Little Rugby Academy 1st Year Anniversary

Success at Pinner RFC continues to go on and on. ‘Sir’ Les has a double celebration he would like you to share in;

“Its our 1st year as a business and we have been very busy. Every child and parent that has come along to our sessions have enjoyed themselves. Please come down and celebrate with us as we enjoy a BBQ, Bring and Share food, Bouncy Castle and some fun games. The weather will be great and all members of the LRA  and Pinner RFC are invited plus friends and families.”

Les has worked extremely hard this past year both as Director of the Little Rugby Academy and also totally committed member of Pinner RFC taking on the mantle of 2nd/Vets captain/organiser/facebooker etc etc. It would be great to come down to the clubhouse and support him, especially as it his birthday as well 21 today, 21 today why was he born so ………………………. a little tipple, nosebag, sunshine, and that all important bouncy castle, now that has got you interested especially the hawaii 5 0 boys (you know who you are!

PS: Thinking of hiring a Lions outfit so I have asked Ollie to be Lenny the Lion for the afternoon. Well worth popping along just to pull his tail!

Celebration at the End of Season Awards 2010-11 – and the prize is…..

End of Season Award Winners Mini Section 2010-11 Congratulations

Finally Tommy Cooper Competition Painting Revealed

Finally, the presentation of the Seek and thou shalt find website competition was made at the Mini Section End of Season Awards.

The winner, Neill ‘Bullet’ King  was having woman problems (went away for the weekend on girlfriends demand! So I have heard!!) was not able to receive his prize. This was a little disappointing as he had pushed the boundaries of the prize on offer; namely a graphite drawing as stated below, however after looking on the website www.paultalbotart.com asked if he could have a painting, and to top that, one with three of his teammates!!!

Being the good natured person that I am, and to be honest, a flipping good artist I accepted his request. Although this was to come back at him as this was the sole reason for being awarded the Burnzey Award! Beating a number of kids to the answer (in all fairness the competition was aimed at the younger members of the club, namely the mini section!!)

From comments received, I think people liked it and the seniors are now eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the promotion squad painting currently in its last stages of completion.

The painting itself: acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 50cm. Painted by building up layers and tones of paint using a 0000 brush (the equivalent of three eyelashes).

A similar competition will be running during the summer and possibly one during next season – watch this space

(of course, you can also commission Spud for your own portraits!)

Competition – seek and thou shalt find

Following previous successful competitions we have introduced another one. On the website there will posted this image

I know there is one on this post but there’s another one somewhere else on the website (very funny quoting this one!) nor is it the one in the ‘pelican brief’ that again is just advertising the competition – I give up!!

The first one to email me where it is on the website will win. The date it will posted will be Sunday 7th March. The prize…… something a little different; a personal graphite drawing 10”x 8” on paper of the winner in action, signed and dated. (personal choice of image and style) there are examples in the latest newsletter found on website as a pdf or a paper copy in the clubhouse

it has now been posted on the website, as of 8.13pm Good luck

End of Season Awards Mini & Youth Sections

The awards brought to an end of a very successful season for the mini and youth sections at Pinner RFC.

The clubhouse in Shaftesbury Playing fields was buzzing this Saturday with over 150 players, parents and invited guests awaiting the results of the voting.

The day was all about achievement, participation and fun; the heavily laid out table of assorted trophies bore witness to this, from players player trophy to most improved trophy all eagerly eyed by the players, you could feel the expectation in the air. But this was to happen later!

As the afternoon kicked off, most players could be found on the bouncy castle; always a popular draw at these events, from the under 7s to the youth team all could be seen bouncy to their hearts content, watched of course, by designated parents working in shifts: bouncy castle-bar-bouncy castle-BBQ-bouncy castle (you get the picture!)

Then of course there were the games; initially rugby golf was on the cards, unfortunately the parks department had been round with the mowers and cut the grass spoiling what would have been a perfect nine holes. Plan B was quickly put into action with players sorted in teams to play a combination of a boat race and spin the flag. Many a dizzy child with sodden tops was seen zig zagging across the field trying to find their way back to their team mates. The introduction of beer barrels caused a murmur around the field; some veterans of Pinner RFC fun days were keen to pass on their knowledge of how to play – veterans being those who are under the age of twelve!

The task, to carry a beer barrel between two posts either individually or in pairs, teamwork in pairs being the victors. Then back to the bouncy castle or into the clubhouse to scoff down the generous spread of food via the BBQ as a protein fix!

Now it was the time that everyone was waiting for; the awards.

Chairman Steve George welcomed all and gave a brief account of the successes this season – under 8s Middlesex winners, under 9/10s runners up, under 11s Middlesex champions, our first tour, success at slough and Egham Tournaments.

