2 Junior Referees to represent WA at Queensland State Championships.

[pieter blackie]

2 of our Junior Referees have been selected to be part of the first interstate ARU School Student Scholarship development program for referees.
The ARU School Student Scholarship was introduced a number of years ago to help raise the profile of refereeing at schools, and to provide encouragement for young referees to remain in refereeing when they leave school. The program has proved very successful with a significant number of young referees progressing through the scholarship program to referee at senior levels in their state. Students selected for the SSS program will be involved in a range of activities designed to improve their knowledge of the game, enhance their performance as referees, and expose them to a higher standard of rugby.

Marcell Blackie (Ellenbrook Secondary College) and Mark Sherriff (Shenton College) will be flying to the Gold Coast and will be officiating at the QJRU State Championships held from 4 to 7 July on the Gold Coast at The Southport School. There are games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

ARU School Student Scholarship 2014

[Alison]

Many congrats to Marcell and Mark! Go WA!

[RugbyRef]

Indeed. The Referees' Association is all over the East coast last & this week.

Marcell & Mark in the Gold Coast.
Liam O'Shea & Alex Ninkov were in Sydney on Exchange.
Patrick Davis & Rob Kellam are in Sydney for the National Schoolboys. Rob Kellam as Referee Coach.

The Refs are doing well at present.