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Biggleswade Rugby
Easter News
An interim
Newsletter, more to follow at the end of the month.
Biggleswade First XV guaranteed second place in
Midlands 3 East (South)….but is that good enough to ensure promotion?
The Champions are definitely promoted with second place down to the
RFU ‘balancing’ the leagues. Biggy should be playing in
Midlands 2 East (South) next season subject to confirmation, probably
swapping places with Stockwood Park who
look likely to be relegated.
Biggleswade U14s win promotion to Division 3 of
the Saracens Herts and Middlesex Leagues.
Congratulations to the two Richard’s plus all of the players and
parents
Saturday 14th April. Biggleswade vs Bedford Queens at 3pm (
League) this is the final league game of the season and one to
celebrate ! All members, Minis, Youth, Seniors, friends and guests
are invited to a complimentary pre match buffet at 1.45pm.
 Diamond Jubilee
Party at Biggy
Come
and join the celebrations for the Queens Diamond jubilee. On Sunday 3rd
June at Biggleswade Rugby and Squash Club. The day starts at 11am
with picnic at 12pm followed by the days
entertainment. Come and joins us for a fun filled celebration that
everyone will remember!
Highlights
Starting
at 11am
12
pm Bring your own Picnic for the traditional street style party.
Games—tug
of war, children’s games
Touch
Rugby match
Tombola
& Raffle
Outside
bar will be open
Children's
fancy dress competition
“Anything
British”
traditional, modern even film and TV characters
Cake
stall and much more……..
For
any further information contact:
Paula
Rastrick:
07967
837272
Hattie
Thoday:
07540
163738
Kara
(club steward):
01767
312463
NEW DATE! Skool Disco (Presented by the friends of Biggleswade
Rugby & Squash Club) Saturday 14th April at 8.00 PM entry just £3
if bought in advance (£4 on the door subject to availability)
DON’T
FORGET YOUR SCHOOL UNIFORM!!!
This
is a strictly over 18’s event tickets from Hattie on 07540 163738 or
Kara on 01767 312463 (evenings)
Bedfordshire County Cup Finals Bedford U16s vs Biggleswade U16s on Sunday 15th
April at 12 Noon at Goldington Road,
Bedford. Meanwhile on Sunday 5th May Biggleswade U14s vs Bedford U14s at 11am
at Biggleswade. This will be followed by the U14s End of Season
barbecue and Awards &
presentations night. Support the Biggy Boys!
Notice
is hereby given that the AGM of Biggleswade RUFC is to be held in
the Clubhouse on Wednesday 25th of April at
8.00pm.
A nominations sheet for club officers will be posted on the noticed
board in the clubhouse.
ALL MEMBERS OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE CLUB SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
ATTEND.
"This is your club, make sure your
views are known."
Biggy Summer Touch Rugby Tournament starts on
Wednesday 9th May at 7pm
and continues every Wednesday throughout May, June & July.
Competition will be finalised once all teams are registered,
Registration and training sessions on Wednesday 9th & Wednesday
16th May, 7pm - 9pm
Cost to enter is £50.00 per team,
Referees are required please anyone interested please contact Stan on
07971650281
Biggy Senior Tour 2012. The senior Tour is planned for the weekend on 12th
& 13th May to the Bristol area. The opposition is yet to
be finalized and costs will be approximately £100 which will include
bed and breakfast and a Tour shirt. John Thoday
is organizing and needs a deposit from players as soon as possible.
John can be contacted on 07920 863913
Vets Rugby Tournament. Dave Tysom
is putting together at team to play in the Peterborough 10s
Tournament over the weekend of Saturday 4th to Monday 6th
May. There is free camping and a Beer Festival with live music.
Please contact Dave on 07581 519871
Biggy Minis Family Tour to Burnham on Sea is on
the weekend on 20th to 23rd April, see press
and previous emails for details
Biggy Minis Presentations and Awards Day is on
Sunday 29th April, more to follow
Annual Club Dinner. Friday 18th May ,See Steve Matthews 07971 650281 for tickets,
guest speaker is Jeff Probyn (England &
Wasps). More in the next Newsletter.
