Love the smirk on the referees face. Other than that I think you are a little too far from the action for this to be massively effective, but a good effort nonetheless.
yes, this definitely hits the challenge! as for the image, it seems a little flat. you could probably punch it up a bit with levels and brightness/contrast adjustments. all the same, great capture! hope it does well for you.
Good capture. I guess, because of the shooting situation, the crowd seems a bit over-exposed and grainy. Comes across like a pic in the sports page. Nice.