AND FINALLY
Well
we have finally got there!! The end of the season that
is. With nearly a complete set of fixtures on the 26th
April, we are left with just a few odds and ends
and that as they say is it.
Many
thanks for all your help over the past nine months. I
can assure you that it is greatly appreciated. Most of
you it seems are willing to bale me out of the mire at
some late hour, which usually occurs when the official
suffers from blue tongue disease, herpes, foot and mouth
or he has twisted his knee getting out of bed.
A
word of praise to practically all of you regarding
confirmations. After the last couple of years spent
bawling and screaming at you, it would appear the penny
has finally dropped. You are getting your
acknowledgments back in record time, and believe me when
I say that it makes my job much easier.
It
would be rather amiss of me not to have a moan about
something or the other. This whinge concerns the
officials who do not wear the Association badge on their
referees’ kit. Gents it’s only costs about 6 quid and
the mad Scot will gladly dispatch one to you with the
help of Postman Pat.
Within the next couple of weeks I’ll be sending to you
the application forms for next season along with your
club marks, both for refereeing and lining. Also in the
package will be one extra form which I require you to
complete. This must be clear and legible (For Evel’s
sake that means ‘be able to read clearly’) as it will be
going direct to the printer. The reason I’ve done this
is because there were so many errors in the handbook
last season, and quite frankly I’m not prepared to put
up with it again for next season. So please fill these
forms in correctly, because if not, you’ll be at fault,
no one else!!
As
you can see from the web site, all the promotions,
(those that I know of) have been posted, along with the
Cup Final Appointments. My congratulations go to all
those who have either obtained promotion and also to
those who have been appointed to the various cup finals.
One of the best parts of my job is this time of year,
when the promotions are announced and the final
appointments made.
Obviously, where there are highs, there are lows. To
those of you who never achieved promotion, I know it’s
unfortunate, but you have to give it a good go next
season. Often, the extra year makes a real difference.
To
date I’m very disappointed with the response to the
voting slips I sent out with the April bulletin. So much
so I’ve had to send you all a reminder to ‘pull your
finger’s out’ and get the votes into Carl Couzens. This
is not a difficult task people and I know of one mad
Scot who is certainly not impressed. [You can vote
online through the website
here]
If
anyone has a spare atlas or London Geographia to hand,
perhaps they’d be good enough to send it to Carl Henry,
who had difficulty recently in finding Harefield’s
ground. The reason was quite simple really; he went to
Hillingdon Borough instead. Don’t ask me why, you’d
better ask him!!
All
your forms for next season will be with you within the
next few weeks. Your marks will also be included on the
sheets for your work last season. Get all the forms back
to me as quickly as possible and remember, whilst you
are busy sunning yourselves or copping further injuries
in your pre season warms ups, I’ll be busy slaving away.
Four
fitness tests have been arranged during the close
season, all at Stockwood Park in Luton on dates to be
confirmed. Although not compulsory, please make every
effort to attend. Forms for the tests will be included
in the package that I’ll be sending to you.
This
year, NO fitness tests will be held
outside of those mentioned, i.e. Luton only. Please bear
this in mind, as a request to do otherwise will be
refused.
Before I go, I must mention the AGM to be held on
Thursday 22nd May at Colney Heath. Besides
the AGM, we have an excellent guest speaker for you, the
details of which will soon be revealed on the website,
that is of course the flag and whistle. Be there or be
square!!
That’s it from me for the time being, but I’ll leave you
with these fascinating facts:-
If a
pin was heated to the same temperature as the sun, its
heat would set alight everything within 60 miles of it.
It
takes an average of 600 grapes to make a bottle of wine.
Male
bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any
mammal (how the hell did someone find that out?).
Airbags explode at 200mph.
On
average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonald’s
bun. (Jimmy Campbell counted them over a course of 3 Big
Macs!).
See
you soon.Mick Ewen
56 Milton Avenue
Hornchurch
Essex
RM1 2BW
07939.879295
Email michaelewen236@btinternet.com
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