Officiating success stories
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Liam Murgatroyd
Football Official and Events Management Volunteer
Liam is a first year Aeronautical Engineering student who started volunteering through football officiating and has now gone on to officiate IMS, BUCS and general University level competitions. Alongside this he has volunteered in events management at large events such as Loughborough’s Cycling Festival and Loughborough International Athletics Event.
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Will Norriss
Football Officiating Hub Manager
Will is a PhD student at Loughborough who has been refereeing from the age of 14. He began refereeing at Loughborough through IMS games and now has a role as Football Officiating Hub Manager.
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Ka’mani Anderson
IMS Football Coordinator, Mens Officiating Hub Manager & Referee
What started out as a bet between a friend, Ka’mani Anderson signed up to a refereeing course and has gone onto not only referee IMS and academy fixtures, but also coordinate football refrees for the programme.
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Kirsten Flower
Rugby Referee & Officating Hub Manager
From an early age Kirsten has always been involved with sports. University has been no different where Kirsten has undertaken a range of roles during her studies including as a member of both the Athletic Union Welfare and Club Development Sub-Committees, a Lightning Netball and Super Rugby volunteer, and as a referee.
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Jamie Kirkhouse
Rugby Referee
Having already obtained his Rugby Referee qualification through the Welsh Rugby Union, Jamie started refereeing in the Intramural Sport Programme (IMS) as soon as he arrived. Whilst at Univeristy Jamie, who is involved with the Leicestershire Referee's Society, has officiated in a variety of environments, from IMS to British University and College Sports (BUCS) Men's and Women's rugby fixtures.
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Billy Richards
Rugby Referee
Geography & Sports Management Graduate Billy first got involved as a referee through seeing the opportunity on our CVA Portal, since then he's flourished and gone onto referee not only within the Intramural Sport Programme (IMS),and IMS Rugby Super Series, but also BUCS fixtures and a BUCS Cup final too!
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Callum Parke
Football Referee and referee mentor
Continuing his hobby as a referee alongside his studies, Callum has clocked up over 120 hours volunteering as a football refree supporting the Intramural Sports League, and as a mentor to other budding referees at Loughborough.
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Safwan Mohammed
Football Referee
4th Year International Business student, Safwan Mohammed, has got involved in a variety of opportunities throughout his time studying at Loughborough, not only coaching and refereeing through the Intramural Sports Programme but also supporting the My Lifestyle Indoor Cricket session as a Rec Sec then Activator.
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Tom Plowman
Tennis Coach and Official
Masters student, Tom Plowman, has been heavily involved in Tennis programme throughout his time as an Undergraduate and Masters at Loughborough. Starting of as a player in his first year, Tom has undertaken roles as a coach leading the My Lifestyle Tennis sessions before undertaking the chair and line officiating pathway and volunteering at a range of tournaments up and down the country.
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Owen Waters
Rugby Referee & Rugby Referee Hub Manager
4th Year Sports Science with Management student, Owen Waters, not only plays for Loughborough Students Rugby in the National League Two North, but also gives up his time to referee and coordinate rugby referees on campus in his role as a hub manager.
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Harvey Knight
Rugby Referee & Rugby Referee Hub Manager
Final Year Economics student, Harvey Knight, currently volunteers as both a rugby union referee supporting the Intramural Sports Programme and also as a Rugby Officiating Hub manager helping coordinate volunteer referees to support other programmes on campus.