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September 2015 Links
The Association www.theora.co.uk
Cricket www.oldrutscricket.org.uk
Football www.oldruts.co.uk
Rugby www.oldrutsrugby.com
Dates for your diary
Old Rutlishians’ Association
Thu 1 Oct 4.45pm
Wales v Fiji
Sat 3 Oct 8pm
England v Australia
Sat 31 Oct 4pm
RWC Final
Sat 31 Oct 6.30pm HALLOWE’EN
RUTSFEST
Sat 20 Aug
2016 Platinum lunch
Someone recently asked if it was
busy being President, to which I
answered 'No, not really'. I spoke too
soon.
I should have known that I couldn't
rely on the British weather. Hardly
any cricket lost to bad weather all
season, then along comes the bank
holiday President’s match and
Patrons’ lunch… and a monsoon
turned up that morning. Anyway,
another great lunch from Pat Keene,
a great afternoon in the bar with
good company and a hastily
improvised table tennis tournament
(thanks Lance) won by Joe 'clearly-
spent-too-much-time-playing-table-
tennis' Riches.
4 September saw a hectic Junior
Rugby Registration Evening. Hugely
well attended by masses of parents
that came to sign up their kids, the
deep queues at the bar and hordes of
kids running around on the field led
to a very busy evening. Let's hope
that this is the start of yet another
great season for the junior rugby
section. On a separate note,
congratulations to hard working
Minis’ chairman Gary Tiernan and
Sarah Jane on the birth of their baby.
Following up on recent years of
success, the cricket section managed
another two more promotions. On
5 September, the First XI secured
Our President writes promotion (their third consecutive
promotion) by beating Worcester
Park. The previous week, the 4th XI
had been confirmed as champions of
their league and they will go up into
the 4th XI Premier League next
season. Fantastic achievements to
add to the Sunday 1st XI winning the
Griffin League title. A long evening
of celebration on the 5th was well
earned by the cricket section.
I attended the Colts’ Awards night on
11 September, another really well
attended event. Congratulations to
all the winners of awards. Well done
Millsy for all the hard work
behind scenes. The Colts’ section
continues to thrive, having taken on
over 400 members for the first time
ever this season, a testament to our
club and the work that has been put
in over the years.
By contrast to the hordes of kids
attending the last two events, the
1965 Reunion was a quieter affair.
Great to see people coming back to
the club after many years away,
though many wouldn't have
recognised the place after last year’s
refurbishment.
Turning to football, the senior sides
have started their campaigns. Good
luck for the season chaps. It was also
great to see Dan Poulter's U9s
football team start their first league
season with a great success too,
winning 4-2.
Finally, 25 September was the end of
season cricket dinner. A good turn
out feasted well on another Pat
Keene buffet while celebrating
another successful season. Honours
ties were deservedly presented to
Club Captain, Joe Riches, in
recognition of leading the club 1st
team to three consecutive
promotions, along with a tie awarded
to Pat Keene in recognition of over
thirty years of brilliant behind the
scenes work and fantastic catering.
The Rugby World Cup has also
started and let's hope that crowds
flock to the new massive TVs in the
clubhouse to watch a fantastic
tournament.
Stuart Atkins
President
Old Ruts fish spotted by Stuart ‘clearly too much time in the aquarium’ Atkins
Finch & Co. ORA Sponsors
Nestled amongst the John Innes
designed Merton Park conservation
area, Finch & Co enjoys a unique
position.
‘Green flag’ awarded spaces, tree
lined avenues and beautiful
Edwardian houses occupy the
surrounding roads. The area feels
rural despite its proximity to London.
In the late 19th century, John Innes, of
compost fame, together with his
brother James, turned one of
London’s original garden suburbs into
a semi rural suburb for the City
businessmen of the time. Now in the
21st century, we can fully appreciate
the quality and style of these 1920s
and 1930s homes that were not
destroyed during the war. The homes
designed by Quartermain and
Brocklesby remain highly sought
after.
The Finch office team are
enthusiastic, exuberant and excited.
They speak with great affection for
the area, especially Beryl who has
been with the company for 23 years.
Her local knowledge is invaluable,
thanks to her super memory. With
Manager Katharine; Maurice, Bawani
and Beryl provide a service to the
community which is unique.
Sponsorship and links with Old Ruts
sports club demonstrate that the
‘village’ spirit is alive and thriving. The
area is now home to all combinations
of housing stock, from flats and
cottages to large detached homes, all
carefully designed to complement the
locality.
