2006 Northeast
Rugby AGM
The Northeast Rugby Union AGM
was held this past Sunday,
January 29, in Albany. Overall
the meeting was productive and
we are seeing some progress in
cooperation between the LAU's.
The future restructuring of USA
Rugby and the cooperation of the
national referee's
society was discussed.
Lori Staples, the VP of Women's
competitions reported on the
continued success of the
Women's All Star XV's program
in winning the ITT's. They are
presently looking to identify
a new Coach and Manager. Drew
Fautley of New York RFC, is
the current candidate for the
position. Women's I.T.T.'s will
be in June 2006. The Women's 7's
program is also looking for a
coach. Chris Ryan has coached
the Women's 7?s but will not be
continuing. The NRU is looking
to find his successor ASAP. For
all NRU coaches and managers, a
job criteria and application
process will be published to
allow all interested applicants
to submit resumes by April 15
for senior programs and August
15 for collegiates.
There was discussion about
fundraisers in order to offset
the cost of the ITT's. In order
to deal with the various
eligibility issues that arise
during playoffs and
ITT's an eligibility committee
will be created to ensure that
all NRU representative
sides and clubs competing for
national championships are
compliant with all USA
regulations. Both a youth
coordinator and a referee
coordinator will be added to the
NRU board to focus on game
development in the NRU.
Met NY insisted on a
reexamination of the current
collegiate seeding
process. A motion was made
that the current Conference
Champions must be seeded in
the top four seeds of the
NRU playoffs After extensive
lobbying the motion
passed. Going forward , the
METNY champions will be
guaranteed no less than a
4th seed in the NRU playoffs
and a home game in the first
round.
Tom Rienzo advised that
there would be a USA
Coaching clinic, under the
new system at R.I.T., Albany
on March 4th and
5th 2006. \A
player Development camp
would be held in conjunction
with the clinic. A Referee
clinic would be held in
Albany on Feb 4th.
Everyone was advised of the
clinic that will be held at
Stony Brook.
Edward J. Hughes, Jr.
President, METNYRFU
Director, NRU
Director, USA Rugby
Chair, USA Rugby Disciplinary
Committee
(212)791-9730(work)
(201)634-9189 (home)
(201)281-1896 (cell)
rugbee@aol.com
www.metnyrfu.org
