SA referees for top CAF duty

  1. Posted on Thursday 25 November 2010 - 10:51
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    Walter Wilson Nana, AfricaNews reporter in Buea, Cameroon
    South African referees continue to make an impact on the continent as they are recognized for their performance on the domestic league. Four of them will this week be on CAF duty for the second leg of the Confederations Cup Final between FUS (Morocco) and CSS (Tunisia), to be played at the Taieb Mhiri Stadium in Tunisia.
    referee Jerome Damon
    They are former South African referee of the year Jerome Damon, Andrew Rezeers, Enock Molefe (a past winner of the assistant referee of the year in the domestic league) and Daniel Volgraaf.

    This appointment follows a CAF assignment for Daniel Bennett and his team at the second leg of the Champions League final which they handled well.

    SA Football Association’s (SAFA) professional referees Co-ordinator Adeel Carelse told journalists in Johannesburg that the appointments were a first of a kind. “Never before has one country been afforded the privilege of such prestigious appointments. If one takes into consideration the sterling performances by our referees at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals, and the recently completed high level CAF 2012 AFCON qualifiers, one can truly say that it has been a remarkable year for the SAFA’s Referees Department,” said Carelse.

    “At this present moment, all the Match Commissioners of the National Panel of Match Commissioners are being subjected to a high level Match Assessors Course conducted. While training and development of referees remains a priority, the development of trainers and match assessors are equally important in order to enhance the skills of referees. For this reason it has been necessary to invite the FIFA instructors to our country,” Carelse added.

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