Sandy Bannerman: Rory Bannerman - Sports Discipline
Thu, Apr 21st 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Weekly meeting with guest speaker
President Mairhi Trickett welcomed four
members of Edinburgh Rotary Club to last week's meeting. President Jackie Grigor
brought with her Senior Vice President John Williams, Junior Vice President Ian
Starkey and Past President Neville Belton. The speaker Rory Bannerman was
introduced by his father Sandy and he delivered an excellent talk on Discipline
in Sport and the part played by Sports Tribunals. He is a member of the
team of 16 professional people from whom the tribunal is selected. Rugby
matters come under the SRU and misdeamours such as foul play etc are made by
paper report from referees and officials or personal hearings. After
hearing the evidence the tribunal can impose various sanctions including a ban
from the sport. The Six Nations representatives meet periodically at
Twickenham to try and standardise proceedings but different interpretations can
arise from France and Italy compared to the Home Unions. Football Hearings
are held at Hampden Park when the procedures are similar to rugby and appeals
against sentences can be heard and he gave some examples of the various problems
which can arise. They adjudicate on all levels of the sport and do not
always have the benefit of video evidence to assist them in making their
decision. Interesting questions resulted from the talk after which the
President gave the club's vote of thanks to Rory.
