McDowell, Gaffikin and Erskine involved in Guinness Six Nations this weekend

Top appointments keep on coming for USRFR referees with several of our referees involved in the Guinness Six Nations this weekend. Simon McDowell is TMO for the England v Italy game on Saturday whilst Stuart Gaffikin is AR 1 for the Scotland U20 v Wales U20 game on Friday night. Jonny Erskine will have a busy weekend as he referees an AIL match at Terenure on Saturday before acting as 5th official on Sunday for the Ireland v France match. All Ireland League appointments Division 1A Terenure College v UCC:  Jonny Erskine Young Munster v Dublin University:  Mark Patton Division 1B Ballymena v Banbridge: Ref Peter Martin; TJ’s Paul Baxter & Jarvis Traynor City of Armagh v St. Marys College: TJ’s Peter McClure & Vincent Hughes Division 2A UL Bohemians v Blackrock College: Dan Carson Queens University v Nenagh Ormond: TJ’s Roger Cleave & Brian McLawrence Division 2B Wanderers v Sligo: Grainne Crabtree Dungannon v Sundays Well: TJ’s Steven Robb & Adrian Pawlik Division 2C Ballina v Bruff:  Jonathan Peak City of Derry v Bangor: Ref Jonny Wilson; TJ’s Peter Doherty & Eamonn McCotter Thomond v Malahide:  Chris Lough There are many important league and cup matches within Ulster this weekend and selected referee appointments are as follows: Gordon West Cup Donaghadee v Cavan:  Chris Elliott Monaghan v Holywood:  Joel Stafford-Barton Premiership 2nd XV league Ballynahinch 2 v City of Armagh 2:  Lee Evans Banbridge 2 v Ballymena 2: Richard Sweeney Kukri Championship Division 1 CIYMS v Cooke:  Robbie McGreer Coleraine v Ballyclare:  Oisin Quinn Dromore v Grosvenor:  Mark Millar Instonians v Carrickfergus:  Alan Clarke Portadown v Enniskillen:  Henry Richmond Kukri Championship Division 2 Academy v Lisburn:  Garrett Davey Ballymoney v Lurgan:  Tim McLennan Clogher Valley v Ards:  Chris Cahoon Larne v UUC:  Adrian Reavey Randalstown v Limavady:  Colin Stanley Provincial League Division 1 Ballynahinch 4 v Belfast Harlequins 2:  Barry O’Hara Grosvenor 2 v Ballyclare 2:  John Adams Queens University 2 v Dungannon 2:  Neil Stewart Provincial League Division 2 Ballymoney 2 v Banbridge 3:  Colin Millar Carrickfergus 2 v Omagh 3:  Aaron Fletcher Dromore 2 v City of Armagh 3:  Teddy Sloan Malone 3 v Clogher Valley 2:  Norman Gamble Provincial League Division 3 Portadown 3 v City of Derry 2:  Stephen Crooke Randalstown 2 v CIYMS 2:  Andrew Davis Provincial League Division 4 Ards 2 v Queens University 3:  Mark Taylor Ballyclare 3 v Cooke 2:  Mat Stone Limavady 2 v Instonians 3:  Lynsey Davison (pictured above) Lisburn 2 v Larne 3:  Shane Toolan Provincial League Division 5 Ballyclare 4 v Ballynahinch 6:  Nathan Lamont Ballymoney 3 v Banbridge 4:  Aubrey Kerrigan Provincial League Division 6 Donaghadee 2 v Carrickfergus 3:  Alan Wilson Newry 2 v Randalstown 3:  Gary McKelvey Omagh 4 v Lurgan 2:  Billy O’Gorman Regional Premier Enniskillen 3 v BHSFP 2:  Niall Patterson Game On Regional West City of Derry 3 v Cookstown:  Gavin McCrossan Donegal 2 v Strabane 2:  Noel Trainor Game On Regional East Ballymena 4 v Belfast Harlequins 4:  Chris Little Civil Service 2 v PSNI 3:  Chris Logan Game On Regional North Academy 3 v Ballymena 5:  Jerome McAllister Rainey OB 3 v Coleraine 3:  Gary Milling Danske Bank Subsidiary Shield Sullivan Upper v Royal School Dungannon:  David Coey Bangor Grammar v Dalriada:  Trevor Bradfield Danske Bank 2nd XV Cup Methody v Campbell College:  Gareth Dunlop (at RBAI) Danske Bank 2nd XV Plate Coleraine Grammar v Portadown College:  Vincent Hughes (at BRA) Danske Bank 3rd XV Plate Sullivan Upper v Wallace High:  Matthew Wickham Enniskillen Royal Grammar v Rainey Endowed:  Kirker Dalton Ulster Carpets U18 Cup Carrickfergus v City of Derry:  Anthony Henry Omagh / Dungannon v Banbridge:  Michael Brown Coleraine v Cavan/Monaghan:  Harold Faulkner Ulster Carpets U16 Cup Carrickfergus v City of Derry:  Gavin Walker Ophir v Virginia:  Steven Hayes Ulster Carpets U14 Cup Ballymoney v Limavady:  Stanley McFaul Ballynahinch v Donaghadee:  Orla McMahon Dungannon v Malone:  Peter O’Hanlon U18 League play off Randalstown v City of Armagh:  Mark Orr U16 League play off Ballymena v Portadown:  Paul McAlister U14 League play off Banbridge v City of Armagh:  Andrew Pyper Carrickfergus v Virginia:  Mark Surgenor U18 Girls (Sunday) Larne v TBC:  Scott McKnight Women’s Championship Division 1 (Sunday) Ballynahinch v Malone:  Paul Baxter Carrickfergus v Cavan:  Alan Ward For all other match official appointments, including mid-week games, please check the Ulster Rugby website or follow the link below: https://www.ulsterrugby.com/fixtures-results/domestic/ We also wish Andrew Mitchell well as he travels to Ashbourne on Saturday to referee his final IPAS game of the season. As always, we wish all our referees, assessors and referee coaches well this weekend. If you are interested in finding out more information about becoming a referee, please contact Richard Kerr on 07493 868388 or richard.kerr@irfu.ie