Referees

YSA uses BASRA certified referees to officiate games.

2012 Certification and Recertification Courses

First time certifying referees: 

12-14 year olds should take the Grade 9 certification

15 or older should take the Grade 8 certification.

Bring $20 BASRA dues and $40 USSF dues to the course

 

Recertifying referees need to pay your USSF dues ahead of time online by following the instructions you received in the mail from USSF with your USSF ID card.  Bring your USSF receipt of online payment along with $20 BASRA dues to the course.  

 

All referees must register online at www.montanaref.org before the session by selecting Billings under the Clinics/Events tab, selecting the proper course & date, and filling in the information.
Certification Sessions	Dates Provided
Grade 8 Recertification (must also register online before the session at www.ussoccer.info)	February 21th and March 13th
Grade 8 Certification (16 hours over 2 days)	February 25th-26th and March 17th- 18th
Grade 9 Certification (8 hours in one day)	February 25th and March 17th
*Grade 9 to Grade 8 Bridge Cert. (8 hours in one day)	February 25th and March 17th

*All current grade 9’s will be required to upgrade to grade 8 through the bridge session!!!

Note: Grade 8 recertifications can be done during the Grade 8 certifications but will require more time then doing it during the regular times noted above.

 

The Billings Area Soccer Referee Association (BASRA) encourages all referees and anyone interested in becoming a referee to sign up for the BASRA Yahoo! Group Email List.  Instructions are as follows:

1)  Using the email account you wish to add to the BASRA mailing list, send a blank email to basramt-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  No need to type anything into the subject or message body.

2)  After sending the blank email, check for new mail every few seconds until you receive the automated response yahoogroups is going to send you asking you to confirm your subscription request.

3)  When you get the automated response message, just hit the "reply" and then "send" buttons on your email reader to reply to the response.  Your reply will confirm your subscription request, and you'll be added to the mailing list immediately.  For best results, don't click any of the links inside the automated message that yahoogroups sends you.

4)  If your subscription request was processed successfully, you'll receive a "welcome" message from yahoogroups shortly after finishing step 3.

5)  If you have trouble signing up, email Mike Woodring (mike@bearcanyon.com) and ask him to confirm that your subscription request was processed successfully.  He's the mailing list administrator.