Touch Rugby this weekend (on Saturday, not Sunday)

Hello touch players

Don't forget we have the club's Open Day this Saturday (tomorrow) which kicks off at 2pm and finishes around 5pm.  We'd really like you all to be there.

To play, we need you to be there no later than 1.30pm.  This is so that we can organise everyone into teams that are evenly-matched and so that we can welcome and teach any new club visitors how to play.  We'll need you to help with that bit. Nigel tells me there is "silverware" in it!.... although the main aim is to make sure everyone has a good time.

Since we are having the tournament this Saturday, there will be NO O2Touch rugby this Sunday, but it will continue as normal the following Thursday and Sunday.

Regards

Andrew

O2 Priority Customers: England Rugby send-off with Take That (ticket sale live)

O2 and England Rugby unveil the official send-off for the England Rugby team with Take That plus special guests

A unique celebration of both England and rugby, Wear the Rose Live will offer fans from across the country a once in a lifetime opportunity to wave off the England team in style and show how the power of support can give the squad a huge boost, ahead of the biggest tournament in English rugby history.

Held in front of 14,500 fans at The O2, the England Rugby squad, coaches and management will be there, with players taking part in live interviews on the night. They will be joined by global pop sensations Take That as they perform an hour-long exclusive set of hits, complete with a full 48-piece orchestra for the first time ever.

The O2 Priority customer ticket sale is now live, visit the Priority App for details, with tickets will going on general sale at 9am, 31^st July. To purchase tickets visit www.axs.com,www.seetickets.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk .

For more information click here or watch the TV advert click here

Touch Rugby League Wednesday 29th July

Congratulations to both teams for notching-up another two win’s on Wednesday. 

Are YOU available to play this week?

Please reply YES or NO via email (touch@millwallrugby.com), what's app, or by accessing the spreadsheet. 

Fixtures: Wednesday 29^th July 2015 – meeting at 18.15

The Intangibles vs. You can’t Dutch This / 18.30 on Pitch 1  

The Tangibles vs. 2^nd Place from Pool B / 18.30 on Pitch 2

It's the business end of the season, time to step-up our game.

Best wishes,

James 

Clubhouse openings, pre-season training and touch times (w/c 27/7)

PLEA FOR OPEN DAY HELP:  
Did you know it will take a team of over 25 people on the day to make this event truly effective? The more people we have, the more the load is spread, lets not rely on the same people to help out all the time, it is YOUR rugby club. Please email gareth@millwallrugby.com letting him know what you are willing to help out with.

 Pre-season training:
Pre-season training is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm

Touch Rugby: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on the following Days and Times:

• Every Sunday 12.30 - 14.30
• Every Thursday 19:00 – 21:00

In addition to this, we play in the touch leagues at Surrey Quays on Wednesday evenings. The kick-offs will vary between 18:30 and 20:00

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

Flex & Ed will be looking after you for this Monday.  Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. We are opening on Wednesdays again to coincide with the pre-season training (starting at 7pm). Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Thursday - Open from 7pm   Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. We are opening on Thursdays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Friday - Clubhouse clean-up evening - From 7pm
As part of our final preparations for our open day on Saturday we are having a final spruce/tidy up of the club and tidy of playing equipment prior to the season start. Please note the bar will only be open for those that are helping. If you are able to give an hour or 2, find out more and accept the invite HERE on facebook, email gareth@millwallrugby.com and turn up from 7pm.
 
Saturday - Club Open Day - from 11am to 11pm
Fisher has organised duty managers and bar staff for the day, but we will still need help for the other tasks such as the BBQ, talking to potential new members, helping with the youth, ladies and mens taster sessions, helping with the touch tournament etc. 

Sunday - Open from 3pm - 5pm    
Flex will then be opening the clubhouse after the Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Ten ways you can help the club this week

It's one week to go until the club's Open Day and you may be wondering how you can get involved as an existing club member.

Well you play, arguably, the most important role in the day because you'll be showing our visitors what's great about Millwall! And the reason we're trying to attract some new members is to make sure we have enough players to fill teams for all our games this season.

