TRRA & TRU Members,
On behalf of the TRRA and the Referee Advancement & Training Organization (RATO), it is my pleasure to announce the final round of promotions for 2014. We’ve continued refining our TRRA Referee Mentoring/Coaching Program and per referee feedback the R&L committee has updated the TRRA Pathway & Standards document. Special thank you to Scott Green for heading up a committee to review the previous document and Butch N. for his assistance as well.
TRRA would like to thank all the referees, mentors, coaches, and teams for their commitment to improving the game of rugby. Please join us in recognizing the hard work of the following referees who have been promoted:
C3 to C2:
Mark Hughen
Tim O’Gara
Tim Wilks
C4 to C3:
Kibui Butt
Kevin Cousins
Gustavo Herrera
Brian Kee
Maurice Mullally
Paul Mullen
Hal Summers
Joey Swatzell
The TRRA is excited to have so many new referees and current referees working towards the next level. This fall we were able to certify referees in both the Referee Level 2 course and the Coaching Match Officials (CMO) course. We have also seen great participation in the online Law Tests as well as the bi-annually Fitness Tests (Beep Test). We appreciate everyone’s dedication and hard work to themselves and to the success of the TRRA.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to improving the Texas Rugby Union and the Texas Rugby Referee Association.
Traci Schmidtke
TRRA Chairman
RATO