The next
meeting of RFU Council is on Friday 12th April 2019. Community Game
Board next meets in May (8th/9th) part of this will be a
joint CGB with counterparts from Ireland, Scotland & Wales
Budgets 2019/20 - as
you will expect a great deal of time has been expended on setting a budget for 2019/20.
This culminated in CGB submitting a budget to RFU Board on 27th
March which has been accepted by them. (NOTE: Under RFU Rules it is the Board
who have to set the budget) The
Community Development Budget was reduced by approximately £4.6m and, given that
the majority of costs involve personnel and protected income (e.g. O2 income
has to be spent of the O2 Touch programme), then some very difficult decisions
had to be made. Rather than rehearse
some of decisions here we will await formal communication from the RFU where
any reductions in budget will be fully explained. If, following this, you wish
further explanation then please do not hesitate to contact either Jim or Ted.
Global League – you will have seen considerable coverage
over World Rugby proposals for a global league.
Nigel Melville (Interim CEO) and Andy Cosslett (Chairman) are continuing
to monitor developments surrounding this and are providing Council with regular
updates. There is still considerable ground for negotiation regarding broadcast
rights and the place of the 6Nations within the structure and we will update
you next month as these negotiations become clearly defined.
North League Review – the review group has reached its conclusions
and reported back to North DOC on 26th March. The review’s
recommendations were accepted by North DOC and the report will have been
circulated to all clubs in the North.
Activities in March
(Jim Chapman)
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Date
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07
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Community Game Board (Twickenham)
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09
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England v Italy (Twickenham)
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16
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England v Scotland (Twickenham)
Hosted Paul Taylor (President YRFU) & Avril Pearce (Mitsubishi
Valued Volunteer)
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20
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Meeting with Nicky Ponsford ref Women’s Championship
North League Review Working Group (Twickenham)
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25
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Community Game Board (Conference Call)
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26
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North DOC (Skipton)
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28
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England Colleges RFU Board Meeting (Twickenham)
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Activities in March
(Ted Atkinson)
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Date
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01
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Conference Call ref. Aspirational Budgets
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04
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Conference Call ref. Aspirational Budgets
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13
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Central District (Leeds Modernians)
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15
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Education and Age Grade Sub-Committee (Twickenham)
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16
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England v Scotland (Twickenham)
Hosted Paul Taylor (President YRFU) & Avril Pearce (Mitsubishi
Valued Volunteer)
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21
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Meeting with RFU ref. planning
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27
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Conference Call with Nominations
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28
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Meeting in York ref. Sevens
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31
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Area 6 Conference (Richmondhsire RUFC)
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Ted Atkinson & Jim Chapman
