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1890 PRESIDENT IAN FORTON EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION HANDBOOK 2017/18 www.ecrurugby.com CONTENTS EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION LIMITED ...............................................3 COMMITTEE MEETINGS...............................................................................5 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 2017-2018......................................................8 COMMITTEES.............................................................................................12 DISCIPLINE .................................................................................................17 GUIDANCE ON CLUB PROCEDURES FOLLOWING THE SENDING-OFF OF A PLAYER .....17 SAFEGUARDING .........................................................................................21 TOURS, FESTIVALS AND SUMMER CAMPS .................................................21 OUR RFU PARTNERS...................................................................................23 ECRU DEVELOPING PLAYER PROGRAMME 2017/18...................................24 TEAM MANAGERS......................................................................................26 COUNTY YOUTH CHAIRMEN ......................................................................27 PAST PRESIDENTS.......................................................................................28 EASTERN COUNTIES PAST CHAIRMEN........................................................29 PRESENTATION HONOURS CAPS................................................................29 PATRONS....................................................................................................33 EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS. ..............35 CAMBRIDGESHIRE RFU ..............................................................................36 NORFOLK RFU ............................................................................................37 SUFFOLK RFU .............................................................................................38 CLUBS IN MEMBERSHIP .............................................................................41 ESSEX CLUBS ..............................................................................................66 EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUE FIXTURES – SEASON 2017/18.......................72 INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES.........................................................................72 EASTERN COUNTIES INTER-COUNTY CUP 2017-18.....................................74 LEAGUE SECRETARIES / RESULTS ...............................................................75 NATIONAL/LONDON LEAGUES...................................................................76 EASTERN COUNTIES GREENE KING LEAGUES .............................................77 FIXTURE EXCHANGE...................................................................................78 KICK OFF TIMES..........................................................................................78 EASTERN COUNTIES INTER-COUNTY CUP WINNERS ..................................79 EASTERN COUNTIES U17/U19 CUP WINNERS ............................................80 NORMAN POTTER TROPHY ........................................................................81 EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUE WINNERS .....................................................83 EASTERN COUNTIES SCHOOLS RUGBY UNION OFFICERS 2017-2018 .........86 NORFOLK SCHOOLS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION ..........................................89 EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION REFEREES FEDERATION .....................90 COUNTY REFEREES SOCIETIES....................................................................91 1 | Page SUPPORTERS OF EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION Eastern Counties Rugby Union Limited wishes to acknowledge and to express their gratitude to the following sponsors: - BUSINESS SPONSOR PAGE Greene King Main Sponsor IFC/IBC Musks Women & Girls Sponsor 7 Property Gregory & Lynda Underwood 22 Kit Supplier Tylers Sportswear 25 Shields/Plaques Rowan Displays Ltd 40 Landscaping Julian Walton Landscapes Ltd 71 Accountancy Kerry Butcher Accountancy 71 Warehousing & Transport Parkside Warehousing 95 Indigo Recycling Gary Lee 96 We are constantly seeking sponsors, so if you, or your business would like to discuss funding any of the programmes that we organise, to develop and sustain Rugby Union within Eastern Counties, please contact: - Russ Clarke Chair of Marketing and Communication �07766 315506 ✉ [email protected] 2 | Page EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION LIMITED (Affiliated to the Rugby Football Union) Incorporated 1st May 2001 Founded 28th October 1890 Reg. No. 29215 R Registered Office: Tomo Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 