29/10/2011: CRB Checks are no longer required if your only contact is as a referee, coaching etc still requires CRB. More info at the next meeting.
Rolling Replacements - Level 9 and 10.
In Cornwall 1 and Cornwall 2 Rolling Replacements will be allowed from now (August 2011). A maximum of 6 replacements can take place, this number includes blood replacements and positional yellow card temporary replacements. Once 6 have been used no more are permitted, even if it means going to uncontested scrums.
This only applies in Cornwall 1 and 2.
Laws question from September meeting:
What are the playing differences at youth age groups?
which sets out the differences.
15th March saw us at Carharrack Social Club - tahanks to their committee for allowing us in at short notice.. On the administrative front CRB forms will need to be completed
15th February 2011 was at St Austell RFC, Jane Pizii gave the presentation the advantage law and its application, raising many questions and much interest.
4th Feb will see us (some anyway) at Truro School Gym for another of Andy Lawrences' sessions, 1800 to 1900 (6pm to 7 pm).
January 2011 saw us at Penryn RFC. Ryan Cook gave a good presentation on interacting with coaches and skippers which generated much discussion. He was followed by Andy Lawrence who gave us more to think about on personal fitness, Andy was followed by Richard Prior who gave our brains more to absorb and consider with the maul - particularly with the latest trend for the not-in-possesion team to break away, ending the maul - or so some of us thought. The guidance is that the team breaking away is not doing anything positive so the team in posession, and probably going forward, must be given a chance to develop the play and use the ball.
December meeting was the (now) traditional quiz, hosted by Perranporth. Not a huge turnout so it was multiple pasties each :)
Thanks to Terry for doing the quiz, and Perranporth for hosting us.
The Nov 2010 training meeting was held at Truro RFC .
John Banks led a CRDA session on the scrum with the emphasis on safety and identifying what are the aims of attacking and defending scrums are.
We could not have an active outdoor scrum session as was planned but will try again.
It was then reported that 2 refs have gone lame during games recently.
No names but these limpers had a hot Curry in the big City and visited the Banks of the Roseland. Thanks to that old double act Mortimer and Hailey we finished these top league games so life in the old dogs - but will Dave Driver be charging double fees ?
Refs must make sure they warm up and stay warm during pre match ( CRRS training tops and legs available from Trevor -kit manager) Stretching is a must.
Use of deep heat,fiery jack or horse liniment smells like a proper rugby pong and can
ignite the old calf and hamstring muscles.
Make sure we can finish what we start - get fit and stay warm .
Ryan Cook is taking orders for a new Alternative colour match shirt with Belcom logo and 11 were orderd at the meeting. Place orders via Ryan asap.
Dave Driver is collecting cash from sale of RFU tickets which we keep 90% of sales.
So please sell your tickets for a good cause. All contact to Dave on this one.
The grading commitee will meet next month so if you have had a good start to the season and have had good reports you might be promoted. Ian to report.
We are looking at indoor bleep testing for January - are you up to the challenge ?
Anyone can have a go to see how you fare.
Next FITNESS training is at Truro RfC 7.30 . Some warm ups and then sprints , moving onto one minute pods with Ryan .Chris Hailey will do a short session on Line out positions for refs as many are in bad positions and not reading the game. Help is at hand .
Next full meeting is CHRISTMAS quiz at Perranporth on Tuesday 14th DEC devised by hon Sec Morts. BIG prizes on offer.
Our second visit to a Cornwall One club this season to support grass roots rugby.
Dave will cook some goodies and you may get a small beer to celebrate the festive season so we would like to invite all whistlers to the North Cornwall club.
The Executive hope for a good turnout and all are invited.
Physical Training and coaching sessions
Referee training kicked off courtesy of Truro RFC under floodlights Thursday 4th Nov . Chris Hailey led a warm up and fitness session which lasted for an hour . We did some sprint work and even got our hands on a rugby ball to add player empathy to the training-
only one knock on to report and no, I am not going to name names.
The boys worked up a good sweat and added ideas to the session and for the next one .
As Ref coach I also enjoyed the new idea despite a tight calf - no change there then .
My thanks to Simon Lord , Ryan Cook , Nick Searle and Richard Prior who turned up and made the effort .
Diary date is Thursday 2nd December when we hold the next session and ALL Referees are invited . Dev squad , new boys , old lags and the ladies and any Club Refs .
Its all about rugby from your progressive Society and all about supporting Refs.
Take this as your personal invite from me to attend.
Chris.
October Meeting
Held at Newquay on Tuesday 19th we had the financial AGM, thanks go once again to Dave Driver for the amount of work and time he spends on our behalf. We then moved on to an expansion on the CRDA element on the lineout, well received with good interchange of ideas.
September 21st 2010 - Bodmin RFC
28 or so hardy souls travelled eastwards to gather at Bodmin for this educational event. The tackle and immediate aftermath to Ruck were set out by the assembled throng, being excellently guided and co-ordinated by one of our CRRS development panel referees - Andy Lawrence - . Steve Harland rounded off the presentation element by reminding us that we operate at grass roots rugby and to be concious of the differences between the televised game and the one that is played out before us around the county.
