Babz’s Blog No 14, 30th July 2009
Babz’s Blog No 14
Hi all halfway through this glorious summer (oh those weathermen have a lot to answer for!) & plenty of activity at VRFC!
Since my last Blog & the festival we had a number of great mug shots (VRFC Mugshots), both at the festival & also from Billy Bob who represented the club in South Africa. Once again he played for the Commons & Lords Parliamentary team. From what Bob has told me I don’t think the South Africans knew that the British team had a lot of old men in it who could hardly run! All a bit of a mauling! He’s also still fuming about the guy who broke the mug: he is convinced that he could have persuaded Stephen Jones to use it as a kicking tee during the third test!
The club have had a couple of great Social events. In June we had the Car Treasure hunt, which was excellent, although the Social committee accused the Chairman of cheating!
Last Sunday, we had the Silly Olympics at the club, this was an excellent day with a number of great events coupled with an excellent barbecue run by the Jackson Brothers (not Michael & Tito – Colin & Rob). Thanks again to Zoe & Claire for organising the event. The team Turner won followed by Afternoon delight & the Babcoles. It’s great to see things happening at the club outside of the season, well done girls! (And thanks to Babz and Helen for running the bar – Ed)
This weekend we have a “hands on” session at the club, painting the changing rooms, clean up & also building the float for the carnival. Contact Zoe for times, but basically all day Saturday & Sunday (07769 693425).
Talking of the Carnival, we have a float & will be entering as “Ventnor Rugby Club Carnival Queens”. The dates for the carnivals are 12th August and 15th August. Again contact Zoe for more info or keep your eye on this website.
Training has started at Ventnor Middle School (while the pitch is being sorted) starting at 6.30pm on Wednesdays. A reasonable turn out so far, but we need more old, & new players, so get yourself along. Many thanks to Derek Harvey for letting us use his paddock at Ninham for the first session. We have now moved back to the Middle School to get us closer to the equipment at the club.
Also on Tuesday nights at 7pm, there is the all new VRFC Ladies rugby training. From what I hear there was a good turn out yesterday & a lot of laughs!
Tickets are now available for the Investec Challenge Autumn Internationals. England play Australia (7th Nov), Argentina (14th Nov) and the All Blacks (21st Nov). Check the website and apply to Billybob. Please note: only members who have paid up their 2009 – 2010 subscriptions are eligible to apply.
This website has been completely revamped by Andrew Cooper of Gamson Gray and is a huge improvement. Thanks Andrew. Among many new features, you can now buy VRFC merchandise through the website using a credit card. Visit the VRFC shop here.
Lots of news & I hope to update you with progress from this weekend next week & more carnival info (meet times, costumes etc).
Have a good summer!
Babz
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