Key Amnesty

We will shortly be changing the locks on the clubhouse shutters, and anyone requiring a key should contact secretary@millwallrugby.com to make arrangements to exchange your key.

Cost of cutting keys

Replacing keys that have not been handed in costs the club a lot of your membership money - typically £3 per key.

If you have any club keys (for doors, portakabin, gates, cupboards) that you no longer require, could you please hand them in at the bar in a sealed envelope marked for my attention so the bar staff can place them in my pigeon hole.  We have envelopes in the clubhouse if you need one.

In particular we are looking for the following keys which have been lost:

• Lions cupboard 1
• Lions cupboard 2
• 194 Confiscations
• 525 CMT 2

If we are unable to locate these keys we will need to break and change the locks at further time, effort and cost.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Regards
Andrew Hesselden
Club Secretary

Clubhouse Door Access

Please be advised the smaller kitchen/back door of the clubhouse has had a new lock fitted and is only for the use of suppliers and certain committee members.


All other club members should now use the main double entrance doors at all times. If they are closed/locked and you don't have an electronic access card, there is a bell you can press.

We will be making further announcements in due course about reintroducing the electronic card access system for members, so please retain your old access cards.

Andrew
Secretary

Reminder about selection process

Please remember that in order to be selected for a team you should be emailing selection@millwallrugby.com no later than 5pm on a Wednesday. 

Selection priority will be given in line with the selection guidelines published in December. Players who are members and players who attend training in the 7 days prior to the teams being selected are advantaged by these. 

The teams will be selected on Wednesday night and the team lists published on Thursday morning. 

After this time if gaps remain team managers will attempt to fill spots with other players.

With the exception of our 1st XV, all players are guaranteed at least 20 minutes on the pitch. This does mean that you may be asked to sub-off to let everyone get a game. 

The decision of you team manager is final.  If you have any complaints about the team selection you should discuss it with your team manager. 

In the interests of demonstrating good Sportsmanship and Respect we do not expect Millwall players to be complaining about team selections publicly on Facebook. 

Andrew

Secretary

TGIF (French edition) Friday 20th January 2012

Another TGIF hosted by Venus. 


Friday, January 20, 2012 19:30 - Late


The night has a French theme so be sure to bring your moustaches, bagets and stripy shirts!
The last Polish themed night was a massive success.  So make sure you let everybody know!


As always; good company and CHEAP DRINKS!!! 


See you there.

6 repair jobs we need someone to do for us

One of our new white leather sofas is missing a foot and the frame is broken - we think it could be repaired by someone who is handy with wood. Can you do this for us?  You can do it any time the clubhouse is open and we have tools upstairs in the office.  Please... is this something you can help us with? ---Antonia Branston has kindly offered to do this for us! - thanks!

URGENT! Men's cubicles..... It's now completely damaged and will now be a more expensive job to put right.  It needs taking to pieces and then filling with some wood filler or something like that and reattaching.  It's been like this for some time but will probably take someone less than an hour to fix.  It's already got worse and if we have to buy new cubicles, it could cost upwards of £500.  Is this the job for you?   --- Both Jack Cooper and Antonia Branston have kindly offered to do this for us! - thanks! ---- 

Next, we have an URGENT job in the left men's cubicle.  When the toilet blocks, water comes out from behind the toilet and leaks over the floor.  The waste pipe needs sealing back onto the toilet.  Probably some silicon sealant will do the job.

Next... the door frame as you enter the men's toilets has split and need repair or replacement.  The screws are loose and the frame moves every time the door moves.

Next, we've found someone has broken the lock on the disabled toilet (little black turner thingy is broken) - there is a risk now of someone getting trapped in there.  Can you replace the handle and bolt for us?  We can reimburse you for materials as with all of these jobs.

Lastly, there is a job in the ladies' loo - the left hand sink leaks if water is left in the sink (ie if the plug is left in).  This is because there is a leak around the waste where it joins the ceramic sink.  Can you spare 30 mins to take the waste trap/pipe to pieces and re-seal this for us?  ---Jake reckons all it needs is some "plumbers' mait"

New Year Reminder - Club maintenance tasks that need doing

We currently need people to:

• Remainder of floor needs scrubbing - that's in the men's toilet and the corridor leading to it.  It we don't have volunteers, we will pay our cleaner to do it - this will be spending YOUR money.
• Take wooden dressers and pool table to tip - we think it's harbouring a mouse somewhere
• Repair picture frames (naughty people have broken the glass in some)
• Set up a wifi network that can share a USB broadband dongle - Leigh Taylor kindly dealing with
• Declutter
• Clear out the office upstairs
• Deep clean the nooks and crannies
• Scrub the remaining parts of our floor - all it needs is some water, fairy liquid and a stiff brush and it comes up nice and clean - cleaner making progress on this
• Deep clean the bar area
• Remove the broken big toilet roll holders and replace with two simple domestic ones in each cubicle
• Repair the cubicles in the men's toilets - Antonia Branston has volunteered! Thanks!
• Repair sofa foot - Antonia Branston has volunteered! Thanks!
• Replace the mirror in the men's toilets
• Take some big bits of furniture and a broken toilet to the tip
• Clean the big barbecue
• Clean the portakabin
• Replace the shelving and seating in the portakabin - Randall Powell is dealing with this - thanks!
• Construct a new storage room/cupboard in the clubhouse alongside the cleaners' room
• Relabel keys and identify locks that have missing keys
• Repaint/touch up the paintwork
• Clean the fridge (monthly - Sheridan dealing with - thanks!)
• Clean the oven ( monthly - Sheridan dealing with - thanks!)
• Someone to donate (or buy cheaply) speakers, an amplifier, microphone and wires to replace the ones we borrowed.
• Someone set up the audio equipment (Gareth Parkhill dealing with - thanks!)
• Scrape chewing gum off the bottom of the tables
• Scrape chewing gum off the floors
• Repair the mirror in the ladies' toilets
• Replace 21 lightbulbs
• Clean the glasswasher
• Be available to receive new bar furniture at 11pm on Fri 19th Nov.
• Help carry new bar furniture at 11pm on Fri 19th Nov.
• Clear out the cleaners' room
• Deep clean the kitchen and remove anything the club doesn't really need in a kitchen (done by Sophie & Sarah and Brigitte - thanks!)

...and probably much more.

PLUS... here is a second list of repair jobs we currently need help with: click here.

So if you can help with any of these tasks, please get in touch.  We can't afford to spend your membership money on anyone to do them, but we can cover the cost of raw materials etc.

Thanks

Andrew

We're almost at 200 members!

We've almost reached 200 members!  As of today, the count is 198 fully paid up members which is brilliant and a big improvement on previous years.

Thank you all for your support - and here's to a great 2012 for Millwall Rugby Club.

See you at training soon!

(If you've yet to show your support for the club by paying your membership, you can do so easily now at http://www.millwallrugby.com/club/membership.html)