Refs for SA National Weeks
SA Referees have announced the referees appointed to various national weeks in South Africa, which, in the case of schools, start with the beginning of the mid-year holidays. The one which gets most prominence is the Craven Week which starts on the second week of July.
Under-18 Craven Week, Pretoria, 29 June – 3 July
Referees: Sewes Terblanche (Blue Bulls), Quinton Immelman (Western Province), Jimmy Aphane (Blue Bulls), Petri Bosch (Griqualand West), François de Bruin (Griqualand West), Rodney Bonaparte (Eastern Province), Martin Lekhanye (Free State), Rasta Rashivenga (Golden Lions), Teshin Naicker (KwaZulu Natal), Andries Retief (Pumas), Marius van der Westhuizen (Western Province), Danie Koen (Namibia)
Assessors: Lusanda Menze (Blue Bulls), Dries Breytenbach (Pumas)
Coaches: Tappe Henning (SARU), François van Biljon (Blue Bulls)
Selector: Banks Yantolo (Border)
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Kosie Horn (Blue Bulls)
Under-18 Craven Week, Pretoria, 29 June – 3 July
Referees: Sewes Terblanche (Blue Bulls), Quinton Immelman (Western Province), Jimmy Aphane (Blue Bulls), Petri Bosch (Griqualand West), François de Bruin (Griqualand West), Rodney Bonaparte (Eastern Province), Martin Lekhanye (Free State), Rasta Rashivenga (Golden Lions), Teshin Naicker (KwaZulu Natal), Andries Retief (Pumas), Marius van der Westhuizen (Western Province), Danie Koen (Namibia)
Assessors: Lusanda Menze (Blue Bulls), Dries Breytenbach (Pumas)
Coaches: Tappe Henning (SARU), François van Biljon (Blue Bulls)
Selector: Banks Yantolo (Border)
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Kosie Horn (Blue Bulls)
Under-13 Craven Week, Kimberley, 29 June – 3 July
Referees: François Groenewald (Western Province), Sakkie Meyer (Free State), Mtheleni Msileni (Eastern Province), Jerome America (Western Province), Lourens van der Merwe (Free State), F Veldsman (Boland), Zarius Janse van Rensburg (Limpopo), Eddie van Greunen (Golden Lions), Tinus van Zyl (Griqualand West)
Assessors: Dennis Immelman (Western Province), Eugene Daniels (Western Province)
Coaches: Theuns Naudé (SARU), Kat Swanepoel (Griqualand West)
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Dana Eitzen (SARU)
Special Schools Craven Week, Welkom, 29 June – 2 July 2009
Referees: Kim Smit (Golden Lions), Madel Herselman (Golden Lions), Eugenia Daniels (Western Province), Siphokazi Njani (Border), Petros Sambo (Pumas), Riaan Gayi (Eastern Province), Eduan Nel (Golden Lions), Julian Mundawarara (Zimbabwe)
Assessor: Pierre Oelofse (Golden Lions)
Coach: Eugene de Villiers (Golden Lions)
Referee manager: Abe van Rooyen (Griffons)
Under-18 Academy Week, Pretoria, 29 June – 3 July
Referees: Sewes Terblanche (Blue Bulls), Quinton Immelman (Western Province), Matt Kemp (Western Province), Petri Bosch (Griqualand West), François de Bruin (Griqualand West), Rodney Bonaparte (Eastern Province), Martin Lekhanye (Free State), Rasta Rashivenga (Golden Lions), Teshin Naicker (KwaZulu Natal), Andries Retief (Pumas), Marius van der Westhuizen (Western Province), Danie Koen (Namibia)
Assessors: Lusanda Menze (Blue Bulls), Dries Breytenbach (Pumas)
Coaches: Tappe Henning (SARU), François van Biljon (Blue Bulls)
Selector: Banks Yantolo (Border)
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Kosie Horn (Blue Bulls)
Grant Khomo Week, Riversdale, 6 – 9 July
Referees: Willie Killian (Leopards), Andre Botha (Blue Bulls), Pieter de Villiers (Golden Lions), François Pretorius (Western Province), Amos Swartz (Border), Hentie Nel (Leopards), Ian Smith (Eastern Province), Jan Venter (Blue Bulls), Bongani Maloney (Border)
Coaches: Tappe Henning (SARU), Neville Heilbron (SARU), Nolan Arends (South Western Districts)
Assessors: Thuso Mngqibisa (Selector) (Western Province), Hullett Billet (South Western Districts)
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Ben Theron (Western Province)
USSA Tournament, University of Johannesburg, 29 June 2009 – 3 July 2009
Referees: Willie Killian (Leopards), Pieter de Villiers (Golden Lions), Hentie Nel (Leopards), Mlungiseli Mdashe (Valke), Bongani Maloni (Border), Richard Ingram (KwaZulu Natal), Ben Crouse (Blue Bulls), Jocelyn Tucker (Blue Bulls), Archie Sehlako (KwaZulu Natal), Lusanda Jam (Border), Lihan Pretorius (Golden Lions), Carel Dry (Golden Lions), Tony Correra (Leopards), Sieg van Staden (Valke)
Assessors: Thuso Mngqibisa (Selector) (Western Province), Keith Hendriks (Boland), Richard Nash (Golden Lions)
Coaches: Burton Hufkie (KwaZulu Natal), Jacques Hugo (Eastern Province)
Referee Manager: Gabriel Pappas (Golden Lions)
Subunion – North, Vanderbijlpark, 6- – 10 July
Referees: Jocelyn Tucker (Blue Bulls), Theshin Naicker (KwaZulu Natal), Charlton Isaacs (Boland), Lusanda Jam (Border)
Assessors: Eugene Daniels (Selector) (Western Province), Allan O’ Connell (KwaZulu Natal)
Coaches: Eugene de Villiers (Golden Lions),
Referee manager: Dana Eitzen (SARU)
Club Championship, Pretoria, 21 – 16 September
Referees: Stuart Berry (KwaZulu Natal), Jason Jaftha (South Western Districts), Sindile Mayende (KwaZulu Natal), Willie Roos (Golden Lions), Joey Salmans (Western Province), Gareth Lloyd Jones (Western Province), Pro Legoete (Golden Lions), Lourens van der Merwe (Free State), François Veldsman (Boland)
Assessors: Lusanda Menze (Blue Bulls), Banks Yantolo (Selector) (Border), Thuso Mngqibisa (Selector) (Western Province)
Coaches: Tappe Henning (SARU), Theuns Naudé (SARU), Hendrik Greyvenstein (Western Province),
Referee Tournament Director: André Watson (SARU)
Referee Manager: Kosie Horn (Blue Bulls)
