St. Lawrence United (SLU) and Ref Center How to use Ref Center if you want to Ref for SLU

Introduction to Registering and Using Ref Center In this Power Point Presentation you will be able to find out the following: How to Register for this Current or Upcoming Soccer Season -if registered before or if never registered before with Ref Center How to Use “My Account” to change your details/ profile etc… (ex. Contact email etc…) How to Set Preferences (what types of games, clubs and Districts, you want to Ref/AR in) How to accept and decline games How to do Game Reports (for Refs, not ARs)

Ref Centre Webpage Home Page Login Link If registered with Ref Center before http://www.refcentre.com Register Link If not registered before

Registration at Start of New Year: -if registered last year Step 1 http://www.refcentre.com Login using login/password from last year

Registration at Start of New Year: -if registered last year Step 2 Once logged in: You will see your HomePage. If not paid and registered this year, there should be a warning to do your annual registration (pay and do test) To do annual registration click and follow instructions

Registration at Start of New Year: -if registered last year Step 3 (pre-season education) Once logged in and clicked on Warning to register: -There may be a Pre Season Education module for you to do. -Click on it, follow the instructions -then return to Step 2

Registration at Start of New Year: -if registered last year Step 4 (after Pre-season education complete) You will see your HomePage. If completed the pre-season education but not paid yet, there still should be a warning to do your annual registration -click and follow instructions

Registration at Start of New Year: -if registered last year Step 5- pay and register Step-by-step instructions area given for payments etc…on this diagram Click on Next and follow all subsequent steps to pay and register Once paid etc… go back to your home page and the warning should be gone- you are all ready to use Ref Centre (go to slides on Preferences)

Registration at Start of New Year: -if NOT registered last year Step 1 http://www.refcentre.com Click Register Button

Registration at Start of New Year: -if NOT registered last year Step 2 Once clicked on Register Button: You will need to enter an activation code -you get this by emailing SOSA and asking for Ref Activation code (use this email: admin@sosaleague.com – this person should be able to get you in touch with the District Ref to get the activation code)

Registration at Start of New Year: -if NOT registered last year Step 3 Once secured the Activation Code: You will need to enter the activation code Click continue and follow all subsequent steps (including payment likely) Once completed, you will be able to use Ref Centre

My Account: what things can I change? If you Mouse over “My Account” you will be able to: Change your Profile (contact details etc…) Change your Password

Your Preferences: -what games, leagues, clubs, districts you want to Ref/AR in Before we can offer you any games you need to set up your preferences Click on the Preferences button and complete your choices On the left hand side are lists of preferences that you can choose: Leagues Clubs Etc…

Your Preferences- Districts Click on Districts on the left list (you may not have this option- this means you are too young- if you do not have this option skip to next slide) Click on the districts listed in the main box, that you want to ref in Click submit at the bottom In this example, I have chosen the EODSA My home district is at the top (it is automatically added) if not then click on SOSA in the main list too

Your Preferences- Leagues Click on Leagues on the left list Click on the leagues listed in the main box, that you want to ref in Click on submit In this example, I have chosen ERSL + OCSL + SOSA If you want to Ref/AR for SLU you must click SOSA + ERSL (if available to you-some are not eligible to ref in ERSL (ex. If too young))

Your Preferences- Clubs Click on Clubs on the left list Click on the clubs listed in the main box, that you want to ref in Click Submit In this example, I have chosen St. Lawrence United and Brockville If you want to Ref/AR for SLU you must click SLU (it may already be highlighted)

Your availability Now you need to click on the Games button on the top left menu then select Availability from drop down list A calendar will appear You will need to indicate which days you are available by clicking on the box on those dates You must click on the update button to save the information Ref Centre will only assign you games if you have made yourself available for that day It is important that you keep this calendar up to date as you receive appointments from other referee assigners Place your mouse over the day to see which game you have on that day

A game offer This is a picture of the home page after you have been offered a game You should have received an invitation by email to prompt you but you should also check this pg regularly in case an email was missed The blue section indicates that you have been offered another game. Note that your next game will always appear on the left. The flag indicates that it is an AR appointment. A whistle will indicate a referee appointment You must accept or decline this game by visiting the Offers page Click on link

Accepting or declining a game To accept of decline a game offer, click on the Games button and click on the Offers page The games offered to you will be displayed To accept the game click on the green tick To decline the game click on the red cross

Game Previews Click on game preview to see the details of your game The details will show a map of the field, directions to the field and competition rules such as ball size and lengths of halves etc Some leagues will also show you the uniform colours of each team so you know what colour of jerseys to bring

Game Report When you need to submit a game report (ie. You Centered a game – you do not need to do a report if you were the AR) an orange warning is posted

Submitting a game report Click on Games and select Game report to submit your report. Please submit a report within 24 hours of the game Some leagues will require you to enter red and yellow card descriptions as part of the game report. In this case you do not need to send the reports through the mail. Other leagues will only request a score as part of the game report and for these leagues you should forward any red and yellow card reports on paper through the mail or by fax

Summary The Ref Centre process is as follows The referee initially visits Ref Centre to register at the start of the year (there may be an initial test as well) – you must pay the appropriate amount before you can register The referee then goes to preferences (fields divisions etc)- see section later on this He then returns to Ref Centre on a regular basis to select the dates that he is available to officiate The referee will be sent an email from Ref Centre when he has been offered a game The referee must visit Ref Centre to accept or decline the game If he accepts the game then he returns to the Ref Centre site to submit the score (if he was the Center Ref –ARs do not need to)

More information Please contact SLU Head Ref (see our webpage)