Please help - we are in need of your assistance. The arbiter had a little screw up the other day and we do not know who reffed this game. We think it might have been a house league novice game, but we are not sure. Please post any information. Thanks.
Bluewater Referees Association
Wednesday 27 March 2013
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Pre clinic assignment 2012-2013
Here is the link to the pre-clinic assignment for Alliance Hockey. The clinic is on the 23rd of September.
http://alliancehockey.com/downloads/2012%20ALLIANCE%20HOCKEY%20HCOP%20PRE-CLINIC%20ASSIGNMENT.PDF
Dave
http://alliancehockey.com/downloads/2012%20ALLIANCE%20HOCKEY%20HCOP%20PRE-CLINIC%20ASSIGNMENT.PDF
Dave
Sunday 4 March 2012
Article of Clint Campbell
Below is a link to the newpaper article written about Clint Campbell. This article can be found in The Sports Report, a free newspaper found in various location around Lambton county. Enjoy and congrats again Clint.
Dave
http://issuu.com/sarniasports/docs/tsrfeb
Dave
http://issuu.com/sarniasports/docs/tsrfeb
Monday 30 January 2012
Adults in minor hockey need a lot of coaching, too
Adults in minor hockey need a lot of coaching, too
By Andrea DeMeer, QMI Agency
Posted 15 hours ago
Stop the presses.
It has been just revealed that parents and coaches contribute to aggressive and dangerous play in minor hockey.Up next in headline news: Smoking causes cancer.
In a survey published by the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, a majority of minor hockey referees blew the whistle on fans and coaches, saying they are often key players in games that skate out of control.
If an official can’t control a game, the safety of all on-ice participants is at risk.
Nine out of 10 referees reported being the subject of verbal abuse during hockey games, and nearly half of the
632 respondents have been threatened with physical violence.
Moreover — and perhaps ironically to some — these referees see what many folks in the stands apparently miss.
When grownups show a lack of respect for rules and a disrespect for officials, children are not far behind.
The glass at the rink works both ways.
If you are that red-faced, spluttering hockey parent hurling insults and making obscene gestures at the linesman, your child is likely on the ice engaged in his or her own trash talk, provoking his or her next concussion. Oh, and you look like an idiot.
Behaviour on the bench is even more critical, especially when young children are playing.
Coaches and trainers are role models. Their job is to teach skills.Skills include skating, stickhandling, also how to handle frustration, recognize that life — and sometimes even things more important like hockey — isn’t fair, and how to abide by rules even when you don’t agree with them.
Yelling at referees is so commonplace it is cultural, almost as much as the game itself.
But that doesn’t mean it can’t be changed.
Minor hockey associations should provide more education for parents about the game, the rules and the expectations.
There need to be tougher penalties for abusive parents.
Arena staff and managers should be more involved and empowered to remove disruptive fans.
Aggressive coaches need greater censure.
At the end of the day, the rink is the workplace for hockey officials and they deserve a safe and respectful one.
Even — you know — the blind ones.
Friday 27 January 2012
Referees abuse
Thanks Frenchie for finding this article - very interesting read.
Ref study offers shopping list of abuse
TORONTO - They have been spat upon, cross-checked in the head and sucker-punched. They have suffered sexual and homophobic comments and been grabbed by the throat. Players have fired pucks at them and parents have threatened them, sometimes making good on their violent promises.
Those are just some of the abuse listed by hockey referees — almost all from Ontario amateur leagues — who took part in a survey whose findings are published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
Ackery says he wanted to shine a light on the referee experience in hockey after having seen such encounters while playing in his adult recreational league, as well as hearing stories of abuse towards officials.
"I have witnessed some of these encounters and I think that referees really need to be commended for a tough job that they've been put into in this instance," said Ackery. "A lot of them do this for the love of the game, to get exercise, for camaraderie, and in this sport there's occasional abuse that happens.
"I think these referees should be commended."
The study was co-authored by Dr. Charles Tator, a Toronto neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital who is founder of the group ThinkFirst Canada — a charitable organization dedicated to the prevention of brain and spinal cord injuries — and Dr. Carolyn Snider.
Its objective was "to determine the perception and roles of referees about violence and injury in hockey games." "We found that hockey referees in Canada perceived a lack of discipline and obeying of hockey rules leading to an increased aggression and injury," the study concluded.
"Referees suggest that they are both physically and verbally abused. Referees feel that coaches are the most important individuals for determining player safety. This potential lack of respect and hostility for referees from coaches, parents, and fans creates an environment that may put all on-ice participants at higher risk for injury.
"These responses give new insight on the potential need to give referees more support, authority to discipline, and ability to educate participants with respect to on-ice safety."
The authors used a web-based study, contacting 21 referees-in-chief from all provincial and territorial Hockey Canada organizations as well as several private adult hockey leagues from April 1 to May 18, 2010.
Nine agreed to distribute the survey link to their referees. A total of 632 referees responded anonymously to the survey, with 92 per cent from Ontario.
The NHL did not allow its officials to participate, the authors said.
Officials ranged from children's recreational leagues to junior/semi-pro. There were pluses and minuses. More than 80 per cent of the ref respondents said they enjoyed the exercise or contributing to the game. Some 62 per cent enjoyed the "fellowship and friendship" of refereeing.
But 92 per cent said refs are targeted by verbal abuse and 46 per cent said refs are threatened by physical violence.
Players, coaches, parents and fans were listed as the source of abuse.
Some 71 per cent said games with verbal or physical abuse of refs by coaches, fans and parents lead to an increasing risk of injury to on-ice participants. Some 374 respondents listed specific examples that ranged from a parent breaking a referee's finger to a fan threatening to "carve out a linesman's eye" and an ejected player head-butting an official.
