Music and curry night- Saturday 26th January

Following the afternoons impending Pelicans victory and to get rid of those January Blues we are holding a Music and Curry night at the club, terrific duo ‘Mouth on a Stick’ will sing songs from 60′’s through to the 90′’s acoustically, while you can eat, drink and be merry. Ticket cost will be only £15 per person, for the curry and the music. Please let Sir Les Chaffe  if you are coming along: leschaffe@yahoo.com or book in via facebook. It was a brilliant night last time, therefore do not miss out this time

Singer/bassist (Howard) and guitarist (Keith) – both formerly of 80s rock band ‘Liaison’ – renew their musical relationship in this energetic and fun acoustic duo. Performing a variety of hits and album tracks from the last 4 decades, the pair mix dual vocals with acoustic and bass guitar. Both talented singers, they share the lead and backing vocal duties during their diverse set of rock and pop covers.

Mouth On A Stick specialise in the eclectic. They are not your average duo – nor do they wish to be. Their set consists of a carefully chosen mix of songs from the 1950s through to the present day.

We think you will be pleasantly surprised by the song choice – from award winning pop singles like Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’ and ‘The Fear’ by Lily Allen to pop/rock anthems such as Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ by The Who.

There are also some obscure gems that you will undoubtedly remember but rarely hear these days. Brian Protheroe’s ‘Pinball’ and ‘Dance With Me’ by Orleans being two such examples.

And just to keep you on your toes, there are a few classic album tracks like Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’, from their million-selling ‘Rumours’ album, or Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ from the album of the same name.

So please don’t be upset if you don’t hear ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ or ‘Mustang Sally’ – we like to leave that to the others.

Pinner win in style

Match report for Saturday 12^th January

Pinner’s first home match of 2013 brought a convincing 26 – 5 win over local rivals Uxbridge and was sweet revenge for the defeat suffered in September.  The team showed intend from the kick-off and were 14 – 0 up inside ten minutes with tries by centre Alex Goring and a break-away one by scrum-half Chris Jepsen.  Both were converted by full-back and acting captain Mark Razzell.  The pack led by Phillip Skelton dominated the set pieces with prop Simon Whitcombe prominent in many drives forward.   This enable the backs to move the ball freely and P&G’s came close to scoring on several occasions.  Much of the game was played in the Uxbridge half but from a lapse on the half –hour the ball was gathered by an Uxbridge centre who made good ground into the P&G 22.  Pinner’s defence got back to stop this initial charge but from the resulting ruck Uxbridge moved the ball wide to find their second row loitering on the right wing who scored in the corner. The conversion failed putting the score to 14 – 5.  Pinner then camped in the Uxbridge 22. To the vocal crowd of supporters, that had emerged from the clubhouse having enjoyed a good lunch hosted by President David Hiles, it appeared that prop Simon Whitcombe had driven through in the left corner but the referee adjudged that his dive was short of the line. The score remained 14 -5 at half time.

The second half started much as the first. Within five minutes centre Alex Goring had stormed out of his own 22. With the Uxbridge defence too far up-field he kicked ahead and beat the chasing visitors to touch down for his second try.  Razzell added a further two points.  From the kick-off P&G’s kept Uxbridge pinned deep in their own half and with only ten minutes of the half gone they forced Uxbridge back in a 5-metre scrum for No. 8 Andrew Alexander, who was named ‘man of the match’, to pick up and score the home side’s forth and much need bonus point try. This time the kick was too far out and it proved to be the last score of the match .  Pinner continued to press for further scores. Uxbridge tried a few counter attacks but the Pinner defence was very secure. This was one of the best performances of the season and the 26 – 5 win should give the team confidence for the rest of the year.

Earlier P&G President David Hiles had hosted his annual lunch when approximately 40, mainly former players, had enjoyed an excellent meal.  His guests were Anne and Michael Barnes, a former Pinner Captain and Chairman and current President of the Middlesex County RFU, together with Simon Wade, Chairman, and John French, Vice-president and former captain, of Uxbridge.  The victory and the recounting of tall tales of long forgotten tours and matches meant that the celebrations went on well into the evening.

Saturday, 12 January 2013
Old Grammarians	15 – 8	Chess Valley
Pinner & Grammarians	26 – 5	Uxbridge
Quintin	17 – 7	Hillingdon Abbots
Royston	78 – 0	Ickenham
Saracens Amateurs	72 – 20	Old Isleworthians

Herts/Middlesex 2	Short Format Long Format
Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adjust Royston 12 11 0 1 594 86 508 9 48 -5 Kilburn Cosmos 11 9 1 1 414 135 279 8 46 0 Quintin 11 8 1 2 358 139 219 8 42 0 Hillingdon Abbots 12 8 1 3 470 272 198 7 41 0 Saracens Amateurs 12 7 0 5 397 267 130 7 35 0 Chess Valley 12 5 0 7 158 309 -151 3 25 0 Uxbridge 12 4 1 7 249 295 -46 3 21 0 Pinner & Grammarians 12 4 0 8 207 371 -164 5 21 0 Ickenham 11 4 0 7 147 375 -228 3 20 0 Old Isleworthians 11 1 0 10 161 514 -353 5 9 0 Old Grammarians 12 1 0 11 107 499 -392 2 1 -5

Pinner Under 13s League victory 4 from 4 = Top of the Table

This weekend saw Pinner U13 away at Hertford, for the fourth of their league fixtures, with several key players down with sickness or injures, Pinner started the game with players playing out of their normal positions. The game started a little slow for Pinner, but after the first ten minutes Pinner were in to their stride, with the first score coming from Kai Gordon under the posts and converted by Sam Marchant. This was then followed by a second try from Sam Marchant after a good driving maul from the forwards, which Sam then converted.

Hertford staged a strong come back and managed to score their first and only try of the game in the corner, but were unable to convert it. Pinner dug deep and after a strong team effort moving the ball down the pitch, through several phases, which was finished off with a good solid solo drive from Ben Stone scoring in the corner. Sam Marchant converted from a long way out on the wing. The half was finished off with a try from Kai Gordon And converted once again by Sam Marchant.

The second half was a hard slog for both sides in the cold, with end to end play, with both sides holding several try’s out. This is how the game ended with a final score  38 – 5 keeping Pinners unbeaten record going.

		HOME					AWAY					OVERALL
POS		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	DIFF	BP	PTS
1	Pinner and Grammarians	4	2	0	0	81	7	2	0	0	93	15	4	0	0	174	22	152	4	20
2	Hackney Bulls	4	2	0	0	54	0	2	0	0	50	0	4	0	0	104	0	104	3	19
3	Finchley B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	41	51	2	0	1	41	51	-10	1	9
4	Hertford B	4	1	0	2	46	70	0	0	1	10	19	1	0	3	56	89	-33	1	5
5	London Welsh B	3	1	0	1	19	15	0	0	1	0	38	1	0	2	19	53	-34	1	5
6	Bedford B	3	0	0	2	21	69	0	0	1	7	43	0	0	3	28	112	-84	1	1
7	Wasps B	3	0	0	1	10	55	0	0	2	15	65	0	0	3	25	120	-95	0	0