{"id":9330,"date":"2024-10-18T14:23:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:39:06","slug":"adran-leagues-referee-academy-taster-sessions-being-held-across-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/news\/adran-leagues-referee-academy-taster-sessions-being-held-across-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Adran Leagues Referee Academy taster sessions being held across Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_262-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_262-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_262-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_262-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_262.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;It does feel a little bit surreal because sometimes I think I still feel like that 14-year old girl who\u2019s just refereed her first game.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon discovering that she had been <a href=\"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/news\/ceri-williams-delight-in-fifa-wu17-world-cup-selection\/\">selected as a match official for this month&#8217;s FIFA Women\u2019s U17 World Cup<\/a> in the Dominican Republic, one of Ceri Williams&#8217; first thoughts was of her younger self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growing up in Swansea, there were very few women refereeing role models for Williams but she has now become a trailblazer in her own right &#8211; officiating in the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League, the English Football League and the WSL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in following in Williams&#8217; footsteps, fun and interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=qryxbLDL_kmhJeVuxE-XMXD5MfyobPxAmrkhO-we2KFURUZOOE1JSFhLT0szNFpIMDREVTdMWlY0Mi4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refereeing taster sessions<\/a> are available to attend across Wales hosted by the Adran Leagues Referee Academy for women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five free sessions are scheduled over the next month, all lasting one hour: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colliers Park, Wrexham &#8211; Wednesday 23rd October (18:30)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caernarfon Town FC &#8211; Tuesday 12th November (18:00)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colwyn Bay FC &#8211; Wednesday 13th November (18:30) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swansea.com Stadium &#8211; Wednesday 13th November (19:00)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus &#8211; Thursday 14th November (19:00)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-faw-card card-with-image-bg\"><div class=\"is-layout-constrained wp-block-group is-style-faw-card\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-button__link-card\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=qryxbLDL_kmhJeVuxE-XMXD5MfyobPxAmrkhO-we2KFURUZOOE1JSFhLT0szNFpIMDREVTdMWlY0Mi4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign Up Now<\/a><div class=\"faw-cards__card__text p-4\"><h2 class=\"is-style-faw-h3 mb-4 faw-text--border\">Adran Leagues Referee Academy<\/h2><div class=\"btn-w-auto wp-block-button \"><div class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sign Up Now<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-faw-card-background_bg\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-05-05-Wrexham-Women-v-Cardiff-City-Women_ac_162.jpg);background-position:52% 39%\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five free refereeing taster sessions are available to attend across Wales over the next month, lasting one hour each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":9333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.52,"y":0.36},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-9330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9335,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9330\/revisions\/9335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}