European B Championship Applications

The IWRF will be holding the following European B Zone Championships in Warsaw, Poland, Dates – July 5-13 (includes departure and arrival).

The IWRF Technical Commission wishes to invite all IWRF qualified officials who would like to be involved in this event to submit their application by the closing date on March 8th, 2020.

Any countries that have candidates wishing to be certified should also apply via this process. Note, candidates will only be considered for referee positions.

The following positions are available for this tournament (The actual numbers may need to be adjusted based on the number of teams in attendance):

1 Head Referee
2 Technical Commissioners
2 Evaluators
8 Referees

Only IWRF qualified officials or candidates will be considered for the referee positions. This form is to be filled out by the official only and not on behalf of anyone.

The selection panel for these events will consist of:

Jon Corson – Vice Chair, Technical Committee
Katja Grotensohn – European Zone Representative
Mitch Carr – Americas Zone Representative
Head referee selected for the event

SELECTION CRITERIA

The following criteria will be used selection of the officials:

1. Recent evaluations
2. Fitness Test
3. Theory Test
4. Number of international tournaments and positions held over the last 2 years
5. Number of national level tournaments over the last 2 years

The IWRF/Technical Committee will retain the right to make assignments due to operational requirements.

NOTE: Late applications will not be accepted

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER – https://forms.gle/4uoaK4noAAjAQA3J9

2020 Tokyo Paralympics Selection

The IWRF would like to congratulate the following individuals for their selection to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

The selection committee consisted of head official Darren Roberts, assistant head official Jon Corson and the assistant technical delegate Kevin Bowie. I would like to thank Jon and Kevin for their time in the section process.

Various criteria, as listed on the application, were used as the basis for these selections. The IWRF is looking forward to having you as a representative at the event that is considers the panicle of our sport.

HEAD OFFICIAL
Darren Roberts (USA)

ASSISTANT HO
Jon Corson (NZL)

EVALUATORS
Gilles Briere (CAN) Katja Grotensohn

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS(GER) Kerin Banfield (USA) Nicole Hoim (GER)

REFEREES
Alex Schreiner (GER) Chris Shore (CAN) Kristin Hempfling (GER) Liam Costello (AUS) Mitch Carr (USA) Motoko Izumiya (JPN)
Pierre-Alexandre Briere (CAN)
Jaroslaw Malec (POL)

EMERGENCIES
Bob Lopez (USA) – Eval
Donald Dinnington (NZL) – TC

Ryan Gaudet (CAN) – Ref
Josh Kerns (USA) – Ref

Darren Roberts
IWRF Technical Commissioner

2020 IWRF Tournaments

Dates and information on on the 2020 sanctioned IWRF Tournaments are available under the Heading ‘IWRF Tournaments’.

http://www.iwrfofficials.com/iwrf-tournaments

As more information becomes available this section

2019 WWRC Selection

This letter is to inform the members about the selection process that will be used for World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge (WWRC) in Tokyo, October 2019. This event will carry a great amount of exposure and an expectation of top tier professionalism, considering the relationship that the IWRF is working to establish with World Rugby (WR). As this event will occur prior to the quarterfinals of the World Rugby Championships, it presents a unique opportunity for the IWRF to demonstrate a top level of performance that wheelchair rugby has to offer. This, along with other criteria established by the IWRF and WWRC, makes the selection process similar to the World Championships and the Paralympics.

With this in mind, the following criteria will be used in the selection of the positions for WWRC:

OFFICIALS:

1. World level officials will be given priority for selection, and then Zone level officials will be considered. If more than two officials qualify from the nations in attendance, the average of the three most recent evaluations will be used to determine the selection.

2. Preference will be given to countries in attendance. Officials with the average evaluation of 85 or lower will not be considered.

3. As the host country, Japan are guaranteed a spot for an official.

4. Successful completion of the fitness test in the past year.

EVALUATORS:

1. Only certified evaluators will be considered.

2. Input from 360-evaluation process will be considered.

TECHNICAL COMMISSIONERS:

1. Has been selected as Technical Commissioner outside of their zone.

2. Input from 360-evaluation process will be considered

The following individuals will be part of the committee making the selection based on the criteria listed above:• Stan Battock – Technical Delegate• Kevin Bowie – Assistant Technical Delegate• Darren Roberts – WWRC Head Official• Jon Corson – Vice Chair IWRF Technical Committee

Individuals considered for the above positons will be based on applications submitted from the most recent zone championships, as well as individual who qualify based on the listed criteria. Various tournament requirements may determine other selections outside of the listed criteria.

Once the selection committee has determined the best-qualified persons, they will be contacted to determine their availability.

The IWRF and its officials have been given an opportunity to perform at their highest level at the WWRC. It is the goal of this selection process to ensure that we are able to provide a level of expertise and skill that the sport of wheelchair rugby deserves.

Darren Roberts

IWRF Technical Commissioner