Friday Bulletin 30/09

Society email addresses

The Society’s email addresses have been upgraded and centralised, so that officers and board members do not need to use their private email addresses. If you have been using private email addresses to contact appointment and board teams, please now use the appropriate Society email address for your point of contact . Details are found on our Appointments Team and Board Member pages, plus of course you can continue to use the Contact Us page

Update to Ask the Expert

An update has been published on the Ask The Expert page relating to unsportsmanlike behaviour

“Crime and Punishment”, a disciplinary update

The first cases of Match Official Abuse involving our Society Referees have already been heard by the RFU: you might find these examples useful when choosing appropriate sanctions

• Offence/Words used: “I’m not listening to this / this is f***ing bulls**t”
• Punishment: Red card leading to 8 week ban

Roadworks on M42 around Birmingham 30/09-03/10

If you intend to use the M42 to get to your game this weekend, please be aware that the motorway will be closed in both directions between Junctions 5 and 6 (A41 Solihull and A45 Airport junctions), from Friday evening until Monday morning. Please allow extra time to reach your game!

‘How-to’ video tutorials

There are more of these in the pipeline: if you would like to see a particular topic covered, please contact us