FIFA REFEREES TO OFFICIATE IN BARBADOS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
L-R: Kevin Stephens, Kleon Lindey, Gladwyn Johnson and Sherwin Johnson
24th March, 2018, Georgetown: Four of Guyana’s FIFA referees will officiate in an International Friendly in Barbados tomorrow as host Barbados play Bermuda at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex, Black Rock, St. Michael at 16:00hrs.
The referees – Gladwyn Johnson; Kevin Stephens, Assistant Referee One; Kleon Lindey Assistant Referee Two and Sherwin Johnson, Fourth Official – will depart today and return on Monday.
In an invited comment, Head of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Refereeing Department, Stanley Lancaster, said that the referees officiating in the match was an invitation from the Barbados Football Association (BFA): “The BFA reached out to us for four International referees to officiate in their International Friendly, an important match to them. While this is nothing new, this reflects the confidence bestowed on the Guyanese referees for match readiness and performing at the highest standard when called upon to do so. The GFF continues to invest in the referees’ development to enable match officials to perform at a consistently high level.”
Lancaster added that this should also serve as encouragement to other match officials to raise or improve their performance to attain the FIFA status so Guyana can have a larger resource basin of referees to respond to these and similar requests. .
The four match officials are part of a larger pool of elite and national referees who officiate at both international and locally-based tournaments.
For more information, please contact:
Debra Francis (Ms.)
Communications and Public Relations Officer