North America Caribbean Rugby Association

"NACRA" redirects here. For North American Catamaran Racing Association, see North American Catamaran Racing Association.

North American and Caribbean Rugby Association
Formation	March 2001
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Membership	18 nations
President	Bob Latham
Website	http://www.nawira.com/

The North America Caribbean Rugby Association, NACRA is the governing body of rugby union in North America, the West Indies, and Mexico under the authority of the International Rugby Board (IRB). It's predecessor before 2001 was the North America and West Indies Rugby Association NAWIRA. It is one of six regional unions that have a representative on the governing board for rugby.

Office bearers

• President: Bob Latham
• General Secretary: Dennis Dwyer
• Representative on the IRB Council: Pearse Higgins

Competitions

NACRA Sevens tournaments for both men and women in Georgetown, Guyana (July 26–30, 2010)^[1]

Member Nations

11 members are full IRB members

Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Canada

Cayman Islands Guyana Jamaica Mexico

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

2 members are associate IRB members

• British Virgin Islands
• St. Lucia

2 members are affiliated with the IRB

• Guadeloupe *
• Martinique *

3 members have no affiliation with the IRB

• Dominican Republic
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Turks and Caicos Islands

Note: *The governing body for both Guadeloupe and Martinique is the French Rugby Federation which is affiliated with the IRB and which has territorial committees for France's overseas departments and territories.

See also

References

1. ^ http://www.nawira.com/articles/nacra-men39-s-sevens-2010/

External links

• Official website