After attending Luke Gross Extended Lineout Workshop coaches will increase their abilities in coaching the lineout safely and effectively; in understanding the fundamentals of throwing, lifting and jumping; and will also learn basic offensive and defensive lineout strategies. This 4 hour extended workshop will be a practical coaching workshop. Coaches will have an opportunity to actually coach players under the guidance of Luke Gross.

Two sessions will be available.

Session one, Friday evening, is held in conjunction with the Philadelphia Women's Rugb Club's Pumpkinfest tournament. Tournament participants are encouraged to make an early trip to Philadelphia for this session.

Session two, Sunday, will be held in cooperation with the Wilmington Rugby Club. Specific workshop locations are currently being finalized and will be posted at http://www.epru.org, and communicated via email to all registered participants.

Participating coaches will receive 5 USA Rugby continuing education credits for participation in this workshop.

September 11: Philadelphia, PA
In conjunction with Philadelphia's Women's Rugby Club's Pumpkinfest Tournament
An extended four-hour Technical Lineout Workshop
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Philadelphia or Northern Suburbs - exact location TBD
Contact: Lisa Rosen lrosen@usarugby.org
Worth 5 Continuing Education Unit's
Cost:
  $30 per coach - each coach can bring 5-8 players
  $10 per player (EPRU member players are free)

Luke will be available onsite at the Pumpkinfest tournament in Pennypack Park on Saturday for a meet and greet.

September 13: Wilmington, DE
In cooperation with the Wilmington Rugby Club
An extended four-hour Technical Lineout Workshop
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Wilmington, DE - exact location TBD
Contact: Lisa Rosen lrosen@usarugby.org
Worth 5 Continuing Education Unit's
Cost:
  $30 per coach - each coach can bring 5-8 players
  $10 per player (EPRU member players are free)

To pre-register for either of the workshops, contact lrosen@usarugby.org Please include in the subject of your email : Luke Gross Lineout Workshop: Sept 11 or Luke Gross Lineout Workshop: Sept 13. You will receive a tentative confirmation with payment details. Workshop spots are available on a first come-first serve basis. Payment must be received by 1 September 2009 to guarantee participation.
USA Rugby Hosts 2nd Annual Women's Referee Development Camp
While the focus of last year's Women's Referee Camp was on the basic principles of refereeing, this year's camp will focus on how to progress as a referee.

"The response to last year's camp and the feedback received from both referees and the teams demonstrated the need to support the expanding numbers of women referees", said Referee Development Director Ed Todd. "The PumpkinFest Tournament has provided an excellent environment for the identification and development of some very good performers with tremendous potential and they will get the chance to work with some of the top trainers in the country."

Participants will take part in classroom sessions that will run all day on Friday, September 11, and will include presentations by National Panel Referee Manager Richard Every, USA Rugby Lineout Specialist Luke Gross, National Panel Referee Coach Jem McDowall, National Panel Referee Chris Henshall, National Evaluator Peter Simpson and Territorial Evaluator Kat Todd-Schwartz.

On Saturday and Sunday, participants will get to practice what was learned on Friday by refereeing games at the tournament.

"We are very excited about the upcoming camp" said Match Official Administrator Jennifer Gray. "We have some new faces attending the event this year and a great group of mentors who are lending their time and expertise to provide one-on-one feedback throughout the weekend."

Electronic copies of all presentation materials will be made available after the camp on the Best Practice and Resource Materials section of the Referee Development website at www.usarugby.org/goto/referees.