Playing for Pinner some of the reasons why

Playing rugby for Pinner Rugby Club has taken on a new dimension in the last couple of years. The club has gone strength to strength with the Seniors First XV winning two promotions in the last two years, currently sitting fourth in the Herts/Middlesex Div2 League. The introduction of the Pelicans this season has brought competition for places, brought back players from the past and a lot of new members wanting to play for Pinner. Vets have regularly played in fixtures with local clubs enjoying great games and a couple of victories.

The youth section is developing and the Under 14’s have increased their squad this season; again making places in the team no certainty. Next season sees the introduction of an Under 13’s squad and will be looking to increase numbers.

The mini section continues to grow and develop and recent performances at the Middlesex County Festivals is testimony to this. The Under 8’s were winners, The Under 11’s beat Rosslyn Park to become champions, the under 9’s and 10’s were losing finalists, it’s all looking good for next season.

We have a full and active social life at the club combining whole club social events; parties, BBQ’s  our own Summer Olympics, international evenings and squad trips to theme parks and other fun destinations including rugby tours, of course the seniors do indulge in a little alcoholic beverages at times!

Here’s another simple reason:

We met on Sunday I’m the Minis Chair of Rosslyn Park and my son plays in our U11 team who played against your boys as hooker on at the County Festival.

I wish to say congratulations to your team and the great  spirit with which they played in the fantastic and nerve racking last match of the league. Though sad to see our boys lose I thought it was fantastic to see the smiles and joy of your players on the final whistle – they were deserved winners. I must also compliment your players, coaches, parents for being very gracious in victory. I was also very impressed to see the all your players taking the time to shake the hands and thank opposite tem players, officials and coaches – you should feel very proud of them they were great ambassadors for your club and the sport.

Best regards

Graham Robson

You are currently on our website, have a look around and come down and join us

Presidents Lunch and Reunion of Former Players Sat 9th April

PINNER & GRAMMARIANS RFC Ltd

cordially invites you to the

PRESIDENT’S LUNCH

and

REUNION OF FORMER PLAYERS

on

SATURDAY 9^th APRIL

BAR OPENS 12 noon

LUNCH at 1 pm

Pelicans v Old Isleworthians RFC 2pm K.O.

1^st XV v Old Isleworthians 3 pm K.O.

Renew acquaintances with old friends

Support the 1^st XV in their final league match of the season

Please bring photos and memorabilia

Wives, partners and friends very welcome

Please pass this on to any former Pinner players

with whom you are in contact

3 course lunch £20 per head

After the success of last year’s event we are hoping for an even bigger turn out this time around.  Having been promoted for two seasons in succession the 1st XV is comfortably in the top half of Herts / Midds Div 2. We are pretty sure the opposition will turn up for the last league match of this season.  The Pelicans [2nd XV] has been resurrected and in recent weeks has record convincing wins over Belsize Park and Harrow.
Please convey this invitation to any other past players and members. I hope to see you on the 9th April. An early reply would help with our planning.

For booking in:

Dave Hiles at 31, Lulworth Close, S. Harrow HA2 9NR

or by E-mail to:  david@thehiles.co.uk or telephone 020 8864 0787

Cheques to P&G RFC beforehand would be appreciated

Clothes and Textiles Collection We need your Support for the Minis Tour

This is our first attempt at a fund raising event for the Mini’s Tour to Bognor, we need your support.

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.

We also have some leaflets that will be available at the club on Sunday, with these you will need to fill in the gap with a collection date, then deliver them to houses in your local area, on the date that you have said you will collect the donations, just walk around the houses where you delivered your leaflets and collect the bags, you may need your car as the donations do mount up, remember there is no need to knock on doors as donations will be left out for you to collect.

Please show your support for the mini’s section, by giving an hour to deliver and collect, you could help the tour fund, please help with this collection even if you are unable to attend the tour we will all be very grateful.

See you all on Sunday it’s a home game. Paul PB.

Players and Parents will be collecting your donations.

Please leave bags outside with this leaflet attached.

