Volleyball England is piloting a new initiative that you may have heard about. Centrally, we are setting up a series of 2-day Grade 4 referee courses that will run throughout the season, 1 in each region. Each course will be run in one of Volleyball England’s recognised centres. These tend to be Higher Ed or Further Ed institutions.
The courses are being promoted via the Volleyball England website as well as via the HEVO project (Higher Education Volunteer officer) where they exist in an institution. These are open courses so please do your best to promote them to your region.
We do also still recommend that if there is sufficient demand for another course to be held in your region, that you organise in the same way that you would normally.
The course venues, regions and dates are as follows:
| NE | Northumbria | 29th January & 5th February |
| SE | Bournemouth University | 7th & 8th January |
| YO | Sheffield Hallam University | 3rd & 4th March |
| EA | University of East Anglia | 4th & 5th February |
| NW | Fairfield high school | 17th & 18th March |
| LO | Richmond College | 17th & 18th March |
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I have attached a candidate application form for circulation.
I will be asking for feedback on the courses from the regions at the end of the season about how we move things forward and develop for the following season.
Kind Regards,
Holly Fairclough
Referee Development Officer
Volleyball England
D: 01509 227731
F 01509 227733
E: h.fairclough@volleyballengland.org
www.volleyballengland.org