The Webb Ellis Trophy comes to East London - Sunday 6 September, 12pm

EVENT ON SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER - starting 12pm

Advertising on behalf of East London - let's support our neighbours. 

The Webb Ellis Trophy comes to East London!

East London RFC will have the pleasure of hosting the Webb Ellis trophy on Sunday 6th September. This historic occasion will coincide with the celebration of the Club House facilities upgrade: refurbished bar area and changing rooms, spectator fencing for the main pitch and a total of 3 floodlit pitches.

Jason Leonard, Jeff Probyn, Thinus Delport and a number of other rugby legends will be joining us along with the Webb Ellis trophy for the day.

MORE ON THE DAY ...

A veterans 15 aside Tournament will also be taking place, with East London Ladies also taking part in their own friendly pre-season showdown.

Live music and food are all a part of the day which looks to set the mood for the Trophy visit.

East London Rugby Football Club

Memorial Park

Holland Road E15 3BP

(West Ham tube station)

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/eastlondonrfc/calendar/event/rwc-2015-trophy-tour--veterans-tournament-215653

Clubhouse openings, training, touch times (w/c 31/8) and appeal for more minibus drivers

Training:
Training this week is as follows:

• Earlier time of 6pm on Monday (Mens). No Ladies training.
• Standard time of 7pm on Wednesday (Mens & Ladies).

Touch Rugby: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on Sundays from 12.30pm to 2.30pm

Club Openings: 
Monday - CLUBHOUSE CLOSED FOR BANK HOLIDAY

The clubhouse bar will be closed this bank holiday Monday - the mens training will still take place, and at the earlier time of 6pm.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. Come down to training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Saturday - CORNISH NIGHT - Open from 4.30pm
Robin will be opening the club today to welcome the guys back from for our second squad pre-season game vs Wanstead (playing at Wanstead). 
 
We will also be showing live coverage of WAL v ITA game, followed by a recording of the ENG v IRE game followed by a recording of the FRA v SCO game, so come down and get the season off to a good start. Dont forget to bring your cornish outfit for the night as well.....

Sunday - Open from 2.30pm - 4.30pm  
Flex will then be opening the clubhouse after the Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why not come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

HELP - APPEAL FOR NEW TEAM MINIBUS DRIVERS
Paul & Brigitte are on the look out for some new volunteers for 2015/6 season to drive the minibuses to games - ideally these should be non players or a couple of players from each of the 1st 2nd and 3rd teams.

The criteria is that you must have a clean UK licence and held the licence for 2 years.You will be required to attend a half day training course and drive the bus at least 5 times during the season. All costs (£91.92) are paid for by the club. 

We need drivers to keep this valuable resource going as it reduces costs and keeps subs low (this scheme allows us to get a minibus for around 25% of the cost of hiring one with a driver).

Also this season the club will pay for a taxi when dropping the bus back from the minibus drop off point (opposite 5 bells) back to the clubhouse and you get a free pint when you get back from dropping off the minibus!!

If you can help, please contact paul@millwallrugby.com or brigitte@millwallrugby.com or speak to them in person 

FREE tickets to Barbarians v Samoa - This Saturday (29th Aug), 3pm @ Olympic Stadium

Gareth has been offered a number of FREE tickets (max 6) to the above match through one of his community contacts.

It is at 3pm this Saturday at the Olympic stadium.

If you are interested, please email gareth@millwallrugby.com ASAP today with how many you would like (1 or 2). Please also provide your address and he will pass your details onto his contact to sort the rest.

Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Thanks

 

Pre-Season Game Saturday 29th August

Hello Millwallians,

We have our first pre-season game on Saturday, against Southwark. We are playing up at Hackney Marshes (Hackney Marshes Centre, Homerton Road, E9 5PF) as the pitch on Millwall Park is not available yet. Kick off time is 2.30 and meet time is 12:30 at the club, minibuses have been organised to take us there and back. Fines for lateness will be issued so make sure you are all on time. The game will be four 20 minute quarters so everyone will get some game time.

Please send your availability to menschair@millwallrugby.com for this weekend by Wednesday. We are practising set pieces this Wednesday in training so everyone should try to make it down.

After the game we will head back to the club for a beer, and we have also been invited to the bowls club round the corner for some bowls, BBQ and extremely cheap beer. The rugby club will also be showing the international games.

See you on Wednesday

Boris

Millwall RFC grand day out at the bowls club next door

Its that time of year again as misty eyed men with club ties reminisce about late August last year, when our friendly local bowls club invited us to play, eat, drink and be merry.

"Dry those tears" I hear you shout. They have done it again, and as such you are all cordially invited to repeat last year on their green next to the rugby club. 

The order of the day is as follows:

When: Saturday 29th of August

Venue 
North Greenwich Bowls Club

Address: 197 E Ferry Rd, London E14 3AY (under the arches and behind the hedge when walking from the club in the direction of Mudchute DLR)

Timings:
- Get there from 13:00 onwards
- Bowling starts at 15:00 (weather permitting)
- Beers throughout
- BBQ after bowling commences timing depending on demand
- those playing in the warm up game against Southwark we will arrive later and they are all ok with this.

