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<title>SkagitRefs</title>
<link>http://www.SkagitRefs.org/</link>
<description>Providing Referees to Soccer Matches in the Skagit Valley and surrounding area in the State of Washington, USA</description>
<dc:publisher>SkagitRefs</dc:publisher>
<dc:rights>Copyright (c) 2010 </dc:rights>
<dc:date>2010-03-10T01:54:43-08:00</dc:date>
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	<title>April Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting</title>
		<dc:description>Our April Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting will be held at the Burlington Senior Center on 4/21/2010 at 7:00 PM (this is the 3rd Wednesday of the monthly)&lt;br /&gt;
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Instructor: Don Wolden&lt;br /&gt;
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Penalty Kicks - Infractions and Restarts&lt;br /&gt;
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This counts as 1 hour of Continuing education</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>March Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting</title>
		<dc:description>Our March Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting will be held at the Burlington Senior Center on 3/17/2010 at 7:00 PM (this is the 3rd Wednesday of the monthly)&lt;br /&gt;
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Instructor: David Harding and Ed Finlan&lt;br /&gt;
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Report Writing - Red Card - Yellow Card&lt;br /&gt;
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This counts as 1 hour of Continuing education</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Referee day at the Seattle Sounders</title>
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		<dc:description>#3362: Referee day at the Seattle Sounders&lt;br /&gt;
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Referee Recertification:&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you ever wondered what referees of a professional match talk about before the game? Or what the referee inspector looks for in evaluating their performance? Well, here is your chance - back by popular demand for another season!&lt;br /&gt;
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Seattle Soccer Referee Association and the Seattle Sounders are sponsoring a special opportunity for all USSF Referees and their families on Saturday, April 17, during the Sounders third home match of the season against Kansas City.</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>May Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting</title>
		<dc:description>Our April Monthly Skagit Soccer Referee Meeting will be held at the Burlington Senior Center on 5/19/2010 at 7:00 PM (this is the 3rd Wednesday of the monthly)&lt;br /&gt;
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Instructor: TBD&lt;br /&gt;
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This counts as 1 hour of Continuing education</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Upgrade Clinic Grade 8 to 7</title>
			<link>http://www.wasrc.org/clinics?action=Display&amp;clinic=3333</link>
		<dc:description>#3333: WASRC - Upgrade 8 to 7&lt;br /&gt;
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Referee Intermediate Grade 7: Ready to upgrade to 7? A full day of instruction that will meet the 5 hour requirement. You will have to log on the site to pre-register, this is required.&lt;br /&gt;
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2009 USSF Directives will be reviewed.&lt;br /&gt;
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Directives can be downloaded @ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ussoccer.com/Referees/Referee-Development/Directives.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.ussoccer.com/Referees/Referee-Development/Directives.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Topic 1: 100% Misconduct, Edgar Martinez&lt;br /&gt;
Topic 2: Free Kick Management, Betty Schmeck&lt;br /&gt;
Topic 3: Handling the Ball from the Assessor's point of view. Chuck Suter&lt;br /&gt;
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Cost and Fee Information&lt;br /&gt;
    $40.00.  &lt;br /&gt;
Sponsored By&lt;br /&gt;
    WASRC.&lt;br /&gt;
Instructor Coordinator&lt;br /&gt;
    Betty Schmeck&lt;br /&gt;
Sessions for this Clinic&lt;br /&gt;
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       1. WASRC - Upgrade to 7&lt;br /&gt;
          Date-Time	Saturday 3/13/2010 9:00 am to 3/13/2010 4:00 pm&lt;br /&gt;
          Location 	Starfire Classroom&lt;br /&gt;
