Summer Rugby Proposal

I hope you all had a great Christmas and new year, here’s hoping we can get started with training now the snow is shifting............below is some very important information with regards to the future of mini rugby, please read carefully and send us your views and comments.
A meeting was held at Riverside on Wednesday night attended by representatives of all our local Mini Rugby Clubs to discuss the feasibility of "Summer Rugby". Below is a link to the proposal prepared by Ali Campbell which was presented at the meeting. All the clubs agreed at the end of the meeting to seek the views of the parents on the subject and we would welcome your comments on the subject via return email jedminirugby@googlemail.com

Thanks in advance.

Proposed Season Changes

Start Sunday 7th August 2011
Stop Sunday 2nd October 2011

Break Winter Break

Start Sunday 13th March 2012
Finish season Sunday 26th June 2012

1st half of season would be an 8 week block
2nd half of season would be a 15 week block
We feel as a club that this new season would allow the flexibility for holidays for families and allow for the local Festivals to be worked around by individual clubs.
Pros of new season

• Better weather (firmer pitches)
• Increase numbers of players
• Development of skills in players would be higher
• More contact time in sessions
• Less chance of training being called off
• Shorter season more productive though
• More parents around clubs
• Flexibility of training sessions i.e. different days or even nights

Cons of new season

• Clashes with different sports i.e. tennis, cricket, golf, football
• Different holidays for families
• Local Festivals

Injuries

A lot of clubs have raised the issue over more injuries on firmer ground throughout the summer. This would be closely monitored over the first season, recorded and compared to other seasons.
Interested

If you think your club would be interested in this proposal the next step would be to get all the clubs together and sort out some fixtures and the way forward. We will make the first season a pilot scheme and assess it throughout the season. At the end of the day we can go back to the way it was if it doesn’t work out we don’t have anything to LOSE so let’s give it a TRY. Rugby is a huge part of our lives in the borders let’s make borders rugby something to be proud of for years to come.