Touch Football comes to Ukraine
May 31, 2025 @ 23:00 UTC
FIT is delighted to confirm that following the successful affiliation of Ukraine Touch to the Federation in October last year, that we have now successfully delivered the first coaching and refereeing courses to the European NTO.
FIT is thrilled to announce that members of the Coaching and Refereeing commissions came together on 26 April to deliver accreditation courses to a group of Ukrainian Touch coaches and referees in Lviv, Ukraine. Hosted by the Lviv Youth Sports School, Ukraine Touch (Committee on Touch Ukraine Football Rugby League), with the support of the Ukraine Sports Committee, brought together 18 aspiring coaches and 15 dedicated referees from locations including, Lviv, Kyiv, Rivne, Ternopil, Kremenets, Khmelnytskyi, and the Donetsk region to take their first step on the coaching and officiating pathways.
We're delighted to share that all referees successfully completed the course and received their official FIT certifications!
FIT would like to thank coaches Stefan Doichev (Bulgaria) and Pat Carroll (FIT Coaching Commission Lead) for delivering the coaching course, as well as Ken Golden (FIT Referees Commission) and Ian Matthew (Chair of FIT Referee Commission) for delivering the refereeing course.
We would like to congratulate all those that attended and thank Ukraine Touch President, Artur Martyrosian, as well as the support team consisting of Maksym Synytsia, Valentyn Korchak, and Bozhena Kuzmych – thank you for making this incredible event a reality!