Stilte by junior rugby het ten doel om 'mishandeling' aan te pak
Ouers en afrigters by junior rugbywedstryde in Yorkshire word gevra om in stilte toe te kyk as deel van 'n poging om 'veldkant-gedrag uit te daag'. Yorkshire Rugby Football Union (YRFU) het gesê dat 'n 'klein minderheid' van mense 'beslis nie rugby se kernwaardes leef nie' - en moet daaroor 'reflekteer'. Daar word gesê dat sommige skeidsregters verbaal mishandel is en dat hulle 'gedurig hul besluite bevraagteken'. Stilte is gevra by wedstryde hierdie Sondag, en weer volgende Sondag. In 'n brief getiteld #SilentSundays, het Dawn Rathmell, sekretaris van die YRFU, gesê gedrag langs die veld lei skeidsregters om op te hou, en maak dit moeiliker om nuwes te werf. "Sommige afrigters, ouers en toeskouers skree voortdurend op hul spelers," het sy geskryf. "Junior spelers wat die wedstryd verlaat, het hierdie druk langs die veld uitgelig as 'n rede om op te gee." Die brief het gesê YRFU wou hê dat die stil Sondae 'diegene wat van die spel hou, moet help om te besin oor die uitwerking van hul optrede.
- Pray: Parents and coaches at junior rugby matches in Yorkshire are being asked to watch in silence as part of a drive to ‘challenge pitch-side behaviour’. Yorkshire Rugby Football Union (YRFU) said a ‘small minority’ of people were ‘definitely not living rugby's core values’ - and should ‘reflect’ on that. It said some referees had been verbally abused and were ‘constantly having their decisions questioned’. Silence has been requested at matches this Sunday, and again next Sunday. In a letter entitled #SilentSundays, YRFU secretary Dawn Rathmell said pitch-side behaviour was leading referees to quit, and making it harder to recruit new ones. ‘Some coaches, parents and spectators are constantly shouting at their players,’ she wrote. ‘Junior players who leave the game have highlighted this pitch-side pressure as a reason for giving up.’ The letter said YRFU wanted the silent Sundays to ‘help those who love the game to reflect on the knock-on effects of their actions.
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