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Johannesburg - South Africa’s rugby refereeing recruitment drive has paid dividends, with the sport recruiting almost 800 new referees countrywide during 2011.
Earlier this year, Director of referees Andre Watson launched the campaign to recruit new referees after surveys found dwindling numbers in the refereeing ranks with potentially catastrophic results for the game as a whole. The figures released on the SA Referee website boast 786 new referees for the country.
Interestingly Western Province recruited by far the most referees in the country, with 159 candidates knocking on their door. They were followed by the Free State with 113, while the Blue Bulls, Boland, Golden Lions and Griquas came close to 90 new referees each.
Even the Griffons, with one of the smallest bases in the country, managed to recruit one referee.
Watson was pleased with the outcome of the recruitment drive but urged referee societies to look for more potential whistleblowers for the sport.
"It is very encouraging and the hope is expressed that each society does its utmost to ‘capture’ as many of these enquiries as possible in order for us all to grow and redress the dire shortage of referees in the country,” Watson told the SA Referees official website.
"Each society is still encouraged and respectfully requested to continue its 'in house' recruitment and not rely on the National campaign’s enquiries only.”
Watson also stressed the importance of race and gender transformation.
RECRUITMENT IN 2011
By Province
Blue Bulls: 68
Boland: 69
Border: 31
Eastern Province: 44
Free State: 113
Golden Lions: 89
Griffons: 1
Griquas: 89
Leopards: 21
Pumas: 27
Sharks: 34
South Western Districts: 14
Valke: 27
Western Province: 159
By Contact Method
SMS: 51
Website: 400
E-mail: 4
Scholars: 183
Campus: 50
Shopping centres: 21
Sevens 2010: 13
Publicity: 1
Outreach: 63
Race Breakdown
White: 494
Coloured: 174
Black: 118
Gender Breakdown
Male: 678
Female: 108
Johannesburg - South Africa’s rugby refereeing recruitment drive has paid dividends, with the sport recruiting almost 800 new referees countrywide during 2011.
Earlier this year, Director of referees Andre Watson launched the campaign to recruit new referees after surveys found dwindling numbers in the refereeing ranks with potentially catastrophic results for the game as a whole. The figures released on the SA Referee website boast 786 new referees for the country.
Interestingly Western Province recruited by far the most referees in the country, with 159 candidates knocking on their door. They were followed by the Free State with 113, while the Blue Bulls, Boland, Golden Lions and Griquas came close to 90 new referees each.
Even the Griffons, with one of the smallest bases in the country, managed to recruit one referee.
Watson was pleased with the outcome of the recruitment drive but urged referee societies to look for more potential whistleblowers for the sport.
"It is very encouraging and the hope is expressed that each society does its utmost to ‘capture’ as many of these enquiries as possible in order for us all to grow and redress the dire shortage of referees in the country,” Watson told the SA Referees official website.
"Each society is still encouraged and respectfully requested to continue its 'in house' recruitment and not rely on the National campaign’s enquiries only.”
Watson also stressed the importance of race and gender transformation.
RECRUITMENT IN 2011
By Province
Blue Bulls: 68
Boland: 69
Border: 31
Eastern Province: 44
Free State: 113
Golden Lions: 89
Griffons: 1
Griquas: 89
Leopards: 21
Pumas: 27
Sharks: 34
South Western Districts: 14
Valke: 27
Western Province: 159
By Contact Method
SMS: 51
Website: 400
E-mail: 4
Scholars: 183
Campus: 50
Shopping centres: 21
Sevens 2010: 13
Publicity: 1
Outreach: 63
Race Breakdown
White: 494
Coloured: 174
Black: 118
Gender Breakdown
Male: 678
Female: 108
