CORNWALL County Football Association (CCFA) has been working tirelessly over the past few months in finding ways of increasing the number of referees involved in the game.

There is a shortage as many people within the football community are aware and it is not looking like improving anytime soon.

West Cornwall tried addressing the issue by running a referees course to try and boost numbers, even if some of them would only be available when their own team hasn’t got a match, and it proved quite successful — so with that in mind, the CCFA are offering potential referees the chance to go along to a course at a reduced cost which would be refundable once volunteers have met the 10 game criteria by May 31, 2017.

The latest course starts on Friday in partnership with the J J Jones Duchy League, and runs through until Sunday.

The course will run at the CCFA offices in Bodmin starting at 6.30pm tomorrow and 9am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

If it is too short notice to get on board with this course now but are interested in becoming a referee, either on a full time or part time basis, there is another course scheduled for the weekend starting Friday, April 15.

For all the details, please contact Ray Brown, the County’s Referees’ Development Officer, on either Bodmin (01288) 269010, 07846 270967 or email [email protected].