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Ross Hanbury of Hanbury Training has kindly provided the society with a set of training plans for members to use in preparation for Season 2018/19. Ross has been working with the London Society for some time as well as having had other roles within rugby. He has confirmed he is happy for members to contact him if they want further advice with regards to their fitness training.

There are three levels of plans – “Ref Fit in 30” is an entry level plan designed to get any referee fitter with just 30 minute training sessions over 10 weeks. Above that, there is an Intermediate and an Advanced plan (each has two documents).

You might note that the intermediate/advanced training plans are over thirteen weeks, and the season starts in 11 weeks… meaning the best time to start was a fortnight ago. But the next best time to start, is now!

Ref Fit in 30 – Download NM Ref fit in 30 – 2018

Intermediate Plan
NM Intermediate Training Plan 2018/19 (Excel file with timetable/planner)
North Midlands Intermediate Level Pre Season Fitness Programme 2018-19 (PDF Info)

Advanced Plan
NM Advanced Training Plan 2018/19 (Excel file with timetable/planner)
North Midlands Advanced Level Pre Season Fitness Programme 2018-19 (PDF Info)

Thanks to Ross for his help with this, and if any members have any questions or queries then please email ross.hanbury@virginactive.co.uk. There are also videos of exercises/routines on the Hanbury Training YouTube Channel.

Below are some upcoming Level 2 Referee Courses in the area – the society is keen to attract new members and if you are thinking of booking onto one of these courses and require any advice, feel free to contact us.

The society also refunds the £75 course fee to new referees once they have completed eight appointments for the society, as well as providing a society shirt.

In all cases, courses are run over 2 days, from 9am-5pm each day, and there is a cost of £75. You must be over 14 on day 1 of the course, and complete the World Rugby online laws and RFU online concussion education course prior to the course start date.

Sunday 10th & 24th June – Newman University

Newman University, Genners Lane, Birmingham B32 3NT

http://www.englandrugby.com/my-rugby/courses/search/#/search?id=&c=&eventid=226338517

Sunday 30th June & Sunday 1st July – Old Swinford Hospital

Old Swinford Hospital School, Heath Lane, DY8 1QX

http://www.englandrugby.com/my-rugby/courses/search/#/search?id=&c=&eventid=226338884

All bookings and payments for courses are made through the England Rugby website – use the links provided to go straight to the relevant courses.

You can search for other courses using this link.

The North Midlands Society of Rugby Football Referees (NMSRFR) held its Annual General Meeting at Tally Ho on Wednesday 11th April 2018, and as promised, it was different.

As well as the formal voting around election of officers, there was much discussion around members’ views on the way forward.

These have been summarised in the document below, which you can download and view.

Attendees at the AGM summary FULL DOCUMENT (Word doc download)

The society needs views from all its members, and regardless of whether you attended, if you want to comment please do so now. You can:

Contact the Society Using this Form

Comment in our Facebook Group

or contact Kelvin Roberts via email or call 07871 686 855.

A new Red Card report form (for Levels 5 and below) has been issued by the RFU.

This is now available in the Downloads section, or using the links below.

Please note that it is NMSRFR practice for forms to be emailed to Dave Thomas within 48 hours (email: dave@yoyomail.co.uk) who will check them and pass on to Peter Jordan, the North Midlands Disciplinary Secretary.

If you need any guidance, you can contact Dave using this form.

Download Links

New Red Card Report 2017-2018 [PDF]

New Red Card Report Form 2017-18 [WORD DOC]