Mr.Green you clearly know very little about the promotion and fitness pathway. You are probably unaware that these local refs get observed by the county by the likes of Luke Wilkes etc and a report is provided. I can tell you now for a fact that John Green got the highest score for fitness in his last observation.
Have you actually seen these referees in a game to actually make you're asessments of their fitness?
How you can comment that they are seasoned and because the county is desperate for referees that why's they have been promoted again you're wrong. Refs have to go through a series of tests, observations, club points to make promotion each season its not just 'we need referees let's push them up'.
Also if you were to your research you would know that only Marc and John have actually done the SWPL and this is through games be assigned to them not asking for these games.
You wonder why the referees are slightly older is because people like you knock the confidence out of people and the younger referees feel under pressure to go further.