Hi coach, how are you?  I used to organise referees for Kapis two years ago, until England Basketball reminded us of the rules.  A basketball referee must be qualified, assessed and registered (this includes insurance) with the national governing body of the country where they officiate.  Therefore, any basketball referee in this country (regardless of their nationality) has to be qualified in the UK (if not, they must pass exam, test, etc. here), and registered with England Basketball.

Once we (I am a basketball referee with England Basketball) are registered, we can only officiate in those leagues/competitions that abide by the rules and regulations of the national governing body. 

As Kapis/Kampi/Pinoy are not 'registered', we cannot referee in your leagues.  This applies to those officials who are refereeing in Kapis/Kampi/Pinoy; they will not be appointed to other games and are considered outside the England Basketball/FIBA development programme.  In other words, if we referee in these leagues, we can say goodbye to our careers. 

Obviously, everything comes in the same package.  If your league is registered with England Basketball, you must follow certain rules.  The committee must call an AGM at least once a year, present their resignation and stand for election again.  Of course, any paying team can challenge any person in the committee and stand for election.  Also, they must present a Financial Report, this has to be discussed and voted by the paying teams. 

Not only you must use official basketball, you must hire registered, insuranced and qualifed referees, table officials and court supervisors.  If there are players who are under age, there must be a Children's Policy and a Children Protection Officer. 

Hygiene, thus comes with the hiring of the court.  If as a committee you want clean toilettes, you will have them.  You are paying so you can ask for things. 

First aid is mandatory, according to England Basketball regulations. 

I tried all these and other issues such as a making  website for Francis, training the table officials, registering the teams and players.  This would give us access to further funding from Sport England, send coaches to seminars, clinics, and players would qualify to attend national squad test sessions so they could represent England.  Unfortunately, none of the Filipino leagues seemed interested.  The Latino Americans have formed our own league, and we are playing in an outdoors court from the 23rd June.  We charge £150 per team, plus England Basketball registration; we have money coming from England Basketball, Sport England and some of our coaches, officials, are sitting in the London Basketball Committee, and have travelled abroad.

Best regards

Amateur

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