Level Two Match Officials course in Atlanta Ga on August 15th and 16th.

Assistant instructors will be Ken Muir, Phil Dent, and Gerry Fitzgerald

The course is two full days. Start time will be 8:30 AM each day and should finish around 5:00 PM.

The cost of the course is $100 per student and all attendees must be CIPP compliant for the current year. The other pre-requisites are having successfully completed the Level 1 Match Officials course (or it's equivalent) and a season's worth of actual refereeing experience

There will be some pre-course work sent when you enroll, and there is about a season's worth of follow-up work necessary to earn accreditation.

The class will be capped at fifteen.

Please feel free to call me with any questions.

Mike Cobb
Chairman/Referee Assessor/Referee Coach
of the Southeast Rugby Referee Association (SRRA)
serving the USA Rugby South Territory, the Deep South, Florida,
and Southeast (SERRS) rugby referee societies.
Certified IRB/USA Rugby officials training Educator. And USA Rugby National Referee Evaluator.

USA Rugby South Men's and Women's 7's Super Qualifying Championship

July 18, 2009
Hosted by Columbus / Ft. Benning
Both the winner and runner up will advance to the USA Rugby Championship
in San Francisco on August 15 - 16.

Men's winner as the #5 seed will play these teams in the pool round: West #2, Midwest #2, Northeast #2 Men's runner up as the #16 seed will play these teams in the pool round: West #1, Mid Atlantic #2, Pacific #2

Roster checks with club CIPP registration and ID will be required. For clubs with more than one team there are no restrictions on who can play beyond typical player eligibility rules.

The format will be determined by the number of teams entered for both divisions, see the South handbook for details on 7's playoff structure and eligibility rules www.usarugbysouth.com .

See www.usarugby.org for more details on the men's event.

The Women's national pools will be determined as participants qualify (16 teams total), please see www.wnit7.squarespace.com for more details. At this time, the Women's Championship is not a USA Rugby event but an invitational. The level of interest will determine future endorsement by USAR.

Peter L. Steyn
Kinetic Solutions, Inc.
USARS Competition Chair
Exec. Officer, Mid South LAU
423-802-0684
petersteyn@msn.com

South Men's D2 and D3 Finals from Ft. Benning, hosted by Columbus RFC

Saturday semifinals

D3 Hilton Head vs. Triad: 49 - 5
D3 Pensacola vs. Savannah: 37 - 7
D2 Tampa Bay Krewe vs. New Orleans: 26 - 10
D2 Baton Rouge vs. Jacksonville: 24 - 17

Sunday finals

D3 Pensacola vs. Hilton Head: 27-11
D2 Tampa Bay Krewe vs. Baton Rouge: 33 - 22

In South Carolina on May 16 / 17 for the East Bracket of the USAR Round of 16 and 8.

South D3 #1 Pensacola vs. Northeast #1 at 10AM on May 16
South D3 #2 Hilton Head vs. Mid West #1 at 3PM on May16
South D2 #1 Tampa Bay Krewe vs. Mid West #2 at 1:30PM on May 16
South D2 #2 Baton Rouge vs. Mid West #1 at 12PM on May 16

Please visit the USAR website www.usarugby.org for information regarding hotels, travel arrangements, and further details.

Collegiate Championships

South Teams Score Well in USA Rugby’s Collegiate National Championships The seven USA Rugby South top champions moved on to play in the 2009 USA Rugby-National Guard National Collegiate Championships held over the weekend of 17 – 19 of April.

At Life University in Atlanta, Arkansas State and Tennessee were involved in the Men’s D1 playoffs. Arkansas over-ran the Navy and played an outstanding Round of 8 match against BYU (national seed #2).

Tennessee played well against Penn State and was unlucky to concede a last minute try in the Consolation match against St. Mary’s.

In Sanford, Florida, our women’s D1 and D2, and men’s D2 each won one of their two matches, with East Carolina Women and South Florida Men reaching the Round of 8.

The results are very encouraging for our collegiate program. Last year (2008) no South team reached the Round of 8. Additionally, this year, six of our teams went 1 – 1. Even Tennessee fared well, despite going 0 – 2 against two very good sides. We now wait in anticipation to see an improvement all round in our National Seedings.

