Level 9

I am now a Level 9 referee. Just back from county HQ and passed the exam. The pass mark is 75% and they wouldn't give out my exact score but said it was "an easy pass" so I think I was around 90%. 5 of our group of 31 failed.

I now must referee 6 games in order to be promoted to a level 7 referee and have been appointed a qualified mentor to help me through these first matches.

I'm going to send off the local saturday league league referee registration form tomorrow and wait for my first appointment. With all the bad weather this year I expect there will be midweek matches so I should be able to get my 6 games in this season.

I'm still waiting for my kit that I ordered last week to arrive... can't start without that!