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Larry Liden, Referee Chair
7913 Delmont Station Road
Severn, MD 21144
410-787-5107 (w), 410-551-4799 (h)
email: lawrence.h.liden@bge.com
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The 1997-98 season finally came to a close
after the Regional Championships and an assortment of post-season competitions
by the Juniors. The 1998-99 season is right around the corner, with the
clinics holding a few new twists this year. Everyone, including all certified
referees and scorekeepers, must attend recertification clinics, so that
all (scorekeepers) can be certified on the newly revised scoresheet. This
may be a minor inconvenience, but it will avoid problems later during the
season when you look at unfamiliar sections in the new scoresheet. Please
note that currently-certified referees will receive the new scoresheet
instruction in their (mandatory annual) referee recert clinic.
Referees will not have to attend an additional
scorekeeper recert clinic! Make your plans early to attend one of the clinics
listed on page 5. Do not wait until the very last moment prior to December
1, or you will not be able to referee for your team until you have attended
a clinic. As we have done in the past, existing referees who are unable
to attend one of the many pre-season recert clinics will be able to attend
one of the junior’s clinics, but will not be able to referee until they
have attended the clinic.
Thanks!!!!!!
I want to give all those referees who participated
in the Regional Championships a well-deserved THANKS! For your general
information, we had a total of 80 referees (Provisional, Regional, Jr.
National, and National) work at the Regional Championships. These hard-working
folks covered all assignments on 52 courts at 11 different venues during
the 7 days of our Championship Tournaments. I was again, very pleased to
hear good things about the quality of refereeing at all the tournaments.
The referees who participated this year were: Diane Abood, Rodney Anderson,
Leigh Barlow, David Baskin, Maggie Booth, Claudio Borgiotti, Marty Bosse,
Christine Brooks, Emmanuel Brunot, Steve Burinsky, Mary Camp, Vernon Campbell,
Mike Cerny, Joe Cornett, MARY ANNE CREECH, WIL CREECH, Monica Deckers,
Bill DeVuono, Pat Duggan, Dee Eddy, CHARLES EZIGBO, Andres Filippi, CORNY
GALDONES, Chris Guillaume, Stephen Hall, Peg Henderson, Eric Hoffman, Cindy
Hollies, Johnny Hsiung, Gary Hughes, William Hughes, Shari Jennings, Greg
Johnson, Craig Keiki, Joe Konrade, Ward Kostek, Jim Kreibel, Neil Kurland,
Robin Lamott, Rico Latham, LARRY LIDEN, Pam Liebsch, Terry Looney, Kip
Lornell, Liliane Loube, Michael Loube, Chuck Markus, JIM MASON, KEN MATZ,
Jeff Mazerski, Sherry Morgan, Duncan Munro, Mark Nash, Otto Peelen, JoAnn
Peters, TOM O’CONNOR, Gary Oncale, Jill Pflug, Amy Rodeffer, GLENN REID,
Gwen Sanford, Brant Scalan, Beth Schmidt, Mike Sealock, Tracy Shadle, Dean
Shumway, Ernie Siegrist, Kevin Sippel, Jeff Sisson, Azam Smith, Dick Smith,
Nancy Sommer, Kenny Spriggs, SUE WAINIO-OATO, Guy Wainio-Oato, Stacey Weitzel,
Todd Wyatt and Diana Zabetakis. A special THANKS to the Head Referees (in
CAPS) at these tournaments, who served as schedulers, complaint department
heads, schedule re-arrangers, etc.
1998-99 Clinic News
Tough news
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EVERY referee must attend a clinic and complete the exam. No clinic
attendance - NO (re)CERTIFICATION!!!;
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EVERYONE, referees AND scorekeepers must attend a recert clinic
this year to be qualified to keep score using the newly-revised scoresheet;
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WARNING, there will again be a $50 NO TEAM REF penalty fee for all
teams that do not have a CERTIFIED referee identified on their entry form
as their team’s referee.
Good News
We are going to have more clinics in the Fall
than ever before! These will include combined ABO/USAV clinics in August
and September, USAV/CHRVA referee/scorekeeper (new & recert) clinics
on WEEKENDS in OCTOBER (both recert and new referees and scorekeepers),
and recertifying clinics for both referees and 2nd year scorekeepers on
WEEKDAY NIGHTS during October (and maybe November). The Officials
HOME PAGE (for Internet explorers) is linked to the Chesapeake Region
home page at: http://www2.ari.net/usavchr/index.html. Check the Officials
Pages for frequent updates on clinic dates, locations and times. It will
have an up-to-date listing of clinics (both regular and Youth/Junior) and
Fellowship tournaments scheduled for the
Fall/Winter.
Congratulations
Congratulations to several Chesapeake referees:
Azam Smith and Ken Matz were awarded their USA National Referee rating
at the US OPEN in Tucson. Robin Lamott (Tampa Qualifier) and Eric Hoffman
(Northeast Qualifier) were awarded their USA Jr. National Referee rating
over the Easter Break in April. Super job, everyone!
Certification News
ALL currently certified PROVISIONAL through
REGIONAL referees, who had completed all their referee requirements during
the past season should have received a certification card from me. If you
did not receive a card, then you did not complete the requirements for
certification!! If you do NOT have a card signed by me, you need to contact
me (Larry Liden) ASAP, to find out why. In many cases, the individual failed
to complete a small detail, such as the completion and submittal of either
their scorekeeping or referee exam(s) to the appropriate person. We found
in a few cases that the individuals were not registered with the Region.
Certification Requirements
All referees must:
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be currently certified as a provisional, regional, or national scorekeeper
or be in the process of becoming a provisional scorekeeper;
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be a currently certified referee or be in the process of becoming a certified
referee;
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attend an annual referee rules interpretation clinic;
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pass the referee exam; and
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successfully complete the practical evaluation and rating process at fellowship
tournaments (new referees) or during regular season tournaments (existing
referees).
Advancement Opportunities
Provisional Referees who desire to progress
up to Regional status need to send Larry Liden a short letter of intent.
Your letter should include a short volleyball biography, what your refereeing
experience has been for the past 2-3 years, and a short statement about
WHY you want to become a Regional referee. A January 1998 tournament will
be selected at which upgrade evaluations will be conducted.
Provisional and Regional referees who want
to improve their refereeing skills and possibly progress into the National
scene, should contact Corny Galdones , the coordinator of Chesapeake’s
Referee Improvement Program (703-491-5520) for details. Corny will be hosting
Advanced Referee Program clinics at one or more of the Fall clinics - look
to the Officials
HOME PAGE for where and when.
Officials HOME PAGE
Charles Ezigbo has developed an extensive
CHRVA Officials Home page (find it directly at http://www.erols.com./chezi/officials/home_page.htm)
that is linked to the Chesapeake Region’s home page (located at http://www2.ari.net/usavchr/index.html).
Go to either of these addresses, especially for updates on clinic dates,
times and locations.
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