Physiotherapy tomorrow Night, Monday Dec 1st

Laura will be in the Clubhouse tomorrow night from 7.30pm to 9.00pm if you'd like to get a Physio assessment or treatment - from £20

Email firstaid@millwallrugby.com for further information



England Doctor - Thursday
On Thursday the England U20 Doctor and a Physio from Pure Sports Medicine will be in doing some training with the Physio students. We could use some case studies if you are interested in getting an opinion on an injury, come along from 7pm.


Tim McDonagh

Clubhouse openings & games (w/c 1/12)

Games: 

Here are the games scheduled for this coming weekend (as at time of writing).

• Millwall 1st XV - Away @ Writtle
• Millwall Llamas - Away @ Maldon
• Millwall 3rd XV - Away @ Billericay
• Millwall Venus - Away @ Kilburn 

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.


Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm   
Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the training session as well.

Hargreaves 'HumpDay' (aka Wednesday) - Open from 7pm   
Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the RFU run training session. Why not refresh yourselves with one of our range of bottled guest ales and fill out the tasting sheet (best comments will make the programme). 

REMINDER - We will be having our monthly clear-out of the shelves in the club, so please make sure any personal belongings are collected after training on Wednesday night. We have limited storage space in the club, and club training equipment needs to be stored on the shelves as a priority.

Thursday - Sports Medicine Training Evening (at the clubhouse) - Open from 7pm 

Flex will be opening the clubhouse and The England U20 Team Doctor, Dr Phil Riley, and Sinead Delaney, a Physio from Pure Sports Medicine will be in the clubhouse to share some of their knowledge with us, covering every type of treatment related to sports medicine and therapy and working with elite athletes and teams including Premiership Football and Rugby teams.For more details please speak to Tim or email him on timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com

'Thirst' Thursday (not at the clubhouse) - from 6pm
this week Ed is running his monthly social event and this time it is at the 'Sheaf Pub in London Bridge (next to Katzenjammers where we were last month). Please click the following links to see his blog or facebook event for more details.

Friday - Open from 7.30pm 
Robin will be your host for this Friday. So come down and celebrate the end of the working week with him.
 
Saturday - Open from 5pm
With 3 away games this week Gareth will be opening the club from 5pm to welcome the teams back this Saturday, so come down as well and show your support.

4TH DEC THIRST THURSDAY

The nights are drawing in now and in the immortal words of that guy off game of thrones "winter's comin'..." so what better way to prepare than surround yourself by cozy surroundings and good company..... 

Unfortunately we can only offer the former,good company will have to be substituted for those stalwarts of hard hitting conversation that are the members of Millwall Rugby Club.

Expect such topics as:
- Since the creation of the bakewell tart bomb and the cockney bomb, is it morally correct to invent a haggis bomb for our cousins north of the border?
- are they yellow moustaches or some sort of marital aid?
- will anyone ever try jellied eels?
- who is up for going to see the darts?

...and many more discerning questions relevant to life in the urban jungle in 2014.

All this and more, (possibly including red shoes), at.....
"THE WHEATSHEAF" IN SOUTHWARK:

The Sheaf
24 Southwark Street
London SE1 1TY


http://www.redcarpubs.com/The-Wheatsheaf/The-Wheatsheaf-Location

Clubhouse openings & games (w/c 24/11)

Games: 

Here are the games scheduled for this coming weekend (as at time of writing).

• Millwall 1st XV - Potential Cup Game
• Millwall Llamas - Reserve Week
• Millwall 3rd XV - Reserve Week
• Millwall Venus v Barnes @ Millwall Park - provisional 11am KO on Saturday.

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.


Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm   Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the training session as well.

Hargreaves 'HumpDay' (aka Wednesday) - Open from 7pm   Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the RFU run training session. Why not refresh yourselves with one of our range of bottled guest ales and fill out the tasting sheet (best comments will make the programme).

Friday - Open from 7.30pm 
Gareth will be your host again for this Friday. So come down and celebrate the end of the working week with him.
 
