Upcoming April Events!

Millwall’s Upcoming April Events!

April is going to be a very busy month with Millwall!  Please see the listings below since it looks like there will be something on every Saturday in April! 

 Girls Vs. Boys, 6^th of April, 7 pm - ?

Posted on behalf of Venus Rugby:

As a collaboration between the men’s and women’s side, we are organizing the ultimate battle of the sexes to find out once and for all who rules the other!

The night will consist of different challenges and to make sure that you are victorious you better bring your A game, as the night will test your drinking, social and creative skills.
We all hope to see you on Saturday the 6th of April at the clubhouse, where the challenge will commence from 7PM.

May the best sex win!

Rocky’s Testimonial, 13^th of April 12 pm - on

Posting this on behalf of Larry and Rocky. Seriously folks, this will be a great day and Rocky is a great guy so come on down and play and celebrate with him! - Brigitte

From Larry:

You lot,

We are pleased to announce that we now have a date cast in stone for this event so lets take the opportunity to make it a good one. The season will be over so we can all have a bit of fun.

Can you please forward this to as many friends that you can to make sure that we get the whole club covered. Anyone who has not done so please stick your name on the team sheet link below. Likewise those of you who made spurious excuses to avoid a tackle will need to man up this time.

I am thinking about ideas for prizes on the day so drop me a message if you have a Eureka moment. I was thinking maybe free beer for the first high tackle on Sean Russell or something of that ilk.

Take care and keep the high balls low.

Larry

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApDljHU3h4pldFZDSllSdjZhQU1RYVo5TmNsMlRFS3c#gid=0

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578487_10151069203173303_1713261125_n.jpg

England vs. Rest of the World, 20^th of April – 12 pm - on

For those of you that have been with the club for a while we all know it as Rest of the World (RoW) day. This is a day when we play rugby against each other and the teams are separated with England players and all the rest of the club.

It's a great day of rugby and good fun. We'll have food and drinks (as normal) during or after the games. Let's hope for great weather!!!

As always, members and non-members are invited. Please invite others by joining and then selecting invite friends.

There will be more details to follow and the time may change since we just want to get the day in your diaries!

AGM, 27^th of April 1 pm- on

The AGM (Annual General Meeting) is a meeting that allows us to find out the current status of the club and to figure out the direction that it may be going in the upcoming year. This is your chance to come and ask questions and be a part of the future of Millwall.

We will also be electing our new committee for the 2013-2014 year. More details can be found by reading the Chairman's blog:

http://millwallrugby.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/committee-club-roles-2013-2014.html

Stay up to date with the status of the elections by keeping an eye on our blog.

If you're interested in running for a position and would like to know more, please feel free to talk to the current elected representative or look at the following link:

http://www.millwallrugby.com/club/committee.html

If you're interested in running for a position, please email secretary@millwallrugby.com.

You will need to be a paid up member in order to vote and stand for any of the positions. Also, this year the bar will be open before the AGM and during breaks.

Committee & Club Roles 2013-2014

Club Roles for 2013-2014

We'll have the AGM on Saturday 27th April at 1pm and elect next year's committee. As the current committee had quite an eventful year with visits from Stuart  Lancaster, David Cameron and Lord Coe, there is already quite a lot of interest and I'd encourage you all to take part and take a role.

The full list of roles, the present holders intentions and any known nominees are available from the following link and will be updated as new information comes in.

Link to List of Roles (on Google Drive) *

Important - Incorporation
If the club chooses to incorporate itself as a legal entity, at least 5 people will also be expected to become Directors of the Limited company

Nomination Deadline 
If you'd like to stand for an elected role, please nominate yourself by sending the Chairman an email by Saturday 13th April by 1pm making it clear which role you wish to stand for.

Elected Roles

• Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Men's Chair**
• Ladies' Chair**
• Youth Chair**
• Communications Officer
• Development Officer
• General Committee Member 1
• General Committee Member 2
• Social Secretary
• Fixture Secretary
• 1st XV Manager
• 2nd XV Manager
• 3rd XV Manager
• 4th XV Manager
• Venus Manager

**after election, the three chairs will come to a mutual agreement to decide which of them will take on the externally-representative role of "Club Captain" for the season.

