Farmington Youth Athletic Association

Being a Youth Lacrosse Referree (or Umpire) is very rewarding. It is a nice part time job and good exercise as well!  

Every year the lacrosse community is looking for new referees to join our ranks.   High School and college students with lacrosse experience make excellent Youth lacrosse officials. Referees from other sports make good umpires too. 

New referees for youth lacrosse must be a minimum of 15 years of age and be a sophomore in High School.

If you have an interest please contact Ginny or Marc for information on getting training.

Please visit the website linked below for information on the referee association and the training available.  Also, take a look at the attached document for the referee training schedule.   Training starts the week of Feb 15th!

New youth officials (working eighth-grade and lower games) complete 9 hours of classroom training, and new high-school level officials complete 16 hours of classroom training. All new officials have the opportunity to complete on-field training as well.

www.mnlacrosse.com/page/show/54116-upper-midwest-lacrosse-officials-association

Girls Lacrosse referees are called Umpires.

PAY: Umpires get paid according to the following schedule for officiating youth games (5th through 8th grades)

• MLUA Certified Refs: $65 if only one ref, $50 each if two refs are on the field
• Trained Local Refs: $50 if only one ref, $35 each if two refs are on the field.  These are experienced but not certified
• Apprentice: $25 fee – these new refs should never be doing a game alone
• Pay increases for higher levels of play, High School, Collegiate, Elite, etc.. 

Here's a signup link for the girls lacrosse umpire training --> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2011MLUA_Umpire_Training_Signup.  Pls fill it out & we'll be in touch with more info by sending you some 'homework' to read before the first session of umpire training.   :-)  Also, pls note that the Rochester training site may change as I'm trying to get Rochester Mayo confirmed even though it's their spring break week.
 
Any questions, please feel free to reply back to this email or ask a fellow MLUA umpire you know for more information.
 
Thanks  & I hope you're excited about girls lacrosse!
Julie  Carlson
MLUA Girls Lacrosse Assignor
USL Regional Chair
jcarlson112@comcast.net

If you are interesting in being an umpire and would like more information, I can get you in contact with the Umpire Association. Feel free to drop Marc a note with your questions.

If you have interest in reffing youth boys games, please drop Ginny a note if you have not done so already.