Whilst this may be a quiet weekend in terms of International duty for our match officials, we would like to wish Jonny Erskine and Chris Busby all the very best as they are in Boston for the matches involving the Irish provincial ‘A’ teams and the New England Free Jacks. We look forward to a full report from the guys on their return! There is still plenty of action closer to home despite the final round of Guinness Six Nations taking centre stage for many rugby fans. One of the highlights of the rugby year, the Danske Bank Ulster Schools Cup takes place on Monday at the Kingspan Stadium and we wish Dan Carson all the very best for this. Danske Bank Ulster Schools Cup Final Referee: Dan Carson Touch Judges: Jonathan Peak & Henry Richmond 4th and 5th official: Christopher Lough & Robbie McGreer Timekeeper: Scottie Rankin The Danske Bank Schools Subsidiary Shield final takes place next Wednesday at Queens University and the match officials are: Referee: Jamie Pedlow Touch Judges: Trevor Bradfield & John Adams 4th and 5th official: Chris Russell & Bill Halliday There have been a lot of schools finals recently and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all officials who have been involved in these so far. It has certainly been a ‘job well done’. Domestic league and cup appointments are as follows: McCrea Cup Queens University 2 v Academy: Stuart Gaffikin (Friday) Cooke v Grosvenor: Christopher Lough River Rock Towns Cup Ballyclare v City of Armagh 2: Robbie McGreer Clogher Valley v Enniskillen: Peter Martin McCambley Cup Ballymoney 4 v Enniskillen 3: Andrew Munce Dromore 3 v Rainey OB 3: Paul Baxter Butler Shield Ballymena 5 v Coleraine 3: Richard Wiseman City of Derry 3 v Cookstown: Mark Millar Premiership 2nd XV League Ballymena 2 v Omagh 2: Trevor Bradfield Kukri Championship Division 2 Limavady v Ballymoney: Alan Clarke Ards v Randallstown: Grainne Crabtree Kukri Championship Division 3 BHSFP v Ophir: Alan Ward Newry v Donaghadee: Tim McLennan Provincial League Division 2 Clogher Valley 2 v Banbridge 3: Adrian Pawlik Malone 3 v Omagh 3: Peter Doherty Ballymoney 2 v Coleraine 2: Steven Robb Provincial League Division 3 Portadown 3 v Dungannon 3: Jarvis Traynor Enniskillen 2 v Belfast Harlequins 3: Norman Gamble CIYMS 2 v City of Derry 2: Michael Pollock Provincial League Division 4 Cooke 2 v Lisburn 2: Mark Taylor Donegal v Instonians 3: Niall Patterson Ards 2 v Ballyclare 3: Stephen Crooke Provincial League Division 6 Dungannon 4 v CIYMS 3: Mat Stone Randalstown 3 v Clogher Valley 3: Jerome McAllister Regional Premier Lisburn 3 v BHSFP 2: Gary McKelvey Game on Regional East Belfast Harlequins 4 v Holywood 2: Peter Campbell (Friday) Game on Regional West Inishowen v Donegal 2: Gavin McCrossan Game on Regional South City of Armagh 4 v Portadown 4: Alan Wilson Game on Regional North Carrickfergus 4 v Rainey OB 3: Paul Dutton Danske Bank 3rd XV Schools Cup (at Campbell College) Methody v RBAI: Ref: Eamon Whelan; TJ’s: Kirker Dalton & Michael Cairnduff Danske Bank Medallion Plate (at BRA) Rainey Endowed v Grosvenor Grammar: Ref: Tim McLennan; TJ’s Aaron Fletcher & Ted Edwards Ulster Carpets U18 Cup Enniskillen v Letterkenny: Michael Brown Instonians v Ballyclare: David Wilson Ulster Carpets U16 Cup Ballymoney v Omagh: Tony Breen Carrickfergus v Randalstown: Orla McMahon City of Derry v Inishowen : TBC Donaghadee v Cooke: Teddy Hall Dungannon v Clogher Valley: Peter O’Hanlon Instonians v Ballyclare: Scott McKnight Ophir v Coleraine: Judith McDevitt Virginia v Cavan: Andrew Raffan Ulster Carpets U14 Cup Ards v Lisburn: Leanne Holden Ballymoney v Omagh: Anthony Henry City of Derry v Inishowen: Jim Kathro Donaghadee v Cooke: Lyndsay Davidson Dungannon v Clogher Valley: TBC Enniskillen v Letterkenny: Phillip Ireland Monaghan v Cavan: TBC Ophir v Coleraine: TBC U18 League play off Ballymena v Belfast Met: Billy Allen Virginia v Randalstown: Stephen Monaghan (pictured above) U16 League play off Ballymena v Portadown: Billy O’Gorman Kukri Ulster Championship Division 1 Dromore v Enniskillen: Eamonn Whelan (Tuesday) As always, we wish all our referees, assessors and referee coaches well this weekend. I strongly advise everyone to check kick off times as many of this weekend’s matches will kick off early to allow players, officials and spectators to watch the Wales v Ireland game. The weather is also meant to turn nasty so again, it may be worth checking with the home club if the match is going ahead, prior to travel. Finally, 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

Ulster Society of Rugby Football Referees weekend appointments

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