Clubhouse openings this week - w/c 30/12

  
New Years Eve - Wed 31st Dec to 1st Jan early hours - DM SMc - Open from 9pm
We hope you all had a good break and what better way to see in the new year at the clubhouse - no queues, no door charge, great company, great music (courtesy of DJ Stu), cheap drinks and  a late licence!! 

It's so popular, 'Cheese' and Emma-Louise have flown over all the way from New Zealand for the social event of the year. So make the effort, come on down, dress to impress and see you there.

And then when you saunter/stagger home in the early hours you can get all excited in anticipation of turning your Millwall Calendar over to the first page (still around 10-15 copies left).



Sat 4th Jan - DM RK (planning to open from 4pm if home games are confirmed) Ryan will be opening the clubhouse so we can all come down and watch the 2nds start their new year campaign off at home. Please note that if there are no home games the clubhouse will NOT be opening - so make sure you keep checking facebook for updates as to whether the club is open/closed 




Free Drink!!
Now we have your attention ;-) - Going into 2014 we have a low number of duty managers available to open/close the clubhouse especially on Fridays/Saturdays. Please click on these links to email Ryan or Gareth if you want to help out and be trained as either bar staff or duty managers so we can continue to be open during 2014.

Clubhouse Openings over this week and the Xmas/NY period

All,

To ready you for imbibing plenty of Christmas spirit  - the club will be open during the following times over the period.

Wed 18th Dec - Wiggy Wednesday - DM MW open from 7.30PM

Usual training may be cancelled for the Men, but Wiggy is running a special training session consisting of drink and curry for all you finely honed athletes out there, he will also be talking people into signing up for the momentous Millwall tour to Portugal in 2014!!! We'll see you there....

Fri 19th Dec - Adrienne's 'pre-Xmas Friday' - DM AM open from 7.30PM

Adrienne will be opening the club for the last Friday before Xmas - I'm sure for many of you it will be your last day of work before the Xmas break so come down to the club and start your 2 week holiday/hangover in style!! 
 

Sat 20th Dec to Tues 30th Dec - CLOSED

The club is planned to be CLOSED - If any trained DM's wish to open over this period, please contact Ryan or Gareth to confirm. The bar is run entirely by unpaid volunteers and without these we cannot open.

Please also ensure that the opening is advertised on facebook/email/blog with as much notice as possible to make our members aware there is refuge from the in-laws and family available. ;-)
  
Wed 31st Dec to 1st Jan early hours (application pending) - NYE - DM Various open from ??
We are opening the club for New Years Eve, and we have applied for a late licence.
Will we beat the record takings from the Xmas Party?
There is only 1 way you can find out, by coming down - Lets go to work!!
  
Sat 4th Jan - DM RK open from 3pm
Ryan will be opening the clubhouse so we can all come down and watch the 2nds start their new year campaign off at home.


Normal service will be resumed after the 4th Jan (i.e. Wed, Fri and Sat openings). Please contact Ryan or Gareth if you want to help out and be trained as either bar staff or duty managers.

Have a great Xmas and New Year

 
 

Millwall Rugby Club Nov-Dec Newsletter available now!

Follow the link to read your Nov-Dec club newsletter from your Lady Chair.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w96ayijg7v3t9st/Newsletter%20Nov-Dec%202013%20FINAL.pdf

Mens Training 18th December - CANCELLED / New Year Schedule

Guys,

As there are no matches this weekend (21st) and therefore, based on last Wednesday, the likelihood of very low turn out, we have called off training this week.

That said, we now have to start thinking about the New Year and the huge challenges ahead.  The schedule is as follows:

4 January - 1st XV v Writtle (a)
                   2nd XV v Canvey Island (h)
                   3rd XV v Old Brentwood (a)
6 January - Mens Training
8 January - Mens Training
11 January - 1st XV v May & Baker (a)
                    2nd XV v Wanstead (a)
                    3rd XV v Ilford (h)

You have almost 3 weeks notice that there is Monday/Wednesday training the first week back therefore no excuses for non attendance.  The easy part is over this season, now it's the hard part of getting at least two teams over the line and promoted this season.

