WESTERN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION
Directory
Last Updated: February 24, 2010

1409 East Meadow Lane
Kirksville, MO 63501
Phone: 660-626-2324
Fax: 660-626-2965

OFFICERS / LAU PRESIDENTS / REFEREE'S ASSOCIATION / COMMITTEE CHAIRS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / ALL-STAR TEAMS - MEN /
ALL-STAR TEAMS - WOMEN 

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
William L. Sexton
1409 E. Meadow Lane
Kirksville, MO 63501
(H) 660-665-6505
(W) 660-626-2324
(F) 660-626-2965
(E) wsexton@atsu.edu

VICE PRESIDENT
Alan Sharpley
6101 Utica Cove
Austin, TX 78739
(H) 512-288-3384
(C) 512-554-2732
(F) 512-472-2883
(E) sharpley@dynastat.com

SECRETARY
Dan Ward
60 Webster Acres
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(H) 314-961-2706
(C) 314-575-8151
(E) dward58@earthlink.net

TREASURER
David McPhail
2739 Newbury Court
Pearland, Texas 77584
(W) 713-706-5405
(C) 713-502-3507
(E) mustangseven@gmail.com

USA RUGBY CONGRESS REPS
William L. Sexton
< See President >

Alan Sharpley
< See Vice President >

John Wolf
< See Disciplinary Chair >

LAU PRESIDENTS

Eastern Rockies RFU
Rich Cortez
1150 N. 11th St.
Laramie, WY 82072
(H) 307-742-6351
(C) 307-760-5050
(F) 307-742-1991
(E) tez@wyoming.com

Great Plains RFU
Steve Grunberg
5015 South 149th Court
Omaha, NE 68137
(C) 402-319-1349
(E) sgrunberg@cox.net

Heart of America RFU
K.J. Abel Ruch
1125 Cynthia
Lawrence, KS 66049
(W) 785-843-7058
(C) 785-393-2131
(E) kjrstena@hotmail.com 

Missouri RFU 
Dan Ward
60 Webster Acres
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(H) 314-961-2706
(C) 314-575-8151
(E) dward58@earthlink.net

Ozark RFU
(The former Ozark RFU not a functional local area union, and is not presently recognized by the Western Rugby Union.)

Rio Grande RFU
Mike Mariani
1620 Griegos NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(H) 505-345-1794
(W) 505-715-1334
(E) mmariani1@yahoo.com

Texas RFU
David McPhail
2739 Newbury Court
Pearland, Texas 77584
(W) 713-706-5405
(C) 713-502-3507
(E) mustangseven@gmail.com

 

REFEREES ASSOCIATION

CHAIR
Calum Pender
3012 West La Salle Street
Springfield, MO 65807
(H) 417-616-7022
(W) 913-620-8419
(C) 417-766-9795
(E) wcpender@yahoo.co.uk 

TREASURER
Joe Zevin
2965 S. Newark Pl
Aurora CO  80014
(H) 303-745-8350
(F) 303-745-7806
(E) jayzee2@juno.com

WEST SCHEDULER
Gary Hartzel
(H) 719-388-4681
(C) 719-290-1111
(E) rugbyref10@aol.com

West Sub-region Scheduler
Dan Hattrup
9635 Autumnwood Pl.
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
(H) 303-471-4070
(C) 720-937-8429
(E) gilligan0472@hotmail.com

Central Sub-region Scheduler
Steve Glentzer
3601 W. 47th Place
Roeland Park, KS 66205
(H) 913-789-9939
(E) glentzer@prodigy.net

Texas Sub-region Scheduler
Jim Wolfinger
(C)
713-823-1901
(E) JWolfRef@aol.com

 

USA RUGBY VICE-CHAIR
Robert Latham
901 Main St. #6000
Dallas, TX 75202
(H) 214-739-1440
(W) 214-953-6095
(F) 214-953-5822
(E) blatham@jw.com

 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

DISCIPLINARY CHAIR
John Wolf
5452 Itasca
St. Louis, MO 63109
(H) 314-353-8076
(C) 314-239-3718
(E) jawolf4@aol.com

CONVENER - COMPETITIONS COMMITTEE
Ted Hill
(H) 214-342-0555
(C) 214-282-3000
(E) tedh@lifeben.com

YOUTH & HIGH SCHOOL
Rick Marshall
5119 Oxbow Circle East
Fulshear, Texas 77441
(C) 281-389-9620
(H) 281-346-1660
(O) 281-346-0808
(E) rmarshall@energyexports.com

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
To be named

 

ALL-STAR TEAMS - MEN

SENIOR MEN (Presently no team)

SENIOR MEN - COACH
Ron Laszewski
9856 Madison Ave.
St. Louis. MO 63119
(H) 314-961-6184
(C) 314-374-2884
(E) rlaszewski@sbcglobal.net

