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    ‘Refereeing is expecting the unexpected’

    21 July, 2011 / No Comments

    Two match officials living in the same house, whistling both male’s matches in Swiss leagues. But who’s the best referee? “We don’t compete, we discuss and he gives me advice for improving”, says Simona Ghisletta about her relationship with Roberto Ferrari, who was a top referee in Super League in Switzerland since 2001. “Because of his work he had to stop on high level and now he officiates in regional league. I’m referee in the third league so he can give me a lot of advices.” “He also knows that being a women is different from being a men; I have my way to officiate. At home when we watch…

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    ‘My first big tournament is will be fantastic’

    20 July, 2011 / No Comments

    The u17 Women’s European Championships, quite a unique tournament starting with the semi-finals. All matches will be played in the Colovray stadium across Uefa’s headquarters. Swiss referee Simona Ghisletta, one of the five referees who got promoted by Uefa last week, is looking forward to this tournament. “Next week I’m appointed for the Euro final tournament WU17 in Nyon. It’s the first big tournament and it’s in my country, it will be fantastic”, says the 35-year-old referee from Switzerland. But this is just a start for her, Ghisletta told Dutch Referee Blog. “For the future I hope to do even better and an olympic game or the world championship are…

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    Jan ter Harmsel

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    Five minor changes on women’s international list

    8 July, 2011 / 1 Comment

    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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