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cross ref - I suspect you will see some changes emerging over the next few years or so, which were flagged to us at the Society Managers Conference last October, as Societies, CBs and club refs get closer & closer integration.
At the moment each CB does it their own way it seems. Some have a Society person as the (part time) paid CRefDevManager (which makes sense as they have the refereeing experience) and these Managers report to each of the RFU's full time Regional Referee Development Managers for the five divisions - both of these 'managers' have clear job specs and responsibilities, which were shared with Society Managers. All of the CRefC scheme is funded by RFU and CB, not the Society (who get no central RFU funding at all, and in many cases no CB funding either). These two regional and Cb manager level folks are your contacts as a CRefC.
Discipline is a CB responsibility (they are CPS & Court, refs are police). Some work closely with the Society (as ours does), others are unilateral. I am encouraged by R G-J (RFU National Referee Manager), and CD (RFU Southern Ref Dev Mgr) to offer resources and co-operate with our CBs CRef DevManager, who is a senior Society member.
Across the country some CRefCs are Society members, some are not - and that is brilliant, and the "standards bar" is definitely being raised for club refs with more support. In our CB both have been encouraged and a consolidation of the development pathway from club to Society Ref for those who wish to use it. Increasingly Society and Club Refs will get closer together and that is already happening in some CBs. To be clear that is all in support & resources - training, assessing, helping set up Club Societies, etc if required).
At the moment each CB does it their own way it seems. Some have a Society person as the (part time) paid CRefDevManager (which makes sense as they have the refereeing experience) and these Managers report to each of the RFU's full time Regional Referee Development Managers for the five divisions - both of these 'managers' have clear job specs and responsibilities, which were shared with Society Managers. All of the CRefC scheme is funded by RFU and CB, not the Society (who get no central RFU funding at all, and in many cases no CB funding either). These two regional and Cb manager level folks are your contacts as a CRefC.
Discipline is a CB responsibility (they are CPS & Court, refs are police). Some work closely with the Society (as ours does), others are unilateral. I am encouraged by R G-J (RFU National Referee Manager), and CD (RFU Southern Ref Dev Mgr) to offer resources and co-operate with our CBs CRef DevManager, who is a senior Society member.
Across the country some CRefCs are Society members, some are not - and that is brilliant, and the "standards bar" is definitely being raised for club refs with more support. In our CB both have been encouraged and a consolidation of the development pathway from club to Society Ref for those who wish to use it. Increasingly Society and Club Refs will get closer together and that is already happening in some CBs. To be clear that is all in support & resources - training, assessing, helping set up Club Societies, etc if required).
