Football West celebrated a first on Wednesday night when we had an all-female line-up of officials for an NPL match.
Originally scheduled for Sunday, 9 Augutst, the rescheduled NPLWA Women’s fixture between Balcatta and Fremantle City saw Jess Byrd as referee and Caleigh Ormerod and Libby Caldwell as the assistant referees.
Football West Referee Co-ordinator Simon Hicks said: “Jess, Caleigh and Libby have been performing very well in both our Men’s and Women’s competitions this season and their appointment as the first female-only officiating team is a great indicator that our referee development initiatives are succeeding.
“We hope that this will encourage other females to take up refereeing and, with another free female-only Level 4 Referee course coming up on Saturday 5 September, now is the perfect opportunity to get involved.”
Females aged 14 and over keen to become a referee can sign up for our last course of the year HERE
Football West would like to thank FotoEnzo for the image from Wednesday night’s match.
See all his pictures from the game HERE
Fremantle City FC secured a 1-0 win v Balcatta FC with a great goal from Mikayla Lyons in their NPLW WA Round 6 catch up…
Posted by fotoenzo on Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Filed Under: NPL WA- Women's Competition