Six pairs pass EHF Referee Candidate Course

Six referee pairs have obtained the status as EHF referee after they successfully attended a candidate course in the Norwegian city of Drammen at the end of April.

Their names are

• Yann Carmaux / Julien Mursch (France)
• Svavar Petursson / Sigurdur Prastarson (Iceland)
• Danielo Bozinovski / Viktor Nachevski (FYR Macedonia)
• Stefan Ivanovic / Marko Vujisc (Montenegro)
• Mads Fremstad / Markus Pedersen (Norway)
• Andreas Capoccia / Beat Jucker (Switzerland)

The course programme consisted of theoretical sessions, an IHF rules test and physical exercises. The pairs also had to referee matches at the Norwegian under-18 national clubs tournament in Drammen.

Lecturers at the course were Dragan Nachevski (chairman of the EHF’s Technical Refereeing Committee, Antonio Marreiros (member of the TRC) and Alexandru Acsinte (coaching lecturer).