Eastern Counties Rugby Union

Societies are struggling to cover lots of fixtures on a Saturday and Sunday, so I'm approaching you to help us recruit more officials into the game. It can be a flexible arrangement alongside playing/coaching/teaching with referees able to set their own availability and travel time preferences. For example if you can only do 1 game a month and only want to travel up to 30 mins from your house, or even just at your own club, that is perfectly fine, and will still go a long way to helping the game!!
Mixing refereeing with playing/coaching/teaching is also a great way to see the game from a different perspective, and can really help with personal development. Not to mention the fact that you're really helping players in the game by facilitating their match. Games can't happen without a ref!
If you, or someone you know, would be interested in completing the England Rugby Refereeing Award, we have a course coming up in Suffolk in November 2021.

Chantry Academy - 28th November 2021 - https://bit.ly/3CeIYp0

We've changed the format of the course now, so face-to-face day 1 includes the safety elements of refereeing with all the basics to get you started. After day 1 we actively encourage you to get out and referee games, your local referee society can help you with this, as well as supporting your development Following day 1 there will be 4 online learning sessions (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr) where we'll introduce further learning topics as well as discussing your experiences from your practical refereeing. Then we bring it all together at the end of the season for the 2nd face-to-face day where we do the final sign-off. Our new format gives new referees even more support, as well as the opportunity to learn alongside gaining practical experience out in the field officiating matches during the season.

If you are unable to sign up, you probably know someone who would be interested so it would be great for the game if you could pass on the details of the course to them.

Please note:- You will need to have completed an Headcase eLearning course in order to book.