TWO female Suffolk officials have returned from a ‘brilliant experience’ in America.

Emily Heaslip and Isabel Chaplin were selected to take part in the Dallas Cup, a prestigious international week-long Youth tournament.

They were chosen by the PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Ltd) to represent the English FA.

Referee Emily, 30, and assistant referee Isabel, 23, were selected along with referee Melissa Burgin from Manchester and assistant referee Grace Lowe from Nottingham.

The four of them officiated together on eight matches across the tournament, including the Under-17 Boys’ Final.

Isabel said: “Dallas was a brilliant experience and one I thoroughly enjoyed.  It was good to be able to work with teams from across the world and experience different styles of football. 

“Having the opportunity to officiate on the U17s boys’ final was a great way to finish the trip!”

The Dallas Cup is a long-established tournament which is held every spring and features the best teams from the hundreds of applications received each year.

There were eight age groups in the boys’ categories from U12s-U19s and four in the Girls’ category from U15-U19.

Pictured above at the Under-17 Boys’ Final (left to right) are Melissa Burgin, Isabel Chaplin, Grace Lowe and Emily Heaslip.