Josh Mannella and Shane Skinner share Referee of the Year Award
The Golden Whistle presented to the Football West Referee of the Year has been shared between Josh Mannella and Shane Skinner.
The two A-League listed officials were recognised at the 2022 All Flags Referee of the Year Awards, held at Dorrien Gardens on Friday night.
The two men were in charge of two of Football West's big finals of 2022 - Mannella refereed the Men's State Cup final between Cockburn City and Armadale and Skinner officiated the NPLM Top Four Cup decider between Perth RedStar and Floreat Athena.
The NPLWA Women's Official of the Year was Caleigh Ormerod, who refereed both the Women's State Cup and NPLW Top Four Cup finals, while Mannella was also acclaimed as Assistant Referee of the Year.
Football West Referee Co-ordinator Dave Avison said: "Congratulations to all of our winners and the other nominees for their performances throughout 2022.
"Football West is always looking to strengthen its referee stocks and we encourage anybody who is keen to get involved to sign up for one our Level Four courses."
Football West will hold a two-night course at Gibbney Reserve, Maylands, on Tuesday October 18 and Thursday 20 October, between 6-9pm each night. To register and for all referee course details CLICK HERE.
2022 All Flags Referee of the Year Awards winners
Golden Whistle Josh Mannella/Shane Skinner
NPLWA Women's Official of the Year Caleigh Ormerod
Assistant Referee of the Year Josh Mannella
State League Referee of the Year Troy Malatesta/Albert Muyembe
State League Assistant Referee of the Year Alex Maggio
State League Youth Referee of the Year Ben Kaiser
Amateur League Referee of the Year Matthew Southern
Community Competitions Referee of the Year Dragan Kovaceski
Junior Female Referee of the Year Maria Avramita
Junior Male Referee of the Year Connor Richards
Senior Competitions Referees' Referee of The Year Matthew Southern
Community Competitions Referees' Referee of The Year Dragan Kovaceski
Referee Encouragement Award Nic Cirillo