RUGBY REFEREES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1934, Page 11

RUGBY REFEREES

ANNUAL REPORT

NOTICES OF MOTION

-. Very few Rugby football > matches were played in Wellington last season without an accredited member of-. th.c Wellirigton Eugby Referees' Association officiating,, and.that fact is favpurlably commented upon in the"1 association's annual report, which also records with pleasure an increaso in membership. In referring, to tho.increase in the number of matches played;and the likelihood of a further increase, tho .report.states: '.Thus.it must be realised that is .holding, an important position in the realm of Rugby football, and it behoves this association tosee ih at its members are well equip-ped-in the knowledge, of' the rules as, after all, the referee . is. really ' the teacher." During last season the association's active'v membership reached 150, at which the list was closed. Appreciation is expressed in the report of those who helped'the association in various directions, and the hope expressed on behalf-of the executive that the co-operation of members will I)o'retained. '. ■. :■'!■'

Varions notices: of motion for. consideration at the annual meeting on March 19 are attached.to the report. Among them are the following:— - ."Before a newly-elected member can bo appointed to control games, he shall ■bo passed as'competent by a senior reforoe selected by the executive."

"Tho duty of a referee before the commencement of a game is to obtain from the captain of each team a. team slip which must bo-signed by him arid f onyardpd' to the secretary of the association in time for the next meeting." . "The appointmont board shall consist of. three members (active or honorary), two at least to be senior inem•ber's." ' . ■,;-..

''That the minute relating to the retiring president, giving him a seat on the oxecutive, be rescinded.'' « : Recommendations are made ■as follows:— . •■■■■•.,■".■..;. o. ; • "That members'"attending the regular weekly meetings of-1 the. association be given preference in regard to appointment to games." ■ " ' . ■ ■ ■■ ■d "?° ,?? mber °f' too Wellingtda ■Rugby Union executive to hold executiveooft f the ..-Wellington. Eugby Keferees' Association." ; - . _^"That the annual meeting of tho Wellington . Rugby Referees' -Associav tion T,e hcia at the.endof the season commencing at the end of. tho- 1934 BG3SOH. ■■•■-■. ." . ■