A
couple of Biggy legends have hung up their boots, firstly Simon
Barker has decided to retire from rugby, described by the late Jack
Chisholm as having ‘lightening acceleration’ and was a member of the
’91 Cup Winning side that swept all before them. Simon played in the
Bob Bakewell Memorial game and a couple of
Third XV games but has regrettably decided to retire from rugby. Matt
St Hill has retired from the Fire Service and emigrated
to Australia. Many of the younger current First XV will remember Reece
Ford, who played from U7s to U15s, Reece has graduated and “Turned
Pro”….joining the tough ranks of the PGA and hopes to make his
living from professional golf, we wish him the very best of luck! We
also wish Dom Nott the very best at his new club in Leeds where he is
working for a year while Nathan Thoday is
moving to Bristol and will play there next season.
NEWS
WANTED. Reply to this email with any other news from club
members, the Newsletter goes to over 300 people, please let us know
so that achievements can be publicised, we cannot publicise thing we
are not told!
Midlands
3 East (South)
Stamford
10 Biggleswade 25
If two teams are promoted Biggleswade will be one of
them. They made certain of this by beating nearest rivals Stamford so
now cannot be overtaken by the Lincolnshire outfit. Whether they go
up or not depends on who comes down from the upper levels. But at
that things look good.
It was a fast and furious affair on a grassless pitch in
front of a large crowd mainly from Biggleswade. Biggleswade outscored
Stamford two tries to one and the trusty boot of Rob Large added five
penalties from seven attempts. One penalty and a conversion effort
hit the upright and bounced back.
Right from the start the metronomic boot of the
Biggleswade’s fly-half kept the scoreboard ticking as he punished
Stamford’s mistakes. The match official was a very mature gentleman
but he controlled things well in what was often a steamy affair.
Biggleswade did well in the tight scrums often
destroying the Stamford pack. Lineouts too
were strong and the back-row dominant. Michael Haddow
restored to the side after a three match gap topped the tackle count
but Damo White and Dean Bartlett were not
far behind. Dean was recognised for his overall contribution by the
award of man-of-the-match for Biggleswade and the obligatory flying
pint.
But once again the defensive qualities were much in
evidence. Stamford love to run and have notched up more points than
Biggleswade. But as usual any whiff of a break was snuffed out early.
With three successful penalties Biggleswade were nine
points ahead before Stamford briefly threatened a revival. They
managed a scrambled try in the corner and the successful conversion
narrowed the difference to two points. But despite having the slope
advantage it was all that they could manage in the first half.
At the break Damian White was subbed
by Adam “Tink” Fage
allowing Dom Nott to go to the back-row. Dom will be away from the Club next
season as he has a job in Leeds as part of his “sandwich” course. Tink didn’t stay on the pitch long being binned
for a high tackle. On another day it would just have been a penalty
and a ticking off. Stamford also had two players off in the second
half as the atmosphere on the pitch reached pressure cooker
proportions.
Biggleswade scored their first try soon after they
turned round. A move down the left threatened Stamford’s line. When
it stopped the ball went right along the three-quarters with centre Michael
Hall crossing the line. Biggleswade might have had at least a couple
of other tries earlier but for the sharp eyes of the referee spotting
forward passes.
There was an exchange of penalties before Biggleswade added
the clinching try. Dom Nott powered over the line with the added
assistance of mighty scrum half Ashley Dunn adding the crucial extra
poundage.
Club Captain Jonathan Hamilton hailed the victory as
just reward for the long hours spent on the training pitch honing
team and individual skills. “Promotion was in our minds but it was
not the main motivator. We wanted retribution for last year’s defeat
over here” he said.
Coach Paul Rait was equally
upbeat at the post match huddle. “You played very well against a good
side. You played for each other and to your strengths,” he told the
team, “you saw where Stamford were strong and worked hard to stop
them
The one downside to the day was a hamstring injury to
full back Charlie Darlow. A prognosis is
awaited from physiotherapist Megan before the full extent of the
damage is known.
Next week there is a break from competitive rugby
before the visit of Queens to Langford Road followed by a final away
trip to Rugby St Andrews.
