Back in Mabolo Gym , Cebu City to Officiate Basketball Games
Good day hivers in this prestigious community .
Sharing my experienced as referee in summer basketball league in Mabolo, May 10, 2026.
Our commissioner of BAP Lapu-Lapu , Cordova Cebu chapter added me to list of referees to officiate again in Mabolo, Cebu City , SK Basketball League. It was another blessing for me to be part of officiating list for I would have another extra income added to my pocket .
There were 6 games scheduled and the first game was scheduled at 4:30 pm . In the morning at home , I had a lot of things to do like carpentry , such as making a fence to my house ground for it was already damaged . It was really a hard task for me for my two sons had no plan to help me and they were busy scrolling their cellphone. Time is running out , at exactly 2 pm , yesterday , I stopped working and took 1 hour relax , then took a bath and departed at home at 3:00 pm to fix my buddy referee in the next Barangay Mactan . We arrived at the venue at around 4:10 pm .
People there were so excited to watch good match up . They paid entrance 10 pesos just to watch the games . These annual league was their amusement for the coming Mabolo fiesta this May 24.
The league status is in elimination round and teams were playing hard to reach the quarter finals . We were very lucky for the first two games were forfeited for the players were not arrived exactly during scheduled time. Every team has given the extra time 15 minutes to arrive at venue but players were less than 5 , that is why the committee decided for double forfeit . So, we the referees were happy for we were relaxed for the first 2 scheduled games. Before the third game , we took our dinner to prepare ourselves for the remaining 4 games .
There was a commotion happened during the fifth game. The two players were throwing elbow and punch. We ejected the two players who cause trouble in the game to make the game ran smoothly. Thanks God we controlled and managed the game until the end.
Viewers were shouting specially girls , shouting so loud to cheer their team. Others were disputed to the opposing team . Others were shouting at referees and saying bad words. But we the referees were focusing the game and not entertaining the audiences and pretended that we didn't hear them.
The success of basketball games depends on the officiating and how the game being managed .
Till my next blog thank you .
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Good to hear you're very professional in handling those people who were shouting while you're officiating..still you'll able to manage it through the end without attending to the distractions..congrats 👏👏
Yes @lolitaanana001 , patience is very important in this job.
Important Job, great you contribute there. 🏀
Yes , this is a very delicate and crucial job to do .
Being a referee should be considered a high-risk sport. 😁 In my country, there’s a real passion for football, and referees always end up bearing the brunt of the losing team’s blame and frustration... I admire your ability to concentrate and ignore the audience!
Yes, @palomap3 all of us referees are practicing this attitude to disregard distractions and just focus only on the game offciating.
That's a chaos. But good to know everyone was safe. Di talaga nawawala Yung mga palaban sa ganyang laro noh? 😅
Yah , in the game of basketball , everything is gonna be happened . The suspense, tension, excitement and mix of emotions like anger, joy disappointment and triump .
The virtue there is players must learn to accept whatever the outcome of the game win or lose. The spirit of sportsmanship must be the key in this game.
I always love watching basketball, both live and not. Truly, being a referee is not an easy job. Kudos to all referees like you!
Thank you for understanding our job. Out of 100 calls for referee, there is 1 or 2 which are not accurate calls . Meaning there is no perfect call and there are some missed calls because in a split of second, we need to decide and interpret the play and sometimes we are not at the right angle to call and we should not make a guessing call.