PSA Creates Director of Refereeing Position, Appoints Lee Drew by Nathan Clarke January 23, 2014 -
The Professional Squash Association has announced that former
professional squash player and current England High Performance Squash
Coach Lee Drew has been appointed as the PSA’s Referee and Refereeing
Director.
The
newly created position will see Drew, who reached a career high 45 in
the World Rankings, combine his work with England’s elite players with
developing enhanced assessment methods to aid the improvement of
refereeing standards across the PSA World Tour.
“We’re very pleased to have Lee join us to oversee the structure and
development of refereeing within the PSA World Tour,” said PSA CEO Alex
Gough.
“Refereeing at the professional level is an unenviable task and we are
confident that Lee’s experience as a professional player, combined with
his vast experience as a top class coach, will be a valuable asset to
the refereeing programme.
“We
look forward to working closely with him over the coming months to help
improve standards and to attract new referees to the sport.”
Drew will also work closely with the World Squash Federation, National
Federations and regional squash bodies to help develop and discover new
referees and oversee ongoing referee development programmes and
training.
“I’m very excited to be joining the PSA as their Refereeing Director in
what will be a challenging and stimulating role,” said Drew.
“Refereeing is an integral part of every sport and my task is to ensure
that current referees have the support structures and critical analysis
that will help them improve their standards and to also ensure that
initiatives are in place to attract more new referees into the game.”