Note that the Committee is described here and Andrew wrote a very useful document on what the various roles are expected to do.

Please also talk to current Committee members about what the roles actually involved this year, chat to others in the club, see what you'd like to achieve and encourage others to participate. I'll be standing again for another role so I'll be looking forward to working with you.

Thanks

Tim, Chairman
chairman@millwallrugby.com



* The full link is
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj8R-syHKdwIdEhUaWktX1p3ZkxEdEJrTDJBcUs1SXc#gid=0

AGM April 27th

Annual General Meeting

Saturday 27th April 1pm 

Clubhouse
75 Manchester Road
London E14 3DN

Please reserve the above date for the AGM. The Secretary, Paul Fisher, will also issue the formal notice and updates. 

The provisional agenda includes...

Exceptional Item

1. Motion to Incorporate the Club as a Company Limited by Guarantee*

Normal AGM Items

2. Chairman's Report
2. Secretary's Report
3. Treasurer's Report including approval of accounts and presentation of provisional 2013/2014 budget
4. Possible Constitutional Amendments tbc (but expected to be relatively minor in nature)
5. Resignation of Officers
6. Election of Elected Officers to CMC and Directors to the Board of the Incorporated Entity if the members have passed the  motion

7. Election of Volunteer vacancies (if time allows)

8. Any other Business

* Please attend this meeting to inform yourself of the decisions around Incorporation and ask questions of the sub-committee. Watch out also for the related Incorporation Documents and supporting FAQs and notes to make it slightly easier to understand the key concepts.

Roles

Members are welcome to stand for all roles. You can find a list of the roles and the present's holder's intention on a separate blog.

Tim, Chairman

Annual Dinner Tickets Now on Sale

We're pleased to announce that tickets to the club's annual dinner at the are now on sale at www.millwallrugby.com/annualdinner.

There are only 95 places at the dinner, so please book now to avoid disappointment.  And if you book before 15th April you'll save at least £5 on the full price (more if you're a student or regular club volunteer).

It's a special night to celebrate the achievements of the club on and off the pitch, and a unique opportunity for you and your guests to dine in the Palace of Westminster.

Andrew

Order your Millwall Blazer

If you have ever wanted to own a Millwall blazer, please click here to see a blog post from last year for details on ordering.  If you order now, you might just get it in time for the Club's Annual Dinner on 11th May.

Notice of General Meeting to Incorporate

Incorporation Meeting and Q&A Session

Thursday April 4th, 9pm

Clubhouse 

Please note that there will be a meeting in the clubhouse on the above night to go through the various documents necessary to incorporate the club i.e. to turn it into a Limited  Company. This is a recommended step for rugby clubs now for the following main advantages

• Allow the club act as a legal entity
• Protect the Committee from being personally sued due to club involvement

Please contact Flex for further details, flex@millwallrugby.com. The sub-committee will explain the advantages and disadvantages and answer questions. 

This is not a vote and is open to all members. Its quite important that  as many people as possible understand  the  implications of what the club is undertaking.

Members will have time to examine the  documents in preparation for a vote at the  AGM on April 27th.

Thanks

Tim

Chairman

Life Membership offer

Life Membership offer for £700

In  order to fund the floodlights and build longer term relationships within the club, the Club has reduced the fee for Life Membership to £700 from £1000 for a limited time.

This offer will be open until the House of Commons Dinner on May 11th and is open to anyone who has been a  member for 3 years. If you've not been here that long, come and talk to us and we'll make a pro-rata reduction.

On a purely financial basis, it pays for itself after about 3 years and you don't have the hassle of standing orders, membership or subs each week. If you're like a certain Chairman who's been a member for 9 years, you'll be kicking yourself you didn't do it earlier...

