REMINDER - Seniors pre-season training starts this Saturday at 3pm

Guys,

Hope you're enjoying your break.

As a first heads-up for the new season, there will be an Objectives Session on Saturday 5th July at the Clubhouse.

Meet time to be 3pm.  Once the meeting is finished, there will be a BBQ and social night.

The meeting will cover (list not exhaustive):

1.  Aims for the senior sides in 2014/15

2.  Player kit and sponsorship ideas

3.  Training expectations

4.  Player Code of Conduct for Season 2014/15

5.  Outline of Pre-season calendar

This is not an optional session.  If you're serious about next season you WILL ensure you're there.

More pre-season details to follow shortly....first training session is Monday 7th July.

Thanks

Dave & Nick

Clubhouse opening & key dates (w/c 30/06)

Club Openings:

Monday - Open from 8.30pm 
This Monday, Ed is planning on opening the clubhouse after the touch session which is running on the park from 7pm. Come on down and have a few games of touch, enjoy the summer weather and refresh yourselves in the clubhouse afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7.30pm 

This Wednesday Gareth will be opening the clubhouse so you can celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week and refresh yourselves after the Wednesday touch session (which starts at 7pm on Millwall park)

Thurs 3/7/14 - Thirst Thursday / Independence Eve @ the 5 Bells (our 2nd clubhouse) - from 4.30pm  
You heard it right, It’s the thirst Thursday you have all been waiting for…sparkly hats, umbrellas, possible pyrotechnics and stuff you haven’t drunk since you were 12

It’s all to play for in the 5 Bells Thirst Thursday, this coming Thursday the 3rd of July from 16:30hrs. Who needs Fridays anyway, they are highly overrated, I am sure you all have holidays to burn and Mark has promised a 3rd of July extravaganza in the theme of, wait for it……., the 4th of July.
 

Dress for an independence theme and kick out the colonial oppressors, conversely take back the colony for Blighty using superior sideburns, Pith helmets and a stiff upper lip or just come “as you like it”. 
 

Friday - Independence Friday - Open from 7.30pm 

Karen will be opening the clubhouse from 7.30pm.

So come down and celebrate the end of the week/start of the weekend/American independence/getting rid of America from the Empire (delete as appropriate)

Saturday - Kitchen strip out from 11am, Clubhouse Open from 3pm

From 11am we are planning to strip out/paint kitchen in preparation for the new kitchen installation the following weekend - so if you can help with this, please let Gareth know or email him on gareth@millwallrugby.com

Gareth will also be your duty manager from 3pm in time for the male players 2014/15 Objectives session meeting which is being held then. Once the meeting is finished, there will be a BBQ and social night so make the effort and come down to have some input into where the club wants to go in 2014/15 and then enjoy the BBQ afterwards. 

Key Dates for your diary 

Sun 6/7/14 - Tour De Limehouse Festival - Millwall Tug of War team
We have been invited to enter a tug of war team (or 2/3) to this event - and it looks like we will be going toe to toe with Mark & the 5 Bells crew, so lets make sure we defeat them or we will never live it down.... Please get in touch with Ed Partridge if you want to get involved with this.

Sat 12/7/14 - New Kitchen Installation day 
The kitchen has been measured up and the steel is being fabricated and will be delivered on 11th July. Gareth Hargreaves will be coordinating the event so please contact him on gareth@millwallrugby.com to register your offer of resource/skills. 

We have an electrician and plumber at the ready for the day (thank you Cuddles & Struann), we are still looking for people with shelf fitting/drilling/general diy/tea making skills - so please contact Gareth if you can help in these areas

Millwall RFC Senior Pre-Season Training - Saturday 5 July 2014

Guys,

Hope you're enjoying your break.

As a first heads-up for the new season, there will be an Objectives Session on Saturday 5th July at the Clubhouse.

Meet time to be 3pm.  Once the meeting is finished, there will be a BBQ and social night.

The meeting will cover (list not exhaustive):

1.  Aims for the senior sides in 2014/15

2.  Player kit and sponsorship ideas

3.  Training expectations

4.  Player Code of Conduct for Season 2014/15

5.  Outline of Pre-season calendar

This is not an optional session.  If you're serious about next season you WILL ensure you're there.

More pre-season details to follow shortly....first training session is Monday 7th July.

Thanks

Dave & Nick

2014 AGM committee results

Dear club members,

The minutes from the 2014 AGM will be written up soon but in the meantime, for those of you who weren't at the AGM, I bet you are wondering who your managing committee is for the year ahead. Thanks to everyone who put their names forward and additionally many thanks to last year’s volunteers who have stood again in their roles (green in the list below).   

