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The Isthmian league goes for YesRef

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Bringing together sports and technology, YesRef will ensure easy, real time payments for referees on the Isthmian Development League.

As part of the new partnership, YesRef will provide real time payments for all referees across the Bluefin Development League. Utilising our simple to use platform for paying referees in real time, YesRef will reduce the admin associated to this time consuming and manual process, giving users back time for the sport they love!

The YesRef system generates invoices and receipts, captures expenses for referees when required and prevents clubs from adding multiple users to their own payee list. YesRef is the single payee and our software will handle the rest.

Ben Williamson, Chief Operating Officer, YesRef said “It is brilliant to be supporting yet another league to facilitate secure digital payments to referees. Being able to support the Bluefin Development League to overcome all of their frustrations is exactly what YesRef is all about”

Nick Robinson, League Chair, commented "This Is part of our commitment to use new technology to help our referees and particularly our volunteers. The Yes Ref system Is easy to use and we hope to expand the use In future seasons."

The Isthmian League is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area. It now consists of 3 categories, Senior, Development and Youth. Together with the Southern League and the Northern Premier League, it forms the seventh and eighth levels of the English football league system.

YesRef was launched by Wiltshire based entrepreneurs Ben Williamson and Olly Rodriguez-Ballinger, who combined have over 30 years’ experience within the sports and leisure industry. The team of innovative referees share a joint passion for sports and technology that continues to drive YesRef from strength to strength, with clubs, leagues and educational bodies using the platform to find and pay referees quicker and easier than ever before.