WE SHALL BE VERY GREATFUL FOR

ANY OLD CLOTHES, SHEETS, BLANKETS,

CURTAINS, SHOES, HATS AND ANY OTHER TEXTILES.

Please Support your local Rugby Club,

Bringing Rugby to the local Community.

Raising funds towards the children’s teams’ tour.

Any special collection arrangements or more information

Please telephone 07747791568

Thank you for your kind support

Pinner senior teams this season in 34 seconds!

Many of the images from matches played this season from 1st XV  and Pelicans games done in 34 seconds, please click on link to watch, cheers Spud

Carol Greenwood in running shoes!

Help more people beat cancer. Yes I have actually signed up, not sure how much running will be involved, but I certainly aim to finish!! Please follow the link in the fixtures and forthcoming events (image of race for life) to donate

Thank you for visiting my Race for Life sponsorship page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online – it’s quick, easy and totally secure..

Events like Race for Life are vital in funding Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work into preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer. By sponsoring me now you can help more people survive cancer..

Gift Aid it!.

If you are a UK taxpayer, please remember to tick the Gift Aid box when donating as this will increase your donation by at least 25% at no cost to you..

Every pound you donate really does make a difference – so please sponsor me now!.

Many thanks for your support. Together we will beat cancer.

Six Nations Fantasy League is now up and running/1st round table

Hi all

Same as last year, I have set up our own league within the ESPN scrum fantasy league: there’s got a beer in it for the overall winner!

Last year a had a select number and hopefully this year we can add a few names just to make it interesting. If you are keen and think you have a sound knowledge of International Rugby(!) sign up, its free and could be fun especially taking the urine out of the wooden spoon member.

Any member of Pinner Rugby Club is welcome from the under 6 players to seniors.

Here’s the link:

http://scrumrugby.fantasyleague.com/Index.aspx

You will need a League PIN number which I can give you if you drop an email to me: paultalbot17@gmail.com

Good Luck

		Manager	Team Name	Tries	Assists	Pts
1		Reza Sibilant	The Rez Men	5	0	71
2		Mark Razzell	We serve king Razzell	2	2	69
2		Stuart Cooper	Brawn Beats Brains	2	2	69
4		Richard Ward	High Barnet RFC	4	1	63
5		paul talbot	spud-u-like	1	1	34

Skills Jazz with Faz

Hi all,

This has come through from Saracens, it would be great if we could have some members of the club attend, it looks like a great evening

2011 sees Andy Farrell take up his new role as Saracens First Team Coach. It also sees him ’stepping up’ to deliver the first session in the 2011 Saracens Coach Education Programme.

Skills Jazz with Faz is the fourth installment of this season’s Coach Education Programme. The session will focus on skill development through game play; and backline attacking moves and options. As a dual code international and an established member of both the Saracens and England Saxons Coaching Teams, the expertise that Faz can share make this a not to be missed opportunity.

The session will comprise of a short presentation with a Q&A element proceeded by an hours practical using the Saracens Academy players.

Title: Skills Jazz with Faz

Venue: University of Hertfordshire – Sports Village, AL10 9EU

Date: Tues 18^th January

Time: 19:00 – 21:00

Cost: £10

For further details contact alexausterberry@saracens.net or call 07894783136.

Alternatively you can book online following the below link.

http://www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=6201

spot the ball

Something different from the caption competition, during a game this season, or last, who knows! the ball was thrown in for a line out.  Lets see if anyone can place where the ball should be. Usual rules apply (as deemed by admin/ed) submissions I think will be recorded automatically – good luck (if this proves to be popular it might happen again)Oh by the way – the original has been taken of the website to stop you lot cheating:)

Pinner RFC mini’s tour to Bognor April 2011. (update)

Wednesday 1st December 2010

Hello everyone, thank you for your support in joining the 1^st Mini’s tour of Pinner RFC. I am really looking forward to it and I hope you are as well. It is however time to collect the second payment now, what I would require is another £20 per head, this should be paid to myself by

Sunday 5^th December please. Cheque or cash is ok, cheques payable to Paul Parker-Brice.