USARS is proud to acknowledge the impressive efforts of our top collegiate teams,

Results:

Men’s Division 1 Round of 16 Men’s Division 1 Round of 8
Arkansas State 50, Navy 7 Arkansas State 3, BYU 13
Tennessee 12, Penn State 26

Men’s Division 1 Consolation Match
Tennessee 15, St. Mary’s 20

Women’s Division 1 Round of 16
U of North Carolina 0, Brown 34

Women’s Division 1 Consolation Match
U of North Carolina 19, Texas A&M 10

Women’s Division 2 Round of 16 Women’s Division 2 Round of 8
East Carolina 31, Arizona 10 East Carolina 20, Washington State 26
Central Florida 15, Delaware 24

Women’s Division 2 Consolation Match
Central Florida 26, Wyoming 10

Men’s Division 2 Round of 16 Men’s Division 2 Round of 8
South Florida 37, Colorado SM 14 South Florida 17, Middlebury 32
East Carolina 10, Miami (OH) 36

Men’s Division 2 Consolation Match
East Carolina 22, St. Joseph’s 17

USA RUGBY SOUTH FINALS

Collegiate Women's Division 1

Congratulations to Clemson and the University of North Carolina who now move onto the USA Rugby South Championship Final, to be played in Tuscaloosa, AL on Saturday, March 28. The winner will take the South #1 seed and move onto the USA Rugby National Collegiate Championship - we have one Collegiate Women’s D1 National seed.

USARS Women D1 does not hold quarter final play-offs. The USA Rugby Championship Round of 16 and rounds of 8 will be played at Sanford, FL over the weekend of April 17 - 18. The South representative will be seeded #13 and play the Northeast #1, seeded #4.

USA RUGBY SOUTH QUARTER FINALS

The winners of the Quarter Final Play Offs will move onto the USA Rugby South Championships Final Four in Tuscaloosa on March 28.

Collegiate Men’s Division 2
1 Alabama @ Appalachian State
2 East Carolina @ Ole Miss
3 Florida Atlantic @ Georgia Tech
4 Kennesaw State @ U of South Florida

Collegiate Women's Division 2
1 Elon @ University of Tenn (UT)
2 MTSU @ U of South Carolina
3 C o C @ East Carolina
4 UGA @ U of Central Florida

Collegiate Men's Division 3
1 Furman @ Elon
2 Guilford @ Coastal Carolina

Lee University and Tulane University are both headed to the D3 Final Four after their opponents Mississippi State and Tennessee Tech respectively both forfeited their matches. For more information on the Collegiate Matrix scores and leagues, click on “Competition” at the top of the page.

Collegiate Women's Division 2

All - This is the information I have to date. I can't call Conference D because one match from last Saturday still needs reporting and the result could affect the final league position (East Carolina/Elon U).

Use the e-mail addresses above, or the conference commissioners, to contact the clubs you will play.

As soon as I have the Conf D results I'll advice UT and CoC.

USA RUGBY SOUTH QUARTER FINALS

Brian Stringer

Collegiate Women's Division 1

Congratulations to Clemson, App State, Florida and UNC who will now move onto the USA Rugby Championships Final Four, to be played in Tuscaloosa on March 28. The two winners will play each other for the South Championship title and the right for the winner to move onto the USA Rugby National Championship - we have one National seed.

USARS Women D1 do not hold quarter final play-offs.

The USA Rugby Championship Round of 16 and rouns of 8 will be played at Sandford, FL over the weekend of April 17 - 18. The South representative will be seeded #13 and play the Northeast #1, seeded #4.

More information about the USARS Championships will be released as soon as possible. We're using the same venue as last year at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL. The event hosts will be the Bama Men's rugby club. They have secured a tournement hotel, which has just been completed, so the showers will work (at least)!

USA RUGBY SOUTH FINAL - College Women D1

Brian Stringer- USA Rugby South
931-598-5352

Collegiate Matrix Information

2009 Collegiate Matrix Competition Procedures, Guidelines and Forms now available – Click here