So here are some ways you can help your club:

1. Come and play in the touch rugby tournament. Be there by 1.30pm.

2. Join in one of the separate men's women's or youth intro sessions at 12 noon.

3. Flip burgers (Contact Kirsty)

4. Pour beer or buy someone new a pint.

5. Talk to visitors in the clubhouse (and persuade people to come along to training and maybe even sell some memberships)


And even if you can't be there in person:

6. Deliver some flyers this week

7. Share the Facebook event with your friends

8. Put a poster up at work or take a poster and flyers into a local shop.

9. Find somewhere on your company intranet to advertise the club.

10. Bring your marigolds along on Friday night for the final clubhouse clean-up party.

England ticket update

Sorry for any confusion with yesterdays mail as I managed to spell international wrong...

The Ireland tickets were snapped up in seconds so unfortunately if you have not heard from me you did not get lucky on this occassion.

  

We do however still have availability for the £90 tickets to the England vs France game on the 15th August. If you wish to apply for these tickets please let me know at internationaltickets@millwallrugby.com by 2nd August.

Please make sure you only request tickets that you are willing to purchase as the club is committed to all ticket request we make from the RFU.

 

As always please remember the tickets are for personal use, if you are caught selling them on to a ticket tout or on the internet the Club will get into  trouble and may well have our ticket allocation reduced or removed. If you find that you are unable to use them please do not post them on public sites like facebook or sell them to people you do not know. If required you are also able to return them to the Twickenham box office on game days.

 

Thanks

 

Shaf

Additional England Rugby tickets

Seven of the £67 tickets to the England vs Ireland game on the 5th September have become available and are being resold on a first come basis. The tickets are in blocks of three and four so please let me know if you would like them.

Thee RFU have also made available a further set of £90 tickets to the England vs France game on the 15th August. If you wish to apply for these tickets please let me know at internatonaltickets@millwallrugby.com by 2nd August.

Please make sure you only request tickets that you are willing to purchase as the club is committed to all ticket request we make from the RFU.

As always please remember the tickets are for personal use, if you are caught selling them on to a ticket tout or on the internet the Club will get into  trouble and may well have our ticket allocation reduced or removed. If you find that you are unable to use them please do not post them on public sites like facebook or sell them to people you do not know. If required you are also able to return them to the Twickenham box office on game days.

Thanks

Shaf

Touch League Wednesday July 22

Fixtures 

Fixtures for Wednesday's Touch Games

• 18:30 The Tangibles vs Touching Me, Touch You
• 19:50 The Intangibles vs Da Muppets

Pov's team are also playing at 19.50 and usually have a space or two for anyone keen

Squad so Far

(we need about 10 for each game including a minimum of 2 women)

1. Andy Mowll
2. Darryl
3. Flex
4. Isa
5. Morgan Roberts
6. Robin
7. Sean Russell
8. Tim

Contact

Contact timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com, Lizzie, James, Isa if you are available and want to take part. Email touch@millwallrugby.com for general information.

Clubhouse Openings, Pre-Season Training, Touch Rugby (w/c 20/7)

Pre-season training:
Pre-season training is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm

Touch Rugby: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on the following Days and Times:

• Every Sunday 12.30 - 14.30
• Every Thursday 19:00 – 21:00

In addition to this, we play in the touch leagues at Surrey Quays on Wednesday evenings. The kick-offs will vary between 18:30 and 20:00

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

Fisher (& maybe Ed + mini Ed) will be looking after you for this Monday.  Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. We are opening on Wednesdays again to coincide with the pre-season training (starting at 7pm). Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Thursday - Open from 7pm   Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. We are opening on Thursdays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Saturday - Open from 4pm 
Kate will be opening earlier this Saturday to show the SA v NZ game live (kick off is 16.05). So make sure you come down and have a few drinks and celebrate/commiserate afterwards depending on the result and your chosen team.

Sunday - Youth end of season BBQ - From 11am to 3pm
Robin will be opening the bar and Scott is using the event to thank the youth parents and helpers for their support. Scott is looking for helpers for the day so if you can spare an hour or 2, please email him on youthchair@millwallrugby.com 

Sunday - Open from 3pm - 5pm    
Flex will then be keeping the clubhouse open after the youth BBQ and Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Open Day Posters Ready

Thanks to everyone who has helped us deliver Open Day flyers!  There are about 3,000 left still to deliver, so please come down and pick some up from us if you can help.

