Welcome to the 2023 season! The season will kick off on the 31st of March.

Baulkham Hills Football Club (BHFC) has a proud history of preparing strong, confident, skilled Instructional Referees (IRs) who continue through to referee with the Hills Football Association. IRs referee small-sided youth games (U8 through to U11) under supervision of experienced referees.

2023 Application

BHFC executive are inviting registered players to show an expression of interest to participate in the 2023 IR program.

BHFC encourages both boys and girls to consider and apply for the IR program. Those wishing to participate must:

-        Be registered players with BHFC, and

-        Be 12 years of age on before 1 April 2023.

Instructional referees who participated in the 2022 season must still apply.

Applications close Sunday the 22nd of February 2023

Participation in the IR program is contingent on successful completion of mandated training sessions.

Please note that due to restrictions in the number of IRs required each season, not all applicants can be accepted into the program.

Next Steps

Please fill the application form located here (https://forms.office.com/r/22sUSPNncq)

Attend one of the instructing referee courses held by the association. The dates and course information can be found here (https://www.playfootball.com.au/referee/find-a-referee-course). Please select “Instructing Referee” as the course.
The courses posted here are theory only. The dates for the practical will be available once the theory courses are completed.

Due to a change in Hills refereeing policy both “theory and practical” courses need to be completed for new IRs and “practical only” for returning IRs

Also please note the courses are being held in early February with no plans to extend. We recommend that you do the course regardless of being accepted by BHFC. The course is free.

A further information night will take place at our club after registrations are completed and our IR team has been selected. This meeting will be for both IRs and their parents as we will go through pay procedures, game day appointments, what we ask of the parents etc.

BHFC Instructional Referee Administrators

Over the past 5 years, Mary-Elizabeth has assisted Jim in running and organising the IR programme. Mary-Elizabeth’s real workload has increased over the past year and has decided to take a very deserved break from this role, we would like to thank her for all her effort over the past 5 years and wishing her all the best in 2023 and beyond.

For the 2023 season, I will be helping Jim with the Instructional Referee programme. I’m currently a player and referee of many years so hopefully I can help fill the shoes of Mary-Elizabeth.

Both Jim and I are looking forward to 2023 season and looking forward to working with you all.

Kind Regards,

Jim Moreland – Referee Coordinator – jmoreland@bigpond.com
0417 465 814

Jason King – BHFC MiniRoo Referees – bhfc_miniroo_referees@outlook.com 0413 023 637