Anna-Marie Keighley Explained

Anna-Marie Keighley
Birth Date:30 June 1982
Birth Place:Waitara, New Zealand
Otheroccupation:School teacher
Years1:2008–
League1:NZ Football
Role1:Referee
Internationalyears1:2010–
Confederation1:FIFA listed
Internationalrole1:Referee

Anna-Marie Keighley (born 30 June 1982) is an association football referee from Taranaki, New Zealand. She has officiated matches at the international level since 2010, including the FIFA Women's World Cup and the 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]

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.[6] 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.[7] She has since refereed at the 2019 World Cup and was named to the shortlist for the 2023 World Cup.[4] [8] [9]

She was part of the roster for the Dallas Cup in the United States and officiates matches in the domestic New Zealand Football Championship (now replaced by the New Zealand National League).[4] [10] [11] 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.[12] [13]

Personal life

Keighley married a fellow referee, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh, in July 2017.[14] 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.[15] Keighley later moved to Hamilton, where she teaches at Rototuna Senior High School.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Reive . Cristopher . 7 June 2016 . Anna-Marie Keighley gets the nod to referee at the Olympic Games . . 25 June 2019.
  2. News: 17 June 2015 . Referee experts sing the praises of ex Taranaki football referee . Stuff.co.nz . 25 June 2019.
  3. Web site: First couple of Kiwi refereeing make history . . 25 June 2019.
  4. News: New Zealand referees Anna-Marie Keighley and Sarah Jones confirmed for 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup . 11 August 2022 . Stuff.co.nz . 4 December 2018 . en.
  5. Web site: OFC officials get FIFA nod . . 11 August 2022 . 5 February 2014.
  6. Web site: 7 June 2019 . Keighley hungry for more history . . 25 June 2019.
  7. News: 2 July 2015 . Kiwi ref in spotlight over World Cup blunder . . 25 June 2019.
  8. News: 15 January 2021 . Two New Zealanders shortlisted to referee at home world cup . . 11 August 2022.
  9. 9 January 2023 . Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ . . 9 January 2023.
  10. News: Arnold . Jon . 24 March 2016 . Connection between referees who've worked Dallas Cup and big-time matches is no coincidence . . 25 June 2019.
  11. News: Voerman . Andrew . 20 February 2017 . Stirling Sports Premiership captains reprimanded for criticism of referees . Stuff.co.nz . 25 June 2019.
  12. Web site: 9 October 2017 . Keighley continues to break barriers . . 25 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Q and A: Anna-Marie Keighley . . 11 August 2022.
  14. News: Walsh . Christine . 2 June 2017 . Taranaki couple win dream wedding giveaway . . 25 June 2019.
  15. Web site: 26 August 2011 . Refs fly flag for Kiwis . . 27 June 2019.
  16. News: Waikato women power team to officiate U-20 Women's World Cup . 10 August 2022 . Waikato Herald . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803180158/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/football-two-waikato-referees-off-to-costa-rica-for-fifa-u-20-womens-world-cup-2022/MMO4QWNQBXGEFRJZLUCLROQSCE/ . 3 August 2022.