Basketball Refereeing

Wessex Basketball Association encourages its members to qualify as referees, both to improve our collective understanding of the game, and to increase the supply of officials. This page will provide valuable information to both Officials and Players.

Officials Appointments

Week 5 to 12 Referee Allocations (opens in Excel)


Weeks 15 and 16 (until 15 Jan) - More to follow shortly all allocations up until the end of February 10.

Weeks 17 - 20 due to the poor weather many fixtures are being re-arranged unfortunately Graham can only allocate up until end of Feb.

Weeks 21-23 fixture allocations again due to re arranged fixture and rescheduled game only the next 3 weeks have been allocated.

Week 24-34 fixture allocations The list of fixtures until the end of the season are attached.

Pre-Season Meeting

At the pre-season meeting the following points were discussed:

1. All Officials should endeavour to be at your games at the least 10 minutes before the scheduled tip off time. This will give Officials sufficient time to check that registration numbers are on the scoresheet and that players undershirts and / or compression tops are not worn. Ladies of course can wear sports bras (of ANY colour) under their playing kit
   
2. All Officials need to be licenced by EB to allow us to carry out the Wessex ethos of 'no registration, no play'...please make sure you are registered and let Graham and Chris have your registration numbers asap. You will not be allocated games if you are not registered as you will not have the necessary public liability cover etc
3. It is a Wessex policy that nobody will be allowed to take part in a game if they do not have a valid registration number entered onto the scoresheet...there are NO exceptions! It is not your duty to see if the registration numbers match licence cards, you MUST enforce the 'no registration, no play' rule.
4. It is the duty of the referee (as opposed to the umpire) to check these matters pre-game. Graham has put a column on the appointments spreadsheet (which doubtless will be mirrored on the website where the fixtures and appointments can also be viewed) to show who is the referee and who is the umpire. Please remember that and make sure you carry out the pre-game duties as described above!
5. Important! - If you need to swap games for whatever reason, the onus is on the official who wishes to swap to make sure that the game is adequately covered. Please ensure that you don't leave the game inadequately covered! It would not be good if two of our newly qualified level 1 referees were officiating together in a men's division 1 game (no sleight intended). So just be mindful of the nature of the game when agreeing a swap...Graham should be included in any confirmation of swaps, as well as the home team (once everything has been agreed between the referees involved). Remember its your responsiblility to find your replacement.
6. As the rules of the game have developed, more unsportsmanlike fouls are being called. Please remember that 2 unsportsmanlike fouls against the same player in a match results in automatic expulsion from that match and the player MUST leave the gym, the same as if he / she had been disqualified. For this, we will need a brief note as to the nature of the situation written on the reverse of the scoresheet, but we do NOT need a full disqualification report.
7. Professionalism. all officials are paid in the league and therefore, by definition, are professional. Officials are to make every effort to look professional Wessex or EB referee shirts and black trousers (not track suit bottoms) and black trainers. It would set a nice tone if we all wore Wessex shirts wherever possible...these are available at a very reasonable cost through the league (circa £10 I believe). Contact the Technical secretary if you require a shirt.
8. We have a lot of newly qualified referees within our ranks now. It is the Technical Secretaries role to develop them (and bring through more) a mentoring programme is currently in place utilising some of the areas senior officials. However, it is in all our interests to aid and assist these newly qualified referees in becoming better officials as soon as possible.
9. Loddon Valley have jumped the gun and had their courts re-marked in readiness for 2012. That leaves us with a slight problem as the court markings are fundamentally different! As Woodley use Loddon Valley for their home games and as they have a team in every division, it has quite an effect on the league. Unless you hear otherwise from the Area Chairman, please assume that the court has been deemed as appropriate for Wessex basketball.

Discplinary

Please take time to read the new disciplinary system that is being adopted by the league.

If you have a disciplinary matter in a game to deal with please fill out the form below and send it into the Officials Secretary.

Disciplinary Report form