60th Anniversary/Reunion Dinner

Friday October 3rd 2014, saw the reunion of players

from Rubery Owen and players from Wulfrun & Old

Oaks to celebrated 60 years since the formation of

Rubery Owen.

Below is the Rubery Owen team of 1974 and in the

photo at the bottom of the page are players old and

new from Rubery Owen, Wulfrun, Essington & Old

Oaks. How many can you name??

THOUGHTS WITH BIRTY

Neil Birt, first team player, took a shoulder to the

face during the Chaddersley Corbett match. This has

left him with a fractured eye socket and cheek bone

He will be having difficult operation on Tuesday 2nd

December – All the best

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Sort out your Christmas jumpers! Get into the festive spirit!

Saturday 20th December 2014

4:30-6pm children’s party visit from SANTA FREE to club members and children

6pm onwards family party – Christmas jumpers to be

worn by all! £6.50 each includes Buffet

HYLTON CLAN

In the merit table game against Bloxwich, there was

8 players associated with the ‘Hylton’ clan. Can you

better this?

Essington won the game convincingly 74-12, with 3

tries from Mason, 5 from Kip and 1 try each from Si,

Lee and Liam.

PRESENTATION

Also at the Dinner the Staffs President, Iain

Hayley and RFU Representative, Richard Nadin,

presented Dave Brawn with a plaque

celebrating 50 years of the Staffordshire CB

Ladies Rugby

Since the last newsletter the ladies have had a couple of

outings- the first was in the Cup against Derby. This was

a game of two halves, with Essington wining the second

half with a try from Maz Grieve, but losing overall 17-5.

The second game was against Dudley Kingswinford

which saw them win, with 2 tries from Danii & Chick and

1 try each from Mary, Maz and Mel – who was returning

from injury after a year out

FREE MEAL

If you work behind the bar for 5 events at the club

before the beginning of May 2015, you get a free ticket

to the dinner/dance. If you are willing to offer your

services can you please contact Mike Chandler.

Thanks to Joe Brewin for taking up the challenge!!!

MEMBERSHIP

Have you paid your membership yet??? Mr Neil Birt

is now distributing membership forms and

collecting money for this season. All the money

received is ploughed back into the club. It also

means that you will only pay £5 for weekly subs

instead of £10 if you are not a paid up member.

HAGGIS WITH NEEPS & TATTIES

Keep 23rd January 2015 free –it’s the famous Essington

Burns night celebration!

More information to follow!

CLUB GRANTS

We have had notification that we have been

awarded £10,000 matched grant (we have to put

£10,000 as well) for the RFU Lead up & Legacy

program. This will tie-in with the Inspired Facilities

award from Sports England, as part of plans to

improve the club and enabling us to refurbish the

bar, create a soft furnishing relaxation area, repaint

the main hall, new entrance doors and provide a

disabled toilet.

The Manangement met with the Sports England

Project Manager on Friday 28th Nov with a view to

moving the project forward.

VICE PRESIDENTS DINNER

Eight Vice Presidents ate a splendid 5 course dinner before watching the 1st team play Birmingham Barbarians. The highlight was being joined for pudding course by Barbarians supporter John Ross. John played against many of the Vice Presidents in the 1960's and 70's when the fixture was between the works teams old Rubery Owen and IMI Kynock.

As always, the VP's were grateful for the way they were looked after by Gina, Sammie, Judith and Rosalyn. The lunch was slightly quieter than usual because most of the VP's (particularly the President) were suffering hangovers following the celebrations at Doug Hydens’ 70 Birthday Dinner the night before!!!! This week the VP's have received the sad news that

prop forward Big Les Johnson has passed away with

cancer. Les played for Rubery Owen in the 1970's

and our thoughts go out to his family

BONFIRE NIGHT - THE FINAL COSTINGS

Takings Food 310.00 Hot Drinks 45.00 Collection Buckets 178.00

Total 533.50

Cost

Food 105.71 Fireworks 550.00 (includes £100 donation) Hot Drinks 11.00

Total 566.71

loss of £33.21 Bar Takings 810.00 of which £365.00 is profit So profit for the evening is £331.79

WIFI By the time you get this we should have wi-fi at the club!

TRAINING

Men’s training 7.15pm EVERY Wednesday, rain, hail

or sunshine!

Ladies training 7.00pm every Thursday

TRAIN AS A TEAM – PLAY AS A TEAM

CORE VALUES

TEAMWORK- Teamwork is essential to our sport. We welcome all new team members and include all because working as a team enriches our lives SPORTSMANSHIP - Sportsmanship is the foundation upon which rugby union is built. We uphold the rugby tradition of camaraderie with teammates and opposition. We observe fair play both on and off the pitch and are generous in victory and dignified in defeat. RESPECT- Mutual respect forms the basis of our sport. We hold in high esteem our sport, its values and traditions and earn the respect of others in the way we behave. We respect our match officials and accept our decisions. ENJOYMENT- Enjoyment is the reason we play and support rugby union. We encourage players to enjoy training and playing. We use our sport to adopt a healthy lifestyle and build life skills. We safeguard our young players and help them have fun. We enjoy being part of a team and part of the rugby family. DISCIPLINE- Strong discipline underpins our sport. We ensure that our sport is one of controlled physical endeavour and that we are honest and fair. We obey the laws of the game which ensure an inclusive and exciting global game. This is what makes rugby different from other sports, it’s what makes people come down to watch. Rugby at Essington is a family affair. Please remember these Core Values whether you are playing or whether you spectating.

Contact Sammie Blake Gift vouchers available – the perfect Christmas gift

of relaxation

WEBSITE

Any players that are keen In getting involved in helping

with the club web page and ensuring that the

information is kept up to date and relevant; we are

looking for players to take on looking after the team

pages. We have first, second and ladies pages; so if

you’re interested have a word with Gerwyn.

The Essington Committee would

like to wish everyone

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