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The Rugby Camp @ Pinner RFC: A great week, photos,videos and a whole lot more

Bad weather has not dampened the spirit and enthusiasm for the youngsters attending the Socious Rugby Camp at Pinner RFC this week. They have endured a lot of rain, sun and a little bit of cloud cover whilst fine tuning their rugby skills. Over thirty players ranging from under 8s to under 15s have been taking part in a variety of rugby activities from tackling, ball handling and throwing skills. The coaches; Tom, Gordon and ‘H’ have got them working drills, learning new skills and developing those which they already have.

Those who will be playing TAG this season have been working on a program designed to develop the core skills and build confidence.

The slightly older children have worked on starting contact rugby, starting with the basics and moving on to the more advanced sessions as the week progressed

Players from the under 13s and under 15s youth sides have worked particularly hard on position specific, game sense, team tactics and appropriate skills such as rucking and mauling.

There has been so much activity this week, it’s been difficult to keep up; all youngsters have been involved in rugby games such as rugby tennis, dodge ball, rabbit run and a whole lot more that don’t have names!

Then of course there have been the core fitness sessions – these have been feared as the week has gone on; but as the coaches pointed out, if the youngsters do these for five minutes every day it will make great improvements in their fitness. The one that stood out the most was the ‘Plank’ – looked very painful to the observer! Callum George outlasting everyone; lasting 5mins 45 seconds!

All the youngsters have really enjoyed learning the Haka, taught by ‘H’ and they will perform this for the parents during the final day presentations on Friday, I hope they have learnt to stick their tongues out!  A video of the youngsters performing the Haka will be uploaded after they have performed it, in the meantime here are a couple of examples of different Haka War Dances (the Lego one is cool!). Please click on image below to follow link

Click on the image below to watch the Rugby Camp players perform their Haka (youtube)

When the sun made a sneaky appearance on Thursday afternoon, it allowed the youngsters to dry off in time for the celebration BBQ and time to relax with coaches, club members, parents and newly made friends; a great way to finish off a day of hard rugby.

The youngsters will be presented with certificates and mouth guards during the final afternoon during the presentation ceremony.

There are a few photos taken during the week (they are password protected, if you didn’t get the password email Jo – jotalbot2002@yahoo.co.uk for the password)

A big thank you to members of Pinner Rugby Club for their support this week, who, without them the Rugby Camp would not have happened. To all the parents who delivered and picked up their children, they will tell how good it has been.

A special mention goes to Brad (#2 winger) and ‘Minty’ who along with Spud (aka #1 winger) have worked tirelessly this week to convert a cupboard into the new club shop, which will, hopefully, make purchasing club/rugby attire a lot easier.

N.B. reminder that this Saturday 27^th August sees the ‘Club get together’ with touch rugby, BBQ, live international rugby – Ireland v England and a fully stocked bar. Also we will be holding a Raffle on Saturday; the winner will receive a Family Ticket to a Saracens Game at Wembley. Family ticket is for 10 persons.

Cheers

Spud

Rugby World Cup 2011 Competition all invited: Prize money

Dear Rugby aficionados and friends of Pinner Rugby Club

It’s been four long years since Mark Cueto scored that try but the RWC is once again upon us!

Can the All Blacks win on home soil like they did in1987 or will they choke again? Will the Aussies find a front 5 to match their brilliant back division? Do the ageing Springboks fancy their chances again?

In short yes and what of England? The final last time and winners in 2003 but do we have players who can produce the unexpected or is it Rugby by numbers?

At least some of our players can stay with their parents rather than use the team hotel!

What of the French and the rest of the home unions?

Frankly who cares but we know France always upset someone, who will it be this time?

After a number of seasons honing your skills in the 6 nations it is time to put your knowledge to the test on the biggest stage of all. I have set up an online tipping competition.

So if you think you’ve got what it takes to claim the top prize follow the details below …

If you think anyone else would be interested – other club members, friends, work colleagues or if you think I have missed someone please feel free to let them know.

The more who enter the bigger the prize and the more money for Pinner Rugby Club.

Good luck, happy ‘punting’… and if England make it has anyone got a ticket for the final ?

COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup 2011

START DATE: Fri 9th September 2011 – also deadline for entries.

COST: £20

PRIZE MONEY: 1^st 50%, 2^nd 25% and 25% to Pinner Rugby Club,

HOW TO ENTER:

Log onto http://www.sportguru.co.uk/ click on the “Register Now” button, then the “Rugby World Cup” button and fill in your details (they don’t ask for many but for those older players please follow the instructions!).

Once you have done this, search for the pool called “Pinner Rugby Club” and apply to join pool. Once I have accepted you into the pool you will be free to enter your tips by following the instructions.

Payment of the entry fee will need to be made before the start of the competition; I will email tipsters again once the competition has started with instructions on how to make payment.

RULES:

Each ‘punter’ must submit their picks and margin before the deadline stipulated on the Sportsguru website. You can only enter your tips once so make sure you are certain of your tips before entering them as you cannot amend them afterwards!

There are 7 preliminary rounds, followed by the quarter finals, semi finals and then the final. You will receive points for correctly tipping the result of the game and also bonus points if you are within 5 points on your margin.

