It was with great sadness that we were notified of the death of Alan Smiley on the 20th February.
Alan Smiley in his prime years was one of the fastest forwards in the game who with his bubbly personality always played the game with great passion.
He played during his career, from the 1950’s to the 1970’s, [...]

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On Friday, I saw emails flying around by all and sundry regarding the allocation of referees and the changing of an allocation already published.
It has been resolved.

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Due to some players transferring from Herne Bay United to a newly formed club, RHC Invicta, based in Faversham, Kent, the current HBU CSL Premier League team will now be known as HBU 2.

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Following the CERH congress in St Omer on 31st October 09 the NRHA confirms that in all National Competitions Team Faults will only be awarded and recorded when the whistle has been blown and the game stopped.
NO TEAM FAULT WILL BE ISSUED OR RECORDED WHEN ADVANTAGE IS GIVEN. THIS IS NOW THE DIRECTIVE OF THE [...]

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Just thought that a bit of a report from the discussions and decisions of the CERH Congress may be of interest.
Attendees – Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, France and England.

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In addition to the New Rules Seminars being held over the weekends of 16th/17th May and the 20th/21st June, we need the opportunity of putting the rules into practice.

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Further to much discussion and emailing, the NRHA have decided that the rules covering the Conference Play-offs and Finals will be as follows :-

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When we introduced the National Training Weekend, two and a half years ago, we had plans for its development as it grew.
Due to its success, we have now got to a point where we need to go to the next stage of this development.
This is the introduction, for next season, of ‘Regional Training Sessions’ which [...]

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At the CIRH Congress, held in Japan at the World Ladies Championships last year, new rules, proposed by the European Technical Committee were approved. They are to be introduced internationally in 2010. In order for us to be ready for them, the NRHA have decided to adopt them domestically for season 2009-10.
Over the weekends of [...]

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Through Carlos Amaral, the NRHA are putting in place a progressive program for the training and development of Coaches.
This program will be supported by documented courses which can be implemented year on year by whoever is responsible for this area of development at the time.
Of course, as rules change, these documents will be adjusted to [...]

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