Pre-Season Training

 All,

I hope everyone has had a good break from rugby over the past couple of months, because it all starts again soon!

Pre-season training is scheduled to start 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... 

We are working on some pre-season matches at the end of August and start of September so I will keep you updated on that front.

Look forward to seeing you all on the 8th!

Cheers

Boris

The Intangibles on tour in Bath

Millwall RFC’s Touch team, The Intangibles, took part in the RFU’s O2 Touch Tour in Bath*  last Saturday, the 20^th June and performed creditably, reaching the semi-final only to lose to the eventual champions, the Maidenhead Mohawks. Most of the loss was officially attributed to Darryl, Dan and Ross forgetting about the ball and hunting for the Maidenhead.

As an added bonus, here’s a picture of Johnny Wilkinson drooling over our kit!

 

POOL GAMES

Millwall Intangibles 6 – 0 Royal Wootton Bassett RFC

Millwall Intangibles 6 – 1 ND Unit

Millwall Intangibles 6 – 1 Cheltenham RFC Tigers

LAST 16

Millwall Intangibles 8 – 1 Supermarine RFC

QUARTER FINAL

Millwall Intangibles 5 – 2 Chippenham RFC Cheetahs Black

SEMI-FINAL

Millwall Intangibles 0 – 6 Maidenhead Mohawks

Customer reviews:

Nigel Webb 5/5

Pros - I particularly enjoyed getting late tackled into Touch and conceding 6 tries in the semi-final. Also the girl wearing number 4 for Chippenham. Cor!

Cons – Fewer deckchairs than lifeboats on the Titanic and our driver to and from the venue insisted on playing Christmas songs.

Darryl Gera 5/5

Pros - The guy that got carded for full on rugby tackling Flex was one of the highlights. Also Scott and Nikki both wetting themselves over Johnny.

Cons - The lack of a TMO. Anybody that missed the tackle on Flex would have gone home disappointed. In lieu of a replay option, I think the ref should have made them do it again for the benefit of everyone. Ross not letting us play his Fantastic Mr Fox audio CD was a bit of a let down as well.

Ross Allison 5/5

Pros - Watching Scott and Nicola equally going weak at the knees when they saw Johnnie Wilkinson. 

Cons - Regrettably drinking all that free luminous Lucozade. Not having my music appreciated on the drive down and stopping every 5 minutes for Darryl 'Geriatric' Gera to pee.

David Paton 5/5

Pros - Touch finally beginning to make sense!!  Watching Nicky break the Olympic 100m record the minute she saw Jonny getting on stage…

Cons - Losing to a team who cruelly used pace against a team requiring several bottles of WD-40...

Nicola Jones 5/5

Pros - Meeting my dream boat....and now have the perfect  bedside ‎pic to kiss before I sleep. Despite being the oldest and most broken team (Scott's ankle injury, Ross' shoulder dislocation, and Darryl's general geriatric condition) we still showed the kids how it's done!

Cons - Johnnie didn't propose and he didn't offer a one night stand :-( Losing....in it to win it.

Scott Vinnicombe 5/5

Pros - Captaining a side that despite its lack of youth and fitness made it to the semi finals and finished 3rd. Meeting Wilko. 

Cons - Captaining a side that didn't make the finals/win the competition. Missing out on the stash all finalist received- everyone loves stash. 

Randall Powell 5/5

Pros – It was nice to see a vets team make it to a semi-final.

Cons - The bar was too far away from the pitch.

Edna Schweizer 5/5

Pros - Making it all the way to the semi-final and that the bar was too far to walk for Randall

Cons - That I couldn't take any pictures of us in action.

Gathering to discuss Sponsorship, Marketing & Communication

The club gathering planned for this Wednesday has been cancelled.

Club help requests, openings & Touch Rugby (w/c 22/6)

Urgent Help Needed:
We have a youth event coming up where we need help to run and promote the club so anyone who helps will be greatly appreciated. 

Tues 30th June - Schools Rugby World Cup
This is a massive opportunity for the club, with over 300 pupils will be playing rugby on Millwall Park. Scott is after volunteers to help with organisation and refereeing on the day. Timings will probably be similar to the above event, and many companies offer 'community days' for their employees to take for events like this. So if you can get the time off work and can help, please let Scott know HERE

Touch Rugby times:   
Our sessions on Millwall Park will 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/Meetings: 
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.

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 
After a stellar first duty manager shift handling all sorts of drinks requests - Scott Mayo is back for more and will be hosting you tonight, so make sure you get down early and keep him company.

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. 

NOW CANCELLED - Communications & Sponsorship & Marketing

There will be a club gathering to discuss Sponsorship Plans, Communications, Press/PR, Marketing and Social Media on Wednesday 24th June in the evening.

All members are very welcome to join the discussions... indeed encouraged if you're interested.

Please email me at andrew@millwallrugby.com for details/invitation.

Regards
Andrew

CHAMPIONS!

Last night the Millwall Touch team 'The Intangibles' polished off their spring league campaign in the Surry Quays In2Touch league with a 10-0 win in the final.

Well done everyone involved in making this campaign a success, and loads of fun!

The Summer league will start in a couple of weeks, so plenty of touch left to play this season. More information to follow.

Let's build on this success, PLEASE feel free to come and play touch, see the times below.

Touch Rugby times:
Our sessions on Millwall Park will 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 in a summer league at Surrey Quays on Wednesday evenings. The kick offs will vary between 18:30 and 20:00

Club help requests, meeting, openings & Touch Rugby (w/c 15/6)

Urgent Help Needed:
We have 2 youth events coming up where we need help to run and promote the club so anyone who helps will be greatly appreciated. 

Sat 20th June (this coming Saturday)
Canary Wharf College are holding their annual summer fete on Millwall Park from 11am to 3pm and have requested us to have a presence there. We are looking for people so we can have Millwall shirts wandering around handing out flyers for Scott and throwing rugby balls helping kids who are interested in taking their first steps into rugby, and maybe opening the ClubHouse if a willing duty manager is around? Please let Scott know if you can help HERE

Tues 30th June - Schools Rugby World Cup
This is a massive opportunity for the club, with over 300 pupils will be playing rugby on Millwall Park. Scott is after volunteers to help with organisation and refereeing on the day. Timings will probably be similar to the above event, and many companies offer 'community days' for their employees to take for events like this. So if you can get the time off work and can help, please let Scott know HERE


Touch Rugby times:  Our sessions on Millwall Park will 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/Meetings: 
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.
 
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. 

Open Day meeting - Thurs from 8pm in clubhouse
We will also be having our second organisation meeting for our club open day on 1st August in the clubhouse. We need more volunteers and helpers, so if you can make it, please accept the event invite on facebook HERE, or let Jo know HERE if you can help on the day itself.

Friday - Open from 7pm 
We are opening the club this Friday as one of our venus members, Alice Brewer, has booked the clubhouse for her leaving party. Everyone is welcome to come along and Brigitte will be looking after the bar for you.

Saturday - Open from 6pm
Ryan will be hosting you tonight, so make sure you get down early and order all weird and wonderful concoctions and cocktails to test his mettle (lager top and lager shandy are classed as a cocktail where Scott is from).

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.