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The difference with elastoplast squad was that the blue shirt was suppose to represent the fact you were part of a junior referees program and that meant you had been identified as someone with potential. This program was followed with Howard's 36ers Junior Referees Squad (Grey Shirts).
I thought I learnt a lot from both programs and the most important thing was it made the senior referees know who was interested in developing their refereeing compared to those who were just in the game for the cash.

The problem with identifying referees is that you normally partner them up with experienced or other program referees and we only tended to referee Div 1 games. I never really had that much trouble with Div 1 games, more problems tended to come from lower grades. I can remember the good comments that use to come out though 'Wait till I speak to beamsy about this' or 'What did Howard see in this kid'.

The problems that exist with officiating now comes down to the gaps that have been left. 15 - 20 years ago we had 2 programs for our junior referees, but I am not sure how long it has been since SA had any other junior referee programs. As a junior ref I had the gnome, batty, caroline, ET, Robin, Weeksy and greg who would come out every week to offer great mentorship and guidance. Who does this job now?

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Doctor B- TR is closer to the mark than you are. The speed limits are law and the tolerances are lower for P Platers because thay are inexperienced drivers, despite their opinion that they could win Bathurst 2 weeks after getting the plate. BTW any driver exceeding the limit by 60 kmh automatically loses their licence, except the dickheads who steal a car, smash it up, then admit they have no licence.
Back to the thread, any move to encourage young refs should be supported and some tolerance given

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