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Refs' marathon meeting

to present to Bermuda Football Association today in light of the crisis afflicting match officials.

But after the marathon meeting at the Police club, no members of the Bermuda Referees Association were saying what officials were asking for before they would make a commitment to participate in any further matches.

Discussions centred on the chronic shortage of referees and incidents of violence against them.

BRA president Lyndon Raynor would not say whether any recommendations for a boycott were considered -- instead holding his cards close to his chest and preferring to stick to the policy of informing the ruling body of soccer first.

"A recommendation has been made, but at this point we are going to inform the BFA first, hopefully this will be done on Thursday,'' he said.

When asked whether his officials will be available for the regular scheduled matches on the weekend, he responded: "We will always be available, but pending certain things.'' The well attended meeting was prompted by the most recent serious assault which occurred on Saturday when Class Two official Perry Scott was hospitalised after an alleged attack by a North Village Rams player.

"Yes, there was a lot of emotion, a lot of frustration was born and also a lot of in-house cleaning was done. This incident has really galvanised the BRA in moving forward as we were having a bit of international problems. It's heartening to see the members come out to support Perry but it's also unfortunate that it took an issue of this nature for it to happen,'' said the president.

"It was good to hear that Perry will continue and is not thrown off by the incident, but others have voiced strong opinions, some stronger than others, however nobody has mentioned anything about quitting,'' he said.

Raynor added: "One thing for certain the war cry is `enough is enough'.''