The Scottish Women's Rugby Union (SWRU) was the national governing body for women's rugby union in Scotland. It was responsible for the governance of women's rugby union within Scotland. Its role was all encompassing. It went from youth recruitment, through administrating all senior based (aged 16+) competition, through to the performance and management of the Scotland women's national rugby union team.
At their AGM in June 2009 the SWRU voted unanimously in favour of amalgamating the Scottish Rugby Union and the SWRU to form an integrated national governing body rugby in Scotland.
Executive Board
The SWRU was led by a volunteer based Executive Board. Board members were elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at June each year. The Executive Board was renamed from the Executive Committee in the 2007 AGM.The posts were annual in nature with the exception of the Chairperson, whose post was held for 2 years. Board members had to be affiliated with a women's rugby union club.
Past Board Members Chairperson and Scottish Rugby Union Council: Sandra Kinnear (Lismore WRFC) 2006-2009 Vice-Chair: Rosy Hume (Murrayfield Wanderers WRFC) 2007-2009 Susan Young (Watsonians WRFC) 2006-2007 Secretary: Kate Ho (Edinburgh University LRFC) 2006-2009 Clare Murray 2004–2006 International Fixtures Coordinator: Kath Vass (Watsonians WRFC) 2006-2007 Ainsley Rawlings 2002–2004 Domestic Fixtures Coordinator: Beth Dickens (Murrayfield Wanderers WRFC) 2006-2009 Youth Fixtures Coordinator: Louise Dalgeish (Royal High Corstorphine WRFC) 2006-2009 Lesley Robertson 2004-2006 Historian and Veteran Representative: Kath Vass (Watsonians WRFC) 2007-2009 HE/FE Coordinator: Claire Fergusson, RHC Cougars 2007-2009 Player Representative: Heather Lockhart (Hillhead Jordanhill WRFC) 2007-2009
Student's Representative: Anna Panayotopoulos (Edinburgh University LRFC) 2006-2007 Emma-Beth Wilson 2001–2003 Fiona Shanks 2000–2001 Ordinary Member: Allan Douglas (Murrayfield Wanderers WRFC) 2006-2007
Treasurer: Ali MacKenize 2005–2006 Sheena Buchan 2001–2002
Full time staff
In addition to the volunteer Executive Board, three full-time staff based at the Scottish Rugby Union assisted with the planning and delivery of the women's rugby union programme throughout Scotland. From 2001 to 2005 only 2 posts existed, the Women's Administration Manager and the Girls Development Officer. In 2005, in conjunction with the Scottish Rugby Union, the two posts were re-purposed, with another one created as a result. The new staffing structure consisted of a Community Manager, a Performance Development Manager (responsible for the performance pathways programme) and a Women's Development Officer (responsible for Youth and Senior rugby).
Previous full time staff
Jo Wells, Women's Community Manager, appointed July 2006–present Jo Hull, National Performance Development Manager (women's), appointed Jan 2006–present Car Stevenson, Women's Development Officer, appointed 2008–present
Barbara Wilson, First SWRU Administration Manager, 2001–2006 Beth MacLeod, First SWRU Girls Development Manager, 2001–2005 Claire Cruikshank, Youth Development Administrator, 2004–2006
National Competitions
In the 2010-2011 season, there were four divisions within the Scottish league: Premier League 1, Premier League 2, National League and the National Development League.
Premier League 1
Edinburgh University University of Dundee Hillhead/Jordanhill Murrayfield Wanderers Royal High Corstorphine Watsonians Stirling
Premier League 2
Aberdeenshire Quines Cartha Queen's Park Glasgow University Kirkcaldy Melrose Morgan
National League
Broughton Edinburgh University 2nds Grangemouth () Lismore Oban Lorne Royal Dick Veterinary College Saints, The (Madras College FP RFC) Stirling County
National Development League
The National Development League consisted of a number of clubs which included:
Berwick Lasswade Stirling University Strathaven Strathclyde University
National 7s competition
Annually, a National 7s competition was traditionally held on the first weekend of May. For five years, it was held at Portobello Rugby Club in Edinburgh. The normal format was for teams to be split into two pools, with semi-finalists chosen through the top 2 winners of the pools.
Scottish Universities Championship
The Scottish Universities Championship was not run by the SWRU, instead it was administered by the British University and Colleges Sport.
Winners:
2008 - 2009 : University of St Andrews 2007 - 2008 : Glasgow University 2006 - 2007 : Edinburgh University 2005 - 2006 : Edinburgh University
Representative Rugby
In the 2006-2007 season, there were 4 tiers of women's representative teams run and managed by the SWRU, in order:
Scotland Women's, the national team Scotland Women's Development, a development team which acts as a feeder to the national team Scotland Academy, a squad consisting of HE/FE players which attend a number of skills clinics Scotland U18s, the Under 18s team
References
External links Scotland Women Scottish Rugby Union 2006 WRWC Homepage 247.tv - Live video and replays of all the Women's Rugby World Cup matches