NORTH WEST SYDNEY FOOTBALL REFEREES ASSOCIATION

North West Sydney Football Referees Association (NWSFRA) is one of the largest associations in NSW with over 450 referees. Our referees are appointed to local grassroots competitions (NWSF), school matches, state competition football, such as Youth and Premier league. Based in the Ryde/Gladesville-Hornsby district, our match officials are trained, certified and assessed on their abilities to provide safe, fair, and enjoyable experiences for players, coaches, and spectators. Our referees are invested in the Football Referee Development Panel, NSW State League Football Referees Association, as well as Youth League and A-League Men's and Women's.

Appointments for 18-20 July are online

Tip of the week: Make sure to double check the teams and scores in Dribl before confirming your teamsheet to make sure that you don't accidentally allocate the wrong score to the wrong team. 

Craig has the Appointments phone this weekend. The number is 0434 537 900. 

Happy birthday to Ashish Katyal, Owen Zhou, Brian Flack, Abigail Clark, Gabriella Connell, Jonathan McLennan, Jasper Lee, Lachlan Martin, Mark Allfrey

The Ugly Side of Sport

Watch the NWSFRA president discuss poor sideline behaviour and its impacts on referees on weekend sunrise

News and Events

Referee payments - update 16 July

We have recently received payment from NWSF for games up until 2 June. Payments to referees were made earlier today. Please check your email for further details.

We are also ready to pay for all June games and will do this once funds are received from NWSF.

2025-07-16 21:59:43
General Meeting Calendar 2025
  • Monday 14 Apr 2024 at Christie Park .
  • Monday 12 May 2025 at Christie Park.
  • Monday 16 Jun 2025 at Christie Park.
  • Monday 14 Jul 2025 at  Christie Park.
  • Monday 11 Aug 2025 at Christie Park
  • Monday 10 Nov 2025 at Christie Park. Annual General Meeting.

Technical session starts at 7:30pm followed by Administration around 8:15pm.

All members are invited to attend.

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What do you do if you have an issue with your appointments?

Our administration instructions are clear on this:

Up until Friday evening, please email appointments@nwsfra.com.au with the details. Do not click 'request contact' in Dribl or attempt to Decline the allocation in Dribl, as that triggers an email that doesn't tell us anything.

If there is a problem after Friday evening, call the Appointments mobile phone on 0434 537 900

2025-06-18 09:25:31
Payment for games - You can now check/edit your banking details

We have reconciled games up until the end of April and invoiced NWSF. We are preparing your payment information and once the payment is received from NWSF, we will be able to process it. We will update this message when there is more information, so please re-check here as emailing us asking about it only slows us down.

 

2025-05-25 12:01:36
Dribl Issues or Queries

1. If you want to change your Dribl email address, please try the steps outlined in the Dribl support page https://help.dribl.com/space/MYA/18317335/Change+your+Dribl+account+email

2. If you have a Dribl account but the referee organisation does not show up under your "following" tab, contact webmaster@nwsfra.com.au and mention your name and RefId along with the query.

3. If you do not have a Dribl login, then create an account in dribl using an email address (preferably the one you use for the referee website).

2025-05-18 18:12:36
Are you having Dribl issues?

Nearly 30% of our referees don't have Dribl working. Click 'more' for details

2025-04-05 07:15:04
Refresher session information - for returning referees who missed the session

The two main issues we covered are summarised in the links below. Please look through both of them so you're up to speed with the LOTG and administrative changes this year.

Using this new website and Dribl

Video walk through of the LOTG changes

2025-04-04 15:49:29
Become a Referee in 2025
  1. Register as a "Learner" on playfootball. https://rego.prd.letsplayfootball.au/participant/product-details/65128933 
  3. Complete Junior Football Match Official modules. $33 (+transaction fees) Prerequisites: Minimum 13 years old and have completed online Laws of the Games. 
  4. Attend a Junior Football Match Official branch event. Prerequisites: Minimum 13 years old and have completed JFMO modules. At the moment we aren't running any more courses, however you can complete a course with another branch and then referee with us. Practical course search -https://www.playfootball.com.au/referee/find-a-referee-course# In the filter section, add in "junior football match official" this will be the course you will need to do.
  5. When you are done, email technical@nwsfra.com.au with certificate of completion and details of the course that you attended. From there we can sort out registration with our branch. 

Any questions, please reach out to technical@nwsfra.com.au

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Highlights

We recognise members for their contribution to the organisation and celebrate their achievements beyond their time at NWSFRA. The following members were recognised for their contributions in the 2024 November AGM.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you need more information please use the contact form at the bottom to get in touch with us.

  • If you last Refereed as an Official within the last 4 years, you must obtain a clearance from the secretary of your current association and forward it to the NWSFRA Secretary. If you last Refereed as an Official more than 4 years ago, you must obtain a clearance from the secretary of your current association and forward it to the NWSFRA Secretary. You must also complete the New Referee course.

  • If you have never refereed before and wish to become a referee, you must complete the new referee's course.

Contact

We are currently situated at Christie Park where all our face-to-face events take place. Please use the information below to get in touch with various committee members.

Website/Dribl Queries : webmaster@nwsfra.com.au

Appointed Matches : appointments@nwsfra.com.au

Other Queries : president@nwsfra.com.au

Preseason Trial Matches : appointments@nwsfra.com.au

Referee Payments : treasurer@nwsfra.com.au

New Referee Course : technical@nwsfra.com.au

Sponsors

We would like to thank our sponsors for partnering with us to support grass roots football.