Use of the grounds at Poplar Road has increased dramatically with continual twelve month use by all of the sections, especially by our younger players.
Over the past 18 months the Association has overseen massive improvements to our Clubhouse but we have neglected to invest in our playing surfaces which are beginning to show wear. While repairable, it is becoming more and more difficult to make good.
One of the problems is that we cannot get enough water distributed evenly over the grass to get good germination of grass seed before it is all greedily gobbled up by the resident pigeons. The water pressure from the mains is not high enough to feed any more hose pipes with adequate results.
Our Grounds Manager, Perry Keene, advises that we need a new irrigation system to replace the existing one that was installed in the 1930’s! The cost of this will be substantial. You often read in the press how much less community focused organisations other than our own are able to secure funding for sometimes obscure projects.
The Executive, in their wisdom, have decided that we need to progress investment on the grounds and that it would be sensible to co-ordinate any other improvements that our Members would like to see. We can then make applications for grants and allocate resources effectively without the danger of our efforts being duplicated. I have therefore asked the sections for their views and ideas on the subject and hope to advance plans for the Club in the near future.
Of course if anyone out there has ideas or opinions they wish to air please do not hesitate to contact me on [email protected] . Also if you possess any understanding of the way these funds can be accessed or can spare the time to put together an application to the source of these funds please let me know.
We have a great Club that over the last few years, has reinforced its reputation in the community as one of the best youth orientated organisations in the south-east if not the country and we are determined that we will maintain that position. We now need to invest to remain the best!
Geoff Aldis Chairman
Our Chairman writes RUGBY Pacific Warriors
Old Ruts Rugby’s own Adam ‘Reggie’ Perrin has gone one better than Bialystock and Bloom and has produced a film!
Pacific Warriors is a fascinating new documentary that explores the history of the tiny Pacific Island nations of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. It documents their remarkable journeys every four years at the Rugby World Cup, when against all odds they take on the rugby giants and at times, not only produce a scare, but even come out on top.
As told by the pacific players themselves and featuring the likes of Jonny Wilkinson, Bakkies Botha, Matt Giteau, Sir Clive Woodward, David Haye, Serge Betsen and Jason Robinson, their tale is one of the greatest underdog stories in sport.
For the Pacific Islands the game of rugby has become the modern expression of their traditional warrior spirit. Their lighting fast, brutally physical, high risk style of rugby is legendary, making them fan favourites wherever they play.
The aim of the film is to raise the profile of Pacific rugby prior to the World Cup, and also to get all Tier 1 fans to give them a cheer as their second favourite teams. A significant percentage of profits will go towards Pacific Islands rugby development, and the filmmakers have already managed to fund a two-week training camp for Tonga in Surrey, from early pre-sales.
Fiji play Wales on 1 October. Wales’ history of upsets against the Pacific Islands and their list of unfit players does them no favours.
Come along to the Club to see how they get on.
Mike ‘Salad’ Stallard
Adam ‘Reggie’ Perrin (right) trying to recruit for ORRFC’s 2nd XV
1. A family of Canadian Geese appears to have taken up residence on the field. They seem to be particularly partial to the green shoots of new grass, but our Groundsman denies feeding them. He even complains that they are not even frightened of him – or that the other way around!
2. Having scoured the country, we have secured a manufacturer in Bradford who can manufacture the material for our traditional Club Blazers. Now we are searching for a tailor who can make up these fashionable must-have garments. If anyone has any contacts in that area please let me know.
Geoff Aldis
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We consist of experienced teachers and
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Fifty years ago this month, Tom Simpson became the first Briton to win the Men’s World Road Race Championship. Tragically, Tom died less than two years later climbing Mont Ventoux in the Tour de France.
Old Rust used the rest day on his holiday cycling to the Mediterranean to visit Tom’s memorial and to experience the arduous 19km climb up the steep, scorched slopes.
Old Rust took some photos on the way up, which partly explains why his ascent took a bit over twice as long as Chris Froome’s.
Old ‘Rusty’ Rust
Chairman’s Postscript
Old Rust
Next Edition
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Send contributions to [email protected]
by Monday 19 October
Best ‘A’ Level Results to date
The 6th form was re-introduced at
Rutlish in a joint venture with
Ricards Lodge High School in 2010.
Known as RR6 it was extremely
challenging then to convince year 11
students that they should remain at
Rutlish & Ricards to pursue their A
levels when the 6th form was
starting from scratch.
