How to get a referee license in Canada
PLEASE NOTE:
There are now 2 opportunities to get trained as a Referee.
Snooker Canada is bringing Michaela Tabb over from England to teach a Snooker Canada Certification Course in Richmond, BC, on the 14th and 15th of March, 2019 and also on the 16th and 17th, 2019, in Markham, Ontario.
Please follow the link below to get full information.
https://www.snookercanada.ca/…/snooker-referee-certificati…/
The second is an opportunity to attend a Referee Training Clinic on March 2nd, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario.
The location for the Clinic is:
The Corner Bank
925 Warden Avenue,
Scarborough, Ontario
M1L 4C5
Phone - 1-416-757-2265
There will be a limit of 6 participants and the starting time is 12:00 noon and should run for about 5 hours.
If you are interested please take the time to read all of the information required at the site. If you do not take the time to review the information the clinic won't be as useful.
The link for the information is
http://www.rulesofsnooker.com/how-to-become-a-referee.html
The cost for the course is $75.00
You can also contact our Head Referee by email at
cuerefs147@yahoo.ca
First of all, you must get a copy of the latest official snooker rules. Download it from "The Rules" on this site. Study it; thoroughly.
When you think that you know the rules, try taking the rules quizzes on this site. Each quiz is here in two versions .. one has the answers, the other does not. Try your knowledge on the version that does not first, then check you answers with the one that does.
When you are confident on the rules they can contact Kevin Patrick (cuerefs147@yahoo.ca) to arrange a time to do a referee clinic.
This take about 3 to 5 hours, and will go over many of the functions of a referee and explain various situations on the snooker table itself. The clinic is also where you can ask any questions regarding the interpretation of any rules in question.
After completion of the clinic, you will be given a written test of multiple choice and true/false questions to write on the premises.
If successful (over 85%) you will be given a short table test either the same day or ASAP afterwards,.
Once that is completed they will be issued a Class 3 License, a pair of gloves, a ball marker, and a rule book.
The cost has increased from $50 to $75 to include the rule book and ball marker and two forms of your license. This license is valid for any tournament in Canada or any I.B.S.F. event, world wide.
The Referees Association For Canadian Cue Sports (R.A.C.C.S.) is the only officially sanctioned snooker and billiards referees association in Canada
There are now 2 opportunities to get trained as a Referee.
Snooker Canada is bringing Michaela Tabb over from England to teach a Snooker Canada Certification Course in Richmond, BC, on the 14th and 15th of March, 2019 and also on the 16th and 17th, 2019, in Markham, Ontario.
Please follow the link below to get full information.
https://www.snookercanada.ca/…/snooker-referee-certificati…/
The second is an opportunity to attend a Referee Training Clinic on March 2nd, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario.
The location for the Clinic is:
The Corner Bank
925 Warden Avenue,
Scarborough, Ontario
M1L 4C5
Phone - 1-416-757-2265
There will be a limit of 6 participants and the starting time is 12:00 noon and should run for about 5 hours.
If you are interested please take the time to read all of the information required at the site. If you do not take the time to review the information the clinic won't be as useful.
The link for the information is
http://www.rulesofsnooker.com/how-to-become-a-referee.html
The cost for the course is $75.00
You can also contact our Head Referee by email at
cuerefs147@yahoo.ca
First of all, you must get a copy of the latest official snooker rules. Download it from "The Rules" on this site. Study it; thoroughly.
When you think that you know the rules, try taking the rules quizzes on this site. Each quiz is here in two versions .. one has the answers, the other does not. Try your knowledge on the version that does not first, then check you answers with the one that does.
When you are confident on the rules they can contact Kevin Patrick (cuerefs147@yahoo.ca) to arrange a time to do a referee clinic.
This take about 3 to 5 hours, and will go over many of the functions of a referee and explain various situations on the snooker table itself. The clinic is also where you can ask any questions regarding the interpretation of any rules in question.
After completion of the clinic, you will be given a written test of multiple choice and true/false questions to write on the premises.
If successful (over 85%) you will be given a short table test either the same day or ASAP afterwards,.
Once that is completed they will be issued a Class 3 License, a pair of gloves, a ball marker, and a rule book.
The cost has increased from $50 to $75 to include the rule book and ball marker and two forms of your license. This license is valid for any tournament in Canada or any I.B.S.F. event, world wide.
The Referees Association For Canadian Cue Sports (R.A.C.C.S.) is the only officially sanctioned snooker and billiards referees association in Canada