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 may 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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