It is therefore with great pleasure
that I write that out of the eight
secondary state schools in Merton
the Rutlish students obtained the
highest percentage pass mark, 30%,
in the A*/ A category at A level. And
at A* to B category which the Russell
Group universities focus on the
percentage was 56% and this may in
fact go up a little after some
remarking. The top percentage in
the A* to B category out of the eight
Merton secondary schools was 58%.
The A level targets set by the School
& the Governing Body were all
exceeded and a number of Rutlish’s
students have been accepted at
prestigious universities, including
University College London, King’s
College London, Queen Mary London,
Durham, and Exeter with students
studying a range of courses that
includes natural sciences, law,
biomedical sciences, engineering,
business management and
psychology.
Reviewing individual performances
both Rutlish & Ricards had students
that obtained straight A grades at
both A levels and at A/S level in year
12 which once again were the best
A/S grades since 2010.
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Rutlish School 2015
Examination Results
In terms of objectives set for the
School in 2014/2015 the A level
results was a very prominent
objective. Having chaired the RR6
Governors’ committee this year I can
only add my own congratulations to
the enormous efforts put in by all
involved. The staff at both schools
were excellent and went way beyond
the call of duty that was very much
appreciated by the students many of
whom I have spoken to.
GCSE Results
In terms of year 11 GCSE results,
over 10% of students achieved
straight A*/A grades in their
examination. Reviewing five subjects
at A* to C grades including English
and mathematics 65% of students
achieved this. That is slightly down
on last year but in terms of students
achieving A* to C across any five
subjects this rose to 84% from 81%
last year. The School had a slight
matching difference this year where
both the English & Mathematics
department did very well but not
necessarily with the same students.
This explains why the 65% was
slightly lower than last year but the
84% was higher than last year.
The national average is not known
until October but suffice to say that
the Rutlish results will be in the
region of 15% above the national
average for a boys’ school and in
terms of progress the School has
done very well nationally again.
As the new term starts the School
looks forward to a new full year 7
intake and a real step up in students
now staying at RR6 to complete their
A/S and A levels.
My own congratulations to all the
students for their examination
results and to all the staff at the
School under the tremendous
leadership of Mr. Alex Williamson &
his senior leadership team. We are
very fortunate to have Alex at the
helm.
Peter A. Norrie
Chair, Rutlish Full Governing Body
CRICKET
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A friendly local group
All welcome
Meet at ORA sports ground every
Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday
10:00 to 11:00
£5 per session
Contact: Anne de Silva
0208 540 0752
Best Foot Forward
Committed, talented and
successful ORCC see season
of success... again!
There is one word that could sum up
the season for ORCC, but I'll use two
if I may: 'absolutely superb.'
The 1st XI who started the season
without their talismanic skipper Joe
'Egg' Riches due to a coming of age
adventure to South East Asia (think
'Into the Wild' minus the poisoning)
managed to maintain good form
across the summer and gain
promotion to Division 1.
The 2nd XI under the leadership of
Peter 'Daisy' Day consolidated in a
really competitive division. Some
great performances saw the team
win away at eventual league winners
Valley End.
The 3rd XI led by Nasir 'Nas' Sayid did
exceptionally well to not only survive
but also challenge for the
championship in the Premier Division.
It will be 'watch this space' for them
next season as they will surely give
winning that division everything they
can.
Adam 'Wrighty' Wright was able to
expertly lead the 4th XI to promotion
as champions and perhaps most
importantly, the 3rd and 4th XIs have
been fuelled by some brilliant colts
performances.
The 5th XI with Graham 'Millsy' Mills
were able to fulfil some great
fixtures across London and Surrey
and provide the foundations of
competitive cricket for a number of
our promising youngsters.
The Sunday teams led by Jon 'Mappy'
Mapp and Simon 'SPM' Piper-Masha
won the Griffin League and the
Development side came runners up
to Normandy (Surrey) in their Sunday
competition.
A mention must also go to the colts
section which is led by Graham Mills
and Stuart Atkins. All of our current
success is built on their hard word.
Thanks also goes to the groundsmen,
tea ladies and Pat Keene, umpires,
scorers, sponsors and our loyal band
of supporters. Also many thanks to
our chairman Lance Keene who does
so much for the cricket section -
there is no need to list the things he
does here because there probably
wouldn't be space in the whole of the
eorbit!!
We look to 2016 with the belief that
the 1st and 2nd XIs can compete to
bring premier cricket to Poplar Road,
that the 3s and 4s can challenge for
championships and that the vital 5th
XI can produce even more brilliant
youngsters.
Alex ‘Barney’ Barnicott