Where are you this weekend? 2014/15

[Owen Bisto Taylor]

That's the one, I think it might be my gait pattern causing a recurrence, however this one has gone beyond mild!

Give it until i graduate and ill have a look for you

 

[Dave Sherwin]

Just got NACRA appointments through: 7 March - Guyana v Barbados; 18 April - Turks and Caicos Islands v Bahamas; 2 May - AR for British Virgin Islands v Curacao. Nice spread of destinations and a high quality match in Guyana v Barbados. Thank you World Rugby!

And just picked up Mexico v USA South in Mexico City - need some serious altitude training!!

 

[WombleRef]

Tommorow - Lancaster University Ladies v MMU (Cheshire) Ladies
Saturday - QEGs v Bury Grammar School followed by me rushing back to Campus getting into warmer gear and watching Morecambe FC v AFC Wimbledon.

 

[winchesterref]

OBT that would be excellent, thank you

 

[Adam]

Give it until i graduate and ill have a look for you

So how is the blog going..?

 

[Daftmedic]

Going to the furthest reaches of the society AO. I HAVE Maldon on Saturday.

 

[Bunniksider]

Close eye on the weather all week. Off to Carlisle on Saturday.

 

[Owen Bisto Taylor]

So how is the blog going..?

The blog on here? Ain't nobody got time for that.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

The blog on here? Ain't nobody got time for that.

Have you turned into Huggy Bear?

 

[Owen Bisto Taylor]

oh aye

 

[Jay Curts]

And just picked up Mexico v USA South in Mexico City - need some serious altitude training!!

Yep, you will need altitude training for that one. The venue is around 2,100 to 2,200 mts above sea level.

 

[Dave Sherwin]

Yep, you will need altitude training for that one. The venue is around 2,100 to 2,200 mts above sea level.

It's quite hard when you live at about 3 feet above sea level and the highest point on Cayman is about 20 feet above sea level!

 

[OB..]

Many years ago I drove over Wolf Creek Pass in te Rockies, where the sign said Elevation 10,857 ft.

Then many years later I drove past a sign in Florida saying Suchandsuch Pass Elevation 4 ft.

 

[Taffy]

Torrington - Devon

....last time I was there we had too many players on the pitch, time before that the groundsman suggested a traffic cone on the pitch over the rabbit holes, time before that we trudged around in mud all day making panting noises...........Oh to be on the first team pitch......

 

[WombleRef]

Well my game on Saturday is cancelled so I unless I get appointed to another AM game (which I won't - as I don't think there are any others around!) - it's just AFC Wimbledon v Morecambe for me!

 

[JJ10]

I'm off skiing....

....ill get my coat

*Strictly speaking not off-topic.....

 

[Browner]

Yesterday, school 1st xv match , cue horizontally arriving face stinging sleet, air temp probably near 1°

Pitch squelchy , Hands so cold i couldnt manage to write the scores on my card.
A thoroughly unpleasant weather.

I was tempted to put a Beenie hat on to save my slaphead from the hail/sleet lashing/stinging it took, so ......

Q? How much ' weather protection' can a referee wear without looking like a numpty???

 

[Phil E]

Q? How much ' weather protection' can a referee wear without looking like a numpty???

He should wear the same as the players.

 

[matty1194]

Yesterday, school 1st xv match , cue horizontally arriving face stinging sleet, air temp probably near 1°
Pitch squelchy , Hands so cold i couldnt manage to write the scores on my card.
Q? How much ' weather protection' can a referee wear without looking like a numpty???

In a game like that I would be wearing a minimum of long sleeved under armour and a thin pair of thinsulate gloves to enable me to write down any scores.

I do have a picture sent to me of a fellow referee from Scotland who wore, long sleeved top, wind and waterproof top, thick pair of woolly gloves and a beanie hat as well as there full Society issue kit on top of all these layers but still complained they were too cold!!!

 

[matty1194]

The Inverdale Challenge is a Command Level competition.
This years finalists are The Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Navy Western Region.
I think they might be playing it on the 3G pitch???
I would imagine it is about level 5 or 6; so maybe level 3 or 4 in Scotland?

http://www.navyrugbyunion.co.uk/news

PhilE, competitive match last night, played on the 3G as grass pitch unavailable :shrug:Fleet Air Arm won 44-20 in what was a forward dominated squad for them, the Western Region struggled to string phases of play together, tellingly in the 2nd half the 12 moved to flanker!!

I would agree with your later evaluation, I would of graded it around a 6-7 which is what the Army assessor thought was a fair comparison from what he normally sees.

All in all a better fixture than the RAF game lol

A few of the Navy headshed no doubt have sore feet/toes today after straying too close to the sideline, no ropes up to ensure space and I may of stood on a few toes along the line. Plus John Inverdale is short!