Anna-Marie Keighley

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Anna-Marie Keighley
Born (1982-06-30) 30 June 1982 (age 41)
Waitara, New Zealand
Other occupation School teacher
Domestic
Years League Role
2008– NZ Football Referee
International
Years League Role
2010– FIFA listed Referee

Anna-Marie Keighley (born 30 June 1982) is an

Summer Olympics.[1] Outside of refereeing, she is a school teacher at Rototuna Senior High School.[2][3]

Career

Keighley's first international tournament was the 2010 Championship.[4] She was later called up to several OFC tournaments, including the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers, 2014 U-20 Championship, 2016 U-17 Championship, 2022 Nations Cup as well as the men's 2016 OFC Champions League.[4]

Keighley has been the OFC representative at several intercontinental women's tournaments, including the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup,[5] the 2018 U-20 World Cup, and the 2022 U-20 World Cup.[4][6]

She was the first referee to officiate in five matches at a single edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, doing so in the 2015 World Cup.[7] During the semi-final between Japan and England, Keighley awarded a penalty for Japan for a foul that occurred outside the penalty area, for which she received criticism.[8] She has since refereed at the 2019 World Cup and was named to the shortlist for the 2023 World Cup.[4][9][10]

She was part of the roster for the Dallas Cup in the United States[11] and officiates matches in the domestic New Zealand Football Championship (now replaced by the New Zealand National League).[4][12][13] In 2017, she was one of several female referees to be named to the roster at the FIFA men's U-17 World Cup in a supporting role.[14][11]

Personal life

Keighley married a fellow referee, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh, in July 2017.[15] The couple officiated back-to-back matches in the Women's Knockout Cup and Chatham Cup, respectively, in September 2017.[3] She was originally based in Taranaki but moved to Auckland to pursue better refereeing opportunities.[16] Keighley later moved to Hamilton, where she teaches at Rototuna Senior High School.[6]

References

  1. ^ Reive, Cristopher (7 June 2016). "Anna-Marie Keighley gets the nod to referee at the Olympic Games". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Referee experts sing the praises of ex Taranaki football referee". Stuff.co.nz. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "First couple of Kiwi refereeing make history". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "New Zealand referees Anna-Marie Keighley and Sarah Jones confirmed for 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ "OFC officials get FIFA nod". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Waikato women power team to officiate U-20 Women's World Cup". Waikato Herald. 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Keighley hungry for more history". New Zealand Football. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Kiwi ref in spotlight over World Cup blunder". NZ Herald. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Two New Zealanders shortlisted to referee at home world cup". New Zealand Football. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Q and A: Anna-Marie Keighley". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. Dallas Morning News
    . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ^ Voerman, Andrew (20 February 2017). "Stirling Sports Premiership captains reprimanded for criticism of referees". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Keighley continues to break barriers". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  15. ^ Walsh, Christine (2 June 2017). "Taranaki couple win dream wedding giveaway". Stuff. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Refs fly flag for Kiwis". Oceania Football Confederation. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

External links

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