TRU AGM -2022 Summer
September 11, 2022
Agenda
State of the Union
Registration
Texas Rugby Union Registration is OPEN!
Clubs should register themselves and this will allow your players, coaches and administrators to register.
*MD4 and WD3 are the exception to this guideline.
Registration - snapshot 9/11/22
Usually around 2,300 members so we’re at 12.5% of what we expect for registrations.
Competition System
Rugby Match Day focuses on match day management tasks pre, during and post the fixture. The easy to use interface allows Rugby organisations to select teams, live score, enter results, statistics, accidents & injuries all in one place.
New Competition System - RugbyXplorer
RX Apps
Match Day Apps
Financials
Member Survey
Coming soon, will ask about TRU services and what members want provided.
TRU Board
Elections
Board Elections
Three Board seats have received nominations and will hold an election. We appreciate that so many members want to help the Union!
Vice President - voted on by all Club Presidents in good standing**
Women’s - voted on by the Women’s Clubs
Men’s D1 - voted on by the Men’s D1 Clubs
*Incumbent
**As we are in a new registration cycle, clubs need to be registered with USA Rugby to be considered eligible to vote.
Voting opens at the close of the AGM, voting forms will be sent out to Club Presidents.
Red River Comp Comm
Elections
Red River Competitions Committee Elections
Four Competitions Committee seats have received nominations and will hold an election. We appreciate that so many members want to help the Union!
Women’s - voted on by the Women’s Clubs
Men’s D1 - voted on by the Men’s D1 Clubs
Men’s D2 - voted on by the Men’s D2 Clubs (single side clubs)
Men’s D3 - voted on by the Men’s D3 Clubs (single side clubs)
*Incumbent
**As we are in a new registration cycle, clubs need to be registered with USA Rugby to be considered eligible to vote.
Voting opens at the close of the AGM, voting forms will be sent out to Club Presidents.
Summit
Summit
We held our seventh annual Regional Development Summit on August 26-28 in Houston, TX.
Over the weekend we held 4 education certification courses for 53 TX ruggers. 7 participants were from out of state for a total of 60 individuals:
The TRU Annual Summit & HOF will now take place the last weekend of August annually.
HOF
Hall of Fame Banquet | Pflugerville, TX | Nov 6, 2021
The Class of 2022 was formally enshrined into the Texas Rugby Union Hall of Fame on August 27, 2022. We also featured for the first time the awarding of Distinguished Service Awards as well as the inaugural Alan Sharpley Memorial Award and we celebrated the 2001 Woodlands RFC USA Rugby DII Championship team.
The TRU Annual Summit & HOF will now take place the last weekend of August annually.
2022 Class
Meredith Ottens
Keith Engelbrecht
Gerry Acuna
Distinguished Service Awards
Jim Cornelius - Club
Roger Boos - College
Rick Marshall - Youth
2001 Woodlands RFC - 2001 USA Rugby DII Champions
The Alan Sharpley Memorial Award
Houston SaberCats
Competitions
Competitions
RRRC/TRU XVs Finals�April 22-23
Gulf Coast Super Regionals�May 6-7 (True South hosts)
USA Rugby National XVs
May 20-22 OR June 2-4**
The Red River Competitions Committee has shared the proposed schedule and clubs have until Tuesday, September at 7pm to request changes.*
*Women’s D1 schedule and League Guidelines are still undergoing changes and a new version will be shared shortly.
RRRC/TOLA 7s�Early Summer 2023
USA Rugby National 7s Championships
Late Summer 2023
**To be confirmed by USA Rugby Club Competitions Committee.
High Performance
Women’s All Star Tournament | Grand Prairie, TX | Dec 3-4, 2022
The 2022 Mary Graham All Stars will take place December 3-4, 2022 and will return to Prairie Park in Grand Prairie, TX.
After five years of this tournament we’re excited to announce that we will have all GU and LAU All Star teams!
2022 Mary Graham All Star Teams
Mary Graham All Stars will now take place the first weekend of December annually.
Celebrations
TOLA 7s Champions
RRRC 7s - Dallas RFC
Grand Prairie Mavericks
Dallas RFC
RRRC 7s Champions
sHARCs
Dallas RFC
RRRC XVs Champions
WD1 - sHARCs
MD1 - Dallas RFC
WD2 - San Antonio Riveters
MD2 - Austin Blacks
MD3 - Austin Blacks
Brand
Union Shirt
Design by Kenzie Sloan Tolar
We are bringing back the TRU Union Member Shirt...it's been over 10 years but we're renewing the tradition. Get your very own shirt today!
Design by Kenzie Sloan Tolar.
PRE-ORDER only! Once we receive 24 pre-orders it will be sent for production. Shirts will be ready 2-3 weeks after production.
Sizing
Go to the TRU Shop to buy more apparel including hats, balls, koozies and more.
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Next AGM
Spring 2023