I will be collecting the remaining monies over dates during January and February, this all to ease the burden of paying for the tour during the up and coming expense of Christmas season, hope it suits.

I am also looking to do some fund raising in December it will take the form of a rag collection, this will involve leaflets being delivered to houses in your areas then at a later date returning to collect donations, l have the contact for a company who will come to the club and collect the rags and hopefully leave us a nice size cheque to go towards the tour in some way so please keep hold of your old clothes ask friends and others to hold onto it for us as well. Also if anyone has any prizes that could go towards raffles, which we could run over the season to raise funds, please let me know.

Thank you,

Paul Parker-Brice.

OK here are some details:

Pinner RFC Mini’s Rugby Tour

2010 – 2011 Season

Friday 8^th April until Monday 11^th April

Hello everyone this is Paul Parker-Brice here the Under 10’s coach. A tour has been arranged for Pinner RFC at the end of the season. I am the person who will be arranging this excellent chance for all the players to get away together as a team, also for as many of the families to come along as possible for a fun weekend. The dates for this tour will be, 8^th April until 11^th April 2011, it is a weekend organised by a company called Burleigh Travel (www.burleightravel.co.uk) who are a company that specialise in sports tours.

The weekend tour would be held at a holiday park in Bognor about 1hour 40mins away, it is proposed that we take the self-drive option to keep the price down. Accommodation will be 6 or 8 berth caravans close to the beach, these will be on a self catering basis but I’m sure we can arrange some team food evenings again to keep the cost down. The price of the tour weekend also includes entertainment passes from Friday until Monday. On Saturday 9^th April, the minis teams will play a tournament it is hoped that we can take U6/U7 combined a U8, U9, U10, U11 & U12 numbers allowing however these teams can be combined as in accordance with the RFU guidelines should it be necessary. On Sunday 10^th the youth team U14 would have their tournament. Please read the following notes describing the tour weekend and l hope as many of you as possible come along for this weekend, as it would be great for the kids and the adults alike a really good social event.

The cost for the Tour would be £82 per person as long as we get over 45 people to go, l would be operating an easy payment system for people to pay week by week or month by month?

Come and join the tour 50 people have already secured their places with the deposit, but we still need YOU. More players needed to take part in the touring teams.

TO SECURE YOUR TOUR BOOKING I NEED YOU TO CONFIRM YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, AND FOR YOU TO GIVE ME A £20 DEPOSIT PER PERSON.

THIS NEEDS TO BE HANDED TO MYSELF NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 7^th NOVEMBER 2010

Interested in joining us, email your name, the number in group, which age group the player is from, contact number and email,

To Paul Parker-Brice at precisebrice@hotmail.com

General Information

You will be based in six or eight berth caravans in a holiday park on the beachfront close to Chichester. There are plenty of on site amenities to keep your group entertained, such as a brand new heated indoor swimming pool complex with slides, steam-rooms, sauna and a state of the art fitness suite. There’s also crazy golf, go-karting and even a fun fair. In addition, there is regular entertainment for all ages each evening on site. This ideal location, combined with the Bognor Mini Rugby Festival will make for a memorable tour.

Friday 8th April

You will depart your club and travel to Selsey. Once checked in you will then have the remainder of the day and night free to explore the park and use your leisure and entertainment passes.  Once you have settled into your accommodation you may wish to spend the evening enjoying one of the on site entertainment shows.

The park has a number of evening shows to cater for all ages.

Saturday 9th April

You will assemble as a group and travel to Bognor RFC for the Bognor Mini Rugby Festival.

10.00 Hours – Bognor Mini Rugby Festival

Following the RFU continuum we will ensure that all sides will receive the maximum amount of Rugby available to them under the RFU guidelines. Once the festival is over you will return to the Holiday Park to continue your celebrations, and make the most of the parks facilities where a visit to the arcades or the pool and spa complex is highly recommended.  In the evening, you can enjoy a show in one of the themed bars or cabaret clubs on-site which is included in your price.

