We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with The Ref Stop, a one stop shop for all your refereeing needs! From the latest flags and whistles to watches and nutrition, The Ref Stop has quickly become the UK’s leading supplier of referee and match official equipment. They frequently engage in community projects, including supporting underrepresented grassroots officials, donating over thousands in kit and equipment to referees across the UK, promoting inclusivity in the game!

This partnership brings an additional benefit to our members with access to a discount on purchases.

As a Referee Society, we are incredibly proud to partner with The Ref Stop.

A huge thank you to all the individuals and companies who donated prizes to our 2025 Christmas raffle, and of course to everyone who purchased tickets. The funds raised make a massive positive impact to the training and development opportunities for referees in the Altrincham & District area.

The draw was conducted during our December meeting and the full list of prizes and winners can be viewed by clicking here.

A huge thank you to all the individuals who donated prizes to our 2024 Christmas raffle, and of course to everyone who purchased tickets. The funds raised make a massive positive impact to the training and development opportunities for referees in the Altrincham & District area.

The draw was conducted during our December meeting and the full list of prizes and winners can be viewed by clicking here.

A huge thank you to all the individuals who donated prizes to our 2023 Christmas raffle, and of course to everyone who purchased tickets. The funds raised make a massive positive impact to the training and development opportunities for referees in the Altrincham & District area.

The draw was conducted during our December meeting and the full list of prizes and winners can be viewed by clicking here.

We are appalled by the unacceptable abuse directed at Anthony Taylor and his family as they travelled back from the UEFA Europa League Final. No one deserves such treatment.

Everyone at ADRS is exceptionally proud of Anthony’s achievements and grateful for his willingness to share his knowledge and experience for the benefit of our members and local referees. As a member of our society for over 25 years, his dedication to refereeing has been exemplary and an inspiration to many new and aspiring referees.

We fully support him and his family.

A huge thank you to all the individuals who donated prizes to our 2022 Christmas raffle, and of course to everyone who purchased tickets. The funds raised make a massive positive impact to the training and development opportunities for referees in the Altrincham & District area.

The draw was conducted during our December meeting and the full list of prizes and winners can be viewed by clicking here.

We were delighted to be able to hold our delayed centenary celebration on 28th May 2022 at the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham. Two years later than planned due to Covid restrictions, we welcomed 200 guests to an evening of awards presentations, dinner and dancing.

The commemorative Centenary Celebration programme can be viewed/downloaded in PDF format here.

We were delighted to be able to send an amazing £1,230 to Trafford South Foodbank which was raised during December by our members, their families and friends. The fundraising effort replaced our usual Christmas Raffle and enabled the Society to give something to the community during an exceptionally difficult time for many people.

Trafford South Foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust.

We’re excited to announce the launch of our 2019 Christmas Raffle!  This annual event is our main fundraiser, enabling us to provide training and development opportunities to our referees throughout the year.  All support is greatly appreciated.

Entries can be made online via our JustGiving page … Click Here!

One ticket will be put into the draw for every £2 given … please remember to provide your contact details so that we can get in touch if you win a prize!  Prizes include a PS4 (with FIFA20), a Fitbit Charge 3, an Amazon Fire 8 Tablet and many more!

Please share with friends, family and colleagues.  Every ticket sold helps us to improve the standard of refereeing in the district.

The draw will take place at our meeting on Thursday 19th December, starting from 19:30.

For the first time since 2014, we returned from the Cheshire RA Quiz with a trophy! It’s the trophy for 2nd place, but it still counts.

The hastily thrown-together team of Mike Ransome, Tom O’Brien and Stephen Brown dipped into some random trivia knowledge to triumph over everyone except one of the Stockport teams, who were worthy winners … again!

Time to start revising for 2020 …