STSR AND DYNAMO ANNOUNCE REFEREE Q&A SESSIONS:

The Houston Dynamo has put together a 5 game mini-ticket package for referees for upcoming games. After each game you are invited to attend the Question and Answer session with the referee crew for that game. At the Q&A you will be able to discuss the calls they made…or didn’t make, or any other questions about refereeing you may have with the crew. Q&A sessions will last about 30-40 minutes, and will start about 30 minutes after the end of the game.

As part of the package STSR has decided to use the Q&A sessions as hours for re-cert for 2010 registration.

• If you are a Grade 7, 8, 15 or 16 referee, and you attend all 5 Q&A sessions the hours will count for 2010 registration.

• Once all 5 Q&A sessions are attended, you just have to attend a re-cert clinic to cover the Law Changes and take the test (we will talk about this at the first Q&A and set up a date/location to do this).

• The $30 clinic fee is waived for this clinic, but the referee is still responsible for their USSF registration fee. (You pay the registration when you sign up for the clinic).

• Once you purchase your mini-ticket package you must sign up for the re-cert clinic on the STSR web site – www.stsr.org - . Clinic # 1C-04-0409-R78 is the clinic for this Q&A session.

• You MUST be registered for 2009 to use the hours for re-cert for 2010 registration. If you have let your registration lapse you must go thru the normal process for re-certification

If you already have season tickets, or single tickets for the given dates, you may also attend the Q&A sessions once you sign up for the clinic on the STSR web site.

State Referees are also invited to the Q&A session, but the State Referee Committee wants all state referees to attend the state re-cert clinic for their re-certification hours and 2010 registration.

See attached flyer on how to purchase tickets. Any questions about tickets must be called in to the Houston Dynamo ticket office.

Hope you take advantage of this re-cert clinic and get a jump on 2010 USSF registration.

Seats are limited…….sign up soon!

Regards,

Anthony Amore
South Texas Soccer Referees
Area Director of Instruction - Houston Central
e-mail: anthony.amore@comcast.net

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