Tuesday, November 20, 2007

U12 News Letter No 3

Under 12s 2007/8 Newsletter #3
28 October 2007

Hotline 07974 759871

Curry Night Out for Parents
Last year when we had a similar event it was great fun. Caroline (what a star) Taylor has organised another for Saturday 17 November. We’ll meet in the Governors (Cheadle Hulme) from 7pm. The Barindi (round the corner from the Governors) is booked at 9pm. This is a BYO restaurant. We need to know numbers asap, so please call Caroline on 0161 440 0496 to book your place. It only holds c30 ish people so book early. For those new parents, it really is a good night and a chance to meet others.
Training and Matches
Boys, the weather is now getting colder. Please ensure you come with plenty of warm clothing so you can get the most out of training.
Web-Site
Sadly this week, one of our longer serving players has decided to take a break. Good look to Jacob with his other activities. However, Jurgen (Jacobs dad) has started our web-site and can’t be expected to keep updating it with his son no longer playing . Is there a volunteer amongst our parents to take this on please. It would be a shame if it fell in to disrepute
Here’s the link to our website
http://www.srufcminis.com/02Homepage
http://www.u12rugby.site-online.co.uk/

2007/8 Tour
Don’t forget those tour deposits please. We need to start paying deposits. Thank you
Forthcoming Fixtures
21 Oct Training
28 Oct Sedgely Park (A)
4 Nov Training
11 Nov Wilmslow (A)
18 Nov Training
25 Nov Lymm (H)
2 Dec Training
9 Dec Macclesfield (H)
16 Dec Marple (H)
6 Jan 2008 Training

Contacts Keith, 0161 292 1528
Andy, 01625 872119
Terry, 0161 456 2168
Clive. 0161 355 9016

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I can / cannot come on tour to sunny Scarborough on 25 April 2008

Name


Name of Parent(s) attending

Amount of Deposit attached £
(£10 per person)

U12 News Letter No 2

Under 12s 2007/8 Newsletter #2
21 October 2007

Hotline 07974 759871

Well Done
We’d like to thank all the boys for their hard work in the festivals we’ve entered in the last two weeks. This magnificent effort leading to us winning the plate tournament in the recent Manchester Festival. There were some very tough matches and everyone played their part for the whole team effort. Many congratulations to you all.

Training
Whilst very successful in both tournaments we have recognised areas of the game where we still have much to learn. We ask boys that you concentrate and train hard in order to improve our skills in those areas we need it most.
We have now called a break to mid-week training until the new year when we will look to start again as we prepare for our tour and end of season festivals. With this in mind it is particularly important that we make best use of our Sunday training so we can continue to get a clear progression throughout the season. Please ensure you are on time and properly prepared.

Membership
Club subscriptions must be paid before the end of October. Thereafter the subs go up by £10. I am also being put under club pressure for boys not to be allowed to train beyond October, so please help me out and “pay up”.

Web-Site
Here’s the link to our website
http://www.srufcminis.com/02Homepage
http://www.u12rugby.site-online.co.uk/

2007/8 Tour

We have had many new boys this season and it is a pleasure to have you all with us. For the last two seasons we have organised an end-of-season tour for the boys, and parents too.
Touring is a strong tradition within rugby clubs and Stockport in particular. We have had two great tours so far and look forward to our Yorkshire sortee this season.
I would strongly encourage all boys to come on tour with us.
At this stage, we the coaches, still insist that all boys bring a parent on tour with them. Mums don’t be afraid if you’re the only one available, we had plenty of mums on tour last year.
Caroline and Rachel are progressing all plans. We do though need to collect £10 per person asap to help us pay hotel deposits in sunny Scarborough.
Please complete the tear-off slip at the bottom of this newsletter to indicate your acceptance of the tour and state clearly who is coming and please include that deposit with the reply. This needs to be with us by 28 October please.
Many thanks for your understanding and prompt payment.

We are progressing some fundraising activities to help pay for additional tour activities for the boys. One such event has already been organised. This is a girlie night out for the mums. Caroline and Rachel have some advertising for this.
Other events we are looking at include a Race night and a bag pack for the team at a local supermarket. Watch this space for more details.

Sponsorship
We have again had an offer of sponsorship for the tour and when we have decided how best to use that we’ll let everyone know.

Night Out
Last season we had a very entertaining night out at a BYO Indian Restaurant in Cheadle Hulme. Can I have a volunteer please to organise a similar event in the next month before we embark on Christmas activities.

