Club Communications: 6 December 2022

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Date of Issue:
6 December 2022

John Doe

In this week's Club Communications you'll find information on the upcoming National Schools and Youth Cup Finals, plus a reminder to submit nominations for the Player Development Hubs programme. We also have an update sent on behalf of Colin Rigby, Scottish Rugby President.

National Schools & Youth Cup Finals - register for tickets

Scottish Rugby is delighted to be hosting the National Schools and Youth Finals for the 2022/23 season this week at BT Murrayfield.

Games this week will be held across the DAM Health Stadium, BT Murrayfield back pitch and in the BT Murrayfield Stadium bowl with Boys and Girls categories for U16 and U18 teams.

Spectators are invited to register for FREE ticketing to attend via Eventbrite - linked below. Please select the team you are affiliated with or a General Admission ticket.

Tomorrow, 16 school teams will be heading to BT Murrayfield for the Scottish Rugby National Schools Cup finals. Click HERE to read our Schools Finals preview.

On Saturday, 10 December, 14 club teams will be heading to BT Murrayfield for the Scottish Rugby National Youth Cup finals. A preview will be available on the Scottish Rugby website on Thursday.

Please note, we are expecting cold temperatures combined with windchill which will mean temperatures will feel like -1 to -4 degrees Celsius, so please wrap up warm, stay hydrated and fuelled! Those sitting in the stands are encouraged to wear additional layers and bring hats and gloves that should be worn to minimise heat loss.

Schools Cup

Youth Cup

Player Development Hub nominations close on Sunday

Nominations are now open for this season's Player Development Hubs for U15 Boys, and U16 and U18 Girls.

The Player Development Hubs are a steppingstone for some players to progress onto representative and/or performance pathway programmes.

The programmes provide selected players with an opportunity to develop their skills through sessions delivered by qualified and experienced coaches who will follow a national syllabus aligned to the Scottish Rugby Blueprint.

Alongside the hub training sessions and festivals, coach and parent workshops will be delivered to support the player development process.

Nominations will close on Sunday 11 December 2022 - to nominate players, coaches and teachers should visit SCRUMS and click ‘PDH nomination’. For more information on the nomination process and criteria click on the link below.

PDH

Research study

Christmas hours

We are inviting women to participate in a research study of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women’s Rugby Union.

This study will inform pelvic health strategies implemented by rugby governing bodies.

The survey has been created by pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapists and sport and exercise medicine scientists

The study is fully supported by the Welsh Rugby Union, Irish Rugby Football Union, England Rugby Football Union, Scottish Rugby and Cardiff Metropolitan University.

It should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The link to the survey can be found HERE.

We would like to notify all clubs and schools that the Rugby Development department will shutdown for Christmas at 5pm on Friday 23 December 2023 and reopen at 9am on Wednesday 5 January 2023.

During this time, inboxes and telephone lines will not be monitored.If your club or school has an urgent enquiry, please email rugbydevelopmentadmin@sru.org.uk and mark your correspondence as urgent. A member of the team will endeavour to respond as soon as possible.

President's Update

Please find an update senf on behalf of Colin Rigby, Scottish Rugby President

Dear Members,

I promised as part of our governance review and restructure that we would communicate directly with you via a quarterly newsletter / roadshow from 2023, however, I feel it is appropriate at this time to bring you a brief update on what the new board of the Scottish Rugby Union have commenced and completed since they took office on the 1 November 2022.

To read the full newsletter click on the link below.

Update

Doddie's Dream

Blazin’ Fiddles and The Scottish Folk Orchestra featuring Nicola Benedetti will be re-releasing their charity single ‘Doddie’s Dream’.

The single, which reached Number 9 in the official charts in March 2021 will be available to buy & download on Friday 12 March 2021 with all proceeds going to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

The band are asking for support in promoting this across the rugby community in Scotland. Bruce MacGregor who wrote “Doddie’s Dream” explained: “We’re going to give it one big heave and see what we can do to try to get it into the Top 40 for Christmas.”

The single is available to pre-order on iTunes and pre-save on Spotify.

More Information

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