Rugby Association

2009-2010 Working CommitteEs

Rugby Academy / Player Development / Select Side Committee –

Riaan Van Schalkwyk, Carl Hamm, Harry king, 

• Boys Select Side 
• Girls Select Side
• Players and Game Development

Sponsorship Committee –

Frank McKinney, Thomas Connor

• Parental involvement
• Company involvement

Tournament/League Committee

P-J Anderson, Eric Olejarczyk, Frank McKinney & Rob Leichner

• Local Charlotte tournaments – 15’s and 7’s
• Regional tournaments (South East and/or further)
• Practice and game fields
• EMT
• Field equipment (posts, protective gear, flags)
• storage & control of this equipment

Communications & Membership Committee

Carl Hamm & Ramon Villacura

• Website development/tool
• Liaison with School Districts
• Liaison with parents and Volunteers
• Rugby continuity program from U15 to U19 to College
• Liaison with colleges (opportunities/scholarships)
• Liaison with USA Rugby South and USA Rugby

Coaches Committee

P-J Anderson & Brendan Keane

• Coaching development (education forums etc)
• Team development

School Development Committee

Carl Hamm, PJ Anderson, Ramon Villacura

• School presentations
• Program Growing
• Middle School research
• School Advisor recruiting plan
• School Coaches recruiting plan

League Rule Conference Scheduling Committee

Frank McKinney, Rob Leichner, Harry King , & P-J Anderson

• Positive Coaching Alliance (spectators and parents)
• Player eligibility
• Game yellow and red card disciplinary issues
• Game scheduling
• NCHSRA & conference rules
• Points system

Referee Committee

Grant Haines, Harry King & P-J Anderson

• Determine Three Ref. Panel for “High Profile Games”  
• Review Referee Consistency in Refereeing.
• Develop Youth Training
• Referee development/courses
• Referee Scheduling
• Rule knowledge and ELV (Experimental Law Variations) sharing/workshops
• Rule and Review mandatory “Incident Reports”