April 2012
Touch London Rugby Event with VIPs
The Rugby Football Union is delighted to invite you to a Touch London Rugby event at Grasshoppers RFC, celebrating the HSBC World Sevens series. There will be International Sevens teams attending, answering questions and signing autographs. Food and drink will be available to purchase at the ground, and the bar will be open too!
The event is for players of all ages and abilities, and will consist of as many games of touch as possible: if you’d like to enter a whole team, that’s great, but if you want to come on your own or bring a friend, we’ll arrange teams on the night too.
MoreChairman's March Report
Terry - Chairman
The 1st XV won one and lost three league matches this month and as it stands will be relegated from the London North One league this season, unless the two teams above them are deducted points due to administration errors, which is not really going to happen at this late stage in the season. Can’t say much, as it been on the cards for several weeks and was not helped by the team having to use over 60 different players during the season so far. No team in any of the RFU leagues was going mount a successful campaign, let along avoid relegation with those number of changes in personal during the season. Hopefully the team can regroup and bounce straight back into this league in September 2013.
The 2nd XV lost their undefeated mantle that this season in the Canterbury Shield league after lots of changes to their team, but are still top of the table will only a few games left. Rogan will be driving his players to maintain their winning ways for the rest of the season, so that they finish on a high.
MoreChairman's February Report
Terry - Chairman
Due to the wintery conditions early in the month only a few of games by any of the men’s sides in February.
The 1st XV played a better standard of rugby in the two games that they played, but still lost those matches to remain in relegation zone of the league. With time running out the team must now look to put a winning run together to move up the table.
MoreChairman's January Report
Nothing has changed in the 1st XV’s battle against relegation as they lost all four league games in January, one of those being against fellow strugglers North Walsham, which was a major blow to the team and missing out on a valuable win against Ruislip, in a game they should have won. They now have to dig deep and have the belief that they can win a few on the remaining games, to give themselves a chance of staying in this competitive league.
The 2nd XV have continued their great run of being undefeated so far this season, which is a great testament to all the players who have made this side such a formidable unit, in the Canterbury Shield league.
MoreChairman's December Report
The 1st XV unfortunately lost all three games this month, which means they will have to win a large majority of their remaining games, if they are to stay in the London North One League next season. The team is playing well in patches, but need to reproduce this high standard of play throughout the remaining games left in the season. Hopefully some of the large number of 1st XV players on the injury list will be returning to full fitness in the next few weeks, to strengthen squad for the final push up the league table, which Mark Blyghton aspects in the next few months.
The 2nd XV can’t seem to stop winning at the moment, keeping their undefeated run going with excellent performances that sees them top the Canterbury Shield League. I know their captain Andrew Rogan will be looking to maintain this good run, right through until the end of the season.
MoreInternational Tickets
The Club gets an allocation of tickets for all England’s home games at Twickenham. These tickets are only sold to paid up Club members. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Club and applying for tickets please contact Chris Cuthbertson (secretary@fulhamrugby.co.uk), but be quick the closing date for applying for these tickets is Saturday 14th January 2012. Please note that the Club cannot guarantee you tickets as demand may exceed our allocation.
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MoreRFU Raffle
Fernando Garrido has generously agreed to sell the RFU raffle tickets this year. There are some great prizes, but the best news is that the Club gets to keep 90% of the value of all tickets sold. This is a great opportunity to raise funds for the Club. Please be generous.
MoreChairman's November Report
It’s been a great month for all men’s senior sides throughout the club.
The 1st XV produced great displays in their two London One league matches, winning one and narrowly loosing the other. It was the first time they have fielded a nearly unchanged team in consecutive games, which was what the captain and coaches have been trying to achieve all season, as they knew this would lead to better results in the league campaign.
MoreChairman's October Report
It’s been a very difficult month for the 1st XV having won just one game in this period out of five. The most worrying thing for the team is amount of points they are conceding in each match to opponents and also the lack of stability in the team selection, due to non availabilities and injuries. But the results for the other teams in the league this month has been surprising in some cases, so there is still a chance that the 1st XV will be able to stay in this highly competitive league next season, if they can put a good run of results together over the next few months.
The 2nd XV are still undefeated this season and are playing very good rugby in all their games. New players are coming through the team that might push for a 1st XV place, which bodes well for the club.
MoreChairman's September Report
Having won all their league games last season in London North West 2, the 1st XV have found that the standard of rugby and fitness levels required to win matches in London North 1 is much higher. But the team has shown glimpses in the four games already played that they can compete at this level and win a large majority of the remaining league matches.
The second team has made an impressive start to the season winning all their friendly and Zoo Shield League games so far. Playing in The Shield rather than the Middlesex Merit Table is hoped to give the players in the 2nd XV a higher standard of rugby, so that if they are needed to replace players in the 1st XV for one reason or another, its not a too big of a step up for them to make. A great start to the season and let’s hope they can maintain the present momentum right through the season.
MoreCounty Ladies
Congratulations to Lucie Boyes, Stephanice Brice, Sandy Naylor and Lucinda Tauchert who have been selected for the Middlesex squad after attending County Trials on Sunday 25th September.
The County programme is part of the player pathway, with 3 matches played against Eastern Counties, Sussex and Surrey. Well done Ladies.
MoreMark Kenny in Survival of the Fittest
Mark Kenny, the park attendant/officer at Hurlingham who looks after the changing facilities at training and on match days, is competing in the “The Survival of the Fittest” in Nottingham on the 8th October 2011, hoping to raise funds for the Help for Heroes charity.
The event is run over 10 kilometres, with obstacles placed at every Kilometre. He is looking for people to sponsor him from the club and any donation would be welcome. Sponsorship forms will be available at Hurlingham park via Mark or Steve in their office.
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