Welcome to the Auckland Rugby Referees Association

Monday 9 th March 2015

Our Sponsors & Supporters

Rob Neru Matt McHardy Peter Thompson Karen Sutton

First Year & New Referees

• • Welcome Please take a note of the people we are about to introduce • The most important thing: ENJOY YOURSELF

First Year Referees

• • • • • Class Tutors –

Pete Willis

& Paul van Etten Panel Convenors – Bill Price/Warwick Lobb Issued with • ARRA Referee Starter Kit • • ARRA Playing Kit (Jersey issued once passed field test) Outline of how appointments/referee panels work Specific Monday night training class in Premier Changing Room At Conclusion tonight, meet 1 st Year’s for 5 mins

Referees’ Uniform

• We have a stunning new Principal sponsor – Advantage4me • We have an excellent Associate sponsor – Barfoot & Thompson • So we have a new uniform.

Our Board

• Nigel Bernie – Chairman • Roger Drew • Chris Morgan • Jeremy Kannemeyer • Nicky Duggan - ARU Director

Volunteer

Portfolios Rob Ah Kuoi TBA Don Crawford Don Crawford Alison Hall Helen Morgan Dave Goldfinch Tim Olliff David Nolan President Vice President COD JRC ASSRFU Disciplinary Referee Liaison Advantage4me Administrator & Trainer Website Content Manager & Administrator

Presentations

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50 Year Service Badge – Bill Potter 15 Year Service Badge – John Jacka

Staff

Smudge McNeilage Kylie Marginson Cody Neilson Match Official Manager ARU Community Rugby & Referees Administrator Accreditation Manager & Referee Support

Selectors & Coaches

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Selectors:

Chris Morgan (Head Selector),

Bruce Rennie

& John Gillies •

B Panel Head Facilitator:

Jeremy Kannemeyer •

C Panel Head Facilitator:

TBA •

JRC Head Facilitator:

Nigel Bernie •

Fresh Face Panel Head Facilitator:

John Gillies

Referee Training Program

• • • • • Rugby Smart • March 16 th Guest Speakers Practical Sessions Exams Fitness monitoring • March 16 th June 15 rd April 13 th July 13 th • 6.15pm May 11 th • • • Social Evening • August 10 th Panel Discussions Trends / Video Sessions

Panel Sessions

• • • • Within your own panel Issues from previous week Attended by 1 or 2 Premier referees Video footage of your grades used for training

Auckland Rugby Referee’s Association

Law Day Sunday 12 th April 2015

Jeremy Kannemeyer

• • • • Sylvie Rudsdale is new Head Physio at Rifles Looking to set up clinic at Rifles Monday evenings 5pm – 7pm $10 initial assessment & $5 follow-up sessions Show of hands if you would use this facility?

Congratulations

• NZRU National Referee Development Group – James Doleman • IRB Sevens Wellington – James Doleman • NZRU Wider Training Group – Kyle Harris

Congratulations

• NZRU High Performance Resource Coaches – Chris Morgan & Mike Elliott

Congratulations

• NZRU National Referee Squad – Angus Mabey • IRB Sevens Wellington – Angus Mabey

Registrations

• • • • • We are participating in an online trial this year A link will be sent tomorrow to 2014 referees please follow & update details ASAP IT ONLY TAKES 2 MINUTES MAX TO UPDATE If you don’t get an email go to our website for a new registration form link $40 if paid before $31 st May ($50 thereafter)

Rugby Smart

• • • • A Rugby Smart session will be held next week You must attend a Rugby Smart session before you are authorised to referee – Board directive Other sessions, run by ARU, will be published No DVDs exist this season so you can’t take home to view

Appointments

• Appointments software – WhosTheRef • Update WhosTheRef for the whole year • Then update for any changes as they occur

Survey Results

• • • • • 96 respondents Everyone that put a name/number was contacted More panel sessions Less practical sessions Date of Awards was decided by you in a survey

Enjoy 2015 The BAR is OPEN & FREE

Rob Neru Matt McHardy Peter Thompson Karen Sutton