YOUTH FESTIVAL

Sunday 10th April

This will be a free day where you may wish to arrange a training session on the park or perhaps enjoy the park’s extensive facilities, such as the state of the art pool and spa complex. The modern Oasis pool complex comprises facilities such as a Family fun pool with water slide and Lazy River, Health suite with sun beds, massage, steam room and sauna, Competition pool with six 25-metre swimming lanes and State-of-the-art gym, with 50 exercise stations plus

Youth Festival: Sunday 10th April

This morning you will travel to nearby Bognor RFC to take part in the Bognor Junior Festival, with teams between U/13 and U/16 competing.  The festival is run on a group format to ensure everyone receives plenty of rugby.

In the evening you will return to your accommodation in order to continue your celebrations

Monday 11th April

After checking out of your accommodation the day is free to make the most of the park’s facilities before your journey home.

Pinner Mini Section: Sunday 17th October. Visitors; Kilburn Cosmos and Staines

On a bright yet crisp October morning the playing fields of Pinner & Grammarians was awash with a multitude of players, representatives from Kilburn Cosmos RFC and Staines RFC had travelled to the friendly fixtures with the hosts Pinner & Grammarians. There was a real buzz about the air and even though both the main pitches were out of use; one nearing completion from the extensive drainage work, and the other, being used to play the league fixture; Pinner youth Under 14’s versus Bedford Under 14’s. So space was going to be tight and some quick movement of cones and kit allowed enough full size pitches for every age group. It was great to see so many people tucking into their bacon rolls, cups of tea, dog walking and more importantly a vast number of young players keen to do their best for their club. With warm ups quickly dispatched, coaches were keen to get into match mode (particularly Staines who saw this friendly fixture as a way to get match practice in before they had an ‘important’ fixture the following week!) well if they thought they could just turn up and expect to win, they were in for a surprise. Kilburn, on the other hand, play in the same manner that Pinner do, fun, enjoyment, learn new skills and apply them to a game situation where emphasis is on playing as a team not with a must win mentality.

From what I heard from around the pitches there were some very good games being witnessed, the under 12’s put everything into their game, also, playing the first time as a baba team (Pinner are supplying players to Kilburn to help them out in the forthcoming Grasshoppers Festival) showed great team play, supported each other and scored some magnificent tries. The under 11’s also held their own and proved a difficult team to beat, pushing Staines throughout the games and win more than they lost.

At the time of writing I am still waiting for full match reports from coaches/parents.

It was also nice to see our RFU link coach Martin pacing up and down the touchlines of all the games and said that he intends coming over at least three more times before Christmas to run training sessions for initially the younger ages. He left the club very impressed with what he had seen and the enthusiasm of all the players. Also, if you looked around the pitches you might have seen members of the first team who were enjoying the weekend without a league fixture keen to help out.

There will be additions to this shortly, in the mean time there are some photos posted (protected)

Level 1 Coaching courses available

I have just recieved this information  from the RFU regarding Level coaching for those who are interested / have completed Rugby Ready course

Please note there are still places available on the forthcoming courses in Middlesex:

Level 1 Middlesex Uni. 4 November – 9 – Closing Date 20 October 2010

Level 1 Colchester 6th Form 17 November – 12 – Closing Date 3 November 2010

Level 1 Wymondham 17 November – 12 – Closing Date 3 November 2010

Level 1 North Herts College 24 November – 6 – Closing Date 10 November 2010

Please can you let your coaches know of these availabilities – all applications (FORM ATTACHED) should be returned with payment to the approved centre at:

RFU London Coaching Centre, Hartpury College, Hartpury, Gloucestershire. GL19 3BE

All coaches should have completed the Rugby Ready pre-requisite prior to this course – all details at www.rfu.com/coach – London North Non- Award pages

ApplicationForm (link)

Pinner Pop Idol – video evidence……oh dear

Here’s the first installment, a lot more to come……..