Team: J Caulfield (C Maxwell), S Heath, D Nott, J
Hamilton, J Emmerson, D Bartlett, D White
(A Fage), M Haddow,
A Dunn, R Large, G Matthews, M Hall, S Fraser, L Haverly,
C Darlow (G Athow)
 
Guy Wills recently
attended biggy for the Chronicle and got
some good pictures click www.photoboxgallery.com
to see them.
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Biggleswade Rugby & Squash News
BRUFC Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday
25th April. Please see the notice board around the club
house for nominations for club officer posts for the 2012/13 season.
Biggy Minis Tour 2012.
The Minis get ready for the 2012 Tour to Somerset competing in the
Hornets Festival on Saturday 21st April and playing a
triangular fixture against Weston and Bracknell
on the Sunday. The Hornets Festival has attracted a number of welsh
sides as well as those from around the country and is considered one
of the best organized Minis Festivals in the country The squads will
be staying at the Haven Holiday Village in Burnham on Sea.
Minis
Fixture Change: The game vs Stockwood Park will now be on Sunday
15th April at Stockwood Park
Biggy Minis Awards Day & Barbecue
will be held on Sunday 29th
April where the Awards will be presented by Bath Rugby prop
Charlie Beech himself a former Biggy
Minis player.
Sunday 15th
April U16s County Cup Final – Bedford vs
Biggleswade at Goldington Road, Bedford.
Sunday 6th
May U15s County Cup Final – Biggleswade vs
Bedford at Biggy (TBC)
Biggy Senior
Tour 2012. The senior Tour
is planned for the weekend on 12th & 13th
May to the Bristol area. The opposition is yet to be finalized
and costs will be approximately £100 which will include bed and
breakfast and a Tour shirt. John Thoday is
organizing and needs a deposit from players as soon as possible. John
can be contacted on 07920 863913
Biggleswade
Touch Rugby League 2012
Welcome to Biggleswade Touch Rugby below is the
information regarding this year’s tournament, supported by the RFU/02
and Team Beds&luton
Season: starts Wednesday 9th May and finishes in
August. Games are played Wednesday evenings.
Venue: Biggleswade Rugby Club
Entry
fee: £50 per team
Please phone or email Stan for more details,
Steve (Stan) Matthews steve.matthews@uk.atlascopco.com
If you have any queries or require further information either
email me or ring 07971650281.
New teams are welcome to join this competition, we have warm
up weeks to give players the chance to get a basic introduction to
the game of touch rugby.
Useful information
- Teams can
register up to 14 players
- Only 6
players from a team are on the pitch at any one time,
substitutions can be made at certain points in the game, players
substituted can come back on later in the game
- Matches are
40 mins duration (2x20 mins), with each team playing one game per
evening
- A team will
play at 7pm or 8pm, you will not necessarily play your games at
the same time each week
- Shirts-
teams are encouraged to purchase their own team shirts
- Referees, we
are always on the lookout for new referees, if you are
interested please contact Stan for more information.
Biggleswade RUFC Annual Presentations and Awards Night
on Friday 18th May 7pm for
7.30pm,
Guest speaker Mr. Jeff Probyn ( Wasps, Bedford & England)
Join club members for the presentation of
the awards and a great night celebrating Biggy
Rugby.
From 24th March the price will be
£22 per ticket to club members only
From 31st March at £25 per ticket
and any remaining will go on general sale at £30 per ticket from
April 1st.
Tickets will only be on sale from Steve
(Stan) Matthews
The First XV play
Bedford Queens at home on Saturday 14th April
at 3pm (League) with the final game of the League season away to
Rugby St Andrews on Saturday 21st April.
The
game vs Bedford Queens on Saturday 14th
April will be preceded by a buffet at 1pm All welcome,
see the website nearer the time for more details.