To take up the offer, contact the Treasurer, Edna, treasurer@millwallrugby.com, or Chairman, Tim, chairman@millwallrugby.com 

Thanks

Tim

The Prime Minister's Visit and Youth Re-launch

Now that the dust has settled somewhat, its a good time to reflect on what brought David Cameron and Lord Coe down to the club last weekend and what it can mean for Millwall (and no, it wasn't that the PM is interested in a Tank's hooker's position)

£150 Million
As many of you will know, they ostensibly came down to publicise the fact that the Government are investing £150 million into primary schools, about £10,000 into each, allowing each primary school direct control over their sports involvement and thus continuing the legacy of the Olympics. Leaving the politics aside, any investment into sport has to be good and we'd hope that some of that will come Millwall's way to the betterment of the club and its members.

Reasons
The visit certainly didn't come about by accident and the main reasons include:
• The RFU are obviously working hard to highlight rugby's part to play in sport, particularly with the World Cup coming in 2015, and have a good relationship with the Government
• We have a great relationship with the RFU and have shown with Stuart Lancaster's visit and the launch of RugbyForce that we can put on a well organised event in our superb clubhouse.
• The club is convenient to central London. David Cameron had to be at the Spring Party conference after our visit
• We're in a traditionally disadvantaged area where there is massive potential for rugby development, bringing the sport to many who would not otherwise have been involved
• we have a fantastic club with great members and hard working committees, both present and past

Thanks
I'm sorry I couldn't share the arrangements with you and name our distinguished visitors but for reasons of security, I had to keep quiet until the morning of the event. No one else in the club knew and I had some explaining to do to my mother as well! It couldn't have happened without help so thanks in particular go to Scott for helping me organise it with the schools, Sophie for the press coverage and also everyone who turned up to help with the event, the kids training etc.

Youth
We should remember that the whole point from our point of view was Youth rugby development.

We all know young players are essential to any club but what a lot of people don't know is that Youth sections can finance adult rugby, the trade off being volunteer time, particularly at the start. A lot of grants are also conditional on Youth involvement. Plus we wouldn't be enjoying our rugby were it not for a Youth section somewhere.

We've been granted an extraordinary opportunity to rebuild the Youth section and I'm asking you to help make the most of it. If 8 people do one Sunday per month per person for 3 months, April, May and June, that should be enough time to get the momentum and the parents. Just 6 hours. Contact myself or Scott  for further details, youthchair@millwallrugby.com

Finally, David Cameron and Lord Coe have asked us to give them an update on how we are doing, wouldn't be great to say we once again have a thriving Youth Section? I guarantee that would yield another visitor and money for the club.

For further details on the visit and some pictures, read Sophie's blog here
http://millwallrugby.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/david-cameron-and-lord-sebastian-coe.html

Millwall Rugby Club's Youth Programme, for children aged 6-14, meets every Sunday from 11am - 1pm. It's free to attend and all levels of ability, from complete newcomers up, are welcome

Thanks
Tim

Chairman
Millwall Rugby Club
chairman@millwallrugby.com

Calling all Islanders!

First there was 'The Only Way Is Essex'. Then came 'Made in Chelsea'. Now it's our turn!

Tiger Aspect Productions is developing a brand new factual series called The Islanders (working title). Over the last month they have been filming on the Isle of Dogs and speaking to lots of people to become familiar with 'island life'. At this stage, what they are filming is not for broadcast, but to contribute to a development taster tape. If the powers that be like it, the series could go into production.

This Saturday, 23rd March, Tiger Aspects will be coming to Millwall Rugby Club to do some filming around the 1st XV match and they'd like to interview some club members who have lived on the island all their life or who work on the island.

Specifically, they want to hear more about island life and how the area has changed over the last 50 years. They are looking for stories from all perspectives - from youngsters to the grown-ups, and older!

Please email me asap at sophiemorris@millwallrugby.com if you have lived on the island for all/most of your life, or if you work on the island, and would be willing to be interviewed after the game on Saturday. I will need to get a bit more information from you to pass on to Tiger Aspect and will then schedule in the interviews.

