GLOUCESTER AND DISTRICT SOCIETY OF RUGBY UNION REFEREES

MEMBERS MEETING

Minutes of a Members’ Meeting held at 1930 on 20 September 2016 at Hucclecote RFC, Gloucester.

Chairman’s Welcome/Attendance

1. Chairman, Ade Danks, opened the meeting at 1930 by welcoming members. An attendance register was kept: 45 members were present and 22 apologies had been received.

New Members/Visitors

2. There were 3 new members: Mark Bluett, James Hurds and Kieron Walters (L9 with Leicestershire). Two visitors were in attendance: Mark Elton (GRFU Disciplinary Committee) and Cyril Ravenhill (GRFU).

Minutes of previous meeting

3. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as a true record by Society members and will be signed off by the Chairman and Secretary as such.

Resignation of Peter Lewis

4. Chairman Ade Danks announced the resignation of Peter Lewis (SMODO) from the Society and wished him well in his future endeavours. Bob McCrudden has accepted the invitation to replace Peter and will be co-opted at the next committee meeting in October and an EGM is planned for November’s members’ meeting to elect a member to this position.

Presentations

5. President David Payne presented County Badge certificates to Matt Prentice and Alex Marsh.

6. Whistles for last season’s cup finals were presented to Alex Marsh and Chris Thomas.

Committee Officers’ Announcements

7. Exchange Expenses. Vice Chairman Barry Clark reminded members about the exchange protocol and if separate travel was warranted expenses would be paid but normally only one set of expenses were paid as referees should travel together for a shared experience.

8. Training. Geoff Cove, RDO Geoff Cove thanked the referees who attended at least one fitness session during the summer.

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9. Referee shortage. Ade Danks stated that 12 games at the moment were unappointed for 17 Sep due to lack of availability.

10. Club Subscriptions. Treasurer Les Newcombe stated that out of 75 club invoices sent out in September to date only 15 had been paid.

Training

11. Dan Parrott presented a super interactive training session on the use of yellow cards using game clips for the members to discuss. This was followed by the Red Card process with Barry Clark and County Disciplinary Committee member Mark Elton.

Referees were reminded of their responsibilities when issuing red cards and Mark was able to explain the process of what happens at disciplinary meetings.

Date of Next Members’ Meeting

12. The next meeting will take place at 1930 on 18 Oct 16 at Hucclecote RFC.

Barry Clark

Vice Chairman

For Steve Bowen

General Secretary 21 September 2016

Distribution:

All Committee members Members via the Society website

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