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Teddington will be fielding 8 U8 teams in the Cobham Festival.

Details below are from Cobham RFC. We will circulate Team selections etc via e-mail/WhatsApp to parents.

Dates:

The date for the 2016 U8 and U10 Festival at Cobham is Sunday 30th September and kick-off is at 10am. All matches will take place on the main club grounds.

Festival Format:

We will be playing round robin format this year in an attempt to promote as much player participation as possible, reduce the ‘waiting around time’ between matches and eliminate knock-out matches. We believe that this will produce the right level of competitive rugby in line with the latest guidelines from both Surrey RFU and the English RFU.

• The schedule is based on a ‘round robin’ format.
• Where a change in format is necessitated, this will be reflected on our website and in the programme.

Referees:

Clubs are required to provide a referee for each team attending. The referees’ briefing will begin promptly at 9.40am on Pitch 1. Each club is expected to provide as many referees as teams they are bringing to the Tournament.

Referees like coaches are volunteers and are human and the aim of the festival is to ensure that the children enjoy their rugby; therefore please can we ensure supporters encourage teams and support the referees and coaches.

1st Aiders:
Please ensure:

• that you provide a designated 1st Aider per squad
• that you provide a fully stocked 1st Aiders medical bag
• your designated 1st Aiders are wearing easily identifiable high visibility jackets

There will be Physios available to assist and can be found at the main clubhouse.

Location:

The 2017 U8/U10 Cobham Festival is located at our Memorial Grounds on Fairmile Lane, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2BU.

Parking:

Please note all attending clubs must park in accordance with our parking plan below. Where possible please car share to ease the pressure on parking.

Please note that when approaching from Esher on Portsmouth Road , one should park in car park at Munro House (KT11 1TF) and when approaching from Cobham on Portsmouth Road, one should park at the Fairmile pub grounds (P2 on map).

Traffic control marshals will be directing you as appropriate.

We strongly advise that players and supporters are encouraged to arrive between 8:30am and 9:30am to ensure that we get the festival off to a prompt start at 10.00am.

Please do not park under any circumstances on the grass at Munro House.

Food and Drink:

As we all know, rugby payers (young and old!) require lots of fuel to keep them going. We have created a Food Village by the BBQ hut.

• Beef Burgers and Jumbo pork sausage in a roll
• Fried chips
• Soft drinks and fruit juices
• Sweets, chocolates and crisps

Dogs:

For health reasons, dogs are not allowed on the Club grounds.

Festival Cancellation:

In the event of festival cancellation, notice of cancellation will be made to participating club contacts and fixture secretaries via use of provided email addresses and posting on the Cobham RFC website (www.cobhamrugby.co.uk/minis/mini-festivals).We will make a decision at the last possible opportunity, which in most cases will be the morning of the festival.

Note that it remains the responsibility of participating clubs to disseminate notice of cancellation to impacted club members.

RFU Recommendations:

Cobham RFC requires that mouth guards are worn in case of accidental collision and are compulsory for U9 upwards. Team Managers and Coaches are also reminded of the RFU recommendations that children should not be overplayed. To this end the tournament rules allow for larger squad sizes.