AGM, Awards and Return to Play

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page AGM It’s an important AGM this year as we say goodbye to Kevin Aitchison, our Chair of the last ten years, Vice Chair Mike Spence, Board members Simon Le Fevre and Andrew Flatt, all of whom have served a similar time, and to Suzy Christopher who has been with us since 2017.  In their place we welc...
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Good News on Return to Play & Membership Fees!

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page Guidance It’s taken a while but we have got there at last and can now prepare to begin training again. The Safe Return to Wheelchair Rugby Guidance sets out to provide clubs and individuals with all the info...
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5 Step Return to Wheelchair Rugby

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page With venues beginning to open up we know that there are some clubs that in principle are able to Return to Training (RTT). While we still await formal sign off of our guidance by DCMS we now have agreement from our insurers that we are covered to play providing we meet all of the government guidance and follow the measures which w...
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Looking Forward to Return to Play

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page It was good to be able to share our 5 Step Return to Wheelchair Rugby plan with you on the webinar recently and to hear about individual club challenges. While some indoor sports will be in a position to return to play already we still have a few challenges to overcome. Our draft guidance has been with DCMS for over a week now and...
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Return to Play: Update

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page I am sure that many of you will have heard the encouraging news that the government has announced that from 25 July indoor sports venues will open. This of course allows for us to begin the process of a return to wheelchair rugby. This does not mean that we can return to full play immediately and by the very nature of our game and...
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Return to Play: Update

We will be publishing resources and key information on the dedicated Return to Play page In my last update I explained that I was working on guidance to enable clubs to train outdoors if they had access to the appropriate space. Despite producing this guidance and an associated risk template it has now become clear that we will not be in a position to sanction organised club training outdoors. Having explored the issu...
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