Saturday - Open from 12noon
Chris will be opening the club this Saturday just before the end of the Venus game (provisional 11am KO on the park) so make sure you come down to support the girls. We will also be showing the England v Australia and Wales v South Africa games at 2.30pm (as well as recording them). Karen will be taking over from Chris at 4pm to carry you on into the evening. Closing time will be dependant on demand.

Teamsheets

Teamsheets for the firsts and seconds have been published in the usual place, anyone who's not been selected but wants a game let us know urgently on selection@millwallrugby.com

Cookie

Selection this weekend

Anyone available who hasn't let us know please tell us at selection@millwallrugby.com

We need more players to make sure we can fill our games!

Cookie

Time to come back to training?

The RFU coach visited again tonight to run a men's training session on the park and we had reasonably good numbers again, which was great.  But we'd still like to have more of you out there training each Monday and Wednesday, as Cookie has said in his weekly updates.

For me tonight, it was a return to training after a bit of a break (=understatement of the year). 

The RFU coaches are running our men's training on Wednesdays at the moment we are really lucky that they are able to do this for us (at no cost to the club).  On Mondays we are still training but running it ourselves.

As they say a club that trains together plays well together and we are keen to see more Llamas and third team players turning up to training too.  It's good for the club and good for you too, and we should start to see the benefits on the pitch on Saturdays.

The RFU coach has asked me to reiterate to players, that training is not just for first team squad and they are able to adjust the content of the sessions to suit the people who turn up, so that means if we have a good split of first and second/third team players, they will split the activity to make it appropriate to all.  Everyone will be welcomed.

So there really is no reason not come back to training...  The club needs you!

If not now, when?... will you be there next Wednesday?

Andrew

Communications Officer 

(who has EVEN been to training this week)

Clubhouse openings & games (w/c 17/11)

Games: 

We have a full set of 4 games scheduled for this coming weekend.

• Dagenham v Millwall 1st XV - Away
• Millwall Llamas v Old Cooperians II - Home 
• Millwall 3rd XV v Maldon III - Away
• Haringey v Millwall Venus - Away (Sunday)

Please ensure you let us know your availability ASAP so it makes our selection meeting on Wednesday easier. Please email selection@millwallrugby.com with your availability.

Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm  
Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the training session as well.
 
Also we have our club physiotherapist, Laura, in the clubhouse on Monday evening and she will be offering physiotherapy assessments and treatment. The cost is just £20 for a 20min assessment/treatment, or £30 for a 30mins assessment/treatment. Please email laura@fusionphysiotherapy.com to book a slot from 7.30pm.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm  
Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the RFU run training session.

Friday - Open from 7.30pm 
Robin will be your host for this Friday. So come down and celebrate the end of the working week with him.
 
Saturday - Open from 2.30pm
Gareth will be opening the club this Saturday to show the England v Samoa game live. We will also be recording/showing the other autumn internationals. So come down, support the Llamas and watch the international games afterwards.

Physiotherapy Tomorrow Evening

Laura will be in the Clubhouse tomorrow evening, Monday 17th Novemver, to do Physio sessions - £20

Email laura@fusionphysiotherapy.com to book a slot from 7.30pm






Tim

Touch Rugby Tournament Tomorrow (Sun 16th Nov)

Just a note to let you know that we now have enough people registered to play tomorrow, so it will definitely be happening.  We would still like more of you to register, and indeed we definitely need some more women to register so we can play proper mixed touch rugby.

Please register here.

Just a few points of admin:

1. No metal studs allowed - you need plastic studded/bladed football- or rugby- or touch-boots. If you don't have boots, trainers are fine, but be aware the ground is muddy and slippery.
2. Bring water to drink. Bring a plastic bin bag to keep your bag dry if it rains (rain will not stop play!).  Bring a warm, dry change of clothes for afterwards in case you get muddy.
3. It's competitive but its about having fun and Flex reserve's the right to mix up the teams a bit to make sure this happens.
4. If you haven't registered please do so. It really helps us plan the teams. Please register here.
5. Registered players need to arrive at 12.30pm so we can warm up and issue instructions for a prompt 1pm start.  The tournament will end at 3pm, so that the quiz can begin at 3.15/3.30pm for a 4pm latest start.
6. If you don't register it's OK to come along still, but please arrive a little earlier at 12.15 to allow us to adjust the teams to accommodate.
7. If you haven't ever played touch rugby before, please arrive at 12.15pm and tell us you're new and that you need to be taught how to play.  (It will be much harder to give you proper tuition if you arrive after 12.30pm).
8. It's free of charge to play this week
9. Bring £2 to enter the puz quiz afterwards
10. Have fun.