The authors noted there was "no active observation done in this study to either confirm or refute the opinions of the referees." Ackery says he would like to conduct further studies on the issue with a more finely tuned method. "Ultimately this study requires that we do some more further research looking into this. This is stuff that we have planned to further look into with more conclusive and more rigorous scientific data."
The authors also said this was to their knowledge the first study to measure referees' perceptions about hockey aggression, violence and safety.
"The debate about aggressive and violent play in hockey is a topic of considerable interest in Canada, with polarization between those trying to maintain the excitement and action in the game and those wanting to keep the participants safe," the study concluded.
"This present study demonstrates the need for further examination of the role of the referee in hockey safety, with measures initiated to allow referees more control and authority. The referees indicate that more needs to be done to enhance player safety and that this must involve enhanced education of participants, coaches, leagues, and parents."
Those are just some of the abuse listed by hockey referees — almost all from Ontario amateur leagues — who took part in a survey whose findings are published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
The study titled "Violence in Canadian Amateur Hockey: The Experience of Referees in Ontario" was headed by lead author Dr. Alun D. Ackery, an emergency medicine resident at the University of Toronto.
"I have witnessed some of these encounters and I think that referees really need to be commended for a tough job that they've been put into in this instance," said Ackery. "A lot of them do this for the love of the game, to get exercise, for camaraderie, and in this sport there's occasional abuse that happens.
"I think these referees should be commended."
The study was co-authored by Dr. Charles Tator, a Toronto neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital who is founder of the group ThinkFirst Canada — a charitable organization dedicated to the prevention of brain and spinal cord injuries — and Dr. Carolyn Snider.
Its objective was "to determine the perception and roles of referees about violence and injury in hockey games." "We found that hockey referees in Canada perceived a lack of discipline and obeying of hockey rules leading to an increased aggression and injury," the study concluded.
"Referees suggest that they are both physically and verbally abused. Referees feel that coaches are the most important individuals for determining player safety. This potential lack of respect and hostility for referees from coaches, parents, and fans creates an environment that may put all on-ice participants at higher risk for injury.
"These responses give new insight on the potential need to give referees more support, authority to discipline, and ability to educate participants with respect to on-ice safety."
The authors used a web-based study, contacting 21 referees-in-chief from all provincial and territorial Hockey Canada organizations as well as several private adult hockey leagues from April 1 to May 18, 2010.
Nine agreed to distribute the survey link to their referees. A total of 632 referees responded anonymously to the survey, with 92 per cent from Ontario.
The NHL did not allow its officials to participate, the authors said.
Officials ranged from children's recreational leagues to junior/semi-pro. There were pluses and minuses. More than 80 per cent of the ref respondents said they enjoyed the exercise or contributing to the game. Some 62 per cent enjoyed the "fellowship and friendship" of refereeing.
But 92 per cent said refs are targeted by verbal abuse and 46 per cent said refs are threatened by physical violence.
Players, coaches, parents and fans were listed as the source of abuse.
Some 71 per cent said games with verbal or physical abuse of refs by coaches, fans and parents lead to an increasing risk of injury to on-ice participants. Some 374 respondents listed specific examples that ranged from a parent breaking a referee's finger to a fan threatening to "carve out a linesman's eye" and an ejected player head-butting an official.
The authors noted there was "no active observation done in this study to either confirm or refute the opinions of the referees." Ackery says he would like to conduct further studies on the issue with a more finely tuned method. "Ultimately this study requires that we do some more further research looking into this. This is stuff that we have planned to further look into with more conclusive and more rigorous scientific data."
The authors also said this was to their knowledge the first study to measure referees' perceptions about hockey aggression, violence and safety.
"The debate about aggressive and violent play in hockey is a topic of considerable interest in Canada, with polarization between those trying to maintain the excitement and action in the game and those wanting to keep the participants safe," the study concluded.
"This present study demonstrates the need for further examination of the role of the referee in hockey safety, with measures initiated to allow referees more control and authority. The referees indicate that more needs to be done to enhance player safety and that this must involve enhanced education of participants, coaches, leagues, and parents."
Thursday 26 January 2012
Game on February 5, 2012
Too those refs who are not OWHA carded. Sarnia Hockey needs to book a Referee and 2 linesman for a Midget MD game on February 5th at Sarnia Arena at 4:00 pm. KEEP IN MIND THAT IT IS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. IF YOU TAKE THE GAME YOU ARE IN IT FOR GOOD!!!!!!!!!
I need to know by Friday night (Jan27) so I can let Sarnia Hockey know if we can provide qualified officials........MC (free click game)
I need to know by Friday night (Jan27) so I can let Sarnia Hockey know if we can provide qualified officials........MC (free click game)
Wednesday 4 January 2012
January 4, 2011
Just a reminder that we will be having our first meeting of the new year at Stokes by the Bay at 6:30pm. Mark, our assignor, has the Silverstick Schedule and he will be assigning games for this tournament at the meeting. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please email Mark (bluewater_referees@cogeco.ca) your availability. We want to ensure that everyone has the chance to get games in this tournment and thus we can avoid bringing in out of town crews.
Just for the record, as in the past, travel will be applied to all officials who are traveling in from the counties (Petrolia, Mooretown, Corunna, etc). When I mention out of town crews, I am speaking about crews from outside of Lambton county.
Dave Ross
President BRA
Just for the record, as in the past, travel will be applied to all officials who are traveling in from the counties (Petrolia, Mooretown, Corunna, etc). When I mention out of town crews, I am speaking about crews from outside of Lambton county.
Dave Ross
President BRA
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