Clubhouse Hire & Bookings

In the absence of a clubhouse manager, please address all requests to hire/book the clubhouse to secretary@millwallrugby.com.

Generally the clubhouse will only be available for exclusive hire on Mondays to Fridays 8am to 6pm and on Sunday afternoons after 12 noon. A hire fee will be payable and/or minimum bar spend.  At other times, exclusive hire may be considered if it does not inconvenience our members or club activities - if in doubt please ask.

Requests to reserve an area of the bar during our normal opening hours will be considered according to the the nature of the event and the availability of volunteers to operate the club.  This will be on a best endeavours basis only as we rely upon volunteers to open and close the premises. We are unable to make any guarantees for bookings made on this basis.

Requests to open the bar for non-exclusive use outside of our normal opening hours will be considered according to the the nature of the event and the availability of volunteers to operate the club and will be subject to a hire fee/minimum bar spend to make it worthwhile for the club to open.

Bookings made prior to 27th Oct 2011 will be honoured wherever possible and minimising any inconvenience to members. If you have a booking that was made prior to this date, please reconfirm it with secretary@millwallrugby.com as soon as possible.

Children in the bar - not after 8pm Saturdays

Children in the bar

Our youth members as well as the children of our members will always be welcome at Millwall Rugby Club. And there will still always be special events for our youth members.

But in the clubhouse survey more than 65% of you said you wanted “adult time” in the evenings when you can relax and don’t need to worry about what you do or say in front of children. 12% of you said it was wrong that the club allowed children in its bar area at all.

So, following the recommendation of the clubhouse subcommittee, with immediate effect Saturday nights in the clubhouse will now be reserved for over 16s after 8pm. Time did not allow for further discussions, so the group gave some guidance to the club management committee (CMC) so that it can make a decision about children’s presence on other nights in the week at times when the bar is open.

Andrew Hesselden
Secretary

Rugby World Cup Finals and Clubhouse News

Hi All,

Just a quick email to let you know about about a few of the things that are happening at that the Clubhouse over the next couple of weeks.

Firstly a number of people have been asking about the Rugby World Cup Final and we will be showing it this weekend and to liven things up a little, we will also be able to sell you a beer or two.

New Zealand vs France kicks off at 9.00am Sunday morning - does France have a big game in them????

The Clubhouse will be open from 8.30am, where you'll be able to relax with a PINT, a bacon / sausage bagette and a few of your mates.

We will also be replaying the 3rd place play off between Australia and Wales on Friday evening and over the weekend so stick your head and enjoy what might well be the more exciting, particularily for all those not supporting France or the AB's.

Here are a couple of other announcements / events for the Clubhouse.

Clubhouse Management Changes - We are sorry to announce that Dawn has decided to stand down as Clubhouse manager, the Committee and I would like to thank her and Kev for all their hardwork over the last few months. The full announcement is on the website.

Youth Halloween Fundraising Party on Friday the 28th of October, check out the website and facebook for the details alternatively contact Sarah or Zoe at training for tickets or drop an email to Kerry (kerry@millwallrugby.com)

Adults Halloween Party on Saturday the 29th of October, again check out facebook for more details.

Volunteers

Just a quick reminder that we are constantly in need of volunteers to help out with all sorts of jobs big and small, the committee need help and even if you can't commit a lot of time, every little bit helps, so please let a member of the Committee or your Team Manger know.

You could be eligible for a 50% discount on your membership and playing subs.

I hope to see you down at the Clubhouse this weekend for the last RWC games and don't forget that the 3rd XV have a home game on Millwall Park so come down and support them.

Cheers

David Leftley

Chairman Millwall Rugby Club

Clubhouse Management Changes

Dear Members,

With immediate effect Dawn has decided to step down from her role as Clubhouse Manager in order to focus on other things in her life for a while.

We are very grateful for all that Dawn and Kev have done for the club since they took over the management about a year ago and are very pleased that they've agreed to continue helping us out and will stay involved in the wider committee and the club.