If you have any questions, contact touch@millwallrugby.com or phone Flex on 07734 103610.

First XV Squad for 15th November

1st XV team sheet published in the usual place, any questions let me know on 07847181594 or email selection@millwallrugby.com

If you fancy a game and haven't let us know yet email selection@millwallrugby.com

Also, those who have out of date membership (if you're not sure then email me and I can check) please pay by following this link: http://www.millwallrugby.com/membership/paymembership.html to pay online.

Also remember our touch tournament and quiz this Sunday! Details are here http://millwallrugby.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/register-now-for-sundays-touch-rugby.html 

Cheers,

Cookie

Register now for Sunday's Touch Rugby Tournament (16th Nov)

This Sunday (16th November) Nigel Webb (Flex) will be organising a touch rugby tournament on behalf of the club on Millwall Park.

To help him plan we'd like you to register your details here:

Click to register to play here

Here are the brief details:

• It's free of charge to play
• Players must wear plastic blades/studs/moulded boots, astro-shoes or trainers. Metal studs/blades won't be allowed. T
• Arrive between 12.15 and 12.30 (no later than 12.30 please) to allow us to warm up at 12.30pm and finalise the teams and give you instructions
• Tournament play starts 1pm
• Tournament ends 3pm
• Cash prizes
• Clubhouse open for pub quiz (please arrive 3.15pm for a 4pm quiz start) - Please click here for the Facebook invitation . Quiz costs £10 per team to enter (5 people)

Even if you're a "maybe" to play at the moment, please still register so we have an idea of numbers: register to play here

Clubhouse Openings & Games (w/c 10/11)

Games: 

Two scheduled games on Saturday for this weekend.

• Millwall 1st XV v Bancroft - Home (KO & venue TBC)
• Wanstead II v Millwall Llamas - Away (KO 14.30 @ IG8 8JY)

If you are available this week and would like a game email selection@millwallrugby.com and we can arrange fixtures to match the appetite.

Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm  Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the RFU run training session as well.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm  Fisher will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after training. 

Wednesday is also the last day to get your orders in for the cockney knees up on Saturday - so make sure you place your order with Ed (either in person or via socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com) - Please see this blog regarding your options - LINK HERE

Friday - Open from 7.30pm 
Edna will be your host for this Friday. So come down and celebrate the end of the working week with her.
 
Saturday - Open from 2.30pm
Lucie will be opening the club this Saturday to show the England v SA game live. We will also be recording/showing the other autumn internationals.

Sunday - Open from 3pm - 9pm (Quiz Night)
Gareth will be opening the club this Sunday after the touch tournament and in readiness for the pub quiz.

The touch tournament starts at 1pm sharp and will be free to enter and there will be a cash prize for the winning team.To play you should email touch@millwallrugby.com ASAP.

You're also welcome to join us just for a pub quiz afterwards in our clubhouse. There is a £10 fee per team (of 5) to enter. Any questions please email Flex at touch@millwallrugby.com

RFU Coaching Course at Millwall - THIS SUNDAY - "Maul and Ruck CPD"

The RFU runs a number of courses to develop new and aspiring coaches' skills.  These happen at various clubs around the country from time to time.

This Sunday, Millwall Rugby Club is the venue for one of the RFU's regular coaching courses.

The course is "CPD - MAUL AND RUCK, 15-A-SIDE GAME" and is relevant to all coaches involved in the contact side of the game (Under 12s upward). More info here on the RFU website.

There are a number of places spare at the last minute and anyone interested is welcome to attend. It may be of interest to club players or youth parents who might be interested in becoming a qualified rugby coach.

