Nepean Referees Group

Waratah this weekend had two of our young referees make their debut in reserve grade with Izaac and Owen both doing really well in their very first reserve grade fixtures. Thank you to senior referees Nik and Anthony who were there to guide them with assistant referees Xavier and Ryan.

Well done to you both and we look forward to you continuing your journey in the premier league competition. ⚽️⚽️👌

Today 3 of our Junior referees represented Nepean Referees Group at the State Cup Finals at Valentine Sports Park.
Xavier, Melinda and Vienna officiated the U13s girl final. They had a fantastic game on the pitch doing what was needed of them, the game had everything.
Well done and great officiating ⚽️👌👏

The Deploy Association Championships have been held at Mudgee this week over four days. Our 4 junior referees Xavier, Abigail, Vienna and Amelia were selected by Nepean Referees Group to attend. Accommodation and uniforms were supplied by FNSW.
It is a great experience to get feedback and coaching from FNSW coaches and referees. Well done on representing NRG.⚽️

Tonight marks a significant celebration for our current NRG President Phil Macdonald who has decided to step down from officiating Waratah First Grade fixtures following tonight's game between Penrith FC and Penrith Rovers.

Phil has been refereeing Waratah League for at least the last six years and is a well respected figure among players, coaches and clubs. Phil officiated the 2022 Grand Final and was awarded the Senior Referee of the Year that year.

We will still see Phil on the field officiating senior games and mentoring both junior and senior referees.

Congratulations on a stellar first grade career!

Beautiful morning at Henry Lawson Football Club (Official) celebrating breast cancer awareness week and providing feedback to their excellent cadets.

NRG has now visited 14 different clubs this season and provided feedback to over 50 cadets throughout the association

A great night at our members' meeting on Tuesday night where we held a trivia night as a fun and engaging way of reviewing and interpreting the Laws of the Game!

The night included 6 rounds of theory and video questions, including handball, fouls and sanctions with some great prizes.

A big thank you to OnePoint Health, Deploy Football, Hallmark Sports and Penrith Bowling and Recreation Club for donating prizes for our referees.

Yesterday Casey made his debut on Waratah reserves at Knapsack. Blue Mountains v Glenmore Park. He was with Nic and Lucas.
Congratulations Casey on your game ⚽️⚽️
Nepean Football Association Inc.

Another successful year of our cadet referee courses.
Over the 4 nights we had In total 137 cadets representing 19 seperate clubs across the district.
A big thankyou again to our host clubs Penrith rovers, Pitt town, St Clair and Springwood.

We got to meet some great young cadets ( some already with some great reffing skills!!! ) and we look forward to welcoming them all to NRG in the future

Yesterday Rory made his debut in the Waratah league as assistant referee with Colo v Springwood at Cougar park. He is here with Ella who officiated 1st grade centre referee and Phil as the other assistant referee.
Well done Rory you had a great game, and handled the comms very well. ⚽️⚽️👌👌
Nepean Football Association Inc.

Last night we held our monthly members meeting. We discussed goalkeeper count down and managing dissent.
We also had a panel discussion on angles, ball, close positioning, the panel included Ella, Brady and Tom.

It was a very productive night.⚽️
Nepean Football Association Inc.