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President's PageWhen
I consider the names of those who have been past presidents of our
Association I feel extremely honoured to follow them in the role.
I hope that I can work, serve and promote the Association as well as
they did. In particular I would like to thank Neil McLennan for all his
efforts over the past two years, as well as the guidance and tips he
has already passed on. Let’s hope it is possible to trick an old dog
some new tricks!!
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the EDRA. I look forward to the
year ahead and I am sure that we can continue to succeed and serve the
great game of football at every level. Throughout the year I hope we
will take the opportunity to celebrate our past. We have great names in
our Association who have served domestic and international football
with distinction.
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As an Association we cannot stand still and I would hope that in the
year ahead the Council and I will work with Martin Clark and Ian Fyfe
in focusing on continuing to move forward and develop the Association.
No matter what level of football we operate in, no matter the role we
perform I would encourage all of us to strive to do the best we can,
every time, as you represent us all.
As an Association we have many structures to support and develop every member.
The coaching material presented to us by the Coaching Team, the
physical training we operate at the various venues throughout the
Association and the support, development schemes and events we run are
all there to improve each one of us, to help us to perform where it
ultimately counts, on the pitch.
In the year ahead Council will look to build on what we already have in
place but above all we need every member’s participation and
engagement. I therefore would encourage every member to come along, to
get involved.
It would be great to see some new faces, not just new entrants, but
those existing members who have not perhaps attended a meeting or
visited training for a while if at all for whatever reason.
Everybody is welcome, it is everybody’s Association. Consequently I
would welcome people’s input and feedback. What can we do better? What
initiatives would you like to see?
As the season draws to a close, a season which has seen significant
change and no doubt a few disappointments along the way, I believe that
the members and the Association as a whole have risen to the challenge
both on and off the Park.
This season our members have received magnificent appointments
throughout the year. In addition to the many fine performances at local
level, it was a great personal achievement for SYFA national cup final
appointments to be received by Billy Connor and Blaine Robertson and
their teams. In Blaine’s case surely an example to every new member of
how you can go a long way in a short period of time!!
At senior level the number of high profile domestic, international and
European appointments to come the way of the Association was
exceptional. It seems that every week we have our senior listed
colleagues performing at the very highest level.
Our Association has been represented at every Senior Cup final, Gavin
Duncan (Assistant Referee) Scottish Youth Cup; Michael Banks (Assistant
Referee) Challenge Cup Final; Graham Chambers (Assistant Referee) CIS
Co-operative Scottish League Cup Final and above all Calum Murray’s
fantastic appointment as Referee to this year’s Scottish Cup Final.
Calum’s appointment follows directly on from Dougie McDonald’s appointment last year, surely a first for the Association.
We wish Calum every success for the final, we know he will do himself
and all of us proud and we shall be supporting him all the way.
Finally good luck to everybody in their remaining games, enjoy the
break when it comes and let’s look forward to Season 2011/12 with
enthusiasm and ambition.
Mark
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