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Founded by six clubs in 1974, the Florida Rugby Union (FRU ) is a Geographical Union (GU) that governs the
Florida peninsula for
USA Rugby .
[1] The FRU has four divisions: Men's, Women's, Collegiate Men's, and Collegiate Women's.
Men's clubs
There are currently twenty-one registered voting clubs in the Men's division.
[2]
Women's clubs
There are currently four registered voting clubs in the Women's division.
Collegiate Men's clubs
There are currently twelve registered voting clubs in the Collegiate Men's division.
Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
Collegiate Women's clubs
There are currently nine registered clubs in the Collegiate Women's division.
Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
Leadership
President
John Clements (1974-77
[3] )
Bill Crusselle (1977-78
[3] )
Kevin Kitto (1978-82
[3] )
Jim Millar (1984
[3] )
[4]
Bing Towne (1993-1995
[5] )
Brian Brantley (1996
[6]
[7] -1998)
Ken Simmons (2000-2002)
Mark Etue (2003-2006)
John Devonport (2007-2010)
Franklyn Williams (2011-2013)
Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2014–2022)
Richard Comisky (2022–Present)
Vice president
Peter Gibson (1974)
Vic Langley (1996
[6] )
Richard Elliott (1996,
[6] 2000)
Brad Hanafourde (2000)
Ian Henry (2019–2022)
Jessica Premet (2019–2023)
Mary Leigh Miller (2019–2023)
Gonzalo Michanie (2022-2023)
Kirk Swanner (2023-Present)
Jennifer Fasano (2023-Present)
James Woollcombe-Clarke (2023-Present)
Michael Williams (2023-Present)
Michael Gomez (2023-Present)
Secretary
Roy Brewer (1974)
James Bledsoe (1979)
Joy Striepe (1996
[6] )
Kevin Kitto (2000)
Richard Comisky (2019–2021)
Melissa Butler (2022–2023)
Jennifer Joyce (2023-Present)
Treasurer
Roy Brewer (1974)
Dr. Stuart Roath (1996
[6] )
Gerrardo Ferraris (2000)
Matthew Tierney (2019)
Kiel McAuley (2020–2021)
Dr. Jean-Marie Van Der Elst (2023)
Patrick Murphy (2024-Present)
President Emeritus
Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2022–2023)
See also
References
^
"USA Club Rugby: Geographical Unions" . usarugby.org/ . Archived from
the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-03-04 .
^
"Clubs" . floridarugbyunion.org Retrieved September 15, 2017.
^
a
b
c
d "History of Rugby in Florida". Hammerhead Rugby 1st Annual Beerfoot Beach 7’s Tournament program . August 2003.
^ Jacobs, Scott (24 Feb 1984). "Ruggers earn shot at title". The Miami Hurricane . p. 9.
^ "Florida Rugby Union". Rugby Magazine . February 1995. pp. 47–49.
^
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b
c
d
e Florida Rugby Union, Incorporated Articles of Incorporation, 1996
^ "Leadership". USARFU Rugbysouth D2 XVs Championship program . 13–14 April 1996.
External links
Governing body Geographical Unions National teams
Competitions
International Domestic
College
Bodies Conferences Competitions
Hosted events Defunct
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