I started assessing as a club referee-in-chief at youth level. I then served as a district association Referees director as well as a regional referees' association chairman and educational officer. I advanced from the grass root level "club level", to district level to regional level from 1981 to 1988.
In 1989 I made the Provincial assessor status which is the highest grade in any Canadian province or can be granted by a provincial body.
From 1989 to 1995 I was annually and heavily appointed by OSA "Ontario Soccer Association" to assess senior referees.
From 1989 to 1991 my appointments were merely to grade 3 referees who were seeking upgrading to class 2.
Starting 1992 I was appointed by OSA to assess grade 2 referees seeking upgrading to grade 1 or for grade 2 maintenance.
From 1993 to 1995 I was repeatedly appointed by OSA to assess several grade 1 referees and to assess two Nationalreferees "despite the fact that
I was an active registered grade 1 referee at the time". A record which I keep.
Putting forth the time and energy into each assessment, I made a good name within the football community as a quality assessor, and in fact, in more than one occasion when the promotion of a certain referee was controversial,
I was resorted to for a respected arbitrary assessment, I was told.
Several letters, as well as an aritcle by the editor of "Can-So-Ref", the provincial magazine, expressed how beneficial my assessment feedback reports were. Further more, at an official OSA assessor's clinic to qualify new assessors, samples of my assessment reports were distributed "after referee & assessor's names were removed" as samles of constructive and effective feedback. I was very proud and pleased to hear that especially with the presence of many old-timers of National assessors a couple of whom simply were "threatened" by me!
In 1994 I was appointed by York Region SRA to conduct an assessors' clinic for experienced referees to be utilized as club and district assessors to provde advisory assistance to new and junior referees.
From 1989 to 1995 I was appointed by OSA to conduct a total of 41 official assessment.
In adition, I was appointed by OSRA to another 36 assessments. The grades of the referees whom I assessed again varied from grade 3 to National. Again, I kept all this record - as I knew some negative elements about whom I shall not comment.
Referees respected and accepted my previous higher status in Europe as a referee and my present top Provincial grade, and my name as an assessor. They knew they would get a fair, clear, illustrative, constructive and educational lengthy feedback. If it sounds like boasting it's because it is! Well, hey, it's the truth!
My next challenge and achievement was my appointment to the international arena under a professional contract. From 1995 to 1998 I served as a Staff-National referee assessor(and instructor) for AFCC.
From late 1995 to mid 1998 was responsible for the on-going assessment of National grade 1 and FIFA referees.
During the 3 years of 95-98 I submitted over 110assessments of 27 grade 1 - National referees and
over 75assessments of 18 FIFA referees who are members of QFA.
As well, my role entailed qualifying and assessing assessors (and instructors) at the National level and introducing complete reference mannuals and clinic material. This was a full time position reporting to FIFA' VP who was the Asian Football Confederation president.
A sample of my material is the assessor's manual which has been adopted by three countries. As well, on lighter scale, please review the assistant referee and the referee assessment forms & format. This can be reviewed at:
{Go to "assessment" then click on the two forms by Paul Gouda}. Please note that you need Acrobat reader to view these document. The site will show you how to download them for free. You are also advised to view them at 125% magnification instead of the default 100%. Use the button on the bottom left of the Acrobat window.
Another reading material you're invited to review is the "appendix to the assessment report", a memo I have been handing out to referees whom I assessed for the past decade to optimize the benefit of the assessment report. You can also view it at the same site mentioned above; under "assessment".
