December 2025 Newsletter Merry Christmas – Happy Hannukah – Happy Kwanzaa … The Best of the Yuletide Season! CARFU Referee Society Offseason 2025-26 The elves have been busy at work adding events to the CARFU RS Google Calendar. These are some dates you don’t want to miss! Use the link to view and copy events to your personal […]
September 2025 Newsletter Back Live on Facebook & Insta! Yes, Chicago Area Rugby Football Union Referee Society is back up and active on Facebook. It’s simple to get to: https://www.facebook.com/carfu.rs. Drop in to see what your colleagues are up to – all 19 followers! Be sure to like us to get that number up!! Instagram: […]
Dawn McKenzie, CARFU RS Referee Development and Retention Officer (RDRO), recently shared a development report with the society and there is a ton of great stuff in the works! In addition to sharing some recent promotions, she informed society members that they will be sent their current grade levels so they are aware. Dawn shared […]
CARFU RS referees recently met up for a society meeting at Peggy Kinane’s in Arlington Heights to prepare for the start of the Fall 2025 competitive season! Tim Sheridan, President, called the meeting to order, and we began with with introductions from the group since there were some new as well as rare faces in […]
This Saturday at noon, we are invited to attend a day of development with Kenosha Mammoths and the NW Woodsmen. The players will have practice in the morning, and join us for a Lunch & Learn before scrimmages in the afternoon. We are looking for Referees and Coaches to attend Saturday. Please email Dawn by […]
July 25, 2025 Fall Season Is Coming Soon! Table of Contents SOCIETY MEETING SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th There will be a meeting for ALL members to attend on Sunday, August 24th. (There will not be a virtual option.) This fall will provide more opportunities for you to challenge yourself with higher level matches, and we will need more […]
The Woodsmen are travelling up to Kenosha on Saturday 8/16 for a training camp and scrimmage. They are planning a morning of training and with an afternoon of scrimmage. Lou has approached the referee society to support the event with education as well as officiating. Education: Working with the Woodsmen on instruction on how to run […]
Fellow whistle blowers! I am pleased to announce that the CARFU-RS merch store is now live — https://www.credorugby.com/chicago-referee-society. If you are interested in purchasing new kits or merch, please do so before July 13th! Gear is expected to be delivered before the start of the fall season. When purchasing, please select standard shipping and pay for shipping. There is […]
At this point, we have closed out the Spring 15s season and are into 7s! I wanted to take a moment to report back on the spring development initiatives, outline where we saw successes, open up to feedback, and start to think about the fall. I would first like to preface that the spring season […]
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