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Local Instructors/Assessors return from FIFA Futuro 111 Course in Jamaica
Abdullah Hamid (left), Stanley Lancaster (2nd left) and Trevor Beckles (right) with one of the officials during the programme.
Local FIFA Instructors/Assessors Stanley Lancaster, Abdullah Hamid and Trevor Beckles returned this week from participating at the FIFA Futuro 111 Course in Montego Bay Jamaica for officials in the CONCACAF Region.
The Course which ran from July 28 – August 2, allowed for the sport’s governing body to be updated on the progress for the officials from their Member Associations within CONCACAF, go through the amended laws and also plan the way forward, catering for the expansion of referees in the regions.
According to Lancaster, there were no adjustments to the laws of the game, but an inclusion of ‘Return Substitution’ and the use of Electronic Performance and Tracking Systems (EPTS).
The ‘Return Substitution’ rule, which also provides for an unlimited amount of substitution, is only applicable and permitted in the lowest levels (grassroots and recreational) of football, subject to the agreement of the member association concerned.
Lancaster, who also holds the portfolio of being Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Head of Refereeing Department, said that the plan now is to host a similar course locally to bring the Guyanese referees and local instructors/assessors abreast with the laws of the game. This he said will be done later this month.
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