Rugby Ready & CPD ‘The Line Out Game’ 25th Saturday 2010

For all of you attending the course/s on Saturday 25th September below is some practical information:

Arrival: 9.00 – 9.45 – Breakfast (bacon rolls, tea/coffee and if I’m feeling inclined some pastries)

9.45 – 10.00: registration/welcome etc

10.00: Rugby Ready course starts led by Simon Horner

13.00: Lunch – provided (small donation of £2.00)

14.00: CPD ‘The Line Out Game’ course starts

16.30: course finishes – BAR/Drink/Chat etc

19.00: Pinner Pop Idol

and here’s some information about the courses:

Rugby Ready (source RFU)

The course lasts for approximately three hours and is practical-based. There is no formal assessment, and the course is delivered by an accredited coach educator.

At the conclusion of the course you will have gained:

An understanding of how to deliver a safe and enjoyable practical session

Knowledge of how to coach and improve contact skills & particularly the tackle

Knowledge of how to coach and improve scrummage engagement skills

Knowledge of contact skills

The WRU/IRB Rugby Ready course aims to support individual coaches, referees, and players in preparing to play the game and with good practice models for physical conditioning, technique, injury prevention and injury management.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Screen/profile your players before they start playing.
• Ensure your equipment and environment are safe, and develop an emergency plan.
• Ensure your players are aware of the need to prepare properly:
- Physical conditioning
- Lifestyle
-Warm up/Cool down

• Teach and re-teach safe techniques:
- Balance, stability and posture
- Tackle and 1-on-1 contact
- Scrum and line-out
- Ruck and maul

• Know how to deal with injuries:
- If in doubt, get help quickly and DO NOT move the player
- Have an awareness of dealing with less serious.

Course Overview
All stakeholders have a collective responsibility to ensure the game is played with a sense of fair play. Rugby is intensely physical so players must be continuously taught the importance of discipline. Everyone needs to promote fair play:

• Respect yourself, the opposition, the officials and the laws of the game.
• Win with honour, lose with dignity.
• Try to stay calm.
• The referee is in charge; support him/her by playing fair and respecting his/her decisions.

The course includes an introduction to Long Term Player Development, pre-participation protocols, safety aspects, physical conditioning, aspects of play (including contact with and without the ball), and injury prevention and management.

The Line-out Game

By the end of this module the coaches will be able to plan and implement innovative and action packed line-out

sessions while maintaining a focus on the specific skills required. The course is offered to three different coaching

populations with the content and approach appropriate to the level of players being coached.

Coaches of Children

This course will increase the coach’s understanding of the line-out and how to develop the relevant skills within

active and problem solving practices, whilst incorporating a child-centred approach. The coach will be more

effective in assisting young players to learn and understand the concepts of the line-out and line-out skills.

The course will also develop coach’s ability to:

establish a line-out philosophy.

develop the technical and tactical roles of each player in the line-out.

challenge the traditional methods of selecting which player does what in the line-out.

plan a session to develop and improve each player and develop an understanding of their role within the

line-out.

plan a session that maximises the involvement of every player.

use a whole part whole approach to coaching line-out.

identify the relevance and use of the line-out call.

incorporate learning into the game.

Coaches of Youth Players (13-18)

This course will develop the coach’s understanding of the line-out and how to incorporate this understanding into

active decision making practices. The coach will be more effective in assisting players at youth levels to understand

the concepts of the line-out skills. The course will also:

establish a line-out philosophy.

develop the technical and tactical roles of each player in the line-out.

challenge the traditional methods of selecting which player does what in the line-out.

plan a training session to challenge and assess the abilities and versatility of every player.

plan a session to develop and improve each player and their role within the line-out.

plan a session that maximises the involvement of every player.

use a whole-part-whole approach to coaching line-out.

identify the relevance and use of the line-out call.

devise a basic line-out game plan.

Coaches of Adult Players

This course will refine the coach’s understanding of the line-out and how to

incorporate this understanding into active decision making practices. The coach will

be more effective in assisting players at adult level to understand and apply technical

and tactical concepts within game related activities, at the appropriate level for the

attendees. The course will also:

establish a line-out philosophy.

develop the technical and tactical roles of each player in the line-out.

challenge the traditional methods of selecting which player does what in the line-out.

plan training sessions to develop the dynamics of support and jumping techniques.

develop an understanding of planning a line-out game plan.

plan a session that maximises the involvement of every player.

