From: Mark Kent [mailto:mark@noc.mainstreet.net]

Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:10 PM

To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: AYSO: notes/updates/food

Referees:

1) U12 at Santa Rita:

U12 boys and girls will be swapping fields – boys playing on the Santa Rita Upper field and girls on the lower field. We have renamed the fields appropriately so the schedules and field assignments stay the same.

See: http://www.ayso43.org/Practices/santarita.pdf

2) U10, U12 and U14:

The coaches are being reminded to coach from opposite touchlines. Therefore refs should ask coaches to have one team on each side. Parents can stay in shady areas if they choose.  This way coaches can have 20 yards each of coaching space, 10 yards either side of half way.  This will be enforced for the upper division games but not for U10.

3) U14 Boys:

The U6 games do not finish at Rosita until 2:15PM. To avoid a rush in the 15 minutes before kick-off, and since you'll be arriving early, please check in teams off to the side in preparation for an on-time start.

4) All games:

Please remind coaches at the start of the game that the stoppage for substitutions is not a mini-halftime.  The coaches should call the soon-to-be-resting players off and then send on the substitutes.  The other players must stay on the field, as they do at any other stoppage in play.

It is within the referee's discretion whether to allow a slightly longer break for water or other safety issues.

5) Revision I of the Regional Guidelines will be coming out that drops the same fielded team size REQUIREMENT for U12; the requirement only applies to U10 and U8 now. (Guidlines are available under the "Referee" link at http://www.ayso43.org/)

6) Subject: FW: [ayso45-refs] AYSO - first weekly pizza session

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Message To AYSO Mountain View & Los Altos Soccer Refs

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Wednesday, September 10, is AYSO Region 43/45's first weekly Referee and Coach pizza session. No RSVP necessary. Run by Bob Henderson, Region 45.

7 PM, Milan's Pizza, Back Room

Blossom Valley Shopping Center, Cuesta and Miramonte (next to Safeway)

Bring your questions about the Laws of the Games, situations from last weeks game or "the meaning of life, the Universe, and everything". We supply the pizza, you buy your own drink.