• When: 1pm to 4pm
• Where: Millwall Park
• Type of course: PowerPoint presentation and practical elements involved. 
• Cost: £15 per person which can be paid after the course. 

It will be led by Dean Cutting, RFU Community Rugby Coach.

We have been told you can just turn up on Sunday if you are interested.  There is no need for Millwall members to pre-advise their attendance but in an emergency you can contact Matt Bray by email at mattbray@rfu.com or by telephone on 07889 601261.  

Introduce a new player in 2014 and get £20.14 to spend at the bar!

As part of the club's recent adult recruitment efforts, we need YOUR help!

We'd like you to contact your friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours; anyone you know who is interested in playing rugby and encourage them to come along and try a training session and then encourage them to join as a club member.

If you bring them along to participate in any adult training session, touch rugby session or Rugby Basics session before the end of 2014 AND persuade them to join straight away, we'll give you £20.14 to spend at the bar as a thank you!

Just contact membership@millwallrugby.com to introduce your new member to us.

Terms:

• You need to be a paid-up, current club member yourself.
• Over 18s only.
• You must bring a new member to any adult training session, touch rugby session or Rugby Basics session, or as a player on a match-day before 31st December 2014 and they must participate as a player or beginner.
• The new player must join and pay membership within 4 weeks of first coming along to their session/game.

London Sport Coaching Bursary

Hello Millwall,

If you're interested in learning to become a coach - why not apply for a coaching Bursary?  

Details below.

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London Sport has a fund available to help local coaches gain Level 1 or Level 2 Coaching Qualifications. The aim of the fund is not only to develop the coaching workforce but to also help increase the number of people participating in sport across London, with a specific focus on increasing participation in 11-25 year olds.

Who can apply? 
Coaches need to be registered on London Sport Coaching. If you are not already registered, you can sign up for free. Once accepted for a bursary, you will be required to record 10 hours of coaching on the website. All applicants must be a resident of a London Borough and coaching in a London Borough. More information can be found in the application form.

How to apply
To access the application form, click here.

Clubhouse Notice - Cash only bar until Friday next week.

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Just a quick note to let you know that the card machine in the clubhouse is broken. 

A replacement cannot be arranged/swapped out until next Friday (14th).

Therefore we can only accept cash at the bar until the machine is replaced.

Please note: If you have any Autumn International tickets to pick up and they still need to be paid for, please ensure you either transfer the money prior (and email treasurer@millwallrugby.com) or bring cash. 

•  Payee: Millwall Rugby Club

• Bank: HSBC Bank
• Sort-Code: 40-02-44,
• Account number: 21413503
• Reference: Include your name as the payment reference

Tickets cannot be released until they are paid for.



Thanks

Gareth

Training tonight

Morning all,

Just a reminder that training is on tonight and will be being taken by one of the RFU supplied coaches, be down at 7 sharp so that the session can begin on time.

cheers

Cookie

Social Events coming up in the next few weeks

We have a number of social events coming up in the next few weeks - so make sure you get involved and join the invites so we can gauge numbers.

1) Thurs 6th November - 'NovemberFest' (Thirst Thursday) from 6pm onwards

Feel like you missed out on Oktoberfest? Maybe you didn't miss out this year but are pining for the slap of leather on skin already? Do you just love Oompah music and slurring your way through German party hits? Never fear, this Thursday will bring back that Bavarian Extravaganza Experience for your November Thirst Thursday delight.

There will be plenty of beer and a moderate helping of horrible bush root flavoured schnapps at Katzenjammers near London Bridge. http://www.katzenjammers.co.uk/

We will have a table sorted out (maybe) and there will be a fantastic atmosphere (we hope) as well as someone in leather shorts (more likely) and even a dirndl or two (even more probable).

Ed should be able to cross more of those disclaimers off the list as we get closer to the day. Join the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/618110344967035/

2) Saturday 15th November - Cockney Knees up dinner

Alright me old china? Hungry for some Vicar or Slash? It’s a good thing that we’re going to have a good ol’ fashioned Cockney Knees Up dinner! Pre-order your pie and mash plus liquor. 