Happy Christmas

David

Clubhouse openings this week (w/c 9/12)

All,

Last weekend saw a fantastic performance both on and off the pitch with the 1sts winning 29-7, the 2nds with a massive 85-0 blowout victory and the 3rds with a narrow loss 17-15. Off the field the Christmas Party was a big one and we also managed to find our way to a cheeky mention in Rugby World (see the facebook page for pictures of both). 

This week we have two  away games:
1sts - week off since Phantoms dropped out the league
2nds @ Loughton
3rds @ Southend
 

The club will be open this week during the following times this week;

Wednesday - Hargreaves Hump Day - DM GH open from 7.30PM

Gareth's back to help you with training....for mid week Xmas drinking. There will be curry ordered to arrive at 9pm for those of you who are interested. Please note that there will also be a local community meeting held in the clubhouse from 6.30-8pm.

 

Wednesday - PLAYERS MEETING (ALL PLAYERS) 9.00pm

Also, there is a players meeting following training tomorrow night. This is your opportunity to have your say about how the club is run and where you would like ot see the club developing in the next year. It is important that as many people make it down as possible, it's straight after training and will be short so no excuses!

Friday - Karen's Weekend Warmup - DM KA open from 7.30PM

Karen will be opening this Friday to ease you into the weekend!  

Saturday - DM GH - open from 5PM until 11PM

Normal Saturday Service is resumed following the all time record weekend that was the christmas party last week. Due to te fact that there are no home games this weekend, the clubhouse will not open until 5pm.

 

Mr Shorrock and family are back in the UK and he has promised to make an appearance in the clubhouse on Saturday. 

 

He assures me that this is not just to avoid paying the shipping charges on the Millwall calendars we are selling over the bar for just £8 and around the world for just slightly more (AUS, NZ, CAN and the far reaches of the UK - isn't that right Perry?).  

 

So if you have already ordered your calendar, please come and pick it up, or buy one asap (as we are not sure how often we will be open over the Xmas period and you don't want to 'disappoint' your intended recipient) ;-)

 

We are also looking for volunteers to help her run and help out behind the bar both over this weekend and over the Xmas period. The bar is run entirely by unpaid volunteers and without these we cannot open. So if you are bar trained, please email ryan@millwallrugby.com letting him know what time you can give.

Player Development Night Notes

Player Development and Coaching Night

Last Tuesday night we kicked off the Player Development and Coaching Development Programs. We had a good attendance which included Darren Morrant, the Essex Coaching Coordinator

Content of the Night

We talked about

• what player development is
• where coaching fits into that
• Opportunities for players to understand more about technique and CPD courses
• The RFU coaching structure
• The Laws and how Millwall can save points in games
• we looked briefly at video from the Women's game against East London and the Mens England V ROW game last year and how players could improve individually and as a team 

Presentation

If you'd like to see the presentation I used, please have a look here. The videos are on You Tube, mens and women's games
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g3w9b3wr9164u8f/3tOOad6AEz

Some Notes from the Night

• Players are interested in more technical training and would like to see Monday nights being devoted to more of this. We could do them once or twice per month, more if the interest is there
• Coaching is one part of player development. Its also important players get a chance to learn from fellow players, reading, videos etc
• Players and coaches are interested in doing the CPDs e.g. Scrum Factory, Back Play from Set Pieces, Maul and Ruck, Game Planning. Darren can help us attend these, maybe get some at Millwall
• Once players do a CPD, they could come back on a Monday night and do some sessions on what was learned
• We could have 4 circuits of training drills ranging from simple for beginners to more complicated for more advanced 
• We'd video some things e.g the back's moves and replay them in the clubhouse
• The Laws are a key part of the game and we'd like to understand more about them and how to stay on the right side of them 

Courses

Rugby Ready
The Rugby Ready course is confirmed for Sunday January 19th, 9am to 12noon. Please keep it free and email ccc@millwallrugby.com if interested. We can tell you when the course is bookable.

