THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on May 16 and 17 hosted a Referee Instructor/Assessor Course for its local assessors which saw participation of its officials from Regions 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10. 

There were sixteen participants, according to the GFF. For the first time, two female referee assessors were included.
This is the first course of its kind which was facilitated by the Federation’s local Instructors/Assessors, Abdulla ‘Zico’ Hamid, Ingram Johnson and Roy McArthur.
In opening remarks, Stanley Lancaster, head of the Referees department expressed that the aim of the course was “to have well trained Assessors/Instructors to properly assess our match officials during all levels of games/tournaments across Guyana, also to aid in the development of our referees.”
The GFF will be hosting a series of recruitment drives with its first Beginners Course on May 22-25 and interested persons are asked to contact Lancaster on 2278758 or via email lancaster@gffonline.com.
These courses are part of the continued development plans of the GFF for the sport of football with training sessions for coaches, referees and players.