By Paritosh Pramanik
Acknowledging the excellent performance in I-League matches, Western India Football Association (WIFA) recently felicitated Nagpur’s top referee Christopher Peter.
The first WIFA Referee’s Award Function was
held at Cooperage in Mumbai, recently.
Peter was felicitated by WIFA Secretary Souter Vaz, with a memento and a citation during the awards night.
Peter, who is an All India Football Association’s Category-II referee, has officiated in 12 I-League matches (Senior Division) along with Santosh Trophy final last year. At present he is officiating in the I-League Second Division matches at Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh.
“The first referees’ awards function of WIFA was organised to recognise the performance of officials of the State. It is a good move by WIFA as it will motivate referees and other technical officials to perform much better,” Peter told ‘The Hitavada’.
Twenty-eight-year-old Peter took to officiating football matches at an early age and developed interest as the years passed. He has also cleared FIFA Members Association’s referees’ course last year at Kochi. After completion of this year’s I-League matches, he would be promoted to Category-I on the basis of his performance.
“My aim is to become FIFA referee and I am working hard on achieving that goal. Officiating a football match is not easy as it looks from outside. It requires continues upgradation of knowledge,” said Peter, who is the third AIFF certified referee from Nagpur after Stanley Peter and Mohd Kaleem. In 2019, Peter became Maharashtra’s youngest Category-II referee after he cleared the exam.
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