Christmas Charity game on 27th Dec

Entry Level Referee Award at Havant RFC 10-11/1/09

Entry Level Referee Award

(Mini/Midi, U13-19 & Senior Rugby)

at

HAVANT RFC

10th  & 11th Jan 2009

9.00am – 4.30pm

 

£50 includes both days

OR

£60 if Mini/Midi included

 

Application forms on the attached file or direct from www.rfu.com/community which should be returned at least 10 days before the course in order for individual materials to be dispatched.

 

Forms should be returned to Lindsay Piper, Referee Department, Rugby House, Rugby Road, Twickenham, TW1 1DS

Flyer and application form can be down loaded by clicking here: ELRA course – Havant

New Southern Regional Administrator

The Southern Regional Developement team are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Regional Administrator, Josie Molloy.

Please direct all coaching course queries to her in the first instance. Her full contact details can be found below.

Please NOTE the new Foundation course programme for January 2009, under Southern Region Coaching Calendar 08-09

Josie Molloy | Regional Administrator | Southern Region Coaching Centre | Rugby Football Development Limited | Berkshire Sport | Berkshire Sport |-4 Darwin Close | Reading| RG2 0TB | 0118 3766124 | southernregioncoaching@therfu.com | www.rfu.com/coach

‘Decision Making in Attack’ with Brian Ashton

Regional Coaching Conference at Newbury RFC on Monday 26th January 2009, 7.00pm ~ 9.30pm

‘Decision Making in Attack’

with Brian Ashton (MBE)

Click here for the booking form:

southern-region-coaching-conference-jan-09

The session is aimed at those coaches working in the 15-a-side game and is part of the RFU’s ongoing committment to coach development in the region.

 

New Entry Level Referee Award Courses

RFU REFEREE TRAINING   The RFU are running Entry Level Referee Award Courses at:

• NEW MILTON RFC  Saturday 22^nd & Sunday 23^rd November (9:30 – 4:00)
• BASINGSTOKE RFC Saturdays 6^th & 13^th December 2008   (9:30 – 4:00)  

THE COURSE IS AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO REFEREEING FOR ALL LEVELS OF REFEREE FROM MINI/MIDI RIGHT THROUGH THE YOUTH AGE GROUPS AND THE ADULT GAME   BRING YOURSELF UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE EXPERIMENTAL LAWS.  

Details of the Entry Level Referee Award and booking forms can be found at this link:   http://www.rfu.com/referee

The course (the Entry Level Referee Award or ELRA) takes place over two full days (9:30 to 4:00) and includes classroom discussion and practical elements. The emphasis is on how to referee rather than what to referee. The better referees know when not to blow the whistle!  

The programme for the day includes a practical element and covers the following:   Referee Roles, Responsibilities and Attitudes Judgement and Materiality Safety Communication and Positioning Problem Areas/Theory into Practice Game Management and Control  

Remember, without the Referee there really wouldn’t be a game!   To book onto this course please contact Lindsay Piper at lindsaypiper@rfu.com or 02088 316637

Coach licensing scheme

RFU to pilot new coach development and licensing scheme

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is to trial a groundbreaking coach development programme linked to a registration and licensing scheme in three of its Constituent Bodies (CBs) this season.  The pilot project will be launched in the Midlands East region, in the Leicestershire, East Midlands and Notts, Lincs and Derbys (NLD) CBs and will run for 24 months from January 2009.

The scheme is designed to encourage existing qualified coaches to invest in their own development and enhance their personal effectiveness to benefit all those they coach. It will be supported by a range of Continuous Personal Development (CPD) events – two hour subject specific seminars delivered on a local basis and in response to identified needs.– the Level Two course – may not be relevant to them, particularly those coaching children.

CPD provides a mechanism for developing coaches between levels of qualification and enhancing coaching expertise. For example, the development of front row, kicking or attack coaches can be achieved by attending CPD courses, the range of which will grow to become a game-wide support system for the coaching public.

The Government’s UK Coaching Framework calls on each National Governing Body to “set out and implement the steps needed to establish coaching as a professionally regulated vocation, recognising volunteer and part-/full-time roles. As a first step, conduct a detailed feasibility study on the licensing and registration of coaches”.

Gary Henderson, the RFU’s Head of Coach Development, said: “We believe a licensing and registration scheme will allow us to serve the needs of our coaches much better in the future, which is why we’re trialling the scheme in the Midlands East region over the next two years.

“At the moment, around 7,000 coaches complete our Level One courses each year, but after that we may never come into contact with them again. The next step on our existing coaching ladder

“This new scheme will enable us to provide the courses they want, increase their enjoyment of the game, and the easy-to-use online registration through our RugbyFirst system means we can track their progress and meet their needs.”