We've now also made some A3 posters that you can take to your office, your library, your local shop or office.  Perhaps you can fix one to your gate/fence or put it in your window.

The posters can be collected from the bar.  You can even download and print one for your office here if you prefer. (It prints on either A3 or A4 printers).

New website for the club

A few of us are interested in creating a new website for the club.

This might be:

- a new site
- a changed design for the existing site
- a culling of content and reorganisation
- a website we start to pay for

Or something else.

If you're interested in helping to so this or participating in a focus group to decide in what content should be on there and updated please comment below.

Regards
Andrew
Webmaster & Communications Officer
andrew@millwallrugby.com

New Coach Appointed

Millwallians,

I am delighted to announce that we have appointed a Head Coach for the coming season. His name is Matt Watts, and he will be running the pre-season training from Wednesday 22nd July.

So far we have had a good turnout at pre-season, but there are still a lot of players who haven't made it down, now we have a new coach running the rugby side of the sessions, as well as Andy running the fitness side, pre-season is shaping up to be excellent this year, so make sure you get down to the club as much as possible!

See you all soon,

Boris

Carrot Cars extends sponsorship to the 1st XV

I'm delighted to announce that Carrot Cars are renewing their sponsorship with Millwall Rugby Club’s 2nd XV and also increasing their support of the club by taking over sponsorship of the 1st XV too.

“Carrot Cars are really happy to have been able to, not only continue, but to extend their support of the club to include 1st XV sponsorship. We look forward to a successful year ahead for everyone involved at Millwall Rugby Club”

     - Adam Wiltsher, Manager, Carrot Cars.

This is the third season that Carrot Cars have supported the club and we are delighted that they are strengthening that relationship by sponsoring two of our teams this season. They have a strong community involvement and I know that members of the club will support Carrot Cars, as they supported us over the years. 

Sophie Morris

Sponsorship Officer 2014/2015 (Outgoing)

Millwall Rugby Club

Matt Evans has taken over from Sophie this season 2015/2016 as Sponsorship Officer and can be contacted at mattevans@millwallrugby.com

Interested in Coaching?

If you are interested in coaching or are already a coach and want to learn more, the club is re-building its database. If you let me know, I can add you to the mailing list so you get relevant coaching information.

Through the pre-season and season, we will set up courses for those interested e.g. Scrum Factory and Rugby Ready and also run some open evenings

Get in contact: coaching@millwallrugby.com

Thanks

Tim

07795 436715

Touch Squad and Games on Wednesday July 15

• 6.30pm The Intangibles v Touch and Go (Div 1)

• 7.10pm The Tangibles vs Jugmongus Jugs (Div 2)

Last week we had a great turnout, thanks to everyone and apologies to those who turned up on the night and ended up playing for other teams, we have to be fair and pick those for the Millwall teams who reply before the evening.

Squad so far is below, let James\Isa know via Whatsapp or Lizzie\Tim know via timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com if you want to play. Pov's team is also playing at 7.10pm so there will be plenty of opportunity to get a game.

1. Ana Hernandez
2. Andy Mowll
3. Anna Aleka
4. Darryl
5. David W
6. Edna
7. Isa
8. James W
9. Lizzie Page
10. Mike Beech
11. Morgan Roberts
12. Paul Gossip
13. Rob Clay 
14. Robin
15. Ross
16. Zachary\Zach Bray

Pre-season starts today

Pre-season training starts today on Monday 13th July at 7pm. 

After then it will be every Monday and Wednesday until the season starts. Andy has very kindly said that he will help out, and for those of you who were around for pre-season last year I am sure you will be looking forward to breaking out the rope, tyres etc. again...

Flyers advertising Open Day

Dear Members

As part of the club's player recruitment drive we've printed up some flyers for you to take to work/gym/shops or to deliver in your street.

Next time you are at the bar, please take a pile of 50 or so from the box and do your best to deliver them or leave them somewhere you think they will be found of interest.

Please don't leave this task to a small few on the committee as with a little help from everyone we can get the word out there about Millwall and our open day on 1st August.

http://www.millwallrugby.com/openday

Cheers
Andrew

Clubhouse Openings, Pre-Season Training, Touch Rugby (w/c 13/7)

Mens pre-season training starts this Monday:
Pre-season training starts on Monday 13th July at 7pm. After then it will be every Monday and Wednesday until the season starts. Andy has very kindly said that he will help out, and for those of you who were around for pre-season last year I am sure you will be looking forward to breaking out the rope, tyres etc. again...

