Matlock Rugby Vice Presidents- Release 14/12/2016
BLUE BOYS 58 MARKET
BOSWORTH 14
A comprehensive 10 try victory pushed
the Blue Boys further up the league to 4th place last Saturday with many Vice
Presidents in attendance to watch them as well as our glorious 3rd XV who seem
to score at will and emulating the 1st XV in the process!!
'Paparazzi'
Baker was in his element taking photographs during normal daylight conditions
but his expertise was put to the test when the floodlights came on! A great set
Colin.
'Scoop'
Hooton, at his editorial best and his comprehensive report can be downloaded
from:
On Saturday, the
Blue Boys will be venturing over to West Bridgeford so please continue to
support the boys before the Christmas and New Year break. The West
Bridgeford officials have kindly invited 6, yes 6, of our Vice Presidents to
attend the lunch prior to the game (12.45pm prompt start) so
would you let me know if you would like to represent Matlock Rugby. Our
2nd XV will also be playing at West Bridgeford with both games kicking off at
2.15pm so no excuses including Christmas shopping from the Vice Presidents.
Just to let you know Derby County are not at home!!!
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY
'Scoop'
Loeber reports in as follows on the success of the 3rd XV:
Matlock
3rd 41 Ashbourne 4th
0
On the most perfect December day for rugby the core
of Bruce's babies
supplemented by an assortment of 2nd teamers proved
to have too much fire
power for our good friends from Ashbourne. In
contrast to last week's Battle
of Ashfield, this was rugby as it should be - hard,
fair and (for the most
part) good humoured!
Our forwards had to work hard to produce good ball
for our backs to run with
- and run they did with all tries coming from the
backs, although forwards
and backs did exchange passes for a couple.
Up front Tom Neville played like a spring chicken
for 20 minutes before
retreating to the quiet of the subs bench, but
special mention up front
should be made of young Ethan Donnelly who found
himself in the unaccustomed
position of main lineout jumper - and
a good job he did too.
Harry Boyd shared scrum half duties with his mentor
Steve Marsden, and then
found himself playing against Steve, as the
Youlgrave wizard kindly
volunteered to move over to our visitors when they
lost a man to injury. A
sporting gesture which was suitably recognized by
the fines committee who
fined him for playing for the opposition!
In the backs Jake Richards starred on the wing,
running in a brace.
This Saturday sees all 3 teams away. The challenge
is to get 3 teams out -
so if any VP's are suffering from delusions of
youth they should make
themselves known!
The seconds accompany the first team to West Bridgeford
and the thirds make
the short trip to Derby to face Derby 4th's. All
games kick off at 2.15.
RON BROOME
It
is with great sadness we were informed of Vice President Ron's passing on 30th
September aged 89. As some of you know, Ron was a past captain of Matlock. His
daughter, Emma, contacted me on Monday to apologise for not being in touch
sooner. Her father died suddenly at home and she wanted to let everyone know
that he always spoke fondly of the Old Baileans and was still paying his VP
subs each year. Emma has seen plenty of photos from his earlier years when he
used to play for the club, which meant a lot to him. RIP
MATLOCK RUFC CELEBRATE 90 YEARS
Date for your diary - On Saturday 1st
July 2017 Matlock Rugby will be celebrating their 90th anniversary with
a fabulous black tie dinner/dance with top notch entertainment and a wonderful
speaker. No not our own Les Davis, he is organising the extravaganza!!! The
event will be held in the Members Room at the Derbyshire County Hall in
Matlock. As some of you know Les is off to Oz at the beginning of January for
10 weeks and has asked the Vice President's Office to help promote and sell
tickets in his absence. Price for this not to be missed event will be £50 per
ticket
This
is a club function so can I ask if you have any influence in
generating financial support from the business community to sponsor parts of
the function such as the champagne reception, canapés, table
decorations, tombola prizes, etc. will be gratefully received. Please let
me know sooner rather than later.
As
most of you know this will conveniently double up with the British Lions second
test against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on the same day.
We could be celebrating by then?
If
you wish to place your name on the 'interested' list please note that there
will be 12 tables x 10.
(Release
from David Hood- Matlock Rugby)