SENIOR MEN - MANAGER
John Wolf
5452 Itasca
St. Louis, MO 63109
(H) 314-353-8076
(C) 314-239-3718
(E) jawolf4@aol.com

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COLLEGIATE MEN

COLLEGIATE MEN - COACH
Rich Cortez
1150 N. 11th St.
Laramie, WY 82072
(H) 307-742-6351
(C) 307-760-5050
(F) 307-742-1991
(E) tez@wyoming.com

COLLEGIATE MEN - MANAGER
(To be named)

Tim Russo (Assistant Coach)
(C) 402-730-6938
(E) TRusso@IKON.com

Freddie Waititi (Backs Coach & Selector)
(C) 970-319-5505
(E) Coach@aspenrugby.com 

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MEN'S SEVENS

SEVENS COORDINATOR
Gregg Jarvis
8559 Southwestern Blvd #1217
Dallas, TX 75206
(C) 817-690-1791
(W) 972-896-2518 work
(E) gjarvis1210@aol.com

SEVENS COACH
To be announced.

IMMEDIATE PAST SEVENS COORDINATOR
David McPhail
P.O. Box 980405
Houston, TX 77098
(H) 713-436-2225
(C) 713-502-3507
(E) mustangseven@gmail.com

ALL-STAR TEAMS - WOMEN

SENIOR WOMEN

SENIOR WOMEN - COACH
Thomas Wong
1750 S. Brentwood Blvd.
Clayton, MO 63144
(C) 314-581-6073
(E) tcw@asianpacificbancorp.com 

SENIOR WOMEN - MANAGER
Susan Stabler
(H) 970-667-5459
(C) 970-222-7379
(F) 970-221-0916
(E) sswest04@aol.com 

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WOMEN'S UNDER-23

UNDER-23 WOMEN
Angie Cranmore
5415 Flower Ct.
Arvada, CO 80002
(H) 303-993-4071
(C) 303-956-1855
(E) acranmore09@yahoo.com   

UNDER-23 WOMEN - MANAGER
Traci Schmidtke
(C) 214-533-2078
(E) tschmidtke@gmail.com

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WOMEN'S UNDER-19

Karl Barth
PO Box 1281
Silverthorne, CO 80498
(C) 970-389-4670
(W) 970-547-9311 ext. 2324
(E) smerfsat@yahoo.com

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WOMEN'S SEVENS

WOMEN 7s COACH
Laura Hertel
(H) 303-455-2616
(C) 720-341-1387
(E) hertellmh@hotmail.com

WOMEN 7s - MANAGER/ASST COACH
Julie Lehman
(H) 303-781-3670
(C) 720-635-3472
(E) juliedukat@hotmail.com
 


 

 

CONTACT FOR PAST REPS

PAST Member, USA Rugby Board
Paul Mabry
3802 Brookwoods
Houston, TX 77092
(H) 713-680-9024
(C) 713-502-0282
(F) 713-680-0259
(E) paul@MabryTexas.com

PAST Congress Representative
John McBride
170 Hutchings Farm Drive
O'Fallon MO 63368
(C) 314-409-3759
(E)
mjmcbrid1@yahoo.com

PAST West Vice President
Paul Hoskins
914 Ivanhoe St.
Denver, 80220
(H) 303-399-7856
(E) pbhoskins_sr@msn.com

PAST President Heart of America
Kurt Torkelson
18125 Cypress Bend Lane
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
(H/F) 913-724-7842
(W/C)
913-634-5052
(E)
ktrugger@sunflower.com

PAST President Rio Grande
Greg Smith
2312 Cedros Circle
Sante Fe, NM 87505
(H) 505-474-3133
(W) 505-665-9961
(F) 505-665-8978
(E) g_smith@lanl.gov

PAST Women's Senior Coach
Mark Bullock
407 Twin Peaks Dr.
Twin Lakes, CO 81251
(H) 719 486-8991
(O) 303 639-4710
(E) mbullock@glendale.co.us

PAST Chair West Referees Association
Tom Coburn
(H) 970-266-1244
(W) 970-484-4496
(C)
970-219-5444
(E) coburn5@aol.com 

PAST Chair USA Referee & Laws Committee
John McConnell
5604 Oak Branch Drive
Arlington, TX 76106
(H) 817-516-0112
(W) 817-516-0788
(F) 817-563-1206
(W) JohnWFHC@msn.com

PAST Administrative Officer
Bill Haffner
32 Dartmouth Place
Woodland Park, CO 80863
(H) 719-687-0219
(C) 719-930-3183
(E) Wthaffner@aol.com

COLLEGIATE ALL-AMERICAN ASST COACH
Craig Coates
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
2475 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2475
(W) 979-458-1219
(C) 979-571-2784
(E) c-coates@tamu.edu