Twenty from NORCECA promoted to International Referees 

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 28, 2007.- Twenty referees from NORCECA have been promoted to the category of international by FIVB informed Mr. Tom Blue during the presentation of his report to the Refereeing Commission of the Confederation on Tuesday. The group includes two female members.

Cuba and USA, with six and five individuals respectively, are the countries with the biggest number of the new licensed referees. Canada and Dominican Republic follow each with two, and Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago are represented with one.

 

Cuban Lourdes Perez and American Julie Voeck are the female referees approved by the Refereeing Commission of FIVB.

 

The new International Referees are:

Ricardo Borrota, Duran Duarte, Frank Medina, Pedro Morel, Josmer Perez and Lourdes Perez of Cuba, Paul Albright, Christian Genitrini, Hansen Leong, Julie Voeck and Kevin Wendelbow of USA, Scott Borys and Scott Dziewirz of Canada, Juan Ruiz Jimenez and Julio Martinez of Dominican Republic, and Dennis Franceschini of Puerto Rico, Daniel Gonzalez of Mexico, Azad Khayyam Hosein of Trinidad & Tobago, Raul Mejia of Guatemala and Carlos Quintana of Panama.