Touch Rugby times: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on the following Days and Times:

• Every Sunday 13:00 – 15:00
• Every Monday 19:00 – 21:00
• Every Thursday 19:00 – 21:00

In addition to this, we will be playing at Surrey Quays on Wednesday evenings. The kick-offs will vary between 18:30 and 20:00

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

Fisher (& maybe Ed + mini Ed) will be looking after you for this Monday. We are opening on Mondays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. We are opening on Wednesdays again to coincide with the start of pre-season training (starting at 7pm). Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Thursday - Open from 7pm   Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. We are opening on Thursdays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards.   

Saturday - Open from 3pm 
Today we are acting as the final stage of the "Tour De Essex" so will be opening earlier to welcome back those Millwall members who have cycled from Southend to Millwall. Who else could look after us on this day but Mr Essex (E14 only) himself - Mr Paul Fisher...

There will be a BBQ, a Raffle and other fun activities. This event has been organised by our member Leigh Dargan who is raising monies to support the Magical Taxi Tour (taking sick children in london black taxis to Disneyland), please click HERE for more information and to sponsor our members who are doing this.

Sunday - Open from 3pm - 5pm     Flex will be opening the clubhouse after the Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Club meetings/help required this week

As we have quite a few meetings/help requests for this week, we thought it would be good to split these out from the weekly opening email.

Club Meetings/Attendance encouraged:

Tuesday - Club Management Committee (CMC) from 7.30pm 

Every member is welcome to attend, please contact Karen beforehand on karen@millwallrugby.com. To find out more about these meetings, click HERE

Thursday - Open day organisation meeting from 8pm

This meeting is to discuss arrangements for our open day and who is doing what. Did you know we need circa 20-30 volunteers on the day to make this work seamlessly? Even if you can only spend an hour or two, then it would be appreciated and lighten the load. Let Jo know on ladieschair@millwallrugby.com if you are around to help.  To find out more information and to join the event, click HERE

  

Club events/help required:

Friday - Clubhouse cleanup evening #1 from 7pm

In preparation for our open day (1st Aug) we need to have a deep clean of the clubhouse. Did you know we need around 15 people to help in order to make this work? Even if you can only spend an hour or two, then it would be appreciated and lighten the load. The club bar will only be open for those who are helping on the night. Let Gareth know on gareth@millwallrugby.com if you are around to help. To find out more information and to join the event, click HERE

Until 1st Aug - Help with distributing open day flyers
We need help in getting the word out about our open day, and there are a number of ways this can be done.....

1) Handing out flyers
We've had lots of A5 flyers professionally printed advertising the event and we could really do with your help delivering a few in your street or building. Could you possibly take a pile to work to put by the till in your canteen, or on the tables, or at the reception in your gym? Perhaps there is a local shop who might be kind enough to take a pile from you.
The box of flyers is on the bar - just help yourself and let me know if we've run out!

Jo is also looking to organise a pub crawl (or 2 in the next few weeks) to get the word out - so email jo on ladieschair@millwallrugby.com if you are interested in visiting pubs.... ;-)  

2) Share an e-copy
You can also download a PDF of the flyer here.  Some people have staff social sections of their intranet/work social network and perhaps you could post the flyer on there for us? 

3) Share on Facebook 
You can also help, by clicking here and looking for the SHARE link just under the bottom of the photo and sharing it with your friends. 

4) Share on twitter
You can also ReTweet our Tweet here.

Club Management Committee (CMC) meeting this Tuesday

Each month, the club's management committee meets and our next meeting is this Tuesday 14th July. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and usually lasts for a maximum of 2 hours in our clubhouse.

What do we talk about?

We make decisions about the club's strategy, review the club's finances, and find solutions to issues that have arisen.  We also ratify any recommendations that the various club subcommittees make, approving any expenditure or contracts if the subcommittee hasn't had sufficient authority to make the decision alone.

Question: Can I go? -(Answer: Yes)

All current club members are always welcome to attend and contribute to the decisions.  All you have to do is contact Karen, our club secretary in advance of rocking up.  Email her at secretary@millwallrugby.com.  This is just so we can organise accordingly if we are expecting lots of people.

