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CEO HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME
                             BACK.

The Auckland Rugby League staff have             •  Continue grade groupings at Cornwall
been shocked by the sudden death of              •  Park
recently elected Chairman, Wayne
Urquhart.                                           The Be A Sport programme

Wayne has contributed to our great game for      • Working hard with the Auckland Rugby
50 years. Our thoughts and deepest                    League Referee’s Association to ensure
sympathies go out to Wayne’s family and               all matches have a referee.
friends.
                                                 Whitianga Nines

Our ARL offices have officially opened as we       The second Whitianga Nines is set for
prepare for the upcoming season.                 February 26-27. In our view this is a good
                                                 opportunity for a pre-season bonding
The Football Development staff have begun        experience, the trialling of some up and
contacting schools to make appointments to       coming club juniors, and perhaps an
outline both the benefits of playing our game     opportunity to run some of the bigger boys
and also to inform the children and parents      into match fitness. Contact Troy Hardy on
of dates and times of the local clubs            troy.h@aucklandleague.co.nz or 021 846 831.
registration days. Posters and stickers will be
available for use by both ARL staff and clubs.   Congratulations to (Pt Chevalier, Ellerslie,
                                                 Ponsonby, Bay Roskill and Manukau) clubs
We have held a preliminary meeting with the      who completed our Governance Course
Vodafone Warriors in the hope of Warriors        recently under the tutelage of Dr Brent
players attending club registration days and     Wheeler. We trust that those who attended
have received a positive response.               the three nights gained valuable insights into
                                                 governance procedures that will help both
As soon as clubs have finalised their             them personally and their club.
registration days they need to inform us
ASAP so we can begin providing the               We would like to welcome Steve Jelicich to
resources that will help them have a             the ARL staff as the Referees Development
successful registration outcome.                 officer as the replacement for John McKeown
                                                 who has retired. Steve brings wealth of
We will continue the online registration         experience to the role and will build on the
education process. This will be driven by our    good work begun by John in the areas of
office staff, Juanita Woodhouse and Kelsi         Mini Mod Referee training, NCEA Refereeing
Amiatu.                                          Accreditation and working with first year
                                                 referees.
U16 - 20 Retention Strategy

Our strategy around the International grades     Thanks for reading,
is to retain the numbers we currently have via
enhancing the playing experience.                John Ackland

These include:

• Continuing the grading round formats
     introduced in 2015

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