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Welcome to the Newsletter – May 2009 |
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NEWSLETTERS ARCHIVE |
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The Clubhouse |
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Jan 09 Newsletter |
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Weather permitting; the three 'Club' pitches
will be treated with a herbicide on Thursday 28th May. The Minis area will
not be sprayed, neither will Sheepwalk Middle or Railway, so these will be OK
to use. Sheepwalk Road may have a reduced application to run the sprayer out. The products have full
amenity / sports turf approval, but to be absolutely safe, please keep
off for seven days. Once
treated, parts of the Floodlit and Third pitch will be re-seeded. Nothing was sprayed
for the last two years and we are getting a build up of plantains. I know the
Keep Off is a bit of a pain, but it in needed to keep tha playing surfaces
good. I have the Product Safety
Data Sheets on a pdf if anyone
wants to see them. Please ring me if
there are any questions Martin |
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Biggleswade RUFC Summer E-News
Ladies Night Friday 5th June, A
four course meal followed by dancing to The Soul Man Tickets £28 from Stan on 07971 650281 or Bev 01767 641522 ONLY TWO TABLES
REMAINING ! BOOK NOW. Club Sports Therapist Megan Higgs has been
reappointed for next season. Megan is available for all members from all sections of the club to use (Minis, Youth,
Adult, Squash). More details of when Megan will be at the club will follow
nearer the beginning of the season. Sponsorship. Gary Burlison (Sponsorship
Representative) is talking to a number of potential sponsors, but would
like to hear from any club member who could sponsor the club through their
business. For example a sponsor is being sought for Megan and various other
projects aimed at improving the facilities. If you have any idea's regarding
sponsorship please contact Gary on 01462 815355 Bedfordshire Country
Show. at Shuttleworth on 11 & 12th July. We have been offered a stand at the Show,
which is looking to attract 15000 people over the two days. Details of our
involvement will follow, but basically it will be an opportunity to promote
the ' whole club' . One thing that is certain is that we will need a lot of
help over the two days! Look out for more details on the message board in
June or contact Martin Harwood via email. Also on
11th July, the U7s will have a promotional stall at Maple Tree Lower School
fete. Lisa from the U7
is organising and would welcome help from the Minis. Details on more summer
events including Langford Fete etc to follow. Diary Dates. The Bedfordshire Mini's Festival (U10/11/12s)
to be hosted by Biggleswade on Sunday 14th March 2010 (TBA) and the
possible Mobbs preliminary tournament on February 21st 2010 for either
U10-11-or 12s.
Improvements have been started at the club, including end of
season renovation on the pitches. The Biggy Pier is back! following an extensive rebuild, the decking around
outside bar is back in action The showers have also been stripped
out and will be tiled over the close season. Also thenkas to hot-dog
queen Anne Mackenzie, various rooms at the club have been cleared out
and junk removed! Work planned include: * Painting the posts. * Re-digging the
soak-aways. * Re-seeding parts of
the pitches. * Errecting netting to
stop balls going in the road. * Re-painting interior
of the building. There will be a Working Party Day on Sunday 7th June
starting at 10am, please try and help out. The Senior squad have also agreed to help on some Thursday
evenings. Middlesex Charity
Sevens.......Saturday 15th August at Twickenham. All Guinness Premiership teams have accepted
invitations plus four other guest sides will be invited. This is a great day out,
tickets are from £20 for a whole days entertainment and U16s are £5....there
are special rates for parties of 10 or more.....go to www.middlesex7s.com
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13/5/09 Please keep off the playing surfaces for 7 days. (note, this is not optional!)
Pitches treated are The First,
Floodlit and Third team pitch and Sheepwalk Road, Middle and Railway
The Minis pitches have not been treated and are fine for anyone to
use.
When the herbicide ia applied there
has to be a further 'keep-off' period, however.....
The Sheepwalk Pitches will not be
treated with herbicide and are OK to use all summer, while the 'Club' pitches
are being rested.
Any problems please email or ring
me.
Hope this all makes sense, it is
essential to maintain the good surfaces that we have
Martin 01462 811242
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Biggleswade
XV 29 Chairman’s XV 40 |
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The final curtain came down on the season with a
high scoring Chairman’s game. A try in the last move of the match gave John
Thoday a win but rugby was the real winner. The free flowing game had
everything with the only blemish being an injury to Simon Rutt that saw the
need for another hospital visit for him. It would be poetic to say that the Chairman’s team
was a mixture of has beens, want to bes and never will bes! But that would be
very inaccurate. In truth it was an assortment of vets, colts, current
players and the talented with beefy brawn and silky runners – the ideal
combination for a successful team. Both sides suffered from a lack of
continuity with replacements coming and going from the bench at rapid
intervals. It was good to see six former captains of the Club
turning out with three on both sides - Stan Matthews, Mark Rastrick and Ross
Taylor for Biggleswade. Joe Jordan, Julian Davis and the ever-youthful Roy
Greer playing for the Chairman’s XV.
Also in the Chairman’s XV was popular Jay Sinclair making his last
appearance at the Club before moving to Woking for a new teaching challenge.
Jay has only played the one season at Biggleswade but has made a major impact
and will be missed. Biggleswade did their usual trick of allowing the
visitors a couple of tries early on with tackling being an option. But this
was a subterfuge to lull the opposition into thinking they were in for an
easy afternoon. Biggleswade quickly showed that anything the other side could
do they could do too. They exploited a knock-on with slick handling along the
line with speedy Taig Norman running round under the posts for the touchdown. Biggleswade then cut the deficit to just two points
as a wayward kick by the Chairman’s XV was run back by Biggleswade with
Dominic Knott getting the try. The Biggleswade number eight then added
another when the forwards shunted forward at a five metre scrum and Dom
flopped over the line. At half-time with Biggleswade 19-14 ahead both sides
rang the changes which did not prove the best tactic for the home team. The
Chairman’s XV rejuvenated by the half-time refreshments quickly regained the
lead. They quickly added three tries threatening to romp away out of sight. But Biggleswade struck back with the stars of the
future showing the way. Dominic completed his hat-trick with a third try and
Dean Bartlett turned on the after-burners to scorch away for Biggleswade’s
fifth try. But the Chairman’s XV had the last word with the final score. |
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Colts in Holland |
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Pitch Update. Summer Pitch programme will start very soon, this will mean that
some pitches are taken out of action for a short time. An email will be sent
out to coaches very soon with details of the improvement programme. This will
also be posted on the message board.
Note. The Minis area will
not be sprayed, neither will Sheepwalk which will be OK for training.
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Biggleswade Rugby Club Annual Ladies
Night Friday
5th June A
four course meal followed by dancing to The
Soul Man Tickets
£28 From
Bev on 01767 641522 Stan
07971 650281 Tickets
are limited, please book early to avoid disappointment Black Tie & Posh Frocks |
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Upcoming Social Events :- ·
Ladies Night is to be Friday
the 5th of June 2009, tickets to be £28 each. ·
Saturday 4th July
2009 - Beach Party. |
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