The numbers of replacements allowed was presented by Chris Hailey, surprisingly to some (author included) that they are as follow: levels from Western Counties to Cornwall 1; use 3 from 5 but there must be 4 front row players available in the whole team; Cornwall 1 has an RFU dispensation to use 5 from 5, again with a need for 4 players to be front row; the Merit table can use 7 from 7, this is in an effort to get players actually on the field.
Next month's meeting will be 19th October at Newquay RFC (Sports Centre), Financial AGM and matchplay subject to be decided ...
August 17th 2010
We had a great turnout of 40 members old and new for the new season. Must be a record.
We went onto the hallowed turf at Camborne RFC and completed some warm up exercises and stretching routines to prevent injuries.
Chris Hailey then introduced a DVD on IRB directives . No new laws but we are encouraged to watch and manage
- Offsides at kicks ahead in open play
- Obstruction in front of Ball carrier at maul and line out
- Offsides at sides of ruck/maul- attacking and defending teams
- Players at the tackle must enter via the gate -not at sides.
- 3rd man at tackle must not close off the ball - players need to stay on their feet
- Scrum half to put ball in middle of tunnel at scrums
New chairman Trevor Stribley introduced Mr Driver of Belcomm who have sponsored a new set of shirts for all active Referees . He was thanked for his generosity and told how it will help reward our whistlers and be worn all over Cornwall for league and cup games
Steve Larkins the Head Coach of Camborne RFC was guest club speaker and highlighted the need for Refs to turn up early at games and agree times to do stud check and pre- match. He asked that refs keep pre-match to a minimum and save their talking for on the field to manage players.
He asked that Refs try to keep the game flowing by good use of the advantage law as defences are really well organised at the higher levels of the game.
Steve said that there is a need to break down the 'them and us' thinking as we are all part of the great game of Rugby.
The CRRS would like to thank Camborne RFC for use of their facilities and remind all members that the next meeting will be at Bodmin RFC 21st October when a new exciting format of meeting will be unveiled .
Chris Hailey
AGM April. Due to the AGM no training content was delivered in April. We are looking at pre-season training again, if you are interested please contact Chris Hailey.
Hayle RFC 16th March. Chris Hailey led the next module in the RFU development programme on communications.
The potential talk from the Hayle Coach did not take place as he had recently left the club, unfortunately we had not heard about in time to reorganise, except for a chance of a 'team of 3' chat with Pengers, but he could not make it due to work committments.
Notwithstanding all of that those that made it to Hayle had a good evening and some humuor was evident ...
Our thanks go to Hayle RFC for hosting us and being most welcoming.
St Austell 16th February. Having managed to not write up anything on the Christmas quiz meeting I checked the calendar and found that there are only about 12 weeks left of this season - with probably 17 weeks worth of games stacking up ..... We met at St Austell RFC and were well looked after once again. Chris Hailey led a module of the RFU Continuing Development programme on the Line-out, we even had to write! It was well received and gave food for thought to most of those there. Following on from Chris, Richard Lamb gave an excellent presentation on the hopes and expectations that a coach has from the referee: responsibilities; empathy (and enjoyment); fitness; enthusiasm; respect for the players and their aims, respect from the players; engagement - communicate, before during and after the game; educate - manage, control and explain; safety - at our level most have other jobs to go to on a Monday; . Once again things to think about for all parties, as the late Tommy May used to say - "whatever level of game it is, its their cup final". Our thanks to St Austell for hosting us, and to Richard for a thought provoking and enthusiastic presentation.
Training evening at Penryn 17th November 2009.
Held on the all weather surface - a first visit for some of us.
Paul Trevaskis led a session using players to demonstrate the following: Tackle to Ruck :- good practice and bad practice. We then retired insiode Penryn RFC to expand on the session and discuss methods of positive influence. Referee Positioning is the single major influence on the success or otherwise of the tackle zone and the 'new' laws. The referee should be the 3rd person there in order to see what is going on, identify the tackler and tackled player and then get out of the immediate area to see the wider picture as other players arrive. Players should, of course know what they may or may not do! Some short discussions were held to answer immediate points of concern with regard to player position and actions. One major question being repeated was 'when is the ball out?' The consensus is that if the ball is on the floor inside the foot line it is not out until the player picking the ball up has lifted it from the ground - however check with your referee on the day for their interpretation.
The CRSS would like to thank Paul for his time and valuable input, and his group of 'volunteer' players.
Unfortunately, as the novel begins 'It was a dark and stormy night ....' we ain't never seen rain like it. It was on Tuesday 13th October, 7.30pm in the dark and rain at Truro RFC under lights (and umbrellas for the lucky few).
The 'advert' said: "WEAR SUITABLE WARM CLOTHING AND HOPE THAT IT IS NOT RAINING!! 
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Outdoor Session 1 hour - Building a Scrum Phil Angove - Truro RFC Alan Paver - Pirates Players various
About 22 Referees and interested parties assembled at Truro RFC to watch the session led by Phil and Alan with a small gathering of players. Starting with body core and positioning techniques and building to an assemble pack that easily pushed the scrummaging machine around - despite the rain and softening ground surface. A tremendously useful evening which was successful despite the inclement weather.
THE CRRS WOULD LIKE TO THANK PHIL, ALAN, TRURO RFC, THE PIRATES AND THE PLAYERS TAKING PART FOR THEIR TIME AND SUPPORT
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