          14800 Starfire Way&lt;br /&gt;
          Tukwila, WA 98188 map&lt;br /&gt;
          Instructor(s)	Betty Schmeck; Edgar J Martinez</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Skagit Tournaments</title>
		<dc:description>Here are the dates for the Tournament that will be held in Burlington at Skagit River Park. I'll send out requested for your serve around 30 days before the tournaments. &lt;br /&gt;
May 21, 22 and 23 Skagit River Cup&lt;br /&gt;
June 18,19 and 20 Firecracker&lt;br /&gt;
July 23, 24 and 25 Garrett Chase memorial &lt;br /&gt;
Sept 4, 5 and 6 Labor Day Kick&lt;br /&gt;
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Assignor is Duane Henson duanehenson@yahoo.com</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Becoming a Soccer Referee</title>
			<link>http://www.wasrc.org/clinics</link>
		<dc:description>Entry Level Referee Class to become a Soccer Referee:  Skagit County Soccer Referee Association is having an Entry Level Clinic at Burlington Senior Center; 1011 East Greenleaf Avenue; Burlington, WA 98233 on Friday April 16th, 2010 @ 6:00pm to 8:30pm - Saturday April 17th, 2010 @ 9:00am to 5:00pm - Sunday April 18th, 2010 @ 10:00am to 3:00pm - If you cannot make Sunday for &quot;religious reasons&quot;, we will have a makeup the following week. (Discuss with Roger on Saturday or prior via email.)&lt;br /&gt;
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To register: go to www.skagitrefs.org click on logon and click on register. Check the box that says &quot;Interested in becoming a Referee?&quot; Tell us a little about yourself in the notes. You can also email roger@herbaugh.com if you would like. Write &quot;April 2010 Clinic&quot; in the Notes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Friday bring: Paper / Pencil / $10.00&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday bring: Paper / Pencil / Lunch - Lunch Break from 11:30 to 12:00 &lt;br /&gt;
Sunday bring Paper / Pencil / $50.00 - We will be outside so dress appropriately.  Since we do not start until 10, and testing should be done by 2, no lunch break.  You can bring a lunch and eat it while testing.&lt;br /&gt;
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NOTE:  You MUST attend ALL of the sessions.&lt;br /&gt;
This clinic does NOT count as continuing education, it ONLY counts for becoming a referee.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you have questions, email roger@herbaugh.com&lt;br /&gt;
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Introduction, Laws 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 &amp;amp; 10	4/16/2010 6:00 pm	Burlington Senior Center&lt;br /&gt;
Laws 12, 13 &amp;amp; 14			4/17/2010 9:00 am	Burlington Senior Center &lt;br /&gt;
Lunch 					4/17/2010 11:30 to 12:00&lt;br /&gt;
Laws 5,6,15,16 &amp;amp; 17			4/17/2010 12:00 pm	Burlington Senior Center &lt;br /&gt;
Law 11					4/17/2010 2:30 pm	Burlington Senior Center &lt;br /&gt;
Field Session				4/18/2010 10:00 am	Burlington Senior Center&lt;br /&gt;
Testing &amp;amp; Registration			4/18/2010 12:30 pm	Burlington Senior Center&lt;br /&gt;</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Risk Management</title>
			<link>http://www.wsysa.com/Programs/RiskManagement/tabid/93/Default.aspx</link>
		<dc:description>Risk Management:  If you do not have a RMA number, or it has expired.  (You can see this on your profile)  You should go to the State Youth Soccer Risk Management website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wsysa.com/Programs/RiskManagement/tabid/93/Default.aspx&quot;&gt;http://www.wsysa.com/Programs/RiskManagement/tabid/93/Default.aspx&lt;/a&gt; and fill it out.</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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	<title>Washington Referee Podcast</title>
			<link>http://wasyra.libsyn.com/</link>
		<dc:description>NEW!  The Washington Referee Podcast is on the air!  This weekly podcast will keep you up-to-date on all the developments for State Cup and other tournaments in Washington State.  To listen in, go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://wasyra.libsyn.com/&quot;&gt;http://wasyra.libsyn.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A new episode of the podcast will be produced every Tuesday evening and should be available on Wednesday afternoons.  Our thanks to Jonathon Sims from WCSRA, who is editing the podcasts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Roberto Alvarez&lt;br /&gt;
SYRA&lt;br /&gt;</dc:description>
	<dc:creator>Roger Herbaugh (mailto:roger@herbaugh.com)</dc:creator>
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