Welcome to the Vincent J. Reilly New Haven Football Officials Association
Successful Officiating Demands: Professionalism, Rules Knowledge, Mechanics, Dedication and Preparation
2011 Class LL Championship Crew Saturday December 10, 2011 - Rentschler Field
(Top Photo: Current NHFOA member Jim Brennan working the first ever night game at Michigan vs Notre Dame, 9/10/11)
The NHFOA services all levels of youth, middle school and high school football in the greater
News and Announcements
10/15/2012 - The November 7th Weekly Membership Meeting will be held at the German Club on UNH Campus
9/18/2012 - New By-Laws posted.
9/11/2012 - Quizzes and Tests are now available on the Forms and Links page.
8/15/2012 - 2012 Pre-Season Exam has been re-posted! If you downloaded it prior to 8/14/2012, grab this one instead.
8/13/2012 - Please have your 2012 season schedules updated in Arbiter by August 15. If you do not, you may be assigned a game on a day you cannot work and will incurr a turnback fee. There are alot of assignments that come out through the season, so please make sure you continually update your schedule.
5/18/2012 - Our commissioner has requested that we all acess Arbiter to update schedules for the first two weeks of June. There is Spring football in the air and that means another chance to get on the field before the summer kicks in. My unofficial count from the CIAC website shows that we could have more than 12 of the 72 schools that have chosen to participate in Traditional Spring Football.
5/18/2012 - This years Mandatory Spring Meeting had a great turnout. Thanks to all for coming and as your reward, you get 1 Attendance Point as described in the 2012 Attendance Policy, which was handed out that night.
5/18/2012 - Scott Kelly and Micky Durso are helping coordinate the purchase of NHFOA gear this year with the help of American Eagle Embroidery. If you would like to place an order, follow the directions on the bottom of the Apperal Order Form.
4/24/2012 - This years Mandatory Spring Meeting will be held Tuesday May 8 from 6-8pm at a new location this year. Different from recent years, this years meeting will be held in the Hamden Hall Cafeteria at 1108 Whitney Avenue, Hamden CT. Please make every effort to be there. There will be alot of important information discussed for the upcoming season.
4/24/2012 - The new rules for 2012 have been released, and there are 8 of them. Some important ones: 1) A player must leave the game for 1 play if his helmet comes completely off, 2) Definition of a legal catch has been revised requiring a receiver to come down inbounds regardless of the action by an opponent, 3) During a free Kick, the kicking will now be prohibited from making contact against members of the receiving team before the ball breaks the receiving teams restraining line. Read the NFHS 2012 Rules Rlease for details. You can get additional information on the NFHS website at http://www.nfhs.org/Football/. They have also been posted on the Official Learning Page.
4/24/2012 - Here is a great service provided by the North Alabama Football Officials Association. Play of The Day (PTOD). If you are interested in subscibing to this daily e-mail, go to http://www.nafoa.net/ and click on Play of the Day.
2/3/2012 - Training film 12 has also been posted to the Film Review and Photos page.
1/31/2012 - Attention Board of Directors - The first meeting of 2012 is scheduled for Wednesday February 8th, 7pm. Please access the Calendar Page for more details
1/31/2012 - A New Training film for Umpires has been posted. Please access it through the Film Review and Photos page.
1/31/2012 -The Official’s Night out was a huge success, we raised over $7000 for the NHFOC (New Haven Football Official's Charity) to distribute throughout the year to Brother Officials in need and charities supported through fellow officials. Thanks go out to Board10, the basketball officials had a strong presence. A part of the proceeds generated this evening will be given to the family of Doug Chernovetz. Doug, the son of IAABO Commissioner Buddy Chernovetz, passed away suddenly and with the donations from Board 10 and the overall success of the night, we will present a check of $2000 to help the family out in their time of need. A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to all who donated or solicited prizes for the raffle, but a special thanks to the following for donations to the LIVE Auction, Steve Narracci, Jimmy Brennan, Mike Barbaro and Jeff Rotteck. Also thanks to the auctioneer Ralph Zingarella and Mike Lindberg for making it exciting. For the first time this year we had a silent auction with sports memorabilia and this raised almost $1000 for the night with the help of Tim Stanton.
We had over 200 people there, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT….Maybe next year we could get up to 300 people in attendance!!!! Mark it on your calendars, the date has been set...JANUARY 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the Italian American Club in West Haven.
1/13/2012 - Happy New Year! Well we made through 2011 pretty well. The updates have started coming in and we will continue to post information for 2012 as we get it. First, The Mechanics guidlines have been updated for 2012 HERE. Also the tentaive 2012 schedule has been posted on the Calendar Page. Some dates to note; January 28 - Officials Night out, February 2 - First Board of Directors meeting, May 8 - Annual Spring Meeting and June 28 - Annual Golf Tournament. Please continue to check back regularly for updates.
12/31/2011 - 2011 News and Announcements Archive
12/31/2010 - 2010 News and Announcements Archive
12/31/2009 - 2009 News and Announcements Archive