Use a whole-part-whole approach to coaching line-out.

explore tactical options for defending the line-out.

identify the relevance and use of the line-out call.

Pinner Pop Idol (first social event of the season)

Owing to popular demand and some nifty footwork the first social event of the new season has been arranged for your pleasure and delight! Billed as an evening of fun, singing, dancing a little drink you are all welcome to join us in the clubhouse on Saturday 25^th September from 7pm onwards. This event is for the whole club, players, parents, past players, injured players, coaches in fact all members of Pinner & Grammarians and of course partners and friends (although it might be worth mentioning here that ‘ringers’ will be expected to perform several times!)

The format for the evening will be:

Turn up

Sing

Drink

Eat

Dance

Not necessarily in that order

Here we go:

Admission £5 per person – nibbles and snacks included

There will be a prize awarded to the winner

We are expecting a high calibre of judges – at least two professionals (4 judges in total)

The compare for the evening will be music maestro and the man with the equipment – Les Chaffe

There are posters and flyers in the clubhouse and song lists at the bar, also below this message

It is an adult only evening so you may need to pass your children onto a responsible person for the evening or the mother-in-law, we are planning children’s events a little later in the autumn.

We hope that we have lots of you there and make it a great evening – the first of many this year such as;

WAGS night

Dinner & Dance

Race Night

Ladies Night

Valentines Day Rock Up

‘Pelicants’

Super Hero Extravaganza just to name a few………..

Hope to see you there

Song titles:  Male                                                                                                Ladies
1  Delilah  Tom Jones	1  I Will Survive  Gloria Gaynor
2  Sweet Caroline  Neil Diamond	2  Like a Virgin  Madonna
3  My Way  Frank Sinatra	3  Eternal Flame  Bangles
4  Wild Thing  The Troggs	4  Dancing Queen  Abba
5  Stand By Me  Ben E King	5  Beautiful  Christina Aguillera
6  Uptown Girl  Billy Joel	6  Valerie  Amy Whinehouse
7  Relax  Frankie Goes to Hollywood	7  Holding Out For A Hero  Bonnie Tyler
8  It Must be Love  Madness	8  Believe  Cher
9  Living on a Prayer Bon Jovi	9  Crazy  Patsy Cline
10  Sweet Child Of Mine  Guns and Roses	10  Superstar  Jamelia
11  Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears 4 Fears	11  Wannabe Spice Girls
12  American Pie  Don Mclean	12  Fame  Irene Cara
13  Suspicious Minds  Elvis Presley
14  Words  Boyzone	Duets
15  Angels  Robbie Williams	1  Summer Nights Grease (John and Olivia)
16  I Predict A Riot  Kaiser Chiefs	2  Don’t Go Breaking My Heart  Elton and Kiki Dee
17  Any Dream Will Do  Joseph	3  I Got You Babe  Sonny and Cher
18  Is This the way to (Amarillo)  Tony Christie	4  Endless Love  Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
19  Don’t Look Back in Anger  Oasis	5  I’ve Had The Time of my Life  (Dirty Dancing)
20  Gold  Spandau Ballet

Pinner plan to be pitch perfect with RFU investment

The resurgence of north London club Pinner & Grammarians has been recognised by the RFU which is providing the bulk of the £46,500 funding for an extensive drainage scheme on the London Borough of Harrow-owned Shaftesbury Playing Fields in Hatch End.

The lower pitch is notorious for becoming waterlogged and unplayable for long periods in the winter months and has been increasingly frustrating for the Club as it develops its Mini and Youth rugby sections and expands the number of teams at adult level.

• Local borough grant matched by Rugby Football Foundation
• RFU funding utilises Sport England funds for grassroots rugby

Negotiations began over a year ago firstly between the Club and the RFU following an introduction by the Middlesex County RFU Chairman, Michael Barnes, a former Pinner captain and chairman.