5AY SECRETARIAT ECRU Administration Office: Lisa Greetham Tomo Industrial Estate, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 5AY ☎ 01449 614674 �07432 115469 ✉ [email protected] Eastern Counties was established by Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex on 28th October 1890, with Cambridgeshire joining in 1928. In 2003 Essex departed leaving Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, the Eastern Counties Rugby Union as it is today. “To govern, promote and develop the quality of Rugby in Eastern Counties whilst maintaining the game’s core values and ensuring it remains an enjoyable sport for all” 3 | Page SEASON 2017/2018 Please note that the following information can be obtained electronically or in hard copy from the Administration Office at Stowmarket upon application or from the website. 1. Eastern Counties Schools Bye Laws 3. Rules (Constitution) of ECRU 4. Competition Rules for the ECRU Youth Cup 5. Eastern Counties Inter-County Cup Rules FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON MATCHES, VENUES, RESULTS, COACHING COURSES AND ALL EVENTS WITHIN EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY FOOTBALL PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: - www.ecrurugby.com 4 | Page EASTERN COUNTIES COMMITTEE MEETINGS Held at: ECRU Office, Tomo Industrial Estate, Stowmarket IP14 5AY at 7.00pm ☎: 01449 614674 �07432 115469 Management Committee 11th July 12th September 10th October 12th December 13th February 2018 10th April 8th May AGM 7th June 2018 – Stowmarket RFC Annual Awards Dinner 15th or 22nd June 2018, venue to be confirmed 5 | Page ECRU PRESIDENT 2017-2019 IAN FORTON It is with great pleasure I accept the role of Eastern Counties President for the next two years and will do my best to follow in the steps of previous exemplary Presidents. The objectives of Eastern Counties Rugby Union (ECRU) as per the constitution are “To promote, encourage and extend the Game throughout the County including (but not limited to) the coaching thereof, its development in schools and at all youth levels and the recruitment, administration and training of referees.” I will support the relevant committees, to achieve these objectives. It is my aim, with my driver/wife, Sherry to attend all clubs during my two-year tenure, and I will contact clubs well in advance, but, if your club has any functions that you would like me to attend, then please contact me as early as possible, as I’m sure my diary will soon fill up Being a founder member of Lakenham RFC, now Lakenham Hewett, and having served time in every committee post, I do know the problems of the day to day running of a rugby club. As a player, I represented Norfolk at School Colts and 1st XV level, Team Secretary 1982-88 and finally President 1996-97. I joined the ECRU committee in 2002, as the Norfolk County Representative, served on the Blackman Committee, now Community Rugby (2000-03), I have chaired Club ECRU (2003-11), CBRDP (2005-11) and School of Rugby (2008-11). I have also served on the Competitions and Finance committees and have represented ECRU on the London & South-East Management committee. I have been the Administrator, for all the leagues in London & SE division since 2012. I wish you all a competitive and enjoyable season in our great sport. 6 | Page EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 2017-2018 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President Ian Forton (2017) 183 Middletons Lane Norwich NR6 5SB ☎ 01603 400 049 �07878 821524 ✉ [email protected] Chairman Alasdair Bovaird (2014) ☎ 01799 523 578 �07711 484 582 ✉ [email protected] Hon Secretary Roger Pierson (2005) 81 Rectory Lane, Poringland NR14 7SJ ☎ 01508 493 085 �07974 619 114 ✉ [email protected] Hon Treasurer/Chair Finance & Funding Pamela Clarke (2012) 162 Angel Rd Norwich NR3 3JB �07775 523 689 ✉ [email protected] Cambs Representative TBA ✉ [email protected] 8 | Page Norfolk Representative John Langford (Interim) ☎ 01052 568 836 �07958 735 075 ✉ [email protected] Suffolk Representative Robert Temple (2015) ☎ 01502 723 051 �07917 025 463 ✉ [email protected] RFU Council Member Roger Pierson (2005) 81 Rectory Lane, Poringland NR14 7SJ ☎ 01508 493 085 �07974 619 114 ✉ [email protected] Chair of Club Development John Winders (2011) ☎ 01473 824 359 �07972 388 028 ✉ [email protected] Chair of Marketing and Communication Russ Clarke (2014) 162 Angel Rd Norwich NR3 3JB �07766 315 506 ✉ [email protected] 9 | Page Chair of Governance including Competitions, Discipline and Safeguarding Richard Watson (2005) ☎ 01449 674 891 ✉ [email protected] Chair of CB Club/Community Player Pathway Development Group (CCPD) Ross Cowie (2011) �07786 332 930 ✉ [email protected] OTHER OFFICIALS Chair of Discipline sub committee Declan Gallagher (2015) ☎ 01284 701 131 �07930 538 907 ✉ [email protected] Chair of Coaching sub committee Chris Capps-Jenner (2013) �07917 771 392 ✉ [email protected] Referees Representative TBA 10 | Page International Ticket Administrator Ian Forton