Babz Blog no. 10
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a good Christmas and wish you all the best for 09.
Both teams continue to perform well and although we lost on Saturday to Division One side Eastleigh in the cup, our first half performance was very impressive: and maybe the game got the Xmas indulgence out of the way! As we go to press it looks like this weekend’s games against Chineham are going to be postponed due to the frozen pitches, but hopefully we will get another chance to run out next week (17th Jan) as both teams have home games versus Nomads.
John Newton has no come on board full time with the kitchen & bar. He will be sorting the bar stock etc & hopefully we will have snacks available to buy too. Many thanks to Nige for sorting the bar recently & for organising the rota for the rest of the season. If you fancy helping out on the bar please let Nige or John know. Thanks as ever too to Cliff, Rog, Ron & Micky for their help in the kitchen. I know John appreciates you assistance & would like you to continue.
Bill Bob’s raffle is going well, & there is now a leader board up with which member has sold the most number of envelopes. I think Bob is leading the way after last week’s sales, although young Engles & Guy Entwhistle are close on his tail! Cooper & AP you have slipped down the pecking order. Remember this is a great way for us to raise cash for the club, & maybe a chance for you to win Twickenham tickets.
Over Christmas we had a game on the Saturday, this was a memorial game for Charlie Holbrook & was a Ventnor XV v The IW Fire Brigade. The day was a great success & all monies have gone to Charlie’s family.
The whole day was initially kicked off with a Vets match ( mainly made up of guys who played with Charlie) against a Ventnor XV. Although the Vets were narrowly defeated, they certainly looked the better & more inventive side & showed how the game can be played!
Team: Bill Bob, Matt Taylor, Andy Walton, Mike Knight, James Morton, Nige, Steve Camm, Charles Guy, Mark Rogers, Babz, Graham Simler, Woz Fresle, (Guest appearance – Beast!)
Its good to see the club busy & lots of old & new faces coming up to the club. We need to start filling the bar-front with the blue tiles so please get your orders in now, we have sold a few more now & the front of the bar is looking great!
Also for those of you with RFU Draw tickets get selling soon & get the cash back to James ASAP.
Finally, Mike Flanagan has asked me to remind all that Beast has his stag doo on Friday 16th January, so keep that date free. The arrangements are: 5.00pm meet at the Bargemans or
7.00pm at Yates’s in Newport. Call Mike Flanagan to find out where they are on the night – 07859348607. It is fancy dress but no real theme, but it must be something!
I think that’s it for now, I just want to thank everyone for making the club a success in 08 & especially all of you who have put yourselves out to help the club.
Lets hope 09 is equally successful
Cheers
Babz
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