RSV AGM – 07/18/2021

Items from the meeting (PDFs)

• Slides (posted 08/09/2021)
• Financial report (posted 08/09/2021)
• Minutes for Annual General Meeting of 07/18/2021 and Special Meeting of 08/09/2021 (posted 08/17/2021)

Global Law Trials

Effective August 1 for 15s and after August 15 for 7s: USA Memo (PDF).

L1 Referee Course

We have another L1 Referee Course coming to the Richmond area on August 28th! Just in time for the return of the Fall season! Please let Elvy Asonye know if you have any questions.

Link: https://tickets.usarugby.org/event/l1-referee-course-828–richmond-va

World Rugby Laws – World Rugby’s Law Education Web Site

https://laws.worldrugby.org/index.php?domain=9&guideline=15&language=EN

The group agreed that there was no need for new laws or law change, rather a re-focus on existing law. This law application guideline is being issued now to inform the rugby community of the findings of this group.

COVID-19 Statement from USAR

From USAR, “All sanctioned competition and rugby activities are suspended for the foreseeable future, effective March 20, 2020. Members and clubs are asked to refrain from match play, training or team gatherings during this period. Accident and Liability insurance will not be valid during the above window of time. Information on when rugby activities will be able to resume will be communicated by USA Rugby.”

https://www.usa.rugby/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19-status-and-updates-usa-rugby/

Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Reported 2019-2020 season schedules and assignments (link).

Follow the procedure above at “Request Referees & Assignments”–> “Request a Referee”. Clubs that are not current on payments will have their matches highlighted in pink. These matches will not receive referees. Referees must be contacted by the Wednesday prior to a match. Referee contact info can be found above at About Us/Match Referees.

RefUp!

Virginia RRSV Clubs and Referees:

In the next month, we will be conducting a trial with RefUp, a replacement to Who’s the Ref.

Our goal is to establish an objective way to assign referees to matches. RefUp will provide benefits to both Clubs we serve and Referees we foster by automating the matching of available and qualified referees to with an appropriate game for their skill set. Matches are assigned a level based on the amount of game management required to oversee the match and general pace of play. 

Clubs: Please stay tuned: Information on account creation and some webinar training sessions are forthcoming. We are hopeful that adopting RefUp will help us better serve everyone.

Referees: Please go to https://www.refup.io/signup/RRSV and create an account. This is the first step involved. We will process the user requests. We expect to have a training call later in February to show everyone how to sign up for matches and confirm assignments.