Referees for National Weeks

It's the mid-year schools holiday and that means the national weeks, a great opportunity for school players. It is also a great opportunity for referees to gain experience and tuition together.

Three of the weeks – Under-13 Craven Week, Girls Week and LSEN Craven Week for learners with special educational needs – start on Monday, 29 June. Then come the Academy Week and the Grant Khomo Week and finally the climax, the Craven Week which was started in East London in 1964.

The referees and their helpers

Under-13 Craven Week – Nelspruit, 29 June – 3 July 2015

Referees: Dean Benade (Golden Lions), Ruan Benade (Golden Lions), Johre Botha (Valke), Marnus Meiring (Pumas), Vusi Msibi (Sharks), JP Nel (Valke), Joey Klaaste-Salmans (Western Province), Thys Smith (Blue Bulls), Sizwe Zodinga (Border), Thabo Motou (Blue Bulls)

Support Staff: Jacques Hugo (Eastern Province), Pieter de Bruin (Valke), Nico Benade (Blue Bulls), Bheki Jekubeni (Border), Ade Adendorff (Pumas)

SARU: Eugene de Villiers

LSEN Craven Week – Worcester, 29 June – 2 July 2015

Referees: Viv Adams (Boland), Dyllan Francke (Western Province), Zander Kubannek (Blue Bulls), Charl Jacobs (South Western Districts), Patrick Bulwana (Border), Pietr Taute (Blue Bulls), Zane Watson (Sharks)

Support Staff: Neville Heilbron, Keith Hendricks (Boland), Thuso Mngqibisa (Western Province)

Referee Manager: Gabriel Pappas

Under-16 Girls Week – Oudtshoorn, 29 June – 3 July

Referees: Ashleigh Murray (Golden Lions), Larentia Fred (South Western Districts), Siyanda Ketse (Free State), Maria Mabote (Griffons), Le-Ann MacClune (South Western Districts), Bulela Qwane (Western Province), Marianda Janse van Vuuren (Free State), Suretta Francis (South Western Districts)

Support Staff: Abe Steenberg, Rupert Jacobs (Eastern Province)

Referee Manager: Philip du Toit

Under-18 Academy Week – Vanderbijl Park, 6 – 9 July 2015

Referees: Mpho Matsaung (Griquas), Jaco Kotze (Free State), Pieter Maritz (Blue Bulls), Johre Botha (Valke), Paul Mente (Leopards), Ruaan du Preez (Golden Lions), Ruhan Meiring (South Western Districts), Jacques Nieuwenhuis (Valke), Egon Seconds (Western Province), Divan Uys (Western Province), Monty Du Mond (Western Province), Renier Coetzee (Golden Lions), Nathan Barry (Western Province)

Support Staff: Pierre Oelofse, Philip du Toit, Johan Zurich

Referee Manager: Eugene de Villiers

Executive: Steve Meintjes (SA Rugby Referees' Association)

Grant Khomo Week – Oudtshoorn, 6 – 9 July 2015

Referees: Khotso Raleting (Free State), Godwill Morobe (Leopards), Jabian Jeftha (Boland), Aimee Barrett (Western Province), Hernus Coetzee (Leopards), Bulelani Naka (Border), Renier Vos (Valke), Niel Bosman (Western Province), Anovuyo Mbande (Free State), Wian Verster (South Western Districts)

Support Staff: Eugene Daniel, Keith Hendricks (Boland), Jacques Hugo (Eastern Province)

Executive: Mnininzi Plaatjie (SA Rugby Referees' Association)

Referee Manager: Gabriel Pappas

Under-18 Craven Week – Stellenbosch, 13 – 18 July 2015

Referees: AJ Jacobs (Griffons), Stephan Geldenhuys (Blue Bulls), Vusi Msibi (Sharks), Sindile Ngcese (Eastern Province), Fernando Uithaler (Eastern Province), Archie Sehlako (Sharks), Jaco Pretorius (Valke), Oregopotse Rametsi (Leopards), Ricus van der Hoven (Pumas), Renier Vermeulen (Golden Lions).

Support Staff: Deon van Blommestein (Western Province), Dennis Immelman (Western Province)

Referee Manager: Gabriel Pappas

Executive: Douglas Holwill (SA Rugby Referees' Association)

SARU: Lettie Coetzee, Mark Lawrence, André Watson