Aimee Barrett-Theron Explained

Aimee Barrett-Theron
Fullname:Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron
Birth Date:27 June 1987
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Weight:710NaN0
School:Northlands Girls' High School, Durban
Position:Fullback / Centre / Fly-half
Amatyears1:2005–2008
Amatteam1:KwaZulu-Natal Women Sevens
Amatyears2:2006–2008
Amatteam2:KwaZulu-Natal Women
Amatyears3:2009–2012
Amatteam3:Western Province Women Sevens
Repyears1:2007
Repteam1:South Africa Women Touch Rugby
Repyears2:2007–2012
Repteam2:South Africa Women Sevens
Repyears3:2008
Repteam3:South Africa Women Under-20
Repyears4:2008–2012
Repteam4:South Africa Women
Clubupdate:7 December 2016
Repupdate:7 December 2016

Aimee Patricia Barrett-Theron (born 27 June 1987) is a South African rugby union former player, and currently a referee on South Africa's Premier Panel.

Playing career

She could play as a fullback, centre or fly-half and played in various forms of the game – 15-a-side rugby union, rugby sevens and touch rugby. Aside from rugby union, she works as a biokineticist.[1]

She represented KwaZulu-Natal at domestic level between 2005 and 2008, and Western Province between 2009 and 2012. She also represented South Africa Women at Under-20 level in 2008, at senior level between 2008 and 2010 and for the sevens team between 2008 and 2012. Her records includes appearing at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.

Refereeing

She also took up refereeing, joining the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series circuit and being included on the refereeing panel for the 2016 Olympic Games.[2] In December 2016, shortly before making her refereeing test debut for a 2017 World Cup qualifier between Japan and Fiji in Hong Kong, she was included on the South African Rugby Referees' Association's National B panel, becoming the first female referee in history to do so.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aimee makes rugby history . Rugby365 . 6 December 2016 . 7 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Olympic Games 2016 - Women's Sevens . World Rugby Officiating . 7 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161207124629/http://officiating.worldrugby.org/?page=panels&id=26 . 7 December 2016 .
  3. Web site: Barrett-Theron continues to break ground in referee circles . South African Rugby Union . 7 December 2016 . 7 December 2016.