Behind the Whistle Greg Evers

Our guest for this episode is Dan Cook. Dan is an assistant referee in the English Premier League. During his previous season Dan officiated 2 of the biggest games of the year within English football. Within this episode we talk about what it took to get to that level, including how he’s dealt with adversity throughout his career.















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Our guest for this episode is Gavin Graham. Gavin is the chair of the local officials organisation in his local areas and looks after both the contact and non-contact version of the sport he’s involved with. Gavin speaks about his initial hesitancy around officiating the non-contact version of his chosen sport, but he also talks about how he has grown to enjoy that aspect as well.















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Our guests for this episode are Caleb Lawson and his father Bruce. Caleb’s journey in to officiating started when he was 12yrs old and he has already had the opportunity to experience some pretty amazing things as part of his young journey. It’s really encoouraging to hear from someone so young, who’s at the start of their officiating journey, taking the required steps to continue to improve and keeping a balance between his officiating and his schooling.







We’ll also hear from his father Bruce, who’s the President of his local club and encourages Caleb to keep a balance between his school work and his officiating development.















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Our guest for this episode is Bob Barrett. Bob’s journey in officiating started in the United States and stopped when he relocated to Australia. Once Bob found out that American Football was played in Australia, he became involved and has made a profound impact to the game of American Football the local and national organisations.







Bob’s mantra with officiating is around respect. Respect for the game, coaches and players. By treating the game with the respect that it deserves, you’re able to effectively manage and officiate the game fairly.















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Our guest for this episode is rugby union referee Adam Lysle. As a rugby union referee, Adam was a late starter in regards to his officiating career, taking it up as he was approaching the end of his playing career. Even though he took up officiating quite late, he’s been able to accomplish some pretty remarkable achievements during his career, with his passion now involving passing on his knowledge and experience to others.







Adam went through a very challenging stage in his life dealing with his mental health. His journey in officiating and what he’s been able to do after working through this period and how he continues to grow and become aware of his mental health challenges is truly remarkable.















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Our guest for this episode is our first international official, Frank Kristensen. Frank is the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Coordinator of Officials in Europe. Frank has been officiating American Football for close to 30yrs and has attended international tournaments as both an on-field official and as a tournament supervisor.







In this episode we hear from Frank about how he’s been able to transfer communication skills that he’s learnt from his officiating career in to his professional life, and vice versa. Frank explains how your body language is used as a way of communication and is something that as an official you need to be conscious about.















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