On Tuesday evening a very productive meeting was held in the clubhouse that reached a number of agreements to improve things for our players and social members.  More on that will follow soon.

In the meantime, we are going to be dependent upon our current bar volunteers together with Daniel B, Wiggy and Social Sec, Paul Fisher for planning events and opening up the bar whenever we can during the week. Sheridan and Andrea will be helping us out by cooking some evenings and we're hoping their food will tempt a few of you back down to the club for a drink one evening.

All other aspects of running the clubhouse will be looked after by Edna (Treasurer), Dave (Chairman) and myself as well as we are able .

If anyone has an interest in taking on the role of Clubhouse Manager, please get in touch with me at secretary@millwallrugby.com or by calling 07545 428913.

Andrew Hesselden
Secretary

Club Day - Touch Rugby Tournament - Sat 15th Oct at 12 noon

We've got a gap in our fixtures list this weekend, so with no matches to play, Warren, Louise and I would like to get the whole club together for a club day. The idea is to get as many of our men and Venus women down to the club, so old-faces can welcome some of our newer recruits.

So, we're going to run an inter-club Touch Rugby Tournament this Saturday 15th October starting at noon and finishing when we've done a round-robin of the teams. Afterwards, Kev and the clubhouse team are going to run a barbecue and run the bar for an "after-party". Warren is also trying to find us some prizes and ask some club members to act as referees.

Here's the deal:

• It's FREE to enter - we're waiving the usual match day subs because we want as many of you to take part as possible.
• You need to make up your own team of 6 people and you must have 2 women (Venus, Sunday touch people or girlfriends or anyone!) in your team.
• Everyone who plays in a team will get their first drink for half-price at the party afterwards.

Warren is organising some referees and we will play to "proper" touch rugby rules (see http://millwallrugby.com/touch/about.html).

Once you've got your team together, the "captain"/organiser should email me with a team name and the names of the players (at clubcaptain@millwallrugby.com). We will probably still be accepting entries on Saturday, so it's OK to turn up at 12 noon with your team.

Do please make the effort to be there and to stay for the after-party - Louise and I expect to see everyone there who we normally see training or playing.

Thanks

Randall Powell, Men's Chair & Club Captain
& Louise Norris, Ladies' Chair
& Warren Abrahams, Director of Rugby

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Interested in International Tickets for the RBS 6 Nations?

By virtue of our membership of the RFU, the club is fortunate to have access to England's RBS 6 Nations tickets that are not available freely to the general public.

The club offers these tickets to its members as one of the perks of membership. However if we did resell our whole allocation to a RFU  licensed hospitality operator we could make around £3,000 of income for the club this year.

We will communicate the process for applying for these tickets this coming week, but you are invited to express an interest in tickets NOW before 6pm Monday 10th October so that we are able to gauge how many tickets are wanted and how many we should release to a licensed hospitality operator. Please express your interest by emailing internationaltickets@millwallrugby.com so that we can make an informed decision on Monday evening.

We have yet to decide the exact process this year for allocating then but this will be decided once we understand what demand is.

The games are:

HOME

• England v Wales, 25th Feb 2012 KO 16.00, Home Twickenham (£80, £65, £56, £40)
• England v Ireland, 17th Mar 2012 KO 17.00, Home Twickenham (£80, £65, £56, £40)

AWAY

• Scotland v England, 4th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (prices not available yet)
• Italy v England, 11th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (prices not available yet)
• France v England, 11th Mar 2012 KO 16.00 (prices not available yet)

To get access to these tickets, you first need to make sure your club membership is paid and up to date.  We are only allowed to let you purchase tickets if you have been a member for at least 2 weeks prior to purchase, so make sure you pay your club membership now if this affects you.

This week we will be confirming the process to apply for these tickets, so check your email.  Last year, our tickets went within 1 hour for most games.

Members will get this email if you are signed up to receive General Club News.

Andrew, Dave & Edna

Club Secretary, Club Chairman and Club  Treasurer