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Five minor changes on women’s international list
The new women’s uefa referee list provides only five minor changes. The elite and first group keep the same. The only difference with the list of earlier this year is the promotion of five referees from the Third to the Second Group. Their names are: Severine Zinch from France, Marte Soro from Norway, Monica Mularczyk from Poland, Simona Ghisletta from Switzerland and Pernilla Larsson from Sweden. Women’s Elite Group No changes in this group compared to first list of 2011. 1 AUT Schett Tanja 09.07.1974 2 CZE Damkova Dagmar 29.12.1974 3 ENG Ihringova Alexandra 29.01.1975 4 FIN Heikkinen (Savolainen) Kirsi 26.09.1978 5 GER Baitinger (Beck) Christine 02.03.1974 6 GER Steinhaus…
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Damkova part 2: ‘Nobody likes referees :-)’
Dagmar Damkova is a female referee who almost achieved everything in her refereeing career. Last season she got appointed for “the match of the year” the Czech top men’s league. This is the second part of an interview with the Czech top referee. Read the first part also on the Dutch Referee Blog. You’re officiating in the men’s league. When was your debut at men’s highest level? It was in October 2003. In that season I had only 3 matches. I started to have games in top men’s league quite regularly in 2006. Czech women‘s league is not professional and I am not so positive about that even for the…
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‘I want to be in the middle of the game I love’
Dagmar Damkova is the only female referee in the Czech Republic who officiates on the highest men’s level. As an internationale women’s referee she refereed almost every important match. Only the WC final is missing on her record with achievements. An interview from the Dutch Referee Blog with this Czech top referee (part 1). Read part two here. When and why did you become refereeing? Dagmar Damkova: ‘It was in January 1995 when I was almost about to give up my football career but then I continued one more year. However, it was hard to do both, so I decided for refereeing.’ What makes it special for you? ‘It’s hard…