This could be another great piece of exposure for the club and who knows...you could be the next Joey Essex!



Sophie Morris
Development Officer & Press Officer
Millwall Rugby Club

sophiemorris@millwallrugby.com

David Cameron and Lord Sebastian Coe visit Millwall Rugby Club

David Cameron and Lord Sebastian Coe visited Millwall Rugby Club today and joined in a Youth 'Taster Session' to announce that primary school sport is set to be transformed thanks to a £150m-a-year boost that will improve coaching. 

David Cameron with members of Millwall Rugby Club

The funding boost will allow for specialist sports coaches to provide tuition in primary schools, which will not only increase the standard of the sports taught, but will also increase participation in competitive sports outside of school activities and encourage children to remain active in sport through to adulthood.

David Cameron's Millwall Rugby Club
visit is broadcast live on BBC.

During the session, which was broadcast live on BBC One, children from local schools were given a taste of rugby by Millwall Rugby Club's Youth Coach Scott Vinnicombe, Randall Powell and the RFU's Neil Sweeney and Marcus Cattell. The Prime Minister himself and Lord Coe joined in a session, each heading up a team in a ball passing race, which the Prime Minister managed to win without slipping over on the very muddy pitch, much to the disappointment of the waiting camera crews.

The cold and hard rain didn't dampen the spirits of the children involved, or those of their parents watching from the sideline. In fact, most were enthused by the introduction to the sport and were keen to continue playing. 

Thank you to all the club members who got up early to make this event happen and to the children and parents from the following schools for participating; Our Lady RC Primary School, St Edmund's Catholic Primary School, St Luke's Church of England Primary School and Cubitt Town Junior School.

David Cameron and Lord Sebastian Coe take part in a 'taster session' at
Millwall Rugby Club.

Milllwall Rugby Club's Youth Programme, for children aged 6-14, meets every Sunday from 11am - 1pm. It's free to attend and all levels of ability, from complete newcomers up, are welcome. Email youthchair@millwallrugby.com for more information.

Millwall Rugby Club is still looking for a main sponsor. If you'd like to be a part of this national headline making club, please email sophiemorris@millwallrugby.com

Sophie Morris
Development Officer & Press Officer
Millwall Rugby Club

sophiemorris@millwallrugby.com

1s cancelled

Unfortunately Burnham have cancelled on us again so there's no first team fixture today.

Hargreaves 'Hump' Day tonight - Food Update

Hi All,

Just a quick note to say that Shez is unable to make us din-dins tonight as he is not feeling too good. Don't worry though, the clubhouse is still open tonight from 7.30pm and we can place takeaway orders tonight and have a mid-week blow out!!

Normal service should be resumed next week and Shez is looking for suggestions as to what people want to eat - I'll kick off with Corned Beef Hash!!!

See you later

Gareth

02 Touch programme - kick off meeting this Friday!

The club has agreed to be a leading participating club in the new 02 Touch initiative which will see £5k worth of funding coming into the club over 3 years to build up this touch franchise, with the aim of us being self-sufficient thereafter.

Scott Vinnicombe will be leading on this, but we need a team of organisers and volunteers to help him. I am arranging a kick off meeting with Scott and our RFU RDO, Neil Sweeney, this Friday at the clubhouse at 7pm.

If any of you are interested in getting involved in organising this, or helping out at the sessions themselves, please let me know. The meeting is open to all, but it doesn't matter if you can't make it. Scott will be able to brief everyone once we are set up.

Sophie Morris

Development Officer & Press Officer

Millwall Rugby Club

sophie.morris@millwallrugby.com

Weekly Opening, Announcements & Upcoming Events!

Millwall’s Opening Hours & Upcoming Events!

Hargreaves Hump Day, 13^th March 7:30 pm- on

This week Chef Shezza will be cooking up a great warming dish for din-dins (details TBC) so make sure you get down early and get your orders in!!