A report from consultant agronomist, John Hacker of PSD Preston, indicated that a very comprehensive new drainage scheme was required. The RFU contribution utilised funds from Sport England for improvements to grassroots facilities and the club applied to the Rugby Football Foundation Ground match grant scheme which was matched by the Borough’s contribution of £6000.

Drainage system to be maintained

Certain safeguards required by the RFU included security of tenure for P&G’s and an agreement to ensure that the drainage system is maintained.

Work carried out by Agripower Ltd of Great Missenden was completed in June this year. Thirty 10cm drains have been cut at 3m intervals across the lower pitch. A laser controlled machine cuts a half-metre deep trench and lays the continuous porous pipe at the same time. The trench is then filled with gravel and sand.

The 10cm drains feed into a much larger one that is connected to the existing system, which has been cleared to ensure free flow. The whole area has been treated for weeds and the pitch will be re-seeded. Top up work, if needed, will take place prior to the start of the new season.

Pinner and Grammarians president David Hiles said: “This commitment and financial support by the RFU is a feather in the cap of the club and indicates confidence in our future development.

To have two fully functional pitches will help us to expand. The slight inconvenience to Hatch End CC, caused by the delays, will be outweighed by having a better outfield in future seasons.

“We are extremely grateful for the help and expertise shown by Rick Bruin, RFU Facilities and Funding Manager, and for the support given by Cllr Susan Hall, portfolio holder for Leisure Services, in driving this through.”

The Infamous 3rd Team Lunch returns…..

3^rd Team Lunch

Gentlemen

After a few years break we are pleased to announce that our INFAMOUS 3^rd Team Lunch is back on the Pinner Agenda.

“3^rd Team Lunch?” you are asking yourself.

“We don’t have a 3^rd team”

Maybe not on the playing fields of North London and Middlesex but in spirit we do.

So who is eligible to attend this prestigious occasion?

Any past or present member – playing or social – that’s who

Andy “I bloody organise everything” Wright has done what he does best- organise the shindig of the year.

Date Friday 16^th July 2010

Time 13.00 hours (1 o’clock in the afternoon to front rowers)

Venue www.thewaterway.co.uk.

The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London, W9 2JU

Please confirm your attendance by emailing either

Andy Wright andy@pinnerrfc.co.uk

Or Kevin Hulin Kevin@mannmcgwan.co.uk

These do’s have been well attended in the past and provide much out of season fun. Be there or Be a Nobody!!

Touch Rugby Summer fixtures

Hope you are all well. Touch rugby on thursdays is going to get a lot more interesting! I have signed us up with the RFU to play touch rugby on Thursday nights in July from 7pm to 9pm at various clubs in the local area.

We start next week and the clubs are below:

Northolt RFC Session 01/07/2010

Hayes RFC Session 08/07/2010

Pinner & Grammarians RFC Session 15/07/2010 (H)

Old Abbottstonians RFC Session 22/07/2010

London Springboks RFC Session 29/07/2010

SODAM RFC Tournament 05/08/2010

So.. first one is at Northolt RFC and their address is:

Northolt Rugby Club
Cayton Green Park,
Cayton Road,
Greenford,
Middlesex,
UB6 8BJ

I will add a facebook group today so please respond as soon as you can. If you can write on the wall if you are going direct or need a lift that would help so we can organise drivers for Thursday.

If you do not write on the wall you need a lift, you will be left behind

Cheers
Reza

Calling all players!

Pinner RFC, after a very successful promotion for the second year running to the Herts/Middlesex league, invite players to join their Senior Playing Squad. We have in place a quality coaching team and experts in fitness and conditioning which will improve you as a player. The 1st XV is now challenging in the Herts / Middlesex Div 2.  This has a knock on effect to the senior squad and we now have a Pelican squad which incorporates second team and Vets players.

We wish to strengthen our senior squads for what will be an exciting year ahead.

We’re a really easy going, friendly bunch with one aim this season: to win our league!

Promoted 08-09 and 09-10 seasons and Cup Winners in the Middlesex Club 7’s

Players of all abilities will be welcomed with a smile. In the process there will be plenty of nights out, dinners and social events for the squad and their partners!

