Congratulations to James Morris, who was awarded the B.A.R. Trophy as last night ACTRRA presentation Night.

James was a deserved winner of this prestigious award.

Other winners on the night were:

Rob Boyes - Jim Healy Trophy - Clubman of the Year

Tom Williamson - Will Boyle Award- Outstanding ARU Scholarship Referee

Adam Onus - Referee's Whistle - Most Improved junior Referee

Stuart Phair - JS waters Whistle - Most deserving U18 Referee

Matt Hogan - Bruce Portway Whistle - Highest marks level 2 Law Exam

Ben Gillespie - Members Badge Whistle - Highest Score Level 1 Law Exam

Lucky Door Prize - Matt Hogan

Silent Auction - The Nelson Family

The Executive of the ACTRRA, did with much regret officially accept the resignation of Andrew Crozier from the position of assistant Secretary at it's Executive Meeting on Tuesday the  19th of August.

Drew was a valuable member of the executive and his absences will be missed.

The Executive will leave the position vacant until the AGM in November, due to the end of the season being upon us.

Congratulations to the following Referees on their well deserved Senior Grand Final Appointments:

1st Grade
Referee: Brett Bowden
AR1: Dennis Beissner
AR2: Rob Whyte

2nd Grade
Referee: Scott Izod
AR1: James Morris
AR2: Steve Peak

Colts
Referee: Sarah Corrigan
AR1: Mark Snow
AR2: Rob Boyes

3rd Grade
Referee: James Morris
AR1: Ben Reedy
AR2: Geoff Palmer

4th Grade
Referee: Rob Whyte
AR1: Rob Boyes
AR2: Bryce Gorrell

Womens 1st Grade
Referee: Gerhard Pretorius
AR1: Ben Reedy
AR2: Geoff Palmer

Please make note of the following events:
Saturday 2nd Aug - Grand Final Teams Announced approx. 6:00pm venue Vikings (check facebook page for more details)
Saturday 2nd Aug - Kangaroo Court - Vikings approx. 6:30pm
Saturday 9th Aug - John I Dent Cup Grand Final day.  Helpers required to clean up after the Grand Final.  The more helpers we get the quicker and easier it is.
Tuesday 12th Aug - Training continues as normal until advised.
Sunday 17th Aug - Junior Finals Seminar, Brumbies HQ Bruce
Sunday 17th Aug - AR Level 1 Course, Brumbies HQ Bruce
Sunday 17th Aug - AR Level 2 Course, Brumbies HQ Bruce
Saturday 23rd Aug - Junior Semi Finals various locations
Saturday & Sunday 30th and 31st Aug - Junior Grand Finals - Venue TBA
Friday 5th September - Annual Presentation Dinner - RUC Turner
Tuesday 11th November - AGM - RUC Barton

The Senior Grand Final Refereeing Teams of 5 will be announced after the Preliminary Finals on Saturday the 2nd of August 2014.
The announcement will be made at the Vikings Club (location within the club to be confirmed) after the 1st Grade Preliminary Grade Final.
The Association will put a small tab on the bar while Brett fine tunes the teams. Come along and congratulate the teams.

Senior Gradings have been done. Congratulations to those who have move up a Panel, it shows your commitment and skills as a Referee have developed. Well Done to all.

New Gradings are found HERE. 

All events are posted on the Associations Calendar please check it out. HERE

Upcoming Events:

22nd July - Development Night and Senior Finals Seminar

24th July - Training and Club Google (Swim Session)

The past week has again highlighted the imbalance confronting the ACTRRA's referees in relation to comments made within the media.

For the second time this year, a losing First Grade coach has taken advantage of media outlets and "played the man, rather than the ball", by attacking the skills and integrity of an ACTRRA referee. Two of our 'A Panel' members have been forced to endure scurrilous and unsubstantiated comments given willingly by coaches, to media outlets.

It is the position of the ACTRRA Executive that our members will not respond to such intemperate displays. The ACTRRA Executive does, however, make it clear that the association supports without reservation, the performances of both referees involved in these incidents.

Additionally, it wishes to highlight that in no way will match appointments, or changes to match appointments, be driven by such media outbursts.

Furthermore, the ACTRRA Executive is working behind the scenes to ensure repeats of such incidents are avoided in the future.

From: The ACTRRA Executive.

The Executive of the ACTRRA is calling a General Meeting of the Association for Tuesday the 8th of July at 7:30 PM.

Agenda for the meeting is HERE.

Anyone wishing to order the Alternate (Pink) Top can do so via the Uniform Order Page.  We will only be placing 1 order for these this year, so please place your orders so you do not miss out.