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.

Wet weather update 3pm Friday

There are multiple grounds closed due to wet weather. Do not contact us to ask if your games are on, instead check the website and Dribl regularly. If your game is off and you would like to pick up another game, please use the uncovered game function. 

Closed grounds include:

Bremner, Eastwood Lower, ELS Field 2, Marsfield 1 and 2, Meadowbank 4 and 8, North Ryde, Tuckwell, Waterloo, Edward Bennett, Epping Oval, Normanhurst Oval, North Epping Oval, Ron Payne, Thomas Thompson, Thornleigh Oval, Boronia Park, Harold West. 

News and Events

Changes to this weekend's appointments - Thursday 7pm

Following the re-grading process, over 100 games have changed. The cancelled games have been deleted and the new ones have now been uploaded. We re-appointed displaced referees wherever there was an obvious match. There are still referees without games and there are many uncovered games as a lot of the previous appointments no longer work. If you don't have a game and want one, please check the uncovered games list and request one that suits. If you have a game that you can't do and you haven't already emailed us, please email us now. For those who have emailed, please be patient while we work through the inbox.

IMPORTANT: If you play in a team that has been regraded, or a second team from your club is now in your division, please email us to let us know your new team name.  

2025-05-16 14:48:04
Appointments for 16-18 May are online

Tip of the week: As it gets colder, ARs may wear plain black jackets while running the line. Centre referees cannot wear jackets but can wear long sleeved black undershirts. If you would like to purchase an NWSFRA jacket, please contact equipment@nwsfra.com.au 

Happy birthday to Leonardo Lopez, Ahmed Elsayed, Aren Migdisyan, Nekiah Tow, Jessica Fartek, Thomas den Hertog, Madeline Mclean, Jamie Anderson and Craig Black. 

2025-05-13 18:00:27
State Cup Rules

For those appointed to State Cup games this weekend, please click more

2025-05-02 15:13:38
State Cup unavailability reminder

If you are playing in a State Cup game, we will not have your game information. This is because State Cup is managed by Football NSW and not by NWSF. Please make yourself unavailable for the duration of your game and any time needed to travel back home (e.g. if you finish playing at 10am at Liverpool, make yourself unavailable until 11am at the minimum). 

2025-04-29 16:08:17
Do not 'request contact' via Dribl

Don't click the 'request contact' button in Dribl for a match. It sends us an email with no information and it will be ignored. Follow the admin instructions: email us during the week, phone appointments on the weekend.

2025-04-09 11:48:31
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

2025-04-03 20:16:26
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, 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

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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 Related Queries : webmaster@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.