Please see below the new upcoming ‘Referee Courses’ to be run by the FAI.

As you are aware, we are very short of Referees & it would be great if you can forward to as many people/coaches/players as possible to ensure we have more Refs to call on.

Please forward the ‘Links’ below & let us know if you have many potential ‘Referees’ looking to register for the courses below.

• Online Referee Beginners Course – 30th/31st January 2024 (7-10pm)
• Online Referee Beginners Course – 26th/27th February 2024 (7-10pm)
• Online Referee Beginners Course – 11th/ 12th March 2024 (7-10pm)
• Online Referee Beginners Course – 27th/ 28th March 2024 (7-10pm)

For more information and to signup click www.becomearef.ie

Just a brief update on the following for 2024:

RE-GRADING

As you are aware, the re-grading for u8’s to u11’ Boys & all Girls Divisions are currently been processed. We received up to 800 Surveys so thank you to all for forwarding them on.

The U11 Boys and all Girls ‘Draft Divisions’are now complete & are available to view. The u8’s/u9’s/u10’s Boys re-grading are currently been processed & will be completed over the next week & once complete, we will let clubs know the ‘Re-Graded Divisions’ are available under your ‘Club’ on Sportlomo.  For all re-graded Divisions, clubs have until SUNDAY 7^th Jan 2024 at 6pm to submit any requests for changes e.g. In case you are missing a team etc. For those requests, you must only contact the relevant DDSL Fixture Secretaries who will agree/disagree to any changes/additions. For the Divisions already re-graded….u11 Boys Please contact Conor Wakely & for all the Girls Divisions, please contact Zoe Poole. See attached list of DDSL Fix Sec.

NEW TEAMS

Please note that any new teams must be registered as normal. This ‘Portal’ will be opened in early Jan 2024 for registration however please e-mail the relevant DDSL Fixture Secretaries with any new teams so they can be included in the Re-grading for Boys U8’s to U11’s Boys & all Girls Divisions. The fee for new teams for the 2^nd half of the season will be 50% of the full fee but players must pay the Euro 30.00 upon registration.

All players playing in the DDSL must be registered & fee paid otherwise they are not permitted to play & their insurance will not be valid.

U7’s NEW LEAGUE

As you are aware there will be a new u7 League for Boys & Girls beginning in earlier February 2024. The new ‘Portal’ for u7’s will be available from earlier January 2024. In the meantime, all new teams must be forwarded to ‘killian.travers.fixsec@ddsl.ie‘ for the Boys & zoe.poole.fixsec@ddsl.ie for the Girls. There will be ‘No Fees’ for the new u7’s teams or the new players. However, the players must register on Sportlomo as this will be required for Insurance purposes.

NEW RE-REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS

The FAI have confirmed the ‘Re-Registration Dates’ for all DDSL Players looking to move clubs will be from the 1^st Jan 2024 to the 28^th Jan 2024. The procedure for the ‘Re-Registration /Transfer’ for the players is for the club where the player is due to move to …to follow the guidance below.

• The club must e-mail registrations@ddsl.ie to confirm they are happy to accept the new player. Please include the players details i.e.NAME/DOB/MEMBERSHIP NUMBER FROM SPORTLOMO SYSTEM/CURRENT CLUB.  
• The club must also include the players ‘Current Club’ in the e-mail to the Club Secretary so they are aware of the player leaving their club.
• For the ‘Current Clubs’ if clubs have any issues with the ‘Re-Registering of their players….they have 7 days to advise DDSL of their objections. But once we receive a re-registration e-mail from the club accepting the new player, the player will be entitled to play for their new club after 24 hrs of the registration been received.
• Players must be registered at least 24 hours before the kick off time of the first game he/she will play for the new team & only registered to play from the 1^st Jan 2024
• Once the Re-Registration of the player is received by the DDSL, it will be recorded & processed by ADMIN DDSL & Sportlomo from the 1^st Jan 2024.

SFAI DRAW for DDSL TEAMS

The draw for the BOYS/GIRLS 32 Draw’ for SFAI CUPS/TROPHY took place on 22^ndDec 2023 & the fixtures should now be up on the SFAI Web Site.

We still have a number of SFAI O/S games but there are some games which may have taken place & we do not have these results. If there are any O/S SFAI please e-mail them ASAP to results@ddsl.ie & copy me at gm@ddsl.ie so we can update our Cups & notify the SFAI

RESULTS

Any O/S League results or incorrect results, please e-mail them to results@ddsl.ie so everything will be in order for the 2nd half of the season.

MONTHLY NEWLETTER/NEW UPDATED DDSL WEB SITE

The Dec edition of the DDSL ‘Monthly Newsletter’ was forwarded to all clubs & is now also on the DDSL New Updated Web page. Worth having a look at the new DDSL Web Site as it looks very well & has a lot of important information included.

On behalf of all in the DDSL Happy New Year & enjoy the break.

Hi All,

Further to recent e-mails in relation to increasing the number of Refs allocated to the DDSL, we list again below the different FAI Referee Courses available. Already the first course is booked up.

See the remaining dates available & what spaces are left.

Please advise all your coaches/players/members

Please book early & advise you are from the DDSL.

We also hope to run a DDSL/FAI Ref course in the new year but as these book out early…please enrol below so you at least get on a ref course.

UPCOMING COURSES:

Online Referee Beginners Course – 11th /12th December 2023 (7-10pm) – FULL

Online Referee Beginners Course – 15th/16th January 2024 (7-10pm) – 10 PLACES LEFT

Online Referee Beginners Course – 30th/31st January 2024 (7-10pm) -25 PLACES LEFT

Online Referee Beginners Course – 26th/27th February 2024 (7-10pm) – 29 PLACES LEFT