tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post6198030319475166810..comments2023-07-07T15:58:42.003+01:00Comments on Letchworth Girls' Rugby: All regional games offJohn Birchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15062999762082583258noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-18669912703199626782009-02-07T22:41:00.000+00:002009-02-07T22:41:00.000+00:00That's the point I was trying to make and I can se...That's the point I was trying to make and I can see both sides of the argument, with all things being equal and the weather being resonable this problem wouldn't have arisen. Now that it has and with the rise in the number of girls being available allowing clubs to arrange more fixtures maybe there is a case for more communication between 'us' and 'them'Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788949244724824201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-38797473689747621642009-02-07T09:47:00.000+00:002009-02-07T09:47:00.000+00:00The regional programme helps justify the CCO role ...The regional programme helps justify the CCO role in targeting girls to be part of TDG and then National TDG. Have just spent most of the night on the email - one letting people know of cancellation and reschedule of Regional fixture and then to clubs in are explaining tht next weeks CTM is now a regional day and reorganising things for them so that the non regional girls can get a game!!! My time is never my own as you can tell and get a litle fed up with the fact that no provision was actually put in place just in case its cancelled, but a rush job to justift the payment - oh and by the way you may loose some girls as England Colleges v Scotland is on Saturday 14th in Edinburgh and it is also the first weekend of the half term break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-72313217224585839592009-02-06T23:00:00.000+00:002009-02-06T23:00:00.000+00:00Regional rugby existed before county rugby, so it ...Regional rugby existed before county rugby, so it was not established as a "step up", more the latter came in as a "step down". Regional rugby also came before HPAs and TDGs and virtually all of the other many higher levels.<BR/><BR/>It is an anomaly - a "development level" programme that most players are excluded from, and an "elite" level that maybe 1 in 5 players can attain (so not very elite!)John Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062999762082583258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-71470526803893942652009-02-06T22:48:00.000+00:002009-02-06T22:48:00.000+00:00Point taken John, IF the region programme was set ...Point taken John, IF the region programme was set up JUST to increase the number of games available for the girls to enjoy then it does need reviewing, however I was under the impression that it was intended as a 'step up' from county where 'the elite' could shine and would then be signposted for 'talent development'.<BR/>Sounds a bit Orwellian doesn't it?<BR/>As for why the contingency plans were not made public beforehand could it be that there were no contingancy plans, as the RFUW had no idea that we would have the audacity to presume to make club fixtures.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788949244724824201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-85355384326130406132009-02-06T21:58:00.000+00:002009-02-06T21:58:00.000+00:00The decision to rearrange these matches has come f...The decision to rearrange these matches has come from the rfuw and not the regions as you see from the following quote.<BR/><BR/>The re-arranged dates are all ‘friendlies/local tournaments’ in the RFUW calendar and these regional games will now take precedence.<BR/><BR/>Fair enough a decision has been made but what i do not understand was why the contingency plans had not been made public earlier.The first i had been made aware of this was by john on this web site earlier this week. Maybe this should have been communicated at the beginning of the regional programme as there was every chance that by doing the regional matches in february that there could be problems with the weather. At least then clubs could have been aware that this was the back up date in case of cancelled regional fixtures.Silly question to ask and i hope this does not happen but does this mean that if the regional matches that are due to take place on the 22/02 are also affected by the weather and cancelled,will they also be moved to the next club day on 01/03.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-47631059526538162902009-02-06T21:41:00.000+00:002009-02-06T21:41:00.000+00:00But what is the Regional Programme FOR, Malcolm? W...But what is the Regional Programme FOR, Malcolm? What is it trying to do? Once we can agree what it is for we can judge whether or not it is achieving its aim - or whether there is a better way.<BR/><BR/>After all, the regional programme is not a holy cow. At least one region will vanish once the merger goes through anyway (because RFU regions are different), so reviewing the entire structure would make sense.<BR/><BR/>One major problem with RFUW is that they never stop doing something - they just bolt a new programme on back of what is already there. <BR/><BR/>So we have club, county, region, Super League, HPAs, county TDGs, national TDGs, schools of rugby... its not a structure, its total madness. Something has got to go - several things IMHO. And as regional rugby clearly is no longer doing what it was set up to do then it is, to my eyes, high on the list for "A Serious Rethink". With extreme prejudice.John Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062999762082583258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23345682.post-78118440805222823572009-02-06T20:51:00.000+00:002009-02-06T20:51:00.000+00:00I agree with John and the anonymous quote that the...I agree with John and the anonymous quote that the regional programme does affect club rugby to an extent that maybe it shouldn't but feel the regional programme in its current form should be supported. We, Norfolk Nomads, have also been directly affected by this decision to postpone and whilst I agree that it is causing problems for the majority we cannot mitigate for what has been a truly miserable couple of months with regard to the weather.<BR/>I don't believe we are far from being able to run club, county and region fixtures together and getting rid of the region programme is not the answer to the problem, having a bigger pool of players is.<BR/>Maybe the RFUW should be investing some of the revenue into promoting the girls game more vigorously.<BR/>Malcolm (Norfolk Nomads)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com