Items to note:
- mixed bowling, they plan to split teams with pros and Millwall rugby club members to mix it up a bit and give everyone a chance to learn from the greats

- CASH only bar: bring enough or be prepared for the long hike to equinox with a quid and a bit sting in the tail

- £5 for BBQ: schoolboy error to forget your lunch money

- For those who want the authentic bowls experience - some sort of "bowling" Whites and a straw boater.

- As before Shorts and skirts are allowed, the only fixed rule is no hard heels on the green, so bring flats, trainers or plimsolls/pumps to play.

Clubhouse openings, pre-season training and touch times (w/c 24/08)

Pre-season training:
Pre-season training for both mens and ladies is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm

Touch Rugby: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on Sundays from 12.30pm to 2.30pm

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

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

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Saturday - Open from 4.30pm
Brigitte will be opening the club today to welcome the guys back from for our first squad pre-season game vs Southwark (playing at Hackney Marshes 2.30pm KO). We will also be showing a recording of the IRE v WAL game followed by a recording of the SCO v ITA game, so come down and get the season off to a good start.

Sunday - Open from 2.30pm - 4.30pm  
Flex will then be opening the clubhouse after the Sunday Touch sessions for a few hours so why not come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

AAAARRRRRR! It be Cornish night!!

Whether ye be a scurvy sea dog or the village idiot there is plenty of place for eye patches, smocks, straw hats, wooden legs and pitchforks (not real ones) including any other stereotypes we can lump onto the beautiful county of cornwall.

Get down for a wurzelling good time on cider, sing a few sea shanties, have plenty of grog and survive a good old fashioned keelhauling, (all in the appropriate attire of course), and walk the plank of shame all the way home (or someone else's house/gym treadmill). All at the fantastic Millwall rugby club CORNISH NIGHT!

LAST ONE UP THE OLD SEA DOG GETS A LICK OF THE CAT!


On offer among all manner of bounteous treats are the following:
- "Cornish Gold"
- "Scrumpy"
- "Ratler"
- "Proper job"
- Paddles of cider for those who just cant decide
- cornish shots......(i don't know either..)
- and of course the obligatory pasties

don't forget your gear, or do and have to bargain an eye patch or a maritime related hat at the bar for a few pieces of eight.


GERROF MOI LAAAND! 'EE WUZ WORRYIN' MOI SHEEP! etc...

5 September

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Millwall Rugby Club

75 Manchester Road, E14 3DN London, United Kingdom

Touch Final Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow, we finish the Touch season with the Tangibles in the Final and the Intangibles playing the final game of the year. Who's in?

18:30                                     The Intangibles vs Da Muppets (Pitch 3)

19:10 FINAL                        The Tangibles vs Jugmongous Jugs (Pitch 2)

We're the holders from the Spring league so want to continue the winning ways.

Email timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com

Clubhouse openings, pre-season training and touch times (w/c 17/08)

Pre-season training:
Pre-season training for both mens and ladies is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7pm to 9pm

Touch Rugby: 
Our sessions on Millwall Park will continue take place on Sundays from 12.30pm to 2.30pm

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

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

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Saturday - Open from 6pm
Patrick will be opening the club today and will be showing the 1st half of ITA v SCO game followed by the FRA v ENG game followed by the recording of 2nd half of the ITA v SCO game, so come down early and keep Patrick company.

Sunday - Open from 2.30pm - 4.30pm  
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. 

Return to Rugby Project - Kick Off Meeting this Monday

Meeting after training this Monday

Following last year's successful "Rugby Basics" programme, we have plans to start it off again this season. But the great news is that the idea has "gone national" and is going to be marketed nationally as a "Return to Rugby" Programme starting around Sep 14th.

Millwall has been invited to be one of a small number of clubs involved in the launch, which could be a really exciting opportunity for us!

To make it work we need people interested in coaching, participating, involving the new guys socially in the club and probably more besides.

To kick it off, Martin MacTaggart from the RFU will be coming along to speak to us after training tomorrow night (Monday 17th August) at 9pm.

If you are interested in learning more, please come along at 9pm Monday.  

Please let me know you're coming by emailing me at andrew@millwallrugby.com

Changes to our #O2Touch Rugby Sessions

Changes to timings

Our Thursday touch rugby sessions have now stopped for the summer in order to let you all focus on main club training.  We've noticed numbers dropping off, so decided it's time to stop.  The Sunday sessions however will continue, as always, throughout the winter.

We're changing the time of Sunday sessions to bring it half an hour earlier to help organisers who run other sessions in the morning.  The new time will be 12.30pm until 2.30pm.  This is effective from this coming Sunday 15th August.

Changes to session fees

Effective immediately: in the interests of encouraging participation in our Millwall Park sessions we've decided to abolish the £3 fee for non-members to play.  This means that, like all our club training, all Millwall Park sessions are now free of charge.  We will still be taking a register however, as this is a requirement of our O2Touch sponsorship.

Effective from January 2016: recognising the costs of entry into the competitions (which can be upwards of £350), as well as the fact that we now provide shiny kit for you to wear, we've decided to bring our competition/league-sessions in line with the rest of the club.