So without further ado here are this season’s successful nominees:

Role    (CMC Positions are in bold)
Chairman	Robin Poynder
Secretary	Karen Anderson
Treasurer	Adrienne Meehan
Men's Chair	Shaun Cook
Ladies Chair	Johanna Sicler
Youth Chair	Scott Vinnicombe
Communications Officer	Andrew Hesselden
Development Officer	Matt Caldecourt (Cuddles)
Clubhouse Officer	Gareth Hargreaves
General Committee Member 1	Michael Paling (GG)
General Committee Member 2	Tom Bradfield (Boris)
Social Secretary	Ed Partridge
1st Team Manager	Sean Russell
2nd Team Manager	Sophie Buckman
3rd Team Manager	James Gough
Venus Manager	Amy Trakos
Fixture Secretary	Mike Beech
Club Volunteer Coordinator	Fisher
Men's Tour Coordinator	Wiggy
Merchandise Manager	Fisher
International Tickets Coordinator	Shaf Visram
Registration Secretary
Membership Secretary	Gareth Hargreaves
First Aid Co-ordinator	Tim McDonagh
Press Officer	Edna
Sponsorship Officer	Sophie Morris
Programme Producer
Webmaster	Andrew Hesselden
Safeguarding Officer (inc Youth)	Stuart Crooks
Transport Officer	Ronan Quigly
Coaching Coordinator	Tim / Scott
Statistics & Caps Secretary	Flex
Funding Officer	Stuart Crooks
Infrastucture/Inventory Officer
Discipline Officer	Mike Beech
OTHER - but no less important than the above!
Assistant Accountants / bookkeepers
Playing subcommittee volunteers
Clubhouse Duty Managers
Clubhouse Bar Staff
Clubhouse Maintenance Volunteers
Development subcommittee volunteers
Events Volunteers

Remaining named roles that need filling are highlighted red, as a brief description for each:

Registration Secretary 

   - who manages the registration of 1st team players working closely with the coach and team manager.

Programme Producer

  - officially in the Communications team, the programme is the weekly players newsletter with highlights from the previous week's matches, cumulative match statistics (available from the Stats & Caps Secretary), and perhaps some tongue in cheek "articles".

Infrastructure/Inventory Officer

  - this person is responsible for ensuring maintenance & care of equipment such as the portable lights & training gear, working with team managers and Clubhouse Officer.

We always need other volunteers to spread the workload – we all have day jobs so it’s important to be able to rely on a team of supporters.  If everyone can do just a little bit, we can get so much more done for our club.  So speak to one of the CMC members about joining their team (e.g. the Development team, the Events team, Clubhouse team...).

Clubhouse openings and important notices (w/c 9th June)

Club Openings:
Monday - Open from 8.30pm 

As part of a trial for the next month or so, Ed has very kindly agreed to open the bar after Monday Touch Sessions - so please come down to touch and use the bar afterwards so we can make Monday evening openings a regular day.

Wednesday - Open from 7.30pm 

This Wednesday Fisher will be opening the clubhouse so you can celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week. 

 

Friday - Open from 7.30pm    

Ryan will be opening the clubhouse from 7.30pm this Friday to help you celebrate reaching the end of the week, and the start of the weekend, so come down and keep him company.

Super Saturday - Open from 11am Sat to 1am Sunday (demand allowing)

As we have quite a lot of sport on TV this coming Saturday Edna will be opening the clubhouse early at 11am so you can catch most of the days action. Then Fisher will be taking over the evening shift from around 6pm to see us through to 1am (if demand is there). 

 

Please note we are unable to open the clubhouse or serve alcohol for the NZ v Eng game live at 8.35am due to the terms of our licence, but we will record it and show it after the Aus v Fra game. 

 

Here is the intended running order for games on the TV.

 

Rugby

Aus v Fra 11am

Eng v NZ (Replay) from the recorded kick off at 8.35am

SA v Wal  4pm

Arg v Ire   7.40pm 

 

Football

Eng v Italy 11pm 

2 Key Dates for your diary 

We still need volunteers for these 2 key development dates in the club. Without volunteers we cannot run these days and things cannot get fixed/improved - please help out if you can (click on the title for more information)

RugbyForce / DIY / Deep Clean day - Sat 21/6/14 - Paul Fisher will be coordinating the event so please contact him on paulfisher@millwallrugby.com to register your offer of resource/skills

New Kitchen Installation day - Sat 12/7/14 - Gareth Hargreaves will be coordinating the event so please contact him on gareth@millwallrugby.com to register your offer of resource/skills

Clubhouse openings and important notices (w/c 2nd June)

Club Openings:
Monday - Open from 8.30pm 

As part of a trial for the next month or so, Ed has very kindly agreed to open the bar after Monday Touch Sessions - so please come down to touch and use the bar afterwards so we can make Monday evening openings a regular day.

Wednesday - Open from 7.30pm 

This Wednesday Gareth will be opening the clubhouse so you can celebrate reaching the mid-point of the week. Gareth is happy to train up bar staff and DMs during his shifts as well, so just let him know if you are interested either in person or emailing him on gareth@millwallrugby.com

Friday - Open from 7.30pm    

Lucie will be opening the clubhouse from 7.30pm this Friday to help you celebrate reaching the end of the week, and the start of the weekend, so come down and keep her company.

Saturday - CLUBHOUSE CLOSED - PRIVATE BOOKING

This Saturday the clubhouse is closed to members as we have a private booking taking place from 4pm to 11pm

2 Key Dates for your diary 

Don't forget to put your name down for these 2 key renovation/DIY dates at the club

RugbyForce / DIY / Deep Clean day - Sat 21/6/14 - Paul Fisher will be coordinating the event so please contact him on paulfisher@millwallrugby.com to register your offer of resource/skills

New Kitchen Installation day - Sat 12/7/14 - Gareth Hargreaves will be coordinating the event so please contact him on gareth@millwallrugby.com to register your offer of resource/skills