Referees' Shield 2026
The Referees Shield is a pre-season competition run by QCSRA and sanctioned by the Association to provide an opportunity for QCSRA to train Referees and Assistant Referees for the upcoming QCSA season.
It is also an opportunity for all QCSA teams who wish to participate in this competition to have a chance before the season starts to train & work on their team for the upcoming season.
Fields are required to be provided by the clubs for the both the Saturday competition (SM & SW) and additionally for the Friday night competition (O30’s and 40’s combined competition).
Please advise if your club will provide suitable pitches for the competition. Fewer pitches will negatively impact the number of teams that can enter the competition.
Clubs supplying fields will be given preference when developing the competition playing list and draw.
The Referee’s Shield is open to all seniors (including Men, Women’s, Over 30’s women, Over 30’s and 40’s Men) that have registered their team with the QCSA, for the 2026 Season. U18 Boys will be welcome to play in the senior men’s competition. Please note that this will involve playing against men’s teams and probably teams from Divisions 1 and 2. No allowance will be made to specifically place U18 teams with lower division teams.
The number of games each team will play, depends on the number of teams entering the competition, and the weather. The format of the competition will be released closer to the start date.
The competition structure will depend on the number of teams that have entered in each segment of the tournament. Teams may be limited, to enable a fair competition structure to be supported. The number of teams accepted for the competition, will be dependent on the number of available pitches. Entries will operate on a ‘first in best dressed’ basis. Entries will not be considered to be accepted until nomination fees have been paid.
Proposed dates are:
Week 1: 27th and 28th February 2026
Week 2: 6th and 7th March 2026
Week 3: 13th and 14th March 2026
Week 4: (Finals) 20th and 21st March 2026
How to Nominate & Pay the Fee
If your Club wishes to nominate a team for the competition, please complete the ONLINE FORM (link below). Nominations close at 6pm Friday 20th February.
Use the following link to register for the competition. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSgLiXscU5d8XGPNUdYko4EknyFBo6a1OOmEb-pp20FTG-gQ/viewform?usp=dialog
A Nomination Fee of one hundred and Sixty dollars ($160.00) (including GST) per team will be required. There will be no other fee. This can be paid at the time of nomination by direct bank deposit (bank details below):
Name : Queensland Churches Soccer Referees Association
Bank : Westpac
BSB : 034-189
Acct # : 265 576
For further information, please contact:
Matthew Lever
QCSRA Events Co-ordinator
0448 444 968
events@qcsra.org.au