Level 1
Please book onto the Cranleigh course as its the first suitable one that is close - Jan 19, Feb 2nd, 16 Feb or for those on Rugby Ready on 19th, there are other courses
http://www.rfu.com/takingpart/coach/findacourse

CPDs 
which Players can also do together with  Rugby Ready

• Scrum Factory, 
• Back Play from Set Pieces, Maul and Ruck, 
• The Lineout Game 

Clubhouse openings this week (w/c 2/12) & Calendars

All,

A mixed bag this weekend, with the ones pulling off a hard fought victory to pull clear at the top of Essex 2 and the two's and the three's going down against tough opposition. We've got three games coming up again this weekend so let's get a clean sweep. Matches are as follows so get down and show your support (or bring your kit)!!

1st XV v Kings Cross Steelers @ Home (Millwall Park)
2nd XV v Basildon @ Home (Hackney Marshes)
3rd XV @ South Woodham
 

The club will be open this week during the following times this week;

Wednesday - "Wiggy Wednesday" Returns - DM MW open from 7.30PM

That's right folks, for 1 night only, Wiggy is back behind the bar. We will still be ordering curry for those of you who want it as well.

 

Wednesday - MENS TOUR MEETING "Part Deux" 9.15pm

The 'WiggyTours' rep will be holding another brief 2014 mens tour meeting after training, so if you are interested in loosing a few days of your lives (along with brain cells) but gaining lots of stories you cant repeat....then come along for the 'welcome meeting' in the clubhouse.

Friday - Karen's Weekend Warmup - DM KA open from 7.30PM

Karen will be opening this Friday to ease you into the weekend!  

STOP PRESS - Rumours are that the long awaited calendars may have arrived by this Friday so come down early and queue outside the clubhouse like its 'Black Friday' to get your hands on one of these priceless heirlooms for only £8 (whilst stocks last). Or play smart and reserve a copy here - STOP PRESS

 


Saturday - The Millwall Christmas Party - Various DMs - open from 3PM until 2AM!!

Come down and enjoy our annual Christmas party at the clubhouse! We’ll have the men's games on that day
so the clubhouse will be open in the afternoon after the games, followed by a proper Xmas party.
Warm food will be available, Christmas jumpers are highly recommended (however, I believe the dress code for players is onsies). The best tunes of the moment will be on with our special DJ Stu, AND we have a late license until 2am for the occasion so we hope to see you all on top form until the end of the night.

We are looking for volunteers to help her run the bar, so if you are bar trained, please email ryan@millwallrugby.com letting him know what time you can give.

Social Events Calendar - What's coming up....

Ladies and Gentlemen,

There are so many things going on at the club  that I thought it should be great to have a quick sum up of the social life down here!

Christmas party: Saturday 7th of December
Come down and enjoy our annual Christmas party at the clubhouse! We’ll have the mens games on that day
so the clubhouse will be open in the afternoon, followed by a proper Xmas party.

Warm food will be available, Christmas jumper are highly recommended, best tunes of the moment will be on with our special DJ Stu, AND we have a late license until 2am for the occasion so I hope to see you all on top form until the end of the night.


NYE party:
The clubhouse will also be open for NYE, with a late license as well, as super DJ Stu to make us dance!


Monthly Millwall Thirst Thursdays:
The two past editions have been successes, so we’re going to carry on with this good momentum! The December one will be skipped though as we are all busy with Xmas parties here and there, so see you all in January for the next one.
For those who haven’t joined us yet, Millwall Thirst Thursdays are drinks organized on the first Thursday of each month, either in the City or Canary Wharf, to have a chance to have a chat with other people from the club, wear Millwall kit/colours and publicise for the club, oh,  and have drinks and a good night out of course!


Monthly Sunday Pub Quiz @ the Clubhouse:                       
We’ve held our first pub quiz last Sunday at the Clubhouse, and we can say it’s been good fun! So quizzes will be back from January, we are aiming to have one per month, with the almighty Mike B as quizmaster.
More info about dates to follow shortly.


