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USSF Entry Level Referee Course Grade 8

9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday.

February 11 - 12, 2012

Location: The Summit

An Entry Level Grade 8 Clinic for new referees will be held in Kalispell on the weekend of Saturday, December 3rd from 9:00-5:00 and Sunday, December 4th from 9:00-5:00 at The Summit. The clinic will consist of the online session as well as the Saturday/Sunday sessions.

The online material, for new referees, must be completed before the first classroom session and can be found at: ftp.montanaref.org/online/newrefonline/TOC.HTM
It may take several hours to complete so do not wait until the last minute.

Clinic cost for New Referees is the USSF Referee Registration of $40.00, payable to FSRA (Flathead Soccer Referee Association). Youth clubs will reimburse the USSF registration fee of new referees after the referee has completed at least five (5) referee assignments.

All participants please sign up on-line at www.montanaref.org under Clinics/Events for Flathead. This way we get a count on participants and materials needed. New referee "Sign Up" procedure is outlined below:

1. Go to www.montanaref.org website. Or, if you are on this website, click on "Registration" to the left and go to step 4.

2. From the horizontal menu, click on "Clinic/Events", then click on "Flathead".

3. Under "Kalispell - Events", click on "Registration" next to the Event.

4. New Referees click on the "Sign Up" under the horizontal menu (not the "Sign In" in the center of the screen).

5. Complete the information highlighted with an "*" asterisk, Assignor Area = Kalispell and ignore information related to previous game experience, then click "Add" in the bottom right corner.

6. Not done yet, one more step.

7. Now you need to "Sign In" and register for the clinic with your newly established LogIn and Password.

8. Now we will know "who you are" and that "you have responsibly registered" for the clinic.

9. Thank You!!!

Need to have 10 adults register for the session, by Friday, December 2nd at 6 pm, to avoid cancelation of the clinic.

New referees will need to sign up and then register.

For more information contact Jack Fallon: jackfallon@centurytel.net (406-752-0715) or (406-752-1490)

Recertification of existing referees will occur at a later date.

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Contact FSC Referee Assignor Rixon Rice at: dixandmitzi@yahoo.com

Referees not registered in the previous year:

Any referee who was not registered with the U.S. Soccer Federation the previous year may be certified at the grade previously held after taking and passing the written qualifying examination, fitness test, and assessments. The following policy applies to referees who were previously certified and registered with the Federation:

1. Grade 8 referees who miss 1-2 consecutive years of registration can be re-registered as a grade 8 after completing a Referee Re-certification clinic.

2. Grade 8 referees who miss 3-4 consecutive years of registration can be re-registered after taking the Referee Bridge (Grade 9 to Grade 8) Course or the entire Entry Level Referee Training Course.

3. Grade 8 referees who miss 5 or more consecutive years must re-take the entire Entry Level Referee Training Course.

4. Grade 7 Referees and Higher - Referees can only be registered at the grade they qualify for. Referees who were Grade 7 or higher should be downgraded a minimum of one (1) grade, as per current policy (as long as they have met the criteria for that grade). Once they retake the appropriate course as listed above for grade 8 referees and have completed all the requirements for the previously held grade, they may be upgraded.

5. Grade 9 Referees who miss one or two years of registration may be re-certified after fulfilling all re-certification requirements for that grade. A Grade 9 Referee who misses two years of registration can be eligible to take the Bridge Course (9-8) after he or she has met the requirements to be re-certified as Grade 9.

6. US Soccer Federation Referee Instructors who wish to re-certify as a referee after a lapse in referee registration may be registered as a grade 8 referee upon meeting current recertification requirements, no matter how long it has been since they last registered as a referee, if they are currently registered as a US Soccer instructor and have taught, at a minimum, one entry-level referee training course in the last two years.