Is that not enough fun for you? Well, come all dressed up East London style. Dress up as someone fictional, factual or well…traditional East London style. 

 

 The availability of the delights on offer will be by pre-order only (see menu below)

 Please send your order to: socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com listing the following.

1. Full name
2. Preferred email address for contact (if different from the one you use)
3. Your food order
4. Total price to pay

 

The plan is to get it delivered on Sat 15th but the pie man needs the order during the week to make sure he can deliver it. Join the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/766995990014636/

 

 3) Sat 16th Nov -Touch & "Pass" Touch Rugby Tournament and Quiz

Coming up is our first club touch rugby tournament since our sponsorship with #o2touch.

The touch tournament will be free to enter and there will be a cash prize for the winning team.To play you should email touch@millwallrugby.com before this Saturday 8th Nov. 

You're also welcome to join us just for a pub quiz afterwards in our clubhouse. There is a £10 fee per team (of 5) to enter. Any questions please email Flex at touch@millwallrugby.com

 

Join the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/322562617925405/

Touch rugby tournament and quiz afternoon

Coming up soon in just under two weeks time is our first club touch rugby tournament since our sponsorship with #o2touch. 

It's at 1pm on Sunday 16th November. 

The touch tournament will be free to enter and there will be a cash prize for the winning team. 

To play you should email touch@millwallrugby.com before this Saturday 8th Nov. 

You're also welcome to join us just for a pub quiz afterwards in our clubhouse. There is a £10 fee per team (of 5) to enter. 

Here's the Facebook invitation for you to tell us you're coming:

https://m.facebook.com/events/322562617925405

Any questions please email Flex at touch@millwallrugby.com

Training tonight

Afternoon all,

Just a reminder training is on tonight, we have one of the RFU coaches coming along to coach us tonight so let's make sure we're making the most of the cover we've got.

Cookie

Clubhouse openings and games (w/c 03/11)

Games: Disappointing results for the firsts and thirds this week but congratulations to the seconds on another win. Currently there are no first and third team games, however there may be a re-arranged second team match to be played.

If you are available this week and would like a game email selection@millwallrugby.com and we can arrange fixtures to match the appetite.

Also, the RFU are sending us coaches to run the sessions this week so let's get as many people down as possible to make use of the resource they're providing. Training from 7 Monday and Wednesday.

Club Openings/Meetings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm  Fisher will be opening the club on Monday before training starts at 7pm so you can use the club to change etc. and Ed will be there to serve you after the RFU run training session as well.

We also have a sports therapist at the club from 7.30pm to aid those of you with niggles etc. and will be offering sports massages to anyone who needs/wants one.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm 

Gareth will be looking after you this week. So make sure you come down to the clubhouse and celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refreshing yourselves after the RFU run training session. 
Friday - Open from 7.30pm 
Robin will be your host for this Friday. So come down and celebrate the end of the working week with him. 
 
Saturday - Open from 2.30pm
Ryan will be opening the club this Saturday to show the England v NZ game live. There are currently no games scheduled, but we are awaiting to hear about a re-arranged Llamas game to be played. 

We will also be recording/showing the other autumn internationals but the club may close early dependant on demand so please check facebook on the day for updates.

Future Physio Lectures and Practical Training Dates x 2:

13/11/14 -   Functional Rehab and Biomechanics

Francesco from Kinetic Clinics Rugby Physio

https://www.facebook.com/events/485657444908504/

04/12/14 - MSK Case Studies in Rugby Union with Dr Phil Riley

Phil is the Team Doctor to England Under 20s Rugby Union and part of the Team Sky Medical Team. He has pursued a joint career in Primary Care and Sport and Exercise Medicine since 2001 and special areas of interest include Exercise Medicine and Musculoskeletal Medicine. 

More details here http://www.puresportsmed.com/Assets/StaffPDFs/PureSportsMedicine_Profile_PhilRiley.pdf

Join The Facebook event so we know how many to expect https://www.facebook.com/events/1494746734126125/