6 Nations:
You haven’t got a chance to get tickets for games? Well, don’t worry the clubhouse will be open for the 6
Nations games and we will be showing all the games for the 2014 edition of the tournament. More info to follow in this topic as well.

Hope to see you all there, any questions, concerns, feel free to send an email to socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com

Jo.

Improve Your Playing - Coaching Open Night

What do you need to do to be a Better Rugby Player?



Next Tuesday, we'll have an Open Evening which is all about how people can be better rugby players.

There are obviously several ways that this can happen and all of them involve you doing something e.g. getting fitter, understanding a key aspect of the game, improving a personal skill etc. Some of this you can recognise yourself and some can be pointed out by someone e.g. a fellow player or someone dedicated to do this - a coach

The night is billed as a coaching Open night but its about more than the club developing coaches, its about players understanding what it is to play rugby and how you can get better. We'll use some video footage of Millwall games to generate some thoughts and  the night will have the Essex Coaching Co-ordinator

Coaching Open Night  

December 3rd – 7.30pm-9.00pm

Clubhouse

• How do players get better, what is coaching and what is it in the context of rugby. Why do people want to coach?
• Video Analysis session using footage from Millwall games as an example
• RFU Coaching structure and how people are guided through it. Coaching courses coming up and how to get onto them plus coaching in Millwall
• Coaching in terms of individual and team, strength and conditioning, tactics
• The Laws and how to use them to your advantage (Mike - your input will be valuable)
• Running a session or drills, the EDICT model, explain, demonstrate, imitate, correct etc

Video from examples including

Women's game and Men's games e.g

Rest of the World - Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0sXiu6qpWc


Venus -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plM7FbWYcjM

RWC tickets will be available to clubs in May 2014

The RWC2015 ticket announcement was made this morning with over 2 million tickets available and 41 out of 48 matches having the discounted prices of £15 for adults and £7 for children.

Tickets will be available to rugby fans through rugby clubs in May 2014, with supporters tour packages and hospitality packages being released in January and February respectively. Tickets will then go on general sale in September 2014 through a ballot and any remaining tickets on a first come first served basis from November 2014.

Plan your World Cup now by viewing the ticket prices for each match here.

Join the Front Row for all the latest Rugby World Cup news.

Sophie Morris
Communications Officer
Millwall Rugby Club

sophiemorris@millwallrugby.com

Clubhouse Openings, Games and Reminders (w/c 25/11)

All,

Congratulations on the 1sts and the 2nds winning their games last weekend (and especially to the 2nds for getting through to the next round of the cup). We have a full programme of 3 games this weekend (1sts and 2nds are away on Saturday, and the 3rds are at home to London Lithuanians (2pm KO). For those of you who aren't playing this weekend, make sure you get down and show your support.

 

The club will be open this week during the following times this week;

Wednesday - "Training & Curry Night" - DM GH open from 7.30PM

Make sure you come down to the club on the Wednesday. For those of you who play, please keep up the effort and the great numbers we have seen on recent training sessions. We are on an upward curve as a club and we don't want to loose momentum. Curry will be ordered/served for those who want it as well.

 

Wednesday - MENS TOUR MEETING 9.15pm

The 'WiggyTours' rep will be holding a brief 2014 mens tour meeting after training, so if you are interested in loosing a few days of your lives (along with brain cells) but gaining lots of stories you cant repeat....then come along for the 'welcome meeting' in the clubhouse.

Friday - Karen's Weekend Warmup - DM AM open from 7.30PM

Adrienne will be opening this Friday to ease you into the weekend! 

Saturday - DM ES open from 4PM

Edna is your dutiful duty manager this week.

The Clubhouse will be open from 4pm after the 3rds game and we will be recording the Wales v Australia game as well so people can watch the international game after the 3rds.

Edna will be looking for volunteers to help her run the bar, so if you are bar trained, please email ladieschair@millwallrugby.com letting her know what time you can give.

Reminders:

1. Mens Tour meeting after Weds training @ 9.15pm - wiggy@millwallrugby.com for more info.
2. Calendars available to pre-order here (40 of the 100 have gone already - due in by 6/12).
3. Ski Trip to Austria (c. 23/2 to 2/3) - email gareth@millwallrugby.com if interested. 