There will also be bonus points and grand slam points awarded, check out the “Scoring System” tab for more information on how the comp will be scored.

If you forget to put your tips in for a game you will be given the default tip by sports guru, check out the “Defaults” tab for more info on this.

The person with the highest number of points at the end of the competition takes the top prize, the runner up will also receive some prize money and importantly the club will get the rest.

Good Luck and please pass on

Pad Bamford

First words from the new Minis Chairman

I hope that you are all enjoying your summer holidays and are having a great rest from playing rugby.

Firstly, some of you may not know that I have been voted in as Mini’s Chairman at the AGM in July, a position that I am very proud to take on. It is at this point that I would like to thank Steve George for all the superb work he has done for the past four years. He was instrumental in setting up the mini section at Pinner Rugby Club and through his commitment and enthusiasm we have developed into a great family club who have begun to show the rugby world that we are a force to contend with.

Secondly, a huge thanks to all those who gave up their time to help out during the Rugby Force weekend, you did a fantastic job and your hard work will be very much appreciated by all members of the club.

The new season:

Training and registration starts on Sunday 4th September @ 9.45am. Please bring completed membership forms (included with this letter) and cheques/cash to hand into Jo. All membership taken out by 25th September will qualify for an ‘early bird’ free mouth guard – one more for them to chew on!

‘Club Get Together’ Saturday 27th August starting @ 1pm:

We would like as many players, current, new, ex players and supporters to come down and say hello for the new season. We will have fun touch rugby games between 1st team and Pelicans, youth and mini players/parents for an hour mixing up the teams etc, then watch Ireland v England with a BBQ and a few drinks.

Come down to the club to enjoy the day, catch up with your team mates as well as bringing your friends down to see how friendly our club is. It is an important day to meet up with everyone and see our squads for the new season ahead.

Pinner Rugby Club @ Pinner village Show 17th September 11am – 3pm:

We have arranged to have a stall at the annual Pinner Show to help to promote our club. Hopefully, dependent on numbers, we hope to have some demonstrations by mini/youth players, as well as a raffle prizes and ‘Beat the Bernie’ competition. We require some volunteers to help out on the day. The main aim of the day is to raise the profile of the club and hopefully get some more players to join our wonderful club – my primary aim as chairman this year.

‘Super Sarries Sunday’ 25th September:

As a Saracens RFC partner club we have been able to secure reduced ticket pricing and access to many of the opportunities that Saracens provide. On the final membership session members of Saracens RFC will be coming along to our club with the Aviva Premiership Cup, Saracens mascot and coaches/players from the club. There will be opportunities to meet them, hold the cup, have photographs taken as part of the ‘Pixel’ wall that they are producing as well as your own printed copies. It’s going to be a great morning and not to be missed. More information to follow…..

Now to the nitty gritty!

To try and reduce the number of emails and texts you get from Jo (I am sure you feel bombarded by them at times!!) please use the website for information regarding fixtures/events. This is updated almost daily during the season and hopefully is the first port of call to find out what is going on. Jo has a bulletin board which she has promised me she will use instead of constant emails/texts!! (still can’t see that happening!)

We have a mini section Facebook account which we hope you will join – this will enable to keep upto date with news etc and a place to voice your thought. Pinner RFC has a twitter account, again great place for important information; links to both are on the website www.pinnerrugby.com

We are also trailing/introducing Teamernet which will automatically text you fixture dates/changes, Jo will explain this to parents during membership times.

Following the success of the ‘Rag’ collection we are collecting old clothes and textiles, the idea is that we all collect bags of old clothes and textiles from our own homes, family and friends. Bring them into the rugby club over the next few weeks so we can amass a good weight in textiles, for which a Ragman will come and collect them and give us a nice cheque to go into the Tour account.

Mini Tour Bournemouth 14/15th April 2012:

Last season Pinner RFC Mini section embarked on its first rugby tour to Bognor, I along with many others thought this was fantastic success so we aim to be having another one this season – Paul Parker-Brice (now known as ‘Tour Manager’!) is arranging the tour ask him the question also info posted will be on website (shameless plug again!)

‘Old ‘n’ New bits’

Player of the week will continue for all home training/matches with an addition to present key tag, trophy and photo; I’m not going to divulge yet – it’s a secret

‘Bring a friend’ competition (as above, ssshhhh as secret)

Mini Section 2010-11 Season book still available link on website

Parents: if you have your own business and would like a link put onto the website contact me for information

I hope to see you soon and along with the teams in the 2011 Rugby World cup I am looking forward to a great season of rugby, fun and friendship.

Cheers

Spud

Pinner RFC Club Get Together, BBQ, Drinks and England v Ireland Saturday 27th August

Club Get Together;  we want as many players, new and ex players and supporters to come down and say hello for the new season, we will have a fun touch rugby game between 1st team and Pelicans, for an hour mixing up the teams etc, then watch Ireland v England with a BBQ and a few drinks.

Starts @ 1pm and will go on ‘til it stops!

Come down to the club enjoy the day, get to know your team mates, bring your friends down to see how friendly our club is, it’s an important day to meet up with everyone and see our squad for the new season ahead.

1st Team kick off on 10th September Uxbridge away

Pelicans 1st game is 17th September at Home to Northolt.

See you all there ‘Sir’ Les