If you want to learn about the committee or stand next year, you are positively encouraged to attend at least one CMC meeting during the year.


Andrew
Communications Officer

Pre-Season Training Wednesday 8th July - CANCELLED

All,

Due to the tube strike tomorrow, (for this I give my unreserved apologies) we are cancelling the first session of pre-season training tomorrow. The clubhouse will still be open for those of you who can make it and require some refreshment...

Pre-season will start in earnest on Monday 13th July at 7pm. We have a potential new coach coming down as well so everyone should try to make it down.

See you all on Monday

Boris

Summer Touch League Kicks Off This Wednesday, July 8th, 6.30pm

Southwark Park, Wednesday, July 8th, 6.30pm

If you are interested in playing competitive touch rugby or just want to play touch in general, the summer O2 Touch league kicks off in earnest this Wednesday at 6.30pm in Southwark Park, just over the river from Canary Wharf and Millwall have two teams in action. The grading means we have two levels.

• 18.30 Div 2 vs PwC touchy-feelies (no, I don't know either...)
• 19.50 Div 1 vs Phoenix

Recent 7s in the City Winners July 4th with David Strettle and Matt Stephens

Squad

Squad so far: (more welcome, let us know if you are interested)

1. Isa
2. Jack 
3. Morgan
4. David W
5. Edna
6. Ross
7. Darryl
8. Ana 
9. Tendai
10. Randall
11. Scott V
12. Lizzie 
13. Tim 

Contact

Contact timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com, Lizzie, James, Isa about taking part in the Summer leagues, you don't have to commit to every Wednesday (but most would be good) and with two teams, we have something for all levels. Email touch@millwallrugby.com for general information.

Watch out for the Tube Strike which is possible on Wednesday, use DLR and Overland if possible to Surrey Quay via Shadwell. Check here for latest TFL news.

For those of you (men) interested in contact, Men's pre-season also starts on Wednesday on Millwall Park.

#02Touch

Clubhouse Openings, Pre-Season Training & Touch Rugby (w/c 6/7)

Mens pre-season training starts this Wednesday:
Pre-season training starts on Wednesday 8th July at 7pm. After the 8th it will be every Monday and Wednesday until the season starts. Andy has very kindly said that he will help out, and for those of you who were around for pre-season last year I am sure you will be looking forward to breaking out the rope, tyres etc. again... 

Touch Rugby times: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on the following Days and Times:  

• Every Sunday 13:00 – 15:00
• Every Monday 19:00 – 21:00
• Every Thursday 19:00 – 21:00

In addition to this, we will be playing at Surrey Quays on Wednesday evenings. The kick-offs will vary between 18:30 and 20:00

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

Fisher (& maybe Ed + mini Ed) will be looking after you for this Monday. We are opening on Mondays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm  
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. We are opening on Wednesdays again to coincide with the start of pre-season training (starting at 7pm). Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards. 
 
Thursday - Open from 7pm   Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. We are opening on Thursdays during the summer season to tie in with Touch sessions (starting at 7pm). Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Saturday - Open from 6pm
Brigitte will be looking after you this Saturday. Make sure you come down early and celebrate that this day in the year 1700 Gelderland accepted the Gregorian calendar; the day before this happened it was June 30, 1700.

Sunday - Open from 3pm - 5pm     Flex will be opening the clubhouse after the Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Join The Intangibles AND Jonny Wilkinson - O2 Touch Tour at Allianz Park, London, Sun 26th July

This summer, the O2 Touch Tour is hitting the road with England Rugby superstar Jonny Wilkinson. O2, with the support of England Rugby, is putting on four O2 Touch Tour events across the country.

O2 Touch tournaments, first-time taster sessions, England Rugby players, and plenty of fun and entertainment.

Millwall's very own Touch team “The Intangibles” will be attending this event to see if they can improve on their semi-final showing in the Bath leg of this competition. 

Bring family, friends and sit in a park all day long, enjoying views like this in guaranteed* bright sunlight.

What are you waiting for? contact Flex or Touch@MillwallRugby.com 

*Terms and conditions apply to the Millwall sunlight guarantee - it is guaranteed to be bright sunlight somewhere in the world on that day....