Yorkshire RFU has two Representatives who are elected by the Clubs in the County to sit on the RFU Council. They also participate in Sub-Committees of the RFU which report to the Community Game Board. Keep checking back on a monthly basis as your Reps keep you up to date with relevant matters from the RFU.

January 2021

 

RFU Council is due to meet on Friday, 5th February. CGB met on January 27th and is scheduled to meet again on 2nd March.  CGB is currently looking at the vexed issue of budgets for season 21/22

Once again, both Jim and Ted hope that you are Staying Safe and Staying Healthy. The situation regarding any Return to Rugby does not look particularly rosy at the moment with the pandemic showing little sign of easing. Hopefully, the advent of vaccines will begin to have an effect and we will be able to arrange both friendly and cluster fixtures, albeit under adapted laws.

Sadly, there is little to report this month. Whilst meetings continue (see below) we still await anything like good news on a return to normal life.  Until this occurs there is little chance of Community Sport making any kind of return.  Needless to say the RFU continue to have regular communication with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Public Health England (PHE) regarding the current situation.

We look forward to providing some more welcome news at the end of February, in the meantime we hope that everyone involved in the Game follows Government guidelines.

 

 

Activities in January (Jim Chapman)

 

Date

08

County Championship Review Group

11

Community Game Board

13

Yorkshire West District Meeting

14

Competitions Development Sub-Committee

18

Payment of Players Review Group

Future Competitions Structures Group

19

North Yorkshire District Meeting

20

RFU Council Update

26

RFU Council Update

27

Community Game Board

County Championship Review Group

28

RFU - IT Training

 

Activities in January (Ted Atkinson)

 

Date

06

YRFU Academy Meeting with Don Barrel (National Academies Manager) & Conor O’Shea (Professional Rugby Director)

13

RFU Council Nominations Committee (joint meeting with Board Nominations Committee)

Plyer Development Sub-Committee

19

RFU Council Nominations Sub-Committee

North Yorkshire District Meeting

20

RFU Council Update

21

Regional Player Pathway Group Meeting

26

RFU Council Update

County Championship Regional Review Meeting (joint meeting with Lancs, Cheshire & Yorks)

27

Area D (North) Regional meeting

28

RFU – IT Training

 

Ted Atkinson & Jim Chapman

January 2021

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December 2020

 

RFU Council is due to meet on Friday, 5th February, although there may be updates before that date. CGB is due to meet on January 27th ,again it is likely that some updates will be issued prior to that date

 Once again, both Jim and Ted hope that you are Staying Safe and Staying Healthy. The situation regarding any Return to Rugby does not look particularly rosy at the moment with the pandemic showing little sign of easing. Hopefully, the advent of vaccines will begin to have an effect and we will be able to arrange both friendly and cluster fixtures, albeit under adapted laws.

 As ever we would urge you to keep posted with the Community Game Update which is published regularly and should be spread around your club members to ensure that everyone is up to date with the latest guidance from the RFU.

 Future Competitions Structures Group –  continues to meet although its work is (as with everything) hampered by the current situation.  The implementation date has now been put back until the start of the 2022/23 season. The main reason for this was to allow a “normal” season with the outcomes known (i.e. what finishing position will result in a position in the new structure etc.) Additional small “working groups” have been established to look at management structures, cup competitions, lower XVs etc. and these groups will, in the New Year, consult and report back to the main group.

 Payment of Players – Jim Chapman is part of this group which is reviewing the Payment of Players recommendations  now in their second year of operation

 County Championship Review Group – again, Jim Chapman is part of this group.  As you may be aware the County Championship, at all levels, was suspended  for the current (20/21) season.  This group is reviewing the current championship competitions at both Male and Female, Senior and U20 levels. Work has just begun on this (the initial meeting was in December) under the Chairmanship of Dr. Tim Miller (Council Member for the Referees Union). It is likely that the next stage will see some form of data gathering.

 

Finally, we both hope that you, your family and the extended groups that make up your club have had some form of Christmas, this year.  We both wish you a very Happy New Year.  Let’s hope that 2021 will see us back playing and administering, coaching and refereeing the Game that we all love.

 

 

Activities in December (Jim Chapman)

 

Date

04

RFU Council Update on Project Light

07

YRFU Committee Meeting and Financial AGM

08

CGB - Club Support - Update

09

County Championship Review Group

10

Future Competitions Structures Group

16

RFU Elected Board Member – Update Meeting with Stephen Pearson

23

YRFU Competitions Sub-~Committee

 

 

 

Ted Atkinson & Jim Chapman

December 2020

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