CCC2 procedure Re: Referee not being available

CCC2 , the committee responsible for all Under 13 to Under 16 Club activity within the County , will set over 4,000 juvenile fixtures this year.

Due to the recent poor weather and the admiral desire by teams to get games played , Clubs are switching venues in line with CCC2 League Regulations which is to be strongly applauded.

Below is the process if a Referee is not available in the first place or unable to travel to a revised venue ( we have had Referees travelling across the city to the new venue only to find another Referee in situ - the Clubs assumed the original Referee would not travel and therefore sought a replacement Referee).

As per issued fixtures circulated each week (found at the top of each page and referring to Saturday / Sunday games) “if the referee is not available, the mentor to text details to 087-1856380 by 9.30am Thursday Morning”

In addition the following appears in CCC2 League Regulations:

• The HOME team must contact the referee by Wednesday evening to ensure their availability. Should the referee not be available, the home team should text details to 087-1856380 in order to inform CCC2. A replacement referee will be allocated by CCC2 and will be reflected on https://www.dublingaa.ie/competitions/juvenile under the relevant league.

You don't email juvresults@dublingaa.ie when a Referee is not available.

You can email me at secretarybng.dublin@gaa.ie for information purposes if you want to ( I will amend the fixture details if the venue is being reversed and also reverse venue for any second round game in the competition ) BUT I will not act to seek a replacement referee.

If the Referee is not available any member of your team management to text details to 087-1856380 ( the same number as the Result Text the Home Mentor receives before each game).

The above relates to a situation when a Referee is not available. However, it is disappointing that on a regular basis the majority of Home Mentors continue to fail to make contact with the assigned Referee in advance of their fixture ( just assume the Referee will turn up !! ) . Therefore with the current weather conditions , Referees are not being told that games are off ( again the assumption seems to be that Referees should know this !! )

Please make sure all your CCC2 mentors aware of the protocol around a referee not being available and the requirement to ALWAYS make contact with the assigned Referee prior to the game ( home mentors should always check our website prior to a game , especially in these weather conditions , in order to have the most up to date assigned Referee - in case a Referee is no longer available and has been replaced).

https://www.dublingaa.ie/competitions/juvenile

CCC2 League Regulations: http://uploads.dublingaa.ie/files/21/ccc2_league_regulations_for__2018.docx

CCC2 Referees: http://uploads.dublingaa.ie/files/23/ccc2_referees_2018_ver3.xlsx