Training on Thursdays @ 7:30pm

June – Touch rugby, Thursday nights only at 7pm (first session June 3rd)
July – Fitness, strength and speed work Tuesdays and touch Thursdays at 7pm
August – Training on Tuesdays and touch/contact Thursdays, friendlies last 2 weekends on Saturday
September – Season starts

Club Captain

Reza Sibilant

07921 836 005 /

rsibilant@hotmail.com

Or for 2^nd /Vets Managers

Brad Seiler

07877 718889 

brad@theseilers.co.uk

Paul Talbot

07961 304740

paultalbot17@gmail.com

Alternatively: enquiries@pinnerrugby.com

Summer Fitness Training

Summer Training at Pinner RFC

Come along have some fun and get a bit fitter its FREE !

Tuesday 18^th May, 1800 until 1930 – Circuits + Fun

Tuesday 28^th May, 1800 until 1930 – coach required to run

Tuesday 1^st June, 1800 until 1930 – Bleep Test + Fun

Tuesday 8^th June, 1800 until 1930 – Running Training + Fun

Tuesday 15^th June, 1800 until 1930 – Circuits +Fun

Tuesday 22^nd June, 1800 until 1930 – coach required to run

Tuesday 29^th June, 1800 until 1930 – coach required to run

Tuesday 6^th July, 1800 until 1930 – Bleep Test + Fun

Tuesday 13^th July 1800 until 1930 – Running Training + Fun

Tuesday 20^th July 1800 until 1930 – coach required to run

Tuesday 27^th July 1800 until 1930 – Circuits + Fun

August holiday time season starts back on September 5^th

Awards Dinner-P&G’s celebrate another successful season

Pinner celebrated a second successful season at the annual end of season Awards Dinner attended by nearly 50 players, members, vice-presidents and friends in their clubhouse on Shaftesbury Playing Fields, Hatch End on Friday evening.  Following on from the previous Saturday’s Players Reunion Lunch it was the second time in a week that the pavilion was filled by people enjoying a splendid social atmosphere.

The Club President David Hiles paid tribute to all who had put in so much effort over the season to maintain the momentum of the 1^st XV’s promotion, the new youth U13 team and the Mini rugby section. In particular he gave warm praise to Club Captain Reza Sibilant for his leadership on and off the field. He welcomed Mel Williams, a vice-president who had captained the club in the 1960’s before moving on to Saracens where he became captain of the club and Hertfordshire and later President.  A  standing ovation greeted the news that Mel had recently been inducted into the Saracen’s Hall of Fame joining the famous international players Michael Lynah and Philipe Sella.

David Hiles also announced that, following a meeting that he had with the RFU consultant, the contractors and representatives of the LB of Harrow the day before, work would commence on 20^th April on the £46.000 comprehensive drainage project for the lower pitch. This project is to be funded by the RFU with a substantial contribution from the LB of Harrow who are the pitch owners.

The majority of end of season awards are voted on by the players themselves. The Captain and President presented engraved pint tankard to:

Players of the Season:      Martin Goodwin and Warren Woad who received equal votes

Most Improved Player:    James Byrne

Best Newcomer:                 Lee Seiler who also coaches the U13 team

Best Overseas Player:         Craig Lane

Club Colour Ties were presented to physio Lindsey Browne and to Bernie Richter and Martin Goodwin for consistently high standard of play over several seasons.

The Captain’s Shield, awarded annually to the club member who has given outstanding support to the captain and his team, was presented by Reza Sibilant to Paul Talbot who not only coaches one of the Mini’s squads but supports and photographs the 1^st XV and maintains the Club’s highly regarded website www.pinnerrugby.com .

On the previous Saturday the JPR Williams Shield for Endeavour had been presented to Paul’s wife Jo for her many roles with the Mini section and for her work in moving the whole club to it Club Marque status.

In closing the formal part of the evening Dave Hiles said that he looked forward to the seniors running a 2^nd XV next season, the Youth section moving on to both U14 and U13 teams and the Mini’s continuing to grow. With the whole club approach the Club was definitely upbeat about its future.

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