The Gambia Football Federation is hosting a five day FIFA Referee training Course for Member Associations and top Referees in the country at the Paradise Suites in Kololi on Friday 1st April 2016.

The training program which is jointly organised by the GFF and FIFA will be conducted by a FIFA Refereeing Instructor, Carlos Henrique, who is also the course director. He will be assisted by Donald Wellington and the GFF Referees’ manager Alhaji Adama Mbye as the local supervisor.

The five day training which is expected to end on Tuesday 5th April, 2016 , will offer high standard referee training to twenty-five Gambian Referees including four Women with FIFA badges.

The training course is part of a series of developmental programs designed by the World Football governing Body, FIFA, for it’s Member Associations. It is focused on the education and instruction of member association’s top and elite Referees and Assistant Referees, in order to enhance a wider FIFA objective of ensuring that refereeing standards continue to improve and the Laws of the game are applied the same way everywhere, as Football is a global sport and its rules must be interpreted and applied with absolute consistency wherever the game is played.

All participants will be awarded certificates at the end of the training course.

Source: GFF