{"id":5658,"date":"2019-02-25T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wp\/?p=5658"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:43:11","slug":"wcrfu-referee-profile-4-scott-bermingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/2019\/02\/25\/wcrfu-referee-profile-4-scott-bermingham\/","title":{"rendered":"WCRFU Referee Profile #4 &#8211; Scott Bermingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5286\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Google_1920x1080.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"330\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Referee Profile #4<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5671\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0364_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"335\" \/>Name: <\/strong><em>Scott Bermingham<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>When did you first decide to become a ref: <\/strong><em>When I was at University &#8211; 2005<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Earliest rugby memory:<\/strong> <em>Playing for Westport\u2019s U8 &#8211; around 1988!<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Best moment in rugby: <\/strong><em>Representing the NZ fire service vs the NZ police at Lancaster Park around 10 years ago.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Funniest moment in rugby: <\/strong><em>Trying to play and communicate to non-English speaking players when playing in the Middle East<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Most rewarding thing about refereeing: <\/strong><em>People appreciating the role you play in a game<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Most respected referee: <\/strong><em>Liam Scanlon<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Ambitions in Rugby: <\/strong><em>continue to find enjoyment. Potentially pursue coaching<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Favourite Rugby field officiated on: <\/strong><em>Rugby Park &#8211; both Greymouth and Christchurch<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Most respected and inspirational person: <\/strong><em>Nelson Mandala<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>If you could be a super hero &#8211; who and why: <\/strong><em>Superman &#8211; ability to fly<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>If your job gave you a surprise three day paid break, what would you do with those three days: <\/strong><em>Something to do with water &#8211; fishing, surfing, jet skiing.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>If you were moving to another country, but could only pack one carry-on sized bag, what would you pack: <\/strong><em>A variety of adaptors! Family stuff<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Best advice your parents ever gave you: <\/strong><em>We will always support you<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Worst advice your mates have given you: <\/strong><em>It\u2019ll only hurt for a little bit<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>If you could meet with one person of your choice, who would you chose:<\/strong> <em>Barack Obama<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>If I were to hire you for this job and I granted you three promises with regard to working here, what would they be: <\/strong><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>The last book that you read: <\/strong><em>Dom Harvey &#8211; running; A Love Story<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Most favourite song: <\/strong><em>There will be time &#8211; Mumford and Sons<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>What would your most favourite pastime be in retirement: <\/strong><em>playing sport<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Do you know anyone who would be keen to \u201cHave a Go\u201d at refereeing through our 2019 Rugby season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">They may be Family \u2013 Relation \u2013 Neighbour, Friend, Work Colleague, Some-one who is just looking to alleviate boredom, Female, Male.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This is a great way to keep fit and keep in touch with the game and those playing the game. Assistance in development\u00a0 will be given to establish confidence and the skills required for ongoing success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If you are or know someone who would be keen to \u201cHave a Go\u201d please\u00a0 contact or have them contact Rob on <strong>03-755-6860<\/strong> or at\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"mailto:rbmait@xtra.co.nz\">rbmait@xt<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"mailto:rbmait@xtra.co.nz\">ra.co.nz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/clubs\/refs-corner\/\">MORE PROFILES at REFS CORNER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referee Profile #4 Name: Scott Bermingham When did you first decide to become a ref: When I was at University &#8211; 2005 Earliest rugby&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-rugby","category-news","category-west-coast-ru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8299,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5658\/revisions\/8299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}