Forthcoming Fixtures

21 Oct Training
28 Oct Sedgely Park (A)
4 Nov Training
11 Nov Wilmslow (A)
18 Nov Training

Contacts Keith, 0161 292 1528
Andy, 01625 872119
Terry, 0161 456 2168
Clive. 0161 355 9016

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I can / cannot come on tour to sunny Scarborough on 25 April 2008

Name


Name of Parent(s) attending

Amount of Deposit attached £
(£10 per person)

U12 News Letter No 1

Under 12s 2007/8 Newsletter #1
2 September 2007

Hotline 07974 759871

Welcome back everyone, I hope you’ve all had a good summer and hope all the boys have been playing some sport to keep yourselves fit. Welcome also to any new boys who have joined the squad for their first season at SRUFC. Sadly also we have lost a couple of boys who have stayed with their football clubs, good luck to Jed and Adam.

Training during September will run from 10:30 until 12:30. Please ensure you are on-time. Boys, if you are not available please let one of the coaches know.

Membership and RFU Registration.
Please complete your annual membership forms and return to Terry with your cheques by the end of September to get your discounts. Sorry but there is no leaway this season on the end of September date should it be left in a childs’ kit bag for instance. Please help the club by paying promptly.
We also need to progress ensuring that all boys are RFU registered. There is no cost involved in this. I will provide forms to those boys whose registration cards I do not have. It is possible some of you have completed a form previously, many apologies but some were destroyed in a very wet kit bag of mine.

Web-Site
Here’s the link to our new site
http://www.u12rugby.site-online.co.uk/ & http://www.srufcminis.com/02Homepage
This site is now also to be linked to from the main SRUFC we site. From now on my newsletters will be posted on here to save me printing out lots of copies and I know some are not read….shame on you !!!. If you’d like to have something posted on the site then please contact one of the coaches or Jurgen….appropriate rugby material only !!! Thanks again to Jurgen for keeping this up-2-date.

Touchline Coaching
Rugby is a game of physical strength but also requires great mental agility and quick thinking as well. With these last couple of points in mind the coaches are asking parents not to coach from the touchline. The boys need to occasionally work out for themselves what to do.
This will allow us to see which boys need more coaching on certain key skills and where as a team we need to practice through drills and game situations other things.. Maybe there is a budding songwriter who can write a couple of Stockport chants to “up the ante” on match days.
Thank you in anticipation.

Coaches Roles
The coaches have decided to specialise a little this season so the boys know which of us is more responsible for certain aspects of the game. So…
Andy will be our Forwards coach
Keith will be our backs and Lead coach
Terry will be our fitness coach and Individual skills coach.

It would also be nice to make greater use of parents skills. If you’ve played in the past and can offer help on a regular or part-time basis please offer. Eg Steve Driscoll has offered to referee occasionally to allow the coaches more time to focus on the team.

School Rugby
Many boys will be playing rugby at school this season and with slight rule variations. If you are picked at school for a different position than you play with us then please let us know so we can try and work something out.

Mid-week training
This will continue to be on a Wednesday at the astro at Hazel Grove. Please bring a drink and a £1 to cover the cost of the court hire. Any surplus funds have been used to buy the fitness ladders and hurdles that have appeared for the training we’ve done this summer. Well done to everyone who managed to come to some of those sessions.

2007/8 Tour
We have two new volunteers to help organise this seasons tour, Rachel and Caroline. Here’s looking forward to another great tour.
Prices will be put together soon along with our venue selection. I think the plan will be to start collecting small sums on a regular basis so we have sufficient funds for deposits, so please pay promptly when asked.

Other things planned this season
We have a few ideas of other things we’d like to organise this season.
Paintballing again….my bruises from last time have just about faded.
A home Saturday fixture against a visiting team. We’d play before the first team, video the match and watch it on the screen whilst having a little food.
Parents night out. Hopefully someone will volunteer to organise another curry night or similar.
A fixture against Sean’s cousins team from Mansfield.

Parent Help
The u12’s are very fortunate with fantastic support for the boys and coaches too. However we would always welcome more formal help, another coach, more admin help, especially on match days. Please offer.
Likewise the club is always in need of help, on committees, festival organisation and many other things. If you’ve got any amount of time to spare please let someone know.

Sponsorship
Many thanks again to Steve for his generosity last season.
Boys……please wear those tops for training and especially for warming up on match days. To any newcomers, I may be able to get additional tops although there will be a charge.
Again, should anyone else fancy sponsoring the team in any way please let us know.

Health and Safety
Will all boys please ensure that they wear a gumshield for all training sessions and fixtures. The RFU have stated again that these are mandatory. Refs and coaches would be right to ask players to leave the field if they are not wearing one. Thank you.
Whilst not a problem at the moment, it is important the boys are warm during the winter months so that they can get the most out of training sessions. Please wear too much clothing and remove some if you are too warm, it’s better than being cold.

Forthcoming Fixtures
2 Sept Training & Registration
9 Sept Training
16 Sept Training
23 Sept Manchester (H)
30 Sept Training
7 Oct Stockport Mini Festival
14 Oct Manchester Festival
21 Oct Training
28 Oct Training

Contacts Keith, 0161 292 1528
Andy, 01625 872119
Terry, 0161 456 2168
Clive. 0161 355 9016

Monday, November 19, 2007

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