on to an Officiating course.
Pat & Tony need your help!
With an even larger competition load this year our officials are going to be stretched to their limits. We are desperate for more people to help them out and share the load.
