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Rugby Restart Update 16 March 21

Rugby Restart Update 16 March 21

Jeanette Edwards16 Mar 2021 - 19:48
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Spring Rugby - Yessssssss!

Hope your all well.

As we get closer to our planned Return To Rugby at the end of the month, the RFU have published more guidance around on field activity.

The new green RFU Return to Rugby Road Map is attached below, along with Stage D Guidance.

Here at Holt RFC, Phil & Henry have agreed that senior training will re-start on Tuesday 30th March in line with the RFU Roadmap Stage D - attached.

Here at Holt RFC, Nev has agreed that Youth & Minis training will re-start on Sunday 04th April (Easter Sunday). To help you all, Nev has compiled the following information in bullet points:

Timing will be as before Mini’s (Gladiators to U12’s) 10.30am start 11.30 am finish, Youth (U13’s to Colts) 12 noon start 1.15pm finish.
Track and Trace still in place as before.
Sunday 4th and 11th April toilet facilities open only no food or drink available as per Government guidelines, bring a flask.
The RFU are awaiting facilities guidance from Government and Sport England and will update you when this information on restrictions has been received. However we hope that from Sunday 18th onwards, our kitchen and bar will be open for outside consumption only.
Sunday 4th April to Sunday 25th April we return at Stage D, Ready for Rugby, Touch and Tag games permitted. 20 mins only per session, contact training no contact game play and no Scrums or Mauls.
Sunday 2nd May to Sunday 30th May adapted laws contact games and interclub games permitted (contact permitted, no mauls or scrums).
The RFU will lift summer restrictions, but these have not been published yet and will be discussed with age group coaches when they are.

We will return in full for the 2021/22 season on Sunday 5th September where the RFU expects to return to the full laws game. If this is the case we will also return to normal timings of 10.30am till 12 noon for all.

When we return in September you will be playing the age group laws/games you are currently playing. Age groups will move up to the next stage in January 2022.

For more information, online you will find a video guide for both Stage D1 and D2 on the RFU Return to Rugby Roadmap. This 10 minute video details what activity is permitted on field for players and coaches.
For more information from Holt RFC, please contact
Tom Hall 07393 950983 (Minis)
Nev Drury 07737 688345 (Youth)
Henry Harrison 07823 522389 (1st IX Captain)
Phil Sharpe 07810 171417 (Senior Coach)

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