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When Ryan Shepheard blows the full-time whistle at the Football NSW Futsal Premier League’s Grand Final this Saturday he will also call time on a career which has seen him rise to the status of Australia’s most decorated futsal referee.

A large team of referees and referee coaches from NSW Futsal Referees Association has been selected for the upcoming National Futsal Championships. 
 

NSW Futsal Referees Association has organised two futsal referee entrance courses for the following dates:

NSWFRA member Andrew Best has had a busy week at the Continental Futsal Championship in Thailand. He has officiated at a number of the matches, including:

The NSW Futsal Referees Association (NSWFRA) is seeking expressions of interest to referee futsal this season in preparation for its upcoming courses.

NSWFRA member Ryan Shepheard has been announced by FIFA as one of 39 officials selected to oversee the FIFA Futsal World Cup, to be held in September 2024 in Uzbekistan. This will be Ryan's second consecutive World Cup, having refereed at the 2021 edition in Lithuania. 

In April this year, NSWFRA members Nick Backo (referee) and Adrian Tamplin (assessor) attended the OFC Futsal Men’s Champions League in Nouméa, New Caledonia as representatives of Football Australia.

In April, NSWFRA members and FIFA Futsal Referees Ryan Shepheard and Andrew Best officiated at the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Asian Cup in Thailand.

The Association held its Annual General Meeting and presentation of annual awards on 25th March 2024 at Bankstown Sports Club. The Association was fortunate to have two special guests present - Ed Ferguson, Head of Football Development at Football NSW and Matthew Cheeseman, General Manager of Elite Refereeing at Football Australia.

At this week's National Futsal Championships on the Gold Coast, it wasn't just the players, teams and coaches that were recognised for their achievements.

FIFA recently published the 2023-24 edition of the Laws of the Game. These laws will apply for all new competitions in Australia, starting with the 2024 National Futsal Champonships. 
 

A new document has been added to the 'Competition Information' subfolder, within the 'Documents' section of the website, for members to access. It contains information on the various local/community futsal competitions that NSWFRA appoints referees to, including days, times and age

We are pleased to announce that a number of Futsal Laws of the Game courses have been organised for the coming weeks. 

If you have some time free during the week, why not referee at the Football NSW Futsal Schools Championships, which have already kicked off for 2023! There are regional tournaments in several locations throughout NSW all the way through to September this year. Take a look at the 'Events' page on the website for details.

A few weeks ago, NSWFRA President Adrian Tamplin, Vice-President Nick Backo and Registrar Jonathon Moore officiated at the Oceania Football Confederation Futsal Cup in Fiji. Nick has provided some wonderful insights into his trip - sit down, grab a coffee and enjoy the read!

Great news! Football NSW has just launched its Women in Football Scholarship Program, which includes funding to support new female futsal referees. 

Having returned earlier this month with fellow FIFA Futsal Referee and NSWFRA member Andrew Best from officiating at the Futsal Asian Cup 2022 in Kuwait, Ryan Shepheard was kind enough to provide NSWFRA with some amazing insights into his recent refereeing adventure.

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It is with deep regret that NSWFRA has received news that Life Member Geoff Magennis has passed away.
 

You would be pleased to know the results of the 2021 Annual General Meeting held on the 25th March.

The NSW Futsal Referees Association (NSWFRA) has announced the match official appointments for the grand finals of the FNSW Futsal Premier Leagues.

The NSW Futsal Referees Association is saddened to hear of the passing of life member, Mr Ian Timms.

The NSW Futsal Referees Association is pleased to announce the structure and requirements surrounding the 2019 FNSW Futsal Premier League Referee Panels.

More than 50 of the NSWFRA's top referees and referees coaches descended on Valentine Sports Park in Glenwood on Saturday, 15 September for pre-season fitness testing and a technical workshop ahead of the 2018/19 futsal season.

The NSWFRA is pleased to announce the Referees' Panels for the 2018/19 Football NSW Premier League season. The provisional panel has been built from the expression of interests received from the membership over the past month.

Registrations for the 2018/19 futsal season are now open on MyFootballClub. To register for the NSWFRA for the upcoming season, select 'NSW Futsal Referees Association' as the Club and your relevant package (i.e. 'Returning Senior Referee' or 'Returning Junior Referee'). You can find a guideline on how to complete your registration on the NSWFRA website in the documents library.

The NSWFRA has launched a development program for talented futsal referees aged 16 to 25 who are on the pathway to elite senior futsal. This program promised to offer opportunities to the referees involved and the first of such chances came up recently; a trial match between East Coast Heat and the Solomon Islands u20 team at Dural Sport and Leisure Centre.

NSWFRA referees Jonathon Moore (left) and Andrew Best (right) have travelled to Yogyakarta, Indonesia to officiate in the ASEAN Football Federation's Futsal Club Championship.

Twelve up and coming match officials have been selected to participate in a newly established NSWFRA Development Program.

Referees under the age of 18 who referee in the Football NSW Futsal Premier Leagues during the 2018/19 season will receive free membership the NSW Futsal Referees Association (NSWFRA) has announced today.

The New South Wales Futsal Referees Association (NSWFRA) held its 15th Annual General Meeting on the evening of Friday 25 May at Bankstown Sports Club in Sydney's south west.

The NSWFRA is pleased to announce the elevation of Jonathon Moore to the FIFA Futsal Referee Panel for 2018. Moore joins fellow NSWFRA Members and incumbent FIFA Futsal Referees, Ryan Shepheard, Darius Turner and Andrew Best on the 2018 list.

The NSW Futsal Referees Association is saddened to hear of the passing of Association member, Giovanni Santoro.

In time for the 2017 Annual General Meeting, the Management Committee has introduced a number of awards that will be presented for the first time in the Association's history. One of the most prestigious of these is the Rob Lewer Members' Member Award, in honour of the late Rob Lewer who was the founding President of the NSW Futsal Referees Association.

Enthusiastic and vocal club members, players, supporters and match officials underpinned a glittering 2017 FNSW Futsal Gala Dinner at WaterView, Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday 11th March, the perfect way to end the 2016/17 Futsal Premier and State Leagues season.

The NSW Futsal Referees Association is saddened to hear of the passing of innagural association President, Mr Rob Lewer.

The New South Wales Futsal Referees Association (NSWFRA) held its Annual General Meeting on Friday 13 May 2016 at the Bankstown Sports Club.