Hurlstone Park Wanderers is a community club that promotes playing football in an inclusive manner, with respect for opponents, officials, and for the love of the game.
We encourage both our junior and senior players to become qualified referees, as the numbers are constantly under pressure.
Officiating in Football Canterbury competitions is overseen by the Canterbury Referees Association. They administer and train all referees in the district.
If you’re interested, please visit their website to discover how you can become a referee.
Updated weekly on the Canterbury Referees Association website under Games Covered/Not Covered by Referees
Game Leader Program 2024 A great opportunity for our junior players to learn leadership skills, have fun and earn some pocket money.
Are you (or do you know someone who is) between 12 and 17 years old, someone who loves football, and is looking for some weekend work? We have the perfect opportunity through our Game Leader Program. HPW has a great record of developing young match officials for the game through our MiniRef program that has operated for many years. In fact, our current Game Leader Coordinator started out as a MiniRef back in 2007!
Our program has produced many of the current CRA Referees, as well as giving our kids the opportunity to develop football and leadership skills, earn some pocket money and hang out with their mates at the park on the weekend. Our Mini Ref program was such a success that it encouraged other clubs to develop similar programs, and Football Canterbury have now formalised this as the Game Leader Program. Our club was the first to begin a training program for Game Leaders.
To become an accredited Game Leader, you need to sign up here. Gemma and Jackie will then start the training process (after an initial discussion) and appoint you to games.
We will be continuing this process in 2024 and we already have many new keen young people who are signed up to join the program. But we still have room for more so please let us know. Why is it great to be a Game Leader? You get to watch football and run around on a Saturday or Sunday morning. You earn some pocket money. You get a sausage (or equivalent) and a drink from the canteen. You learn some great skills.
Last year we expanded our Game Leader program to cover u10-u12 games. This means our most experienced game leaders (and those who develop experience and show promise during the season) will also be appointed to these games. Lots of these games are on Sunday so we need to know about your availability.
We have a sliding scale of payment for game leaders for 2023, reflecting the time and responsibility:
If this sounds like something that you or your child is interested in getting involved with, get in touch with Gemma and Jackie at gameleader@hurlstoneparkwanderers.com.au or fill out the Google form here.
At Hurlo we cover all official payments for Football Canterbury and State games played during the season.
From 2024, HPW Coaches and Managers will no longer need to pay Referees in cash, as they will be paid directly from Canterbury Referees Association. A simple step is in place in Dribl for Coaches and Managers (Team Reporters) to verify that your allocated Referee(s) is present at the game. This verification step is now included in the usual pre-game checks among teams and Referees via your Dribl mobile app. Instructions are here.
Email admin@hurlstoneparkwanderers.com.au for reimbursement of pre-season or other games. Make sure to include details of payments for the games, including pre-season trial games and State Cup or Champion of Champions.
For pre-season games, the Club will reimburse the cost of Referees and ground hire for one external game (at another club’s field) up to a maximum of $150 per season. If you organise more games than that the cost is to be paid by the team.
If the cost is greater than $150 please contact treasurer@hurlstoneparkwanderers.com.au if there are special circumstances that necessitate a higher cost. For intra-association games, notification to the Club in time for us to notify the Association is sufficient.
A quick summary of the steps for teams to record results and Referee payments. We need these for all teams before midday on Monday, as that is the deadline for entering them (and earlier is better).
The link below lists the amount that each team will need to pay the Referees for each game, by age group and division.
Managers should have these amounts in clearly marked envelopes and pay the Referees before the game begins.
The Referees will add their ID number and signature to the match sheet. This is the information that we use to know that you have paid a Referee.
Please note the following:
The HPW 2021 Official payment submission form allows you to include details of payments for other games, including pre-season trial games and State Cup or Champion of Champions.
For pre-season games, the Club will reimburse the cost of Referees and ground hire for one external game (at another club’s field) up to a maximum of $150 per season. If you organise more games than that the cost is to be paid by the team. If the cost is greater than $150 please contact treasurer@hurlstoneparkwanderers.com.au if there are special circumstances that necessitate a higher cost. For intra-association games, notification to the Club in time for us to notify the Association is sufficient.
Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club is a community-based soccer club run entirely by volunteers. We welcome players of all ages and from all walks of life. Find us at Ewen Park and Beaman Park, Inner West Sydney, NSW.
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Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club is a community-based soccer club run entirely by volunteers. We welcome players of all ages and from all walks of life. Find us at Ewen Park and Beaman Park, Inner West Sydney, NSW.
Terms & Conditions
Website by Wild Honey Creative
Photos marked ©photographedwithlove supplied by Photographed with Love
Hurlstone Park Wanderers Football Club acknowledges that our games and all operations of our Club are carried out on Aboriginal land. We acknowledge and pay our respect to the traditional owners and elders (past, present and emerging) who have cared for the lands and waterways for thousands of years based on deep knowledge of culture and Country.
