Alick Alan, VFF’s Referee Development Officer, departed on April 10, 2025. It was a sudden goodbye, and none of us were ready to accept this reality. I was the last person to speak with Alan and was supposed to…
Mihaly Fabian, OFC VAR Project Manager, visited Fresh Water Stadium on October 14th to introduce the VAR system to VFF referees and personnel. VAR, or Video Assistant Referee, is a groundbreaking technology in football. It is designed to assist…
Robinson Banga, the Referee Development Officer (RDO) for Vanuatu Football, and his team from the Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF) are tirelessly working to clear roads and rebuild damaged public infrastructure in Vanuatu. They are working in collaboration with the…
FIFA U-17 World Cup, Refereeing
PHOTO | Pioneering referees relishing Brazilian adventure
Back Men | The trio from Oceania featuring referee Nick Waldron and assistant referee Isaac Trevis from New Zealand along with Vanuatu’s Jeremy Garae have turned heads at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. Read more here Front…
The FIFA Assistant Referee Jeremy Garae arrives back home last night after taking part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. The Oceania Football Confederation describes them as Oceania trio making waves on world stage, took control of…
Jeremy Garae and his referee colleagues from Oceania – Nicholas Waldron and Isaac Trevis from New Zealand, have recorded their first feat as match officials for Tajikistan vs Cameroon in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil this week….
FIFA Referees Committee has appointed Jeremy Garae as part of the 20 trios of match officials, five Support Referees and 17 Video Assistant Referees (VARs), representing all six confederations, in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. This…
It’s been a whirlwind introduction to OFC for the new head of the Referees Department Kevin Stoltenkamp. Since starting a week ago, he’s already planning courses across the region and making preparations for next month’s OFC U-20 Championship in…
Last weekend referees worked extra hard to officiated four important matches at PV Stadium with very close score.Erakor beat Narak 2-1, Spirit down Shepherds United 1-0, Ifira beat Amicale 1-0 and Tafea and Tupuji Imere draw 1-1.This is a…
For the last four years only 20 referees in Port Vila Football has been officiating matches in three different fields until today.Referee Development Officer, Lencie Fred made a special call to all 24 clubs to think seriously about refereeing…