Rugby related Births:

• 1982 – Adam Thomson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – George Rose, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Ben Lowe, Australian rugby player
• 1991 – Aaron Woods, Australian rugby player

Friday, 15^th March, 7 pm – Meeting for Touch Rugby

We will be having a meeting to coordinate touch rugby with the o2.  This will be a 7 pm start.  If you have any questions, please email Sophie at development@millwallrugby.com, Scott at youthchair@millwallrugby.com or Tim at chairman@millwallrugby.com.

St Patrick’s Day Party and 6 Nations Finals, 16^th of March 2013, 2:30 pm - on

We are going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day along with the end of 6 Nations on Saturday, the 16th which is the day before St. Patrick's Day. Where else in London can you have drinks at great prices with no entry fee!

Come on down and bring your friends! Please invite members and non-members to the event. Members be sure to sign in your non-member guests!

6 Nations games & times -

14:30 - Italy vs. Ireland
17:00 - Wales vs. England
20:00 - France vs. Scotland

We should have Irish Music on and maybe even someone singing Irish tunes! Come on down and enjoy the great atmosphere!

Let us know if you have any suggestions for the day!

Rocky’s Testimonial, 13^th of April 12 pm on

Posting this on behalf of Larry and Rocky. Seriously folks, this will be a great day and Rocky is a great guy so come on down and play and celebrate with him!

From Larry:

You lot,

We are pleased to announce that we now have a date cast in stone for this event so lets take the opportunity to make it a good one. The season will be over so we can all have a bit of fun.

Can you please forward this to as many friends that you can to make sure that we get the whole club covered. Anyone who has not done so please stick your name on the team sheet link below. Likewise those of you who made spurious excuses to avoid a tackle will need to man up this time.

I am thinking about ideas for prizes on the day so drop me a message if you have a Eureka moment. I was thinking maybe free beer for the first high tackle on Sean Russell or something of that ilk.

Take care and keep the high balls low.

Larry

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApDljHU3h4pldFZDSllSdjZhQU1RYVo5TmNsMlRFS3c#gid=0

http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578487_10151069203173303_1713261125_n.jpg

England vs. Rest of the World, 20^th of April – 12 pm on

For those of you that have been with the club for a while we all know it as Rest of the World (RoW) day. This is a day when we play rugby against each other and the teams are separated with England players and all the rest of the club.

It's a great day of rugby and good fun. We'll have food and drinks (as normal) during or after the games. Let's hope for great weather!!!

As always, members and non-members are invited. Please invite others by joining and then selecting invite friends.

There will be more details to follow and the time may change since we just want to get the day in your diaries!

AGM, 27^th of April 2 pm on

It is going to be that time of year to elect our new committee soon. So come on down to the AGM where you can either run for a position or elect a committee member!

If you're interested in running for a position, please email secretary@millwallrugby.com.

Please click here if you're interested in knowing more about the positions we have at the Club:

http://www.millwallrugby.com/club/committee.html

You will need to be a paid up member in order to vote and stand for any of the positions. Also, this year we'll be selling from the bar before and during breaks at the AGM.

House of Commons, 11^th of May 2013, 6 pm on…

We are going to be holding our annual end of season dinner at the House of Commons again this year. This is sure to be a great time and one that you won't want to miss! The dress code is black tie.

The event starts with a tour by our local MP and President, Jim Fitzpatrick, and then we'll have drinks on the veranda overlooking the Thames and then onto a 3 course meal (4 if you include the sorbet).

Members and non-members alike are all welcome to this event. Tickets can be made payable by either a direct bank transfer or Paypal.

The ticket prices are as follows:

Early Booking (cut-off which is the 11th of April):
Volunteers, Students & Unwaged - £65.00
Members - £75.00
Non-Members - £90

Late Booking:
Members - £80
Non-Members - £95

Our details for bank transfers can be found here:
http://www.millwallrugby.com/membership/paymembership.html

The link for Paypal will be up and running shortly...

If you have questions, please email socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com.

Keep in mind that there may be a pre-party and definitely a post-party. Details to soon follow!