Referees' Department
LOCAL STUDENTS RECEIVE ARU REFEREE SCHOLARSHIPS
Five students from the Canberra region have been awarded Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Refereeing Scholarships for 2009. The ARU identifies a small group of talented referees each year to receive the refereeing scholarship. The ACT has received outstanding recognition with Melissa Barrenger (MacKillop College), Cameron King (Hawker College), Cameron Meek (Hawker College), Dominic McCarthy (Trinity Grammar, Goulburn) and Alec Slader (Marist College) receiving scholarships this year. The budding students will be presented with their jersey by Australian Investec Super 14 and IRB referee Matt Goddard prior to CA Brumbies’ game against the Blues on Saturday, 9 May. Each of the student referees will be involved in a range of developmental activities at both local and national level, including providing assistance for senior referees at CA Brumbies Investec Super 14 matches. The students will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of professional referee Brett Bowden, who has continued his involvement in the top level as an assistant referee this season and worked closely with Andy Friend and the CA Brumbies on discipline and interpretation at the breakdown. “The scholarships program is providing a strong pathway for young referees to advance to the professional level,” Bowden said. “The scholarship provides a great starting point for young referees to advance to the national referees’ panel or the national academy team.” “I’ve been very fortunate to start my refereeing in the ACT. ACT Referees probably have the best referee coaching support in Australia, with Brendan McCormick being an active IRB referee coach performance reviewer last year. “Refereeing is fantastic fun and a great way to be involved in rugby. Being on the field with some of the best players in the world and watching some of those brilliant skills is the most rewarding part about being a referee and being involved at the Super 14 level.” “I encourage anyone who has a sense for the game, is fit and enjoys travelling the world to consider refereeing.” 2009 CALENDAR The 2009 Development calendar (or planner) is now on the website. The calendar has all of 2009's referee development activities, courses, ACTRRA meetings and competition dates. As new activities are planned, they will be added to the calendar. For best results, print out on A3 paper in landscape format. You can find the calendar here. 2009 LAW EXAMS ARE NOW LIVE For all those new and returning referees who would like to keep their accreditation up to date, or start their refereeing careers, the 2009 Law Exams are now live on our website. Please click here or click on the ‘Law Exams’ page on the right hand menu. You must do the exam online; however, there is a PDF copy that you can print off and practice. Please make sure that you notify Nikki (n.mclean@brumbies.com.au) and Mark (m.snow@brumbies.com.au) once you have completed the exam. Please also note that in 2009, there has been a name change to 2 of the exams: what was previously the ‘Level 1 (or 2) Touch Judge exam is now the Level 1 (or 2) Assistant Referee (AR) exam.
NEW REFEREES NEEDED!!! We are always looking for new referees to officiate at games, from U9s through to Seniors. If you haven't refereed before, never fear- we have courses to teach you all about refereeing a game of rugby. For those who have played rugby, there is also an opportunity to use Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) to move you up the ranks towards senior refereeing. If you have previously been a referee, with the ACTRRA or another organisation and would like to take up the whistle again, please get in contact with us. We need as many people as possible to service games in the ACT & surrounding regions. We provide kit of a jersey, shorts, socks and red/yellow cards. We also have other items for purchase, such as gear bags to put all your new gear in! For more information, please contact Nikki McLean, Referee Administrator at n.mclean@brumbies.com.au The Brumbies Rugby Referee Department work in conjunction with: ACT Rugby Referees Association (ACTRRA)
Southern Inland Rugby Referees Association (SIRRA)
South Coast Rugby Referees Assoc
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