Tipperary GAA is currently seeking applications from interested individuals to participate in the upcoming Referee Foundation course for Tipperary in 2025, to address the future refereeing needs within the Premier County.

With the growth in popularity of Gaelic Games, the demand for match officials is increasing. With over four thousand games being played in our county on an annual basis, the role of the referee is a particularly important cog of the wheel to ensure all games take place. However, we are seeing a drop in our current crop of officials, due to injury, work life balance and age related factors. During the last GAA season in 2024, a number of games had to be cancelled due to no referee available. This was very unfair to the clubs affected in these fixtures.

Basic Club Referee Training Courses are provided every year by trained Referee Tutors in County Tipperary. Last year we trained 18 new recruits . The first two Modules will be completed online by the student in the comfort of their own home, while the next two modules will be completed as a group in Thurles. Timeframe for the course is late February / early March. The course is developed in conjunction with Croke Park and supported through the Provincial Munster Referees Administrators.

The Training Course is now open to anyone interested https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hrxFrNSvpUKfwz6H4bd_zmUFL3gFSvlCqGF8LpYFaolUNklBTkJaSTdFT0tLUDZaWExXUUUzT1FYTC4u&route=shorturl