• This means that you must be a fully paid up and current member of the club to be selected to play and you'll need to pay match day subs to contribute... unless you're a life member. 
• Rather than being £10 as with our full-contact rugby, the subs for touch rugby will be a reduced £5 (unemployed the same).  
• As is usual, regular club volunteers benefit from 50% off what they would otherwise have to pay.
• The same trial rules apply for people who have never been members before (one game with no match subs to pay, and no membership requirement until just prior to third game)

If you've got any questions, please email one of us on the touch rugby committee (Nigel, Darryl, Scott, Mike, Andrew)

touch@millwallrugby.com

www.millwallrugby.com/touch

Online Press Coverage - The Wharf - 4th August 2015

We've got a lovely write up in The Wharf's online version here.

Press Coverage - East End Life - 10th August 2015

We've got a nice write-up this week promoting the club in the council's free newspaper that is delivered to lots of homes locally.

Click on the picture to zoom in.

Touch Rugby Games on Wednesday Aug 12

Wednesday sees us reaching the end part of the season with the second last games and The Intangibles facing off to Pov's team.

Games

• 19:10 Semi-Final The Intangibles vs You Can't Dutch This
• 19:50 The Tangibles vs Untouchaballs

Squad (so far, more needed especially for Tangibles)

1. Anna A
2. Andy
3. Flex
4. Paul
5. Rob
6. Robin
7. Tim

Email touch@millwallrugby.com if you are available and would like to play.

Watch out also for End of Season drinks on Friday August 14th from 8pm at the Sports Bar, Cross Rail Place in Canary Wharf.


Tim

Players Meeting This Wednesday

Hello Millwallians,

We are hurtling towards the first games of the new season. Three mens pre-season games have been organised, squad games on the 29th August and 5th September against Southwark (Home) and Wanstead (Away). Following that there will be two friendlies, 1st XV and a 2nd XV friendlies, against Old Streetonians 1st XV and 2nd XV. The first league games begin on 19th September.

This coming week, myself and our new coach Matt Watts, want to have a pre season meeting with the players to discuss the coming season. This will happen on Wednesday 12th August (THIS WEEK) and I hope that as many players can make it as possible. We will finish training half an hour early to incorporate the meeting.

Also, from now on, all players coming down to mens training should expect contact and so should bring gumshields etc to ensure that everyone has their teeth prior to the start of the season.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this week.

Cheers

Boris

Clubhouse openings and pre-season training times (w/c 10/08)

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

Club Openings: 
Monday - Open from 7pm 

Gareth will be looking after you for this Monday.  Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Fisher & Ed will be looking after you for this Wednesday. Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Thursday - Open from 7pm   
Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Saturday - Open from 5pm
Ryan will be opening the club today and will be showing the IRE v SCO and FRA v ENG international games live so come down early and keep Ryan company.

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. 

Next Club Management meeting DATE CHANGED for this month - now 18 August

Due to it being the summer holiday season, the next club management meeting has been moved to Tuesday 18 August, at normal time 7.30pm in the clubhouse. 

Club members are welcome to come along and see what goes into running your club.  Your contributions to debates are welcomed, however please note we try to stick to a strict timetable to allow us all to go home at a reasonable hour. 

Reminder - usual meeting dates are on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 7.30pm. 

Please try to let secretary@millwallrugby.com know if you are attending.  
If you have an item to add to the agenda please give as much background information as possible so that voting committee members have time to consider the issue/proposal prior to the meeting. 

Press Coverage - The Wharf - 30th July 2015

We got a mention in the Wharf this week and they mentioned our club Open Day.

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Wednesday Touch League Fixtures and Squad - Aug 5th

After a well contested and fun Tournament hosted by ourselves on Millwall Park, we return to the Summer Leagues on Wednesday, August 5th.

Games

• 18:30 The Tangibles vs Jugmongous Jugs
• 19:50 The Intangibles vs Artful Dodgers

The Tangibles could possible fo top of the Table on points difference which will determine the Semi-Final placings next week. The Tangibles will be aiming to close out the last 2 remaining games before the Final.

If you've caught the Touch bug from the Open Day, why not come and join us? We have space for 24 in the two teams, contact timmcdonagh@millwallrugby.com or touch@millwallrugby.com

Squad So Far (more needed)

1 Ana Hernandez
2 Isa
3 Jodie Botha
4 Andy Mowll
5 Daniel Philips
6 Darryl
7 Flex
8 James W
9 Morgan Roberts
10 Rob Clay
11 Robin
12 Tim

Thanks

Tim

Clubhouse openings, pre-season training and touch times (w/c 03/08)

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

• Sunday - CANCELLED this week.
• 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 & Ed will be looking after you for this Monday.  Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Wednesday - Open from 7pm
Gareth will be looking after you for this Wednesday. Come down to pre-season training and have a few drinks afterwards.

Thursday - Open from 7pm   Flex will be looking after you for this Thursday. Come down to touch and have a few drinks afterwards. 

Saturday - Open from 4pm
Scott Mayo will be opening the club today and will be showing the SA v ARG international live followed by a recording of the Aus V NZ rugby championship game, so come down early and keep Scott company.

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.