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To All Non-Conference Collegiate Clubs:

University of North Florida
Eckerd College
Florida Gulf Coast University
University of Miami

Armstrong Atlantic State GRU

In an effort to help facilitate a newly formed NATIONAL SMALL COLLEGE RUGBY ORGANIZATION’s pathway to a National Championship I need for your coach or club representative contact me at once. 305 793 4477.

There have been previous circulars distributed to you with invitations to join this group so that you could “play for something” in addition to being a Florida non-conference champion.

Before accepting entrance to this championship everyone needs to review the eligibility rules and regulations which I am happy to send you.

There are only subtle differences between USAR’s rules and NSCRO’s rules concerning full-time undergraduate students obtaining their first degree. If your club plays all undergrads there is no problem except that you must commit to the travel requirements should you be successful here in Florida! This means travel to Norfolk VA and Glendale CO.

As you can see, there are 5 clubs who will have home and away games with “nearby” opponents and “interstate” games held in the Orlando or Tampa area so that travel costs can be reduced.

Please call me as soon as possible so that the tournament organizers can put together a proper schedule – we do not want UNF playing UM home and away! or AAS traveling to UM.

Franklyn Williams
President, FRU

Men’s DII Matrix Schedule

Level 1 Officiating
Start Date: Sunday  12/04/2011, 8:30 AM  End Date:
Sunday  12/04/2011, 5:00 PM
Course Leader/Educator: Alex Sharland, sharland.associates@gmail.com
(954) 401-0717

Address: University of West Florida, Pensacola
Florida

Zip Code:
Level 1 Course is the basic referee course. It
covers the referee’s priorities, provides an introduction to the Laws of the
game, risk management as well as examining scrums, rucks/mauls, tackles,
line-outs, offside and advantage with focus on the critical aspects of the game
and how to referee them. The course does not go through the Laws of the game
page by page. There is an open book test at the end of the course which students
will take on the day, so you will know when you leave whether or not you have
passed. Attendees will need to wear comfortable clothing suitable for both
classroom and on the field practical sessions.
Students are encouraged to
complete the online law exam prior to the course. Go to http://www.irblaws.com – once
successfully complete, please print and bring with you to the course the IRB
certificate. This will count as completion of the exam requirement, the
participants will still be required to complete an in class safety exam.
Students are also required to complete www.rugbyready.com and bring your certificate to the class.

This course will be limited to 20 future referees, so register now to
reserve your spot!
HOW TO REGISTER: Participants are required to register
on the membership.usarugby.org website, CIPP is required. Once
membership is established then sign up for the course at  https://membership.usarugby.org/Courses/OnlineSignup/SelectCourses.aspx?Category=EVENTCAT_REFEREE
. To confirm attendance please email the course instructor, sharland.associates@gmail.com
your name, contact email address, and phone number. The online fee for the
course is $50 and a $10 fee will be charged at the door.

Starting November 15, 2011 the FRU will have a newly appointed Discipline Chair!

Kerri O’Malley is the head coach of the Gainesville Rugby Club and will join the FRU Executive Board.

Kerri is also in charge of and is re-writing our current FRU Handbook.

Any inquiries or questions should be directed to: Kerri (352) 262-9308 or her email
biorugger@gmail.com.

FAU beat UM 73-0 while FIU beat USF 25-19 to close out regular season play for the South Conference.

http://www.floridarugbyunion.com/2011-collegiate-rugby-florida-cup-schedule-results-standings/

The 2011 Collegiate Men’s Rugby Florida Cup will feature UF, FIU, UCF and FAU in a 2 day knockout tournament in Gainesville, Fl.

Details will be released within the next few days.

Saturday Oct 29 Results

FAU 19 (3 tries) USF 17 (3 tries)
UF 13 All Navy 5

For all  results and standings, go to
http://www.floridarugbyunion.com/2011-collegiate-rugby-florida-cup-schedule-results-standings/

Florida Cup Championship will be held Nov 19 & 20 in Gainesville, Fl.
UF, UCF, and FIU have clinched a spot,  UM, FAU and USF are battling for the last spot.  Saturday’s results will tell the tale.

I have recieved no results from the B teams or the D2 teams.

If you want to compete in the D2 cup Nov 19 in Gaiensville, send me your results by Friday Nov 5.

Thanks
Ken Simmons
FRU Collegiate Director
239-410-3032
nrfcken@cox.net

Hello Everyone,

I sent the CIPP invoices out last night and received at least 30 emails today regarding these things.  Let me explain to everyone what they are for and why and all of that good stuff.  All new officers have come into clubs and either don’t have the info passed onto them or whatever but here goes.

These invoices are the per person rate of your usa rugby rosters from August of last year until May of this year.  I pulled the lists in June and it does not reflect your current members on your roster that started in August.  This invoice covers your fall and spring seasons of this past year.  Your current list will be billed out at the end of next year.

This list covers operating costs of the union which are the select teams and ref fees and etc.  The financials are listed on the website if your club wants a general breakdown.

If any of you need to see whom was on your list as of May of this year, I will be glad to fax it to you.  I subtracted all of the double people, refs, coaches and exec officers from your list and that’s how I came up with the unit numbers on the list.  The CIPP invoices were voted 12 years ago at an AGM meeting to be put at the end of the year because teams needed time to fundraise and most teams had travel expenses in the spring and it was too much to get hit with in the middle of the year so they have always been at the end of the year.  The colleges have a cap rate of 400.00 and if they have less than 40 people on your roster then it is 10.00 per person.  All senior clubs have a per person rate of 25.00.

I hope all of this clears up all of the emails I have received if I didn’t answer you personally.

Let me know if I can answer anything else.

These are due by Nov. 28th, 2011.  Please send all payments to FRU 6250 Parkers Hammock Road  Naples, Florida 34112

Lisa O’Donnell

FRU Treasurer