Training & Matches this week

Guys,

Firstly a well done to the 1st team against Stanford Le Hope and an even bigger well done to the Llamas for their cup win against Writtle.

That said, it was not the best feeling to have to cancel the 3rd team fixture due to a lack of numbers so please, let's remedy that this weekend with 3 league fixtures to be played.

The 1st team travel to Pegasus, the 2nd team travel to Upminster, whilst the 3rd team have a big fixture against London Lithuanians at home.  Let's have three strong squads for the challenge ahead and let selection and the team managers know ASAP that you are available.

Training this week is Wednesday only, I ask for one night a week so please don't let your teammates down by not attending.

We're winning because we're training...

See you Wednesday

David

Six Nations

All,

You will have now received an e-mail if you were successful in your application for Six Nations tickets – unfortunately every game was oversubscribed so a number of applications could not be filled but we have applied to the RFU for more tickets.

If you have been successful please ensure you pay promptly and that your membership is fully up to date, as otherwise we will have to re-allocate the tickets to those on the waiting list.

Any questions, please let me know.

Shaf

IMPORTANT: Men's training tonight - Wednesday 20 November

Guys,

Due to poor numbers at training on Monday night, training will START at 7pm tonight in order to prepare for 3 league games this Saturday.

Please be there for 6.45pm to help with lights etc.

If you can't make it tonight, please ensure you contact either myself or one of the team managers before training.

See you there

David

Clubhouse Openings, Events and Games (w/c 18/11)

All,

Hopefully you all had a good long 3 weekend break from league games. We have a full programme of 4 games this weekend (1sts and 2nds are @ Home on Saturday, 3rds are away on Saturday and Venus are away at Barking on Sunday). For those of you who aren't playing this weekend, make sure you get down and show your support.

 

The club will be open this week during the following times this week;

Wednesday - "Training & Curry Night" - DM GH open from 7.30PM

Make sure you come down to the club on the Wednesday. For those of you who play, please keep up the effort and the great numbers we have seen on recent training sessions. We are on an upward curve as a club and we don't want to loose momentum. Curry will be ordered/served for those who want it as well.

For anyone that wants to be trained up as bar staff or duty managers - pop down and Gareth will give you a master-class. Let Gareth know via gareth@millwallrugby.com know first so we can gauge demand (even if you can't make this Weds)

Friday - Karen's Weekend Warmup - DM KA open from 7.30PM

Karen will be opening this Friday to ease you into the weekend! We will be showing the Wales vs Tonga game on the TV as well (ko 7.30pm)

Saturday - DM KA open from 3PM

Yes, Karen is your dutiful duty manager again so you get to have the pleasure of her looking after you for 2 days running!

Hope to see you all there! We will be recording the rugby games as well so people can watch them back so they can still support the 1sts in their League game and the Llamas in their cup game. 

The Clubhouse will be open from 3pm to show the autumn internationals that afternoon (Italy v Argentina 3pm KO, Scotland v Australia 6pm KO, France v South Africa 9pm).

Karen will be looking for volunteers to help her run the bar, so if you are bar trained, please email secretary@millwallrugby.com letting her know what time you can give.

Sunday - 2003 RWC Celebration QUIZ NIGHT

DM & Quiz Master TBC open from 3PM, quiz from 5.30PM

This is a new monthly slot which Jo our social secretary has set-up. So come down and pit your wits against your fellow members.

The first quiz we are doing is a charity one to raise funds for the RFU Injured Players Foundation. It is also themed to tie into the 10th anniversary of England winning the world cup - so plenty of rugby related questions to go at.

The RFU Injured Players Foundation is the official charity of England Rugby. With your backing, they look after seriously injured players for life and help prevent future injuries through research and education (and they have provided us with medical kits in the past for free).

Places are only £5 per person (with a max of 8 people per team*)

*Mr Beech can only play in a maximum team size of 1 - otherwise it's not fair ;-)