PFF Referees Course to be held from Feb 2

LAHORE – Islamabad will host the PFF Grass Root Referees Course from February 2 to 7, 2011. Islamabad Football Association (IFA), with the collaboration of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), will organize the six-day course during, which 24 participants from various districts of Punjab, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan will turn up for the course.
It will be one of the two such courses in year 2011, during which prominent AFC/PFF Referees instructors will give lectures to Under-24 Referees”PFF Grass Root Referees Course will equip referees with the knowledge and skills to take charge of the coming matches in PPFL, PFF League and Age-group competitions. Most referees are new to the discipline and therefore need the course to give them a solid platform for development,” said PFF SecretaryAhmed Yar Khan Lodhi, who asked IFA to submit the list of 24 participants plus four reserves by January 20.”During the course, referees will learn both practical and theoretical aspects of refereeing. The best referees may be asked to further develop their skills in the AFC Talent Acceleration Referee’s Course,” said Lodhi.