The Second XV play Stockwood
Park 3s on Saturday 21st April and are away to
Leighton Buzzard 3s on Saturday 28th April
The Third XV meet
Dunstablians 4s away on Saturday 14th
April and ‘Buzzards 4s at home on 28th April
Saracens Coach
Education Programme. Tuesday 24th April –
Piece by Piece – Building a Platform for Success. Venue to be
confirmed, either University of Hertfordshire or Old Albanians. The
session is designed to look at the key components of developing a
solid platform from which your team can play. Those who are
interested in forward play will explore the fundamentals of
developing an attacking platform from both the lineout and scrum.
Coaches who have more of a back orientation will look at kicking
technique and developing and implementing a kicking strategy that
leads to territorial dominance as well as developing pressure.
For more
information on either of these courses or to book yourself on either
of the sessions please email alexasuterberry@saracens.net
IMPORTANT. Players in ALL teams are strongly advised
to wear gum shields when playing or training. These can be custom
made at your dentist or basic gum shields are on sale in the Kit
Store or Senior Team manager Richard Phipps has a supply!
Arran makes East
Midlands U20s debut.
From
East Midlands team manager Jeremy
Tyrell."Arran was called back into the squad and made his debut
for East Midlands Under 20s against Warwickshire off the bench in a
15-3 victory at Broadstreet. He came on early
in the second half at no.8 and helped consolidate a winning position
as East Midlands extended their lead from 10-3 to 15-3 in that
time."
Arran currently plays for Biggy senior squads and is a Saracens
apprentice studying at Oaklands College.
Congratulations on your call up into the East Midlands squad.
Youth Section positions in the Herts
& Middlesex Leagues. U13s currently 5th in
division four, U14s currently 4th in division four,
U15s currently 6th in division five, U16s
currently 6th in division one
Saracens Summer Skills Clinic. ON SALE NOW Thanks to a big response from
mainly the younger Minis players, we have agreed to a Saracens
Coaching Camp on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th
August at the club. 9.30am to 3.15pm. Ages 6 to 16 as of 1st
September 2012. Boys and Girls welcome. Cost £50 including coaching
from Saracens community coaches, Saracens goodies and a visit from a
Premiership or International player. Please note,
to book please follow the link below, these courses cannot be booked
via Biggy!
https://bookings.rugbycamps.co.uk/index.php?action=view_camp&campid=1611
Any questions, give me a cal Martin 01462 811242 (evenings)
Biggleswade Development side. There has been a big response from the
publicity surrounding the formation of the Biggleswade Development
side to play in the League next season. The Biggleswade
Development side will be aimed at recruiting and retaining
players from young adult through to early 20s, with the aim to
provide a stepping stone into the First XV. Next week, senior team
manager Richard Phipps will be presenting the club’s development plan
to our new RFU officer Sam Clapham. The Biggleswade Development
side will be playing within the League
structure although which league is to be decided. More information
will be posted on the website as soon as it is formalised. An
exciting development for all young players within our catchment area
and beyond!
Saracens Summer Skills Clinic. ON SALE NOW Thanks to a big response from
mainly the younger Minis players, we have agreed to a Saracens
Coaching Camp on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th
August at the club. 9.30am to 3.15pm. Ages 6 to 16 as of 1st
September 2012. Boys and Girls welcome. Cost £50 including coaching
from Saracens community coaches, Saracens goodies and a visit from a
Premiership or International player. Please note,
to book please follow the link below, these courses cannot be booked
via Biggy!
https://bookings.rugbycamps.co.uk/index.php?action=view_camp&campid=1611
Any questions, give me a cal Martin 01462 811242 (evenings)
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Biggy Minis
2012 Tour. Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April.
Burnham on Sea.
Biggy Minis will be playing
in the Hornets Festival on Saturday www.pitchero.com/clubs/hornetsrfc
and playing Weston Super Mare on Sunday www.westonrugby.co.uk
Please
keep looking out for Biggy Minis Tour
News on the Message Board. There will be a lot more on the Minis
Tour as the date approaches.
Representative
Rugby selection comes to a number of
Biggleswade Youth players with Tom Nixon and Henry Cusack selected
for the Bedfordshire U15s squad and Will Cusack, Del Tribbeck and Harry Worboys
in the East Midlands U17s team. Will Cusack has been with the club as a Mini while Del and Harry joining at youth level.
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