Muscat,(ONA) - The Sultanate’s international volleyball referees participated, via video conferencing, in the technical seminar to refine Arab referees. A total of 89 referees from various Arab countries participated in the seminar which lasted for four days. The seminar was organized by the Bahrain International Centre for Volleyball Development in cooperation with the Arab Volleyball Federation.

The seminar included a discussion of the latest laws of the game, a review of a number of refereeing cases and a discussion of the international classification of referees.

The Sultanate participated in the seminar with eight international referees, namely: Salem Al Jamoudi, Chairman of the Referees’ Committee of the Oman Volleyball Association (OVA), Yasser Al Musafir, Vice Chairman of the Committee, Hamad Al Riyami, Coordinator of the Referees’ Committee, Ahmed Al Ajmi, Member of the Referees’ Committee, Suleiman Al Matroushi, Saeed Al Rajhi, Muhanna Al Riyami, and Ali Al Mashaikhi.

Salem Al Jamoudi, Chairman of the Referees Committee of the Oman Volleyball Association said, “Participation in the seminar will definitely have a great impact, and thanks and appreciation must be given to the Board of Directors of the Oman Volleyball Association for the support that the Omani referees receives through its participation in various seminars, courses, conferences and training programs that would enhance the efficiency and capabilities of Omani referees to be among the elite of distinguished international ones.”

The Chairman of the Referees Committee of the Oman Volleyball Association emphasized that the seminar was an enriching and useful workshop in all its aspects and stimulated the referee's memory by reviewing, explaining, discussing and detailing the rules.

He explained that the seminar reviewed refereeing example for playing cases, in addition to explaining, detailing and discussing the new rules.

(ONA)