Jo Talbot, mini secretary and administrator thanked all the parents for their support the season and apologised for the constant emailing and texting! Although, she did manage to plug the forthcoming Rugby Summer Camp; Pinner are to host the only summer rugby camp in Middlesex this summer. The week long camp will start on Monday 22nd August. It is open to anyone from the age of 6-16, so if you are interested in learning rugby, building up the skills you already have or developing positional play come along.

The awards were presented by a combination of coaches, first team players including Club Captain Reza Sibilant, first team coach and Captains Shield winner Steve Woad. Also a special guest appearance of Martin Crossan RFU Community Coach.

A little surprise for most in the room was the video link with Under 10s coach Paul Parker-Brice who was at Wembley watching his team Manchester City in the FA Cup final who named his award winners via the flat screen TV (pure class)

As added surprises during the award presentations, special tour trophies were handed out to those who went to Bognor, also under 11s coach Paul (Spud) Talbot presented the under 11 squad with books that he had published about their season.

The awards went to the following players

The Chairman’s Award:

Maisie Balkin (who dashed from a party in time to receive the award, much to her and Brian’s surprise.)

Nominees: Craig Dungate, Louis George, James Evans, George Page, Maisie Balkin

Under 7s

Players Player Jan Maguire

Most Improved Asher Woldman

Coaches Player Jonathan Nye

Under 8s

Players Player Maxwell Fullerton

Most Improved Reece Connolly

Coaches Player Luke Sealby

Under 9s

Players Player Josh Beresford Smart

Most Improved Callum St John

Coaches Player Josh Beresford Smart

Under 10s

Players Player James Nye

Most Improved Cameron Fox

Coaches Player Josh Parker-Brice

Under 11s

Players Player Jacob Talbot

Most Improved Ryan Healy

Coaches Player Kai Gordon

Under 12s

Players Player Tomas Rycroft-Davies

Most Improved Matthew Beresford Smart

Coaches Player Jake Larman

Youth Awards

Coaches player Jamie Benavides

Most improved David Wilkinson

Best newcomer Adriaan Viljoen

Players player Jamie Benavides

Managers player Jonathan Hill

Clubman cash prize Dominic Seiler

The final presentation was made by Spud (Paul Talbot) who ran a competition on the website to locate a picture of Tommy Cooper wearing a his famous fez with the Pinner RFC logo on it. For the first person to find it the prize was a portrait drawing, completed by Spud, this was extended by the winner’s request; Neill ‘Bullet’ King for a painting, not only of himself but with three of his first team mates (the Burnzey award was obviously given to him for this action!)

A great day, a great season, time for a break………………………….

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Mini & Youth Section End of Season Awards: Saturday 14th May

Yes folks, it’s that time of year again! Following a very successful year it’s time to celebrate everything we have achieved – Middlesex Champions, first ever Minis tour, getting on Sky sports, having a book published, the list is endless.

You are cordially invited to help us enjoy the highs of the season at the annual End of Season Awards Presentations and party. Many players will be receiving shields, trophies, medals and a few surprises we may even have a live outside broadcast from Wembley Stadium!  Many of the senior players will be there to help with the award ceremony and there is also the matter of the website competition painting winner.

The fun starts at 2pm with lots of games in the sun (hopefully – you can always click on the local weather report on the home page!)

See below for further information, hope to see you all there, no doubt you will be hearing from Jo via email and text!

Players: Don’t forget to send in your votes for your Players Player of the Season

Pinner RFC Mini & Youth Sections

End of Season Awards

Saturday 14th May

2pm – Fun activities

Beer Barrel bowls   Flag Spin   Rugby ball knees-up

BBQ     Bouncy Castle

4pm Presentation of Awards

Welcoming Address by Jo Talbot Mini Section Secretary

Steve George Mini Section Chairman

Brad Seiler Youth Section Manager

Under 6s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Under 7s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Under 8s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Presentation of Middlesex County Festival Trophy & Egham Festival

Under 9s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Under 10s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Presentation of Egham Festival Trophy

Under 11s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Presentation of Middlesex County Festival Trophy

Presentation by Spud to Present Under 11s

Under 12s Players Player Most Improved           Coaches Player

Presentation of Bognor Tour Players Trophies

Presentation of Mini Section Chairman’s Award

Youth Section

Best Newcomer

Most Improved Player

Players Player

Coaches Player of the Year

Club Man of the Year

Presentation to Coaches

Presentation of Website Competition Painting

Awards presented by Members of Senior Section

Presentation of Middlesex 7s Trophy

Party / Disco / Karaoke

Pinner RFC winners @ Middlesex 7s: Boom

Lyndsey: Mount Kilimanjaro Climb

Some of you may or may not know that I volunteer as a therapist at a hospice for terminal cancer patients once a week.  The hospice I volunteer at is run by Marie Curie Cancer Care.  Every year they offer free specialist care for 25,000 terminally ill patients and support for their families. I get to witness on a first hand basis what a difference this service provides, the time I spend at the hospice can be very difficult but it is equally rewarding knowing you have helped people at one the most difficult times in their lives.

