NYC Appointments & Awards Congratulations to the following referees at the National Youth Championships who recieved finals appointments, upgrades and team awards. more -->

NYC Referees Tournament Manual The Referees Tournament Manual for the NYC Tournament is now available to download. more -->

National Referee Squad The National Referees Squad for the 2010 Trans Tasman has been announced. more -->

Fitness for Referees Available The Fitness for Referees publication previously sold, is now available to download online free, in the information & policies section. more -->

Updated Competency Badge Assessment Forms Updated Competencey Badge Assessment Forms are now available to download. These are available on the left side option bar. more -->

2009 X-Blades NYC Referee Information Referee Nominations for the 2009 X-Blades National Youth Championships are now open. Please find tournament information attached. more -->

2009 X-Blades NYC Referee Nomination Form Referee Nominations for the 2009 X-Blades Youth Championships are now open. Nominations close 31 July 2009 and must be submitted to your State Referees Director. more -->

Tasmania hold Referee Recuritment & Rentention Program Touch Tasmania will this weekend be holding a Referee Recruitment & Retention program to accredit and traning Referee Coaches and Referee Course Presenters. TFA National Referees Panelists Ian Matthew & Chris Harapa will be running the program, and impart their knowledge and experience to the participants, and contine referee development in Tasmania. more -->

NSWTA Referees Grading Night Awards Congratulations to the following individuals who were acknowledged at the NSWTA Referees Grading Night, held on Saturday 2nd May. more -->

6th Asian Club Touch Championships The 6th Asian Club Touch Championships are being held in Bangkok, Thailand June 2009. Nominations for Referees have opened for the event. more -->

NTL Referee Awards Congratulations to the following Award recipients at the 2009 X-Blades National Touch League. more -->

Level 5 & 6 Upgrades at NTL Congratulations to the following received who achieved upgrades to Level 6 and Level 5 at the 2009 X-Blades National Touch League, also a special congratulations to Brendon Lester who recieved his Level 4 Coach upgrade. more -->

NTL Finals Appointments Congratulations to the following referees who were appointed to the finals at the 2009 X-Blades NTL. more -->

Break Points Sheet Updated An updated Break Points Sheet as used at the 2009 X-Blades NTL has been added to the Information and Policies Section. more -->

2009 X-Blades NTL Tournament Manual Attached is the updated Referee Tournament Manual for the 2009 X-Blades NTL to be held 11-14 March in Port Macquarie more -->

Be Active Junior State Champs Referee Fixtures Referee Allocations for this weekend's Touch West Junior State Championships have been fixtured according to availability. If you have any problems please advise Mitch on either 9319 4600 or mitch@touchwest.com before Thursday 19th February. The final referee allocations will be sent out to all referees and referee contacts before close Thursday. More information available at www.touchwest.com more -->

New Level 2 Referees in Tassie Touch Football Tasmania, under the watchful eye of new Referee Director Ron Robinson, has just begun an assault on the referee arm of the sport that we hope will see us progress and see significant improvements in this area over the coming months. more -->

ACT Referee Course To make the most of the trial referee payments ACTTA has scheduled the following date for a referee course to be held at the Deakin Touch Office, 6pm - 9pm;

LEVEL 1: Thursday 19 February 2009.

Anyone interested in participating in these courses please contact Sandra Hughes on 6212 2880 or sandra.hughes@acttouch.com.au more -->

BMTA Referee Manager The purpose of this position is to oversee and coordinate all referee aspects at BMTA. This position is responsible for the planning, development, implementation and management of referees, referee programs and associated initiatives within the association. The primary duty of this role is to co-ordinate and allocate referees to BMTA competition games. more -->

Referees A Plenty in Ballarat Ballarat is sure to look the goods coming into finals with abundance of newly badged Level 1 and Level 2 referees. Ballarat Touch hosted a combined Level 1 and 2 referees course in the association’s club rooms on Sunday 18th Jan. Congratulations go to the following referees: more -->

New Compentency Assessment Forms The Badge Level Competency Assessment forms have been updated and are available on the left hand menu. more -->

2008 Updated Tournament Manual The updated Referees Tournament Manual is now available in the Information & Policies section. more -->

WA Inagural Referee Awards Dinner Touch West will be holding their inagural Referees Awards Dinner on Saturday 30th August at Frenchy's. For more information download the attached flyer. more -->

2008 X-Blades National Youth Champs Nomination Nominations are now open for the 2008 X-Blades National Youth Championships. For more information visit www.nationalyouthchamps.com nomination forms can be found in the documents section. more -->

Whistleblower March 2008 The lastest Version of the Whistleblower Newsletter is now available to download. more -->

NTL Tournament Information Manual The Tournament Information Manual is now available for download in the Information & Policies section. more -->

2008 X-Blades NTL Referee Nominations Open Nominations for Referees at the 2008 X-Blades NTL are now open. more -->

Latest Coaching Techniques Attached is a copy of a letter sent from FIT Director, TFA Panelist, and NSW Director Ian Matthew, which was issued to a referee of the Vawden Cup. It contains information regarding the latest Referee Coaching Techniques, which Referees of all levels may find extremely useful. more -->

Touch West appoint State Referee Panel 07/08 The 2007/08 State Referee Panel has been announced at the Board of Management Meeting held recently at the TouchWest Office. Aligned with the revised panel structure, the new panel is a smaller unit consisting of Chairperson, five Panel Members & a Panel Advisor. Size is no barrier though as the new panel has already outlined its major referee initiatives for the coming year. more -->

Whistleblower October 2007 Welcome to the latest issue of the Whistleblower. We have again tried to bring you a range of articles of interest to Touch Referees. more -->

Jenny Madders Honoured by QLD Referees Former Queensland and Australian player and referee Jenny Madders' career was fittingly honored at the Maroons Referees Dinner and Awards evening last night.

Before her peers, fellow Australian and Queensland referees Keith Steel and Richard O'Connor recounted the commitment and dedication Madders, who annouced retirement last year, has given to the sport for 27 years. more -->

Referees Engaged at the 2007 X-Blades National 18s On top of non-stop action and beautiful weather there has been some romance at the 2007 X-Blades National 18 Years and Under Championships.

Referee Aaron McRoberts chose a photo shoot on the first day of the tournament to propose to his girlfriend and fellow referee, Jillian Donoghue. more -->

Coaches Defeat Referees in Battle at Coffs Harbour While the 2007 X-Blades National 18 Years and Under Touch Football Championships have produced some exciting games, none was as unique as the exhibition game played between the Referees and Coaches in the interval between the pool rounds and finals. more -->

Jets News Note - August The August News Note from JETS, the Queensland Referee Junior Elite Training Squad is now available. more -->

18s Nationals Referee Nomination Information The Information Memo for the 18 and Under National Championships to be held in Coffs Harbour 19-22 September 2007 is now available to download. more -->

18s Nationals Referee Nomination Form The Nomination Form for the 18 and Under National Championships to be held in Coffs Harbour 19-22 September 2007 is now available to download. more -->

Whistleblower Newsletter - July 2007 The July edition of the Whistleblower Newsletter is now available to download. more -->

National Referees New Website Welcome to the Touch Football Australia National Referees website.

Here you will be able to find up to date information for all things related to the refereeing of Touch, from National tournament information at the elite level, to becoming a referee at park level.

Be sure to keep an eye on the site at new information is added in the coming weeks. more -->