Jenny Bray has devoted 40 years of her life to refereeing and making refereeing accessible for other women. She set the original path for future Australian women referees through her distinguished career as a national and international referee, helping raise awareness of the calibre of Australia鈥檚 women referee talent pool at FIFA, and the Oceania and Asian Football Confederations.
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Bray started her refereeing career in 1984 with the St George Association before moving to the NSW state league level.
Her hard work and focus on advancement and training saw her appointed Australia鈥檚 first female FIFA referee in 1995.
In 1998, she turned her sights to referee coaching and assessing for the national governing body, and in 2000 was awarded an Australian Sports Medal for her contributions to date, despite having a number of years of service ahead.
Bray moved to Malaysia in 2006 to take on a development officer role for the Asian Football Confederation (where Australia had only recently joined) where she mentored and assisted female referees to develop from national to FIFA international standard, some becoming FIFA World Cup referees.
More recently she moved back into a local role as Director of Coaching with the St George Association (Football NSW) and continues in her role as an AFC Referee Assessor.
