Ghana Football Association has informed Ghanaians that the policy of grooming young referees dubbed (Catch Them Young Referees) has been fruitful after four years of nurturing them.
The FA has disclosed that the young referees will start officiating in the Division One League.
“Products of the Catch Them Young referees policy will soon officiate in the Access Bank Division One League (@DivisionOneGH) after four years of training and evaluation.
“Over two thousand young referees who were scouted across the ten football regions have undergone training and retraining at the regional level and also at the Technical Centre in Prampram since the inception of the policy,” revealed the Football Association.
More than 2,000 young referees were scouted across the nation 4 years ago for the policy. They are now mature and ready to officiate games.
“These young referees have been officiating matches at the District and Regional levels for the past four years and have been predominantly taken charge of our off-season competitions including the Division One League Super Cup, the KGL U-17 inter-regional championship, and the Women’s Premier Super Cup among others,” added the FA.
The young referees have been put through intense training in the last 4 years as they have gotten the opportunity to officiate in many competitions across the country.
Ghanaian referee’s performances have been criticised by Ghanaians for being incompetent. The reason for the Catch Them Young Referees policy is to get Grade A referees that will officiate our league and also progress to CAF and FIFA levels.
