Open meetings
The Reading RA Open Meetings take place on the third Thursday of every month, at 7:45pm, at the Earley Home Guard Social Club in Pitts Lane, Earley, RG6 1BT.
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If you are interested in joining the RRA or finding out more then why not come along to one of these meetings – you will be made very welcome. The meetings are a great opportunity to chat to other referees and the guest speakers are always very interesting to listen to.
Guest speakers
| Oct 013 | Stephen Green ( Level 4 Referee Tutor) | "Good Cop – Bad Cop" |
| Sep 2013 | George McCaffery (level 4 FA Tutor and Coach) | "Communicating through body language" |
| Aug 2013 | Will Finnie (level 4 referee and tutor) | "Communicating with Players" |
| May 2013 | AGM | |
| Apr 2013 | Alf Field (Chiltern RA) | "Crossing the line" |
| Mar 2013 | Mark Ives (Discipline Manager of The FA) | "Discipline and the way forward" |
| Feb 2013 | Jeff Pettitt (MD of A&H International) | "Achieving greatness with simple steps" |
| Jan 2013 | Ray Olivier (Head of Education for PGMOL) | "Deal or no deal" |
| Dec 2012 | Christmas draw | |
| Nov 2o12 | Dean Mohareb (Football League Referee and FA National Referee Development Manager) | "Team Work" |
| Oct 2012 | Phil Sharp (World Cup assistant referee and UEFA instructor) | "Behind the scenes at Euro 2012" |
| Sep 2012 | Lorraine Deschamps MBE | "Teamwork and self-management" |
| Aug 2012 | Corin Readett (Berks & Bucks FA Referee Development Officer) | "Unlocking your potential" |
| May 2012 | AGM | |
| Apr 2012 | Iain Williamson (Football league referee) | "foul recognition" |
| Mar 2012 | Ken Clark (RRA vice-chairman) | "How do we define handball?" |
| Feb 2012 | Paul Hardie (Football League Assessor) | "Managing advantage" |
| Jan 2012 | Phil Knight (Football League Assistant Referee) | "Managing the Temperature of the Game" |
| Dec 2011 | Christmas raffle | |
| Nov 2011 | Graham Scott (Level 1 National List Referee) | "The first five minutes" |
| Oct 2011 | Ed Stone (assessor and level 4 tutor) | "Overcoming perceptions" |
| Sep 2011 | Stephen Creighton (Panel League referee) | "Global Warming and the risks to you as a referee" |
| Aug 2011 | Jim de Rennes (Licensed FA Tutor) | A F-ing workshop |
