AGM this Thursday

A gentle reminder, tomorrows Training subject is dealing with abuse. Four of our top referees, Becky Carter, Will Hemming, Callum Watson and Hugh Jenkins will talk you through various scenarios so we can get some consistency in how we deal with ‘awkward situations’. Later, in the close season we will follow this discussion up with…

North Mids Referees and father-son duo Julian and Theo Edwards last month completed their marathon cycle ride between all the North Midlands RFU clubs, raising over £1000 for two rugby charities in the process. Both the RFU’s Injured Player Fund and the Matt Hampson Foundation provide rehab, living assistance and education services to sportspeople of…

Hi all, Bromsgrove RFC are going to be running a summer of touch generally on a Thursday evening. We wondered if any referees were keen to come and officiate to get some fitness? The above was posted on our Facebook page by Clare Foster. If you are interested suggest you contact the club/Clare direct.

More 6 Nations rugby this week and Gallagher Premiership, all on T.V. Even as referees we sometimes wonder “Why did the ref do that?”. Here is the chance to ask the question of our Championship Referee and our Training Director, Neil Chivers. All you have to do is; Make a note of the incident and…

Lets enjoy the tremendous strides forward made by two of our members. Leonie Pryor and Neil Chivers were both chosen to act as 4th and 5th officials at the men’s and women’s varsity matches held at Welford Road, Leicester recently. Since then Neil has continued with Championship games until he was appointed as a Premiership…