Canada Soccer completes 2015 Provincial Promotion Course

Canada Soccer held its annual Provincial Promotion Referee Course 16-18 May in Montreal, QC. This was the sixth time the centralized course was run, with 24 officials from eight Provinces (BC, AB, SK, ON, MB, QC, NB, NS) attending. Canada Soccer Referee Committee Chair Carman King (NS) lead the course with National Instructors Garth Elgie (QC), and Isaac Raymond (ON), along with two guest instructors Marie-Eve Bergeron (QC) and Bedik Charchafian (QC). Instructors Raymond and King have attended four FIFA Futuro Courses.

The Provincial Promotion Referee Course featured two days of intensive practical and theoretical sessions, held at the Quebec Soccer Federation.

2015 Provincial Promotion Referee Course Participants

Amanda Cordua-von Specht, BC
Erina Cho, BC
Federico Nieto, SK
Chris Coxon, SK
Richard Kent, SK
Amber Newbigging, SK
Dan Sider, NS
Marko Kalic, MB
Nicolas Joubert, MB
Éloi Bérubé, QC
Maxime Blouin, QC
Andrew Buciora, QC
Ihor Buciora, QC
Félix Côté-Leclerc, QC
Gérard-Kader Lebuis, QC
Gabrielle Lemieux, QC
Sebastian Noshinravani, QC
Geneviève Parent, QC
Sebastian Richters, AB
Sunny Marshall, AB
Jonathan Atkinson, AB
Sam Bliss, NB
John Vlahos, ON
Jason Vaillancourt, ON

Carman King, Referee Committee Chair
Michael Tucker, Referee Program Administrator
Garth Elgie, National Instructor
Isaac Raymond, National Instructor
Bedik Charchafian, National Instructor Nominee
Marie-Eve Bergeron, Guest Instructor
Mathieu Chamberland, Quebec Soccer Referee Director