For clubs and associations

For most officials the enjoyment of being involved can be diminished by the significant cost to stay involved.

Clubs/Associations can assist in retaining officials in the following ways:

• Smile, say hello and thank your officials regularly
• Send welcome letters when officials are first recruited
• Write letters or postcards of thanks to officials
• Provide identification pins, badges, shirts or caps
• Provide a distinct uniform on and off the field/court
• Acknowledge and profile officials in newsletters and on websites
• Present annual volunteer awards
• Nominate officials at NT Sports Awards or NSO Officiating Awards
• Send get well, birthday and Christmas cards to you officials
• Award life memberships for long serving officials
• Present special awards for 1, 5, 10, 15 and more years of service or 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 matches officiated
• Farwell officials when they move away from the area or leave the organisation
• At end of season provide a ceremony of thanks to the officials, provide flowers, gift certificate or sponsored nights accommodation at a local motel
• Thank officials in speeches
• Name an event, an award or facility after an official
• Make a personalised USB for officials with photos of them in action set to music
• Offering to write a personalized reference (especially appreciated by young volunteers)
• For every hour or service allocate one raffle ticket for a raffle draw at the end of season or event
• Download official recognition certificates from government or sport website, personalise and present to officials at a public forum eg. Grandfinal