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| 1. ACTION REQUIRED Age Grade Registration prize winners and new Prize Draw! Congratulations to the winners of our Age Grade Registration competition! We are now pleased to announce the Age Grade Girls Registration Prize Draw. Prizes include the opportunity to win a training session with an England Red Rose player and £2,000 club kit vouchers, meaning there are five opportunities to win! Honda Volunteer of the Year – Nominations now open! The Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024 recognise volunteers for their achievements over the past 12 months. We want to celebrate all the volunteers who help make rugby happen, whether on the pitch or behind the scenes, and hear about those who make your club or organisation great. |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Club and CB Support and Webinars The RFU provides various ‘off field club support’ services – many of which are free. Find out how to access support on everything from Legal matters to insurance, as well as the wide range of upcoming webinars, in this section. Get Involved with touch to Twickenham After a successful first year in 2023, we are delighted to launch Touch to Twickenham in 2024. With 48 events around the country for U14 and U18 mixed-gendered school and college teams, Touch to Twickenham aims to get more schools and young people engaged with rugby and presents a fantastic opportunity for clubs to link with, and support, their local schools. Your chance to play at Twickenham with Play Together, Stay Together The Twickenham Takeover Day is returning in 2024! Once again eight community teams will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play at the home of England Rugby. Find out how to enter in this section. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS Aggravation of Sanctions for all Match Official Abuse (MOA) cases from 1 January 2024 The RFU Head of Judiciary, Richard Whittam KC, has issued guidance to all disciplinary panels that any instance of Match Official Abuse (MOA) will be subject to mandatory aggravation of any sanction by a set number of weeks depending on the level of the offence. The additional weeks will be applied to every level of the adult game. Getting ready for Adult Player Registration Over the next few months, we will be sharing information to help your clubs and players get ready for Adult Player Registration. Further guidance will be shared in February’s Community Game Update. Clubs can start to get ready for Adult Player Registration by making sure that their current registered players have a verified email address and up-to-date personal details on the Game Management System (GMS). The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Prohibited List The WADA 2024 Prohibited List came into effect on 1 January 2024. The Prohibited List details what substances and methods are banned in sport and applies to all players regardless of the level at which they play. Community News – monthly round up In case you missed them, check out some of the top community rugby stories over the last month from the England Rugby website. READ ONLINE > |
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