RFUW publish updated version of 2009/10 calendar

News of an earlier draft of next season's calendar appeared on here in January, but now a new version has appeared - with a few amendments.

So - is this a Damascus moment? have RFUW seen the light? Have they responded to the debates about the value of regional rugby? Or the need to assist and defend the grassroots club game? 

Errr... no. In fact the only change seems to be to restore the National Cup to a three weekend competition (it only seemed to have two rounds in the previous draft). For the rest... well, to better appreciate it the calendar is best viewed in glorious technicolour:

30/8/09	Registration	Bank Holiday
6/9/09	Club Training
13/9/09	Club Training/Herts Trials
20/9/09	Club Training/Match 1
27/9/09	Sussex inter-county tournament
4/10/09	Club Training/Match 2
11/10/09	Club Training/Match 3
18/10/09	COUNTY TRAINING
25/10/09	Club Training/Match 4
1/11/09	Club Training/Match 5	Half Term
8/11/09	COUNTY MATCHES
15/11/09	Club Training/Match 6
22/11/09	COUNTY TRAINING
29/11/09	Club Training/Match 7
6/12/09	COUNTY FESTIVAL
13/12/09	Club Training/Match 8
20/12/09	Club Training
27/12/09	CHRISTMAS BREAK
3/1/10	Club Training/Match 9
10/1/10	Club Training/Match 10
17/1/10	REGIONAL TRIALS
24/1/10	Club Training/Match 11
31/1/10	NATIONAL CUP
7/2/10	REGIONAL TRAINING
14/2/10	REGIONAL TRAINING
21/2/10	REGIONAL MATCH	Half Term
28/2/10	Club Training/Match 12
7/3/10	REGIONAL TRAINING
14/3/10	NATIONAL CUP
21/3/10	REGIONAL MATCH
28/3/10	REGIONAL TRAINING
4/4/10	EASTER
11/4/10	REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
18/4/10	Gloucester 10s
25/4/10	NATIONAL CUP FINAL
2/5/10	Worthing 10s	Bank Holiday
9/5/10	Club Training/Match 15
16/4/10	Dorking 7s (?)
25/4/10	Herts 7s (?)
30/5/10	NATIONAL 7'S

I don't suppose any comment is needed - the above speaks volumes as it stands. And its all been said before and clearly no-one is listening.