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NEWS

Club Day – thanks

Thanks to JP, John, Gerald, Colleen and Mark particularly for a successful Club Day and for everyone who came down to take part in the sports events and then partake of the excellent value grub. The format of turn up, take part in the sports worked well and will be used again. The Last of the Summer Wine event showed the excellent vintage and that there is more to some committee members than meets the eye; legends are built on such achievements!

Coaching RESOUrCES

As we have indicated previously we would like the website to be a valuable resource and provide useful and informative links to other rugby sites. One such site that comes recommended is Better Rugby Coaching. There is a reasonable fee and upon sign up free rugby coaching drills such as 12 Handy Tools for New Rugby Coaches,20 Clever Ways to Improve Your Rugby Coaching and 11 Simple Steps to a Fitter, Faster Rugby Team and reports such as Surviving the Experimental Law Variations will be sent to you. Weekly coaching sessions and hints are then provided to you by email every Monday and Thursday. There are also discount offers for reports and DVDs. Use the following link to find out more: http://www.betterrugbycoaching.com.

CAR BOOT SALES DATES

The Car Boot Sales will be held on the following dates:

Sunday 1st August

Monday 30th August

Charges are £10 per car or small van.

Please note that trade vans will not be admitted as vendors are expected to sell items of a second hand nature.

The sales start at 6am but to avoid traffic build up on the main road we allow entry from 5am.

GREAT NEW VENTURE: August 2010

EVOLUTION SPORTS RUGBY CAMPS COME TO CASTLEFORD RUFC

On 25, 25 and 27 August 2010 Evolution Sports Camps are having a Rugby Sports Camp at our club. This is an exciting new venture for us to complement but go beyond our own summer training evenings. The Rugby Camp is open to 8 to 16 year olds.

The camps last from 8.30 to 4.30 each day and the price for one day is £18 but discounted to £45 if booked for the whole 3 days; there are further discounts available on application. They are run by our very own Stuart Proud’s company and they are excellent value; they will involve coaching to fit the level/age of the participants and all will receive a target orientated plan for the future plus a T-shirt and certificate.

There is a link to a poster providing more details: Evolution Sports Rugby Camp. Alternatively, contact Stuart on 07915092542

For more information on this exciting event please see the poster by following this link: Coaching Conference.

Castleford RUFC appearance IN RFU DVD RESOURCE

We feature heavily in the RFU DVD on volunteering. It is available for all to see and we will try some of the tips/ materials to see what can work at our club; new ideas or different ways of looking at matters can only help. The DVD does give a good impression of the club and certainly the CLUB TO JOIN.

Members DIRECTORY: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

We would like to give all club members the opportunity to advertise whatever services/business they are in by having a club directory. All we’d like are your name, the business that you are in/the service that you’d like to offer, contact details (phone/email) and we’ll put a separate page on this website. Hopefully members or their families can then utilise this facility and more business for members themselves should follow.

There will be no charge for this facility so what have you got to lose.

Please let’s give it a try and if details can be emailed to Castleford RUFC Members Directory then we can start compiling the data and put the details on the webpage.

Castleford RUFC Members 100 Club Development Fund

Recent winners:

£250 Christmas/New Year prize Jason Dunwell

January £100 Greg Burland

February £100 Ian Brooksbank

March £100 Mary Thackray

May £100 Mick Clark

June £100 Dave Cooper

July £100 Simon Davies

We still need to promote this specific fund to be used for development purposes - we need your help as it has taken some time and effort to get it up and running.

To remind you, for a monthly donation of £5 (set up by standing order for ease of administration) or 2 half-yearly payments of £30 or a one-off yearly payment of £60 you will have a chance to win £100 every month.

To join, please pick up an application form and standing order form, and the separate Rules leaflet, from the club. Alternatively, you can download the documents you require by clicking on the following links for the Rules, an application form and a standing order form.

Recruitment drive AND THIS IS RUGBY: CORE VALUES

This season has seen an influx of new players into the senior teams and this has brought new blood into the club to excellent effect. There is a pride in playing for the club and this shows in performances. We will be trying to capitalise upon this in a new publicity and recruitment drive to try to recruit more junior players, especially girls. Please can all associated with the club help to spread the message that we are looking for new players throughout the club; after all our headline messages are JOIN OUR TEAM and we are THE CLUB TO JOIN.

As part of the RFU’s “This is Rugby” campaign which is designed to promote the Core Values in the game we will be distributing pocket cards as part of our own promotion work.

The Core Values are:

¨ Teamwork: essential to the sport and encompassing our view that Rugby is a game for all shapes and sizes and that all are welcome and play a part in on and off the field.

¨ Respect: forms the basis of our sport.

¨ Enjoyment: is the reason why we play and is the ethos we encourage at our club.

¨ Discipline: this underpins our sport.

¨ Sportsmanship: is the foundation upon which our sport is built

There is also a short DVD which goes with the cards and contains interviews with some past and present players when they emphasise the positive aspect of these values. This DVD can be made available for anyone to view and use to help promote our club in any way.

RFU Handbook & Yearbook 2009/10

Click here to download a copy with the additions and amendments since publication.

COACHES EDUCATION

The following information about coaches education and courses being run this season is courtesy of Alex Bowden RFU Central Yorkshire RDO:

From 1 September 2009, you will need to have attended the IRB Rugby Ready course before starting a Level One award. To apply for these courses you will need to complete an RFU Coach Education application form and you can download one from this link CEapp.

The following link gives all the NE & Yorkshire Award Programme for 2009/10 season for the Level 1 and 2 Award courses.

Other links will take you to information about:

Start Tag Rugby and the Protocol to plan a Tag Course at your club or school

IRB Rugby Ready.

There is also The Continuous Personal Development series in Coaching Rugby Union which has been developed by the RFU Coaching Department. It is a series of 2.5 hour theoretical and practical courses which specialise in one or more of the following areas; technical, tactical, mental, lifestyle and physical coaching processes. A CDP Promotional Flyer and CPD Course Descriptors and CPD Application Form are downloadable, too.

Alex is contactable on 07764 336701 or fax 0113 283 3204 or alexbowden@rfu.com

OLDER NEWS

PHOTO PAGES UPDATED

The photograph pages have been updated to link to this seasons’ photos first of all.

We’ve also added a new feature of the gallery of the match photographs being viewable from the match reports as well as the photos page.

Our special thanks go to Jacqui O’Gara who gives her own time up to take and process the photos; matching any professional photographer.

RFU RECOMMENDED SANCTIONS FOR OFFENCES WITHIN THE PLAYING ENCLOSURE

The sanctions have been changed since the RFU Handbook was printed and an up to date list of the sanctions has been provided by Ian Leask, Yorkshire RFU Hon. Secretary. It can be viewed by clicking on the following link: Sanctions Update.