A licence is granted automatically when a coach gains a qualification and the CPD programme will then help to support, engage and enthuse the 35,000 RFU qualified coaches at all levels of the game.

Licensees can become members of a new RFU Coaches Association whose benefits include a quarterly SportsCoachUK Coaching Edge magazine, discounts at the Rugby Store, discounted corporate clothing, exclusive DVDs, a regular newsletter update and password controlled access to current coaching articles and videos.

The pilot will be managed by Coaching Development Manager Des Diamond and overseen locally by Nick Scott, the Coaching Development Officer for the Midlands East region.

“We’re splitting the clubs in the three constituent bodies into 25 clusters to make sure the delivery of the courses is at a local level that’s accessible to everyone and to assist us in our aim of meeting local needs,” said Scott.

“Thanks to the cooperation and expertise of the three Constituent Bodies, our coach developers and especially the Club Coaching Coordinators, we should hit the ground running in January and be able to offer new CPD courses and make the licensing process easy to implement.”

A new tier of Coach Developers is being trained to deliver the CPD events in the three CBs where the scheme is trialled before its evaluation.

RFU Coach Development

The RFU is committed to ensuring every rugby team has access to high-quality coaching supported by the best coach development system. The RFU works directly with 17,500 coaches and school teachers at award courses, coaching clinics and conferences each year. Around 6,200 qualify for RFU coaching awards each year at Level One (5,000), Level Two (1,200), Level Three (130) and Level Four (15). That pathway is supported by entry level Tag Rugby, Rugby Ready and Community Sports Leaders Awards, and a range of new coach development courses. The system is supported by a network of more than 500 coach trainers and educators.

Further information on the scheme can be found here: www.rfu.com/coach

Cancelled – Rugby Ready course @ Havant RFC on the 18th Oct

This course is cancelled due to not enough bookings Hampshire will reschedule this course at a later date witin the season.

Havant are hosting a 3hr IRB Rugby Ready course on the Morning of Saturday 18th Oct. The cost of this course is £18 and the cost will be fully refunded to all active Havant M&J coaches who have paid, attend and complete the course.

From July 2009 any coaching attending/applying for the RFU coaching ocurses such as Level 1 will have to have completed both the online and practical IRB Rugby Ready courses before attending. 

Hampshire Rugby short course information available here for 2008/2009.  Please complete the application form and return to:

Pat Jenner, Sport Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Mottisfont Court, High Street, Winchester, SO23 8ZF, with your payment (cheques payable to RFDL Ltd).

 http://www.irbrugbyready.com

Women’s player and coach development evening 29th Sept

On Monday 29th September 2008 a “women’s player and coach development evening” is being held at Winchester RFC. The evening has been organised by HRFUW and is free to all senior players and coachesThe topics for the evening are;

• Backs – Decision Making
• Forwards – Body Management Under Pressure

Both sessions will also cover skill development.

The evening is being led by Graham Smith and Gavin Williams from the England Women’s Coaching team and supported by Jamie Sanders and Jon Brookstein, the Hampshire Rugby Development Officers

As part of the development of coaches in the county Graham and Gavin will deliver a coach education session detailing the aims, objectives and technical detail of the two sessions and the coaches will then be invited outside to watch the sessions delivered and to observe the delivery technique.

For player development all senior female players in the county are invited to take part in the sessions and to benefit from some very high quality coaching.

If you are a senior female player or a coach and would like to book a place at the evening please email Sharonevans@rfu.com stating if you are a back, a forward or a coach. Numbers are limited so please book by 22nd September.

UPDATED – HANT’S COACH EDUCATION SEMINARS 2008 – 2009

Hampshire in partnership with London Irish,  holding a modified but varied programme of evening seminars during the coming season as follows:

 

Monday 15th September – Developing support play and the offload through Touch Rugby – Matt Sherratt, Worcester Warriors

  

Monday 13th October – The Impact of the ELV`s at the Line Out – Neil Hatley, London Irish

 

Monday 17th November – Attack from broken play – B.J. Mather, London Irish

 

Monday 2nd February – The Scrummage as an offensive weapon - Neil Hatley, London Irish

 

Monday 2nd March – Back Attack from the set piece scrummage - B.J. Mather, London Irish

 

There will be a charge of £10 for each seminar. All sessions will commence at 7.00 p.m.

 

Further information can be found on the Hampshire RFU – Coaching pages

 

2008-09 Continuum has been released

The Continuum covering u7’s – u12’s for the 2008/09 season has bee released and can be found here: http://www.rfu.com/regulations/PageContent.aspx?SectionID=322

The link to download a full copy of this season continuum, currently appears not to work, though I would hope this would be addressed over the next few days.