Oron Referees Society

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAIRMAN ORON REFEREES SOCIETY

One among the few NPFL Referees in Akwa Ibom State Referees Council Fifaaustin Onyika
Currently the Chairman Oron Referees Society having served as the training officier of the Society. We take this time to celebrate our Chairman.
Happy Birthday Sir!

ATTENTION:
2023/2024 NRA ANNUAL REGISTRATION BEGINS

This is to notify members of the Akwa Ibom State Referees Council that annual registration is in progress for the following categories: .

Retired
FIFA
GRD 1- Premier
GRD 1-NNL/Female
GRD 1- Nationwide
GRD 11
GRD 111
RIT
KID

N/B Registration ends by
22nd December, 2023.

Contact your Society Secretary for details.

Dr Ralph
General Secretary
October 21, 2022

What are the duties of an Assistant Referee... Mention in the comment section.

Today, 11th October the world celebrates International Referees' Day.

HISTORY OF NIGERIAN (FOOTBALL) REFEREES ASSOCIATION – (NRA)
With the level of British involvement in Football during the 20th Century, an era where imperialism and colonialism was at its peak, there is no doubt that the game of football alongside these Laws was exported to her colonies. Hence, football refereeing in Nigeria can be traced to early 1930s when the game of football was played among officers of the colonial administration, or with sailors among visiting merchant ships of the Royal Navy. During this period, the Laws of the Game were much clearer as most decision took the form of demonstration, gesticulation which added fun to the game until these demonstrations were outlawed by FIFA.3

In 1934, Lagos Referees Association was the first created and organized body of Football Referees in Nigeria, it was created to aid social interaction and was appropriately given that name because all the referees who officiated at that time resided in Lagos, Lagos was the area of football activities and the centre of British administration in Nigeria. The Association was then led by F.B. Mulford. Some of the pioneer Referees in Nigeria were British, they played majored role in establishing a refereeing body in Nigeria, and they included: F.B. Mulford, G.O. Ilorin and Broadbent of the Railway, Major B. Holloway, Derby Allen and Rev. Fr. Dennis J. Slattery of the St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka Fame. Nigerians got involved in the profession in the early 1940s, few of them opted to act as linesmen (Assistant Referees), among the list of Nigerians who were part of the Lagos Referees Association were Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria, later B. J. Oni (Popularly nicknamed Nike-Nike), Bodier Daudu and L. Garmon among others.4

Reference:
3Nigeria (Football) Referees Association Referees Handbook, 2019.
4Nigeria (Football) Referees Association Referees Handbook, 2019. p.6

Excerpt from unpublished B.A. Project

All NRA exams candidate should pick their form at Oron Sport Stadium.
Closing date; 20/6/2023
Please... no late entry
Thanks you.

Secretary
Announcer

WELCOMING YOU INTO THE MONTH OF MAY

HAPPY NEW MONTH TO EVERY FOOTBALL REFEREE EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WELCOME TO MAY

Each team is led by a captain who usually wears an armband for identification. The captains should take responsibility for the behaviour of their team-mates, encouraging them to play fairly and show respect towards the match officials and their decisions. However, they cannot be shown a yellow or red card for offences committed by a team-mate.
The captains have no special privileges to protest or argue with the referee or other match officials.
Both captains take part in the toss of a coin:
➡ before kick-off, to determine who kicks off and which goal to attack
➡ before penalties, to determine who takes the first kick and which goal will be used

Meet the Chairman of Oron Referees Society

Fifaaustin Onyika a Nigerian Professional League Referee

Austin was recently elected Chairman of Oron Referees about a month ago. Austin join football refereeing having been an active football player. he is from Imo State and have attended the recent FIFA MA Course organized by the NFF.

Austin was at the center of the Final of Udom Emmanuel Unity Cup at Oron in 2022 and offiiciatted the 3rd place final of Umo Eno Easter Football Tournament in April 2023.

ORON REFEREES SOCIETY

FORMATION

Oron Referees Society was founded by mostly game masters of public schools and former footballers of Oron area, a group of unregistered football referees existed before the year 1972 and operated as a unit from Oron Sports Stadium. 1972 marked the beginning of official registration of these referees who became pioneer members of Oron Referees Society. Hence, the organization can be said to have been established officially in 1972 with 10 members 6 of whom were public school teachers.

Source: Godswill S. Udoh
B.A. History & Int'l Studies

HERE ARE PHOTOS OF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS BEFORE A LOCAL MATCH IN 2022.

SHARE WITH US YOUR EXPERIENCE IN A LOCAL MATCH. WE WILL LOVE TO HEAR.