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Ross Rugby Club - Newsletter no 10 – February 2016
Player/member profile Name: Guy Pearson D.O.B.: still a pup Married/children etc: Single Occupation: General handy man and entrepreneur Playing/coaching career: Started playing for the 2nds on the wing but has also played in the centre and at fullback. Has made some appearances for the 1st XV, again on the wing and adopted the nickname ‘the octopus’ for his knack of latching on to his opponents in tackles. Has been missing a bit this season following a succession of shoulder dislocations – man up Guy ☺ . Helps out with the junior section wherever he can Interesting facts: Works with his grandad in the building industry. Also works with former first team captain Gavin Oates, where he is third at the helm to their empire, albeit doing ALL the graft. Guy is very much a ladies man with natural charm and charisma. Plays skittles.
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1st XV Ross on wye 0 Ashley down 13 December 5 2015 Kingswood 21 Ross on wye 9 December 12 2015 Ross on wye 12 Bristol Aerospace 6 December 19 2015 Ross on wye 21 Westbury 7 January 23 2016 We are 4th in the league with 39 points, 3 points behind Old Colstonians and we have a game in hand. This Saturday we are against the league leaders, Spartans away – all support welcomed!! Next Fixtures Date
Opposition
Home/Away
Match Sponsor
League/Friendly/Cup
30/1/16
SPARTANS
A
L
6/2/16
COTHAM PARK
A
L
13/2/16
OLD COLSTONIANS
H
20/2/16
SMITHS INDUSTRIES
A
A DAVIES CONSTRUCTION
L L
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2nd XV Dowty RFC 24 – 17 Ross RFC 2nds December 19 2015 Cheltenham Civil Service RFC 2nds 14 – 26 Ross RFC 2nds January 23 2016
Next fixtures: Date
Opposition
Home or Away
League or Friendly
30/1/16
Cheltenham C.S. 2nds
H
L
6/2/16
Berry Hill 3rds
A
L
13/2/16
Chosen Hill 3rds
H
L
20/2/16
Spartans 2nds
A
L
27/2/16
Cirencester 3rds
A
L
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Match Sponsor MAGENTA TECHNOLOGY LTD
Men’s Touch The details, as they stand at the moment, regarding the Men's Touch is as follows. Initial session will be from 7:00 to 8:18 on Wednesday 16th March at Greytree. All abilities and levels of commitment are welcome. It is a relaxed and informal group that is there for enjoyment and activity. Anyone who is interested can call me on 01989 720143. If they plan to come on that Wednesday then please ask them to email me:
[email protected].
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Ladies The ladies are training 2 times a week in preparation for the start of their tournament season - the first tournament this year is at Luctonians on Sunday 13th March with the ladies very much looking forward to the start of it! The Ladies have had all new training kit sponsored by Crizal Uv and Central engineering from the optical part of the world and are very proud of their new training kit - do look at the website for more pictures of it.
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Juniors
This Sunday sees Sam Verralls of Worcester Warriors coming to Greytree to give some coaching to the Under 12s Numbers continue to be pleasing especially in the newly formed Pups coached by Casey, Bas and Stuart The Under 13s are effectively disbanded owing to lack of numbers and are with the Under 14s We are still struggling with the Under 10s with a lack of numbers but are running a festival at Greytree with the RFU and Worcester Warriors for local primary schools in February The end of season awards night will be in the Eagle Inn on April 22 – details to follow
Under 13/14 County Representation Ross has an U13 player who has been selected both to play for the county and onto the Worcester DPP (Developing Player Pathway). This is a fabulous achievement, well done Ryan Comfort. The U14s representation has grown from 4 county players last year to 10 this year. The boys were successful in being selected for the county squad despite stiff competition for many of the positions. We have five forwards, scrum half and backs representation. There were three players who were not selected but all of these showed good levels of rugby commitment and one had been asked back for a second assessment. Congratulations to the selected players for their progress and achievement in rugby: Flynn Ruddiforth, Joshua Simms, Jaydn Decloedt, Cameron Ogilvie (also with Worcester DPP), Luke Osborne-Ford, Ben Pilot, Josh Lewis, Callum Coe, James Aston and Ollie Cross.
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Coaching – •
Kicking Game CPD will be run at the club on February 7
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Rugby Ready Course to run at Greytree in March – we have at least 10 booked on from the club. This course is the first stepping stone for coaching – if you’d like to take part, please email John as below
please see the notice board now placed in the changing rooms for available courses. John G’Napp jr will be able to help you as our club coaching co-ordinator (email
[email protected]) Community Room The amended club constitution has finally been approved by the FCA and a committee formed to take funding forward. This comprises Brian Harris, Malcolm Hannaford, Ben Taylor Davies and Scott Parker. A great deal of work has been achieved by the committee and proposals are now being presented to various potential funds. A big vote of thanks to the committee for their efforts on our behalf Christmas Draw Christmas draw took £1300, £300 to the First Responders and after printing costs net profit £780 - thanks to Brian yet again for his sterling efforts
Web site http://www.rossrugby.co.uk – don’t forget, you can find all club info on our site. For senior results and match reports, go to results and click on the score/fixture. They are also on the fixture list 7
