Worcestershire FA is delighted to announce that a number of referees have been promoted as a result of their performance during the 2018/19 marking season.

Following a record number of 22 match officials completing the promotion season, their performance was considered by the County Referees’ Committee on Monday 18^th March and 16 match officials have been promoted with immediate effect.

Promoted from level 7 to level 6

Ben Walsh

Cliff Gardiner

Davie Webb

Eren Emre

Faisal Zaib

George Donoghue

Graham Hill

Harley Hetherington

Kevin Ford

Michael Wright

Nick Conway

Nick Organ

Rosie Johns

Promoted from level 6 to level 5

Andrew Heapy

Macaulay Pimley

Vladimir Aleksandrov

In addition to these County promotions, 3 match officials have been nominated to The Football Association (FA) for promotion to level 4. The FA will now determine the outcome of these nominations in the coming weeks.

Nominated for promotion from level 5 to level 4

Charles Humphrys

Daniel Ellis

James Green

Congratulations to all of our match officials who were successful in achieving promotion.

There are also some referees who will be disappointed in not achieving promotion. However, the challenge for them is to now utilise the development advice offered throughout the season in order to achieve their aspirations moving forward supported by the Worcestershire FA Referee Development Team.

The 2019/20 marking season for referees is already underway with a record number of 30 promotion seeking referees.

The pathway for match officials is as good as it ever has been – could you be our next promotion seeking referee? Click here to learn more about becoming a referee.