The Mauritius Sports Council in collaboration with the Mauritius Football Referees Committee, an initiative from Mr. Rajanand Nunkoo, Secretary, organised a seminar on Sports Medicine for football referees on Saturday 28th March 2009 from 08h30 to 13h30 in the conference room of the Basketball/Handball Gymnasium at Phoenix.

 

The opening ceremony was performed in the presence of various eminent personalities;- the Chairman Mr. Dhiraj Singh Khamajeet, members & staff of the Mauritius Sports Council, Mr. Michel Chang Kye, President of the Medical / Paramedical Sub Committee of the Sports Council, representatives of the Mauritius Football Referees Committee, the Mauritius Football Association, representative of the Mauritius National Olympic Committee, Sponsor of the seminar IBL Healthcare & Football Referees.

  

 
 

Topics and Resource persons were:

    
   
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY by Ms. Emilie Carosin, Clinical Psychologist

 

   

COMMENT EVITER LES RISQUES DES BLESSURES EN MILIEU SPORTIF by Dr. Yehya Oomar, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Victoria Hospital

 
   
LES RUDIMENTS DE L’ENTRAINEMENT by Dr. K. Dassyne, Sports Medical Officer, Sports Medical Unit

   
LES PREMIERS SOINS EN MILIEU SPORTIF (avec démonstration) by Dr. Yousouf Sookun, Emergency Physician of SAMU, Victoria Hospital

 

 
   

DOPING ISSUES by Mr. Gérard Requin, Ex-Director, Pharmaceutical Services
   
Ninety football referees including Commissioners and Officials of the Football Referees Committee attended the seminar.
   
The seminar was sponsored by IBL Healthcare/ Voltarène Emugel who offered  refreshments, t-shirts, notebooks, pens and packed lunch.

   
Evaluation of seminar