ASA Referee Project

“Position is everything for a ref, knowing the rules is so important…the main ones players know… it is the little ones that they don’t.”

—Gregg Deinhart, 7-time ASA National Champion (Open)

“Refs make decisions, but players decide the match”

—Peter Vahle, 2018 ASA Nationals organizer & Northern California S.C. Member

The ASA Referee Project is a guideline for becoming a better referee put together by ASA Board member Bryan Arnold. We’ll let him explain it below. You can download the guideline here.

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2016 Nationals Weekend

Christian Filippella took the honors of the 2016 ASA National Open Championship, and the 2016 US FISTF International Open, August 6 & 7 in Columbia, MD.

Twenty three players competed in the National Championships. Filippella moved smoothly through his group, and increased his level of play as needed until he fittingly met his most significant challenge from a determined Daniel Cranston. Michael Tillman and Paul O’Donovan Rossa made fine runs to the semi final stage. By his own admission, Cranston started off with some below par defensive flicks in the Open final. The precision of Filippella was rewarded, and a 3-1 victory was comfortable and well deserved.

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