Unfortunately the time donated by volunteers such as myself simply isn’t enough, these hospices and the services they provide rely on donations to continue their work.

To help raise funds for the charity myself and a friend are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world.

Our target is to raise £10,000 – exactly how much Marie Curie Cancer Care spend on nursing, hospices and research every hour.  This trip is self funded, we will be covering all of our own expenses, every penny raised will go directly to the charity.

We will be climbing the 19,340ft. to the summit through various different climates with temperatures ranging from +80 degrees to -15 degrees, and five different ecological zones ranging from rainforest to arctic.

Please, please, donate to this amazing cause, by showing your support for Lisa and I you are also showing your support for the thousands of people who are living with a terminally ill disease.  No matter how big or small your donation it will make the world of difference to someone else.

You can sponsor us by using the following link:  http://original.justgiving.com/lisaandlyndsey

You can also follow our fundraising, training and our trek (for as long as we can get wifi up there) via our blog at http://lisandlyndsey.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your support.

Lyndsey

Pinner win @ Middlesex 7’s – Match Report & photographic evidence

Pinner RFC entered two teams on Sunday 1st May at the Middlesex 7’s tournament at Richmond Athletics ground, and hey ho, team A won the vase trophy, beating Feltham in the final. There will be a full match report within the next day or two, but to wet your appetite here’s some photos of the great day…

Pinner and Grammarians capped another successful season by winning the Vase competition in the Middlesex Club 7 a-side tournament at Richmond on Sunday. In the festival in which 53 teams took part P7G’s were the only club from the Herts / Middx leagues to enter two sides. The 1^st squad were drawn in the stronger pool and faced Old Millhillians, who had twice defeated P&G’s on their way to winning the Herts / Middx Div 2. Pinner started convincingly and within a couple of minutes, winning a scrum against the head Jon Kirby went opened the score with an unconverted try. The second try was not long in coming with a move down the left finished off by Ade Adebisi.  This time the conversion was successful.  Pinner still attacked but sloppy work enabled Old Millhillians to break away from their own 22 to score.  With half time approaching a long kick down field enabled the O M’s to narrow the score to 12 -10 at the interval. After a few harsh words P&G resumed to dominate the second half.  Immediately scrum half Lane took a quick free kick, passed to Captain Reza Sibilant who found ‘Young Player of the Year’ Alex Goring on hand to score the try which he converted.  Pinner continued pressure with their fourth try my Paul Freeman also converted by Alex Goring giving the final score of 26 -10.

The second game against Worth Old Boys started in similar fashion. Firstly a strong attack by Alex Goring enabled Reza Sibilant to score the opening try after only one minute and Richard Luiz then stormed through to add the second, Goring converting both. The, winning a scrum Lane gave the ball to Ade Adebisi on the half-way line. The speedster sold a couple of dummies to score an unconverted try giving P&G a half-time lead of 19-0.  The second half saw a completed reversal with Worth running in three tries but luckily only two were converted.  The game ended in a 19 – 19 draw.

With the prospect on two teams being level on points at the end of the pool stage the number of tries scored in the final match with Mill Hill would be crucial. This game proved to be very one-sided with P&G’s turning on the style.  First half tries came from Paul Freeman and three from Ade Adebisi with conversions shared by Paul Freeman and Jon Kirby.  With the half-time score of 28 – 0 Pinner relaxed momentarily to allow Mill Hill their only score before adding a further three themselves to give the final score of 42 – 7 to ensure their place in the final.

The P&G 2^nd squad found themselves in a disappointing pool with only 3 teams as Hendon failed to show up. In their first game they went down 26 – 10 to Feltham with tries by Angus Wilson and Chris Hall. They also lost the second match 24 -12 to Uxbridge with tries by Chris Jepsen and Ollie Blazey.

In the final P&G 1’s were confident against Feltham with early tries by  Lane and Kirby in the first couple of minutes. Pinner again relaxed and got drawn into a 15 a-side style game instead of using their speed out wide. This allowed Feltham to use their forwards to good effect powering over for two scores, one converted giving the west London side a 12 -10 lead.  Immediately on the resumption P&G’s drove down the middle of the field to release Ade Adebisi whose strength and speed enabled him to score the winning try. The rest of the game was a war of attrition but P&G’s hung on to run out winners by 15 point to 12.

The trophy was presented to Captain Reza Sibilant by Michael Barnes, Chairman of the MCRFU Management Committee, himself a former P&G captain. This put the icing on the cake of a third successive season on success for the Hatch End Based club.