Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
The IRB Web Site tells us that:
The IRB Hall of Fame honours players and administrators who have enhanced the Game of Rugby through their exceptional achievements.
Players, teams, administrators, coaches, referees, media and Rugby personalities alike will all be considered based on their outstanding contribution to the Game.
To be eligible for consideration in the IRB Hall of Fame, inductees should meet the following criteria:
- Retired from playing and coaching international Rugby for at least three years
- Made an outstanding contribution to the Game of Rugby
- Demonstrated Rugby's core values are Passion, Integrity, Solidarity, Discipline and Respect both on and off the field.
The current discussion about the Bid by the Sydney Convicts Club to host the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament in Sydney in 2014 has got me thinking, and that is no mean feat.
The more I read about Mr Bingham, what he stood for, what he did, and the values he had, the more I feel that he satisfies all the criteria for consideration for entry into the IRB Hall of Fame.
There is a link on the IRB web site entitled “Nominees and voting procedure” which doesn’t say much more that I have copied in above. There is no guidance as to the actual nomination procedure.
Does anyone know how the nomination procedure works?
Am I alone in thinking that Mark “Bear Trap” Kendall deserves to be inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame?
The Criteria
- Retired from playing and coaching international Rugby for at least three years.
He has been deceased for 11 years. - Tick
- Made an outstanding contribution to the Game of Rugby
During his life, he won several US national titles with UC Berkley, was instrumental in setting up the San Francisco Fog Club, and had plans to establish a second gay inclusive club, the Gotham Knights. - not all that outstanding.
Posthumously, in his memory, the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament has been established as a biennial international, non-professional all-inclusive non-discriminatory rugby tournament. In 10 years, this has grown from 8 teams to 1500 players from 30 clubs. Outstanding growth inspired by Mr Bingham.
- Demonstrated Rugby's core values are Passion, Integrity, Solidarity, Discipline and Respect both on and off the field.
Off the Field. There is growing evidence that Mark was the ringleader of a group of passengers on hijacked Flight 93 on September 11 that took amazing measures to overcome the hijackers, giving their own lives to save the lives of countless others. - Tick
On the Field. Mark was extremely masculine, very athletic and surprised most of his friends and colleagues that he was gay. Bingham smashed the gay stereotype mold and really opened the door to many others that came after him. - Tick
Reference material from Google and Wikipedia.
The IRB Hall of Fame honours players and administrators who have enhanced the Game of Rugby through their exceptional achievements.
Players, teams, administrators, coaches, referees, media and Rugby personalities alike will all be considered based on their outstanding contribution to the Game.
To be eligible for consideration in the IRB Hall of Fame, inductees should meet the following criteria:
- Retired from playing and coaching international Rugby for at least three years
- Made an outstanding contribution to the Game of Rugby
- Demonstrated Rugby's core values are Passion, Integrity, Solidarity, Discipline and Respect both on and off the field.
The current discussion about the Bid by the Sydney Convicts Club to host the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament in Sydney in 2014 has got me thinking, and that is no mean feat.
The more I read about Mr Bingham, what he stood for, what he did, and the values he had, the more I feel that he satisfies all the criteria for consideration for entry into the IRB Hall of Fame.
There is a link on the IRB web site entitled “Nominees and voting procedure” which doesn’t say much more that I have copied in above. There is no guidance as to the actual nomination procedure.
Does anyone know how the nomination procedure works?
Am I alone in thinking that Mark “Bear Trap” Kendall deserves to be inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame?
The Criteria
- Retired from playing and coaching international Rugby for at least three years.
He has been deceased for 11 years. - Tick
- Made an outstanding contribution to the Game of Rugby
During his life, he won several US national titles with UC Berkley, was instrumental in setting up the San Francisco Fog Club, and had plans to establish a second gay inclusive club, the Gotham Knights. - not all that outstanding.
Posthumously, in his memory, the Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament has been established as a biennial international, non-professional all-inclusive non-discriminatory rugby tournament. In 10 years, this has grown from 8 teams to 1500 players from 30 clubs. Outstanding growth inspired by Mr Bingham.
- Demonstrated Rugby's core values are Passion, Integrity, Solidarity, Discipline and Respect both on and off the field.
Off the Field. There is growing evidence that Mark was the ringleader of a group of passengers on hijacked Flight 93 on September 11 that took amazing measures to overcome the hijackers, giving their own lives to save the lives of countless others. - Tick
On the Field. Mark was extremely masculine, very athletic and surprised most of his friends and colleagues that he was gay. Bingham smashed the gay stereotype mold and really opened the door to many others that came after him. - Tick
Reference material from Google and Wikipedia.