Sunday 23 November - Worthing visit Hove

Hi everyone

Just to remind you that Worthing are visiting Hove this Sunday for training and matches - please be at the ground in plenty of time for a 10.00am start.

Found: 1 pair blue/white/maroon joggers (age 10) - any takers?

As ever, if you are unable to attend Sunday, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks

Fiona

Sunday 16 November - Training & Uckfield at Hove

Hi

Just to let everyone know that Uckfield will be visiting Hove this Sunday.

Please be at Hove in plenty of time for a 10.00am start.

As always, if you are not available please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks

Fiona

November Fixtures

Sunday 9 November - Bring a Friend to Rugby Day -
As you know we are holding a recruitment day this Sunday so don't forget to bring along any friends you think will be interested in playing rugby.

Remembrance Sunday - please note that the club will be holding a 2 minute silence at 11.00am on Sunday 9 Nov and they ask that all members - young and old - show their respects for this brief period of time.

Sunday 16 November - Pulborough Festival and/or Uckfield & Horsham at home
We are waiting for confirmation of a place at the Pulborough Festival (re-scheduled to 16 November) and as soon as we have confirmation we will advise of A team to be entered. We are also expecting Uckfield and possibly Horsham at Hove - so games for everyone!

Sunday 23 November - Worthing at home

If anyone is unavailable for any of the above dates, please let me know as soon as possible.

Many thanks

Fiona

Sunday 2 November - B's to Sevenoaks and Training at Hove

Hi Everyone



As you know Hove have not been entered into the Crowborough Festival this week but the B's have always had a match scheduled at Sevenoaks.



We will therefore be taking a B group to Sevenoaks. If anyone from the list below is unable to make this week, please let me know by return (tel 07929 325827).



Henry Bovey

James Cull

Jacob Knight

Matthew Brookes

Lawrence Wright

Solomon Ross

Daniels Foulds-Holt

Freddie Nehls

Rafaele Milne

George Karous

Max Karous

George Turner

Cameron Nesbitt



Link to Sevenoaks Rugby Club: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=sevenoaks%20rfc&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl



For the rest there will be training at Hove. We can still use our normal space but will have to share with at least the U10s because of the U12 Festival.



Thanks

Fiona

Lost and Found!

Hi Everyone

Found - girl's red coat (blue heart on pocket) age 11-12, found 1st or 2nd game of the season - is in the lost and found box (ie. back of my car) - any takers?

Lost - Samurai Training Top (belonging to Freddie Garth) size medium boys, lost Sunday 26 October - if found, please let me know.

Missing - 3 Samurai water bottles - if these have been taken home by mistake - please bring them to next game.

Many thanks
Fiona

Sunday 26 Oct - Time and Money!

Just a reminder that the clocks go back this Saturday - which means an extra hour in bed!

Also, don't forget your fundraising ideas - prize for the boy that comes up with the best idea. All suggestions to Baders or Fiona this Sunday please.

Thanks

Fiona

Minis Halloween Party - Sunday 26 October - Reminder!

This is a reminder that the Minis Halloween Party will be held at the clubhouse this Sunday. From 4.30-6.30 for the U6-U9 age groups and 7.00- 9.00pm for the U10-U12 age groups.

The Club are paying for the party this year and hot dogs etc are being provided by Adam Tunesi - so we just have to supply the kids! Fun, Games, Prizes to be had!

We will also need some help with the raffle (selling of tickets, donation of prizes, helping with decorations etc and also any donations of cakes etc will be gratefully received.

Please let me know if you are planning to attend - to ensure that replies also come to me, please could you add fiona.nehls@btinternet.com in the cc part of your reply.

Thanks
Fiona
07929 325827

Forthcoming Dates

Hi Everyone

Just to confirm arrangements for the next couple of weeks:

Saturday 18 October - curtain raiser/fundraising cancelled as not enough notice or people available - we will try and re-schedule for later in the season

Sunday 19 October - ALL players to Burgess Hill for mixed training/matches. Link to Burgess Hill RFC
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=burgess+hill+rugby+club&fb=1&cid=0,0,4852455871929370663&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image

Sunday 26 October - ALL at Hove - Brighton will be our visitors.

Sunday 26 October - Minis Halloween Party - U6 - U9 4.30 - 6.30 and U10 - U12 7.00 - 9.00. Fun, Games, Prizes to be had! The Club have kindly agreed to pay for the party this year and hot dogs will be provided by Adam Tunesi. We have been asked, as an age group, to provide something for after, eg. chocolate rolls or krispy cakes, etc etc - any suggestions/volunteers please come forward. Any other offers of help, selling of raffle tickets, helping with decorations etc also gratefully received.

To ensure that replies also come to me, please could you add fiona.nehls@btinternet.com in the cc part of your reply.

Thanks

Fiona

01273 833373
07929 325827

Saturday 18 October Curtain Raiser for Hove 1st XV

The Under 11's have been asked to provide a curtain raiser at Hove for the 1st XV match vs Old Alleynians this Saturday.


Boys will need to be at Hove Rugby Club by 12.40 and a match will be played at approx 1.00pm. They would then be asked to form a tunnel for the players for kick off at 14.30hrs. We thought this would also be an ideal opportunity to do some fundraising and a "Boot Wash" has been suggested. The club will provide us with some buckets and scrubbing brushes and a couple of tables outside the clubhouse and the boys can clean boots after the game for a donation. We will need some parental help for this!



Please get back to us as soon as possible with availability (boys and adults) for Saturday.



Many thanks

Fiona

Sunday 12 October: Hastings / Training @ Hove

Hi everyone

This Sunday there will be a mini festival at Hastings & Bexhill and also training at Hove.

We can only take 17 players to the Hastings and Bexhill Mini Festival. These are:

Daniel Adu
Henry Bovey
Matthew Brookes
James Cull
Zac Downey
Daniel Foulds-Holt
Freddie Garth
Luke Griffiths
James Hadfield
Mikey Howell
George Karous
Max Karous
George Oliver
Freddie Packham
Solomon Ross
Yoann Steque
Davis West

If anyone is unable to make it please let Jay or I know as soon as possible.

Please be at Hastings by 10.00 at the latest. There will be 8 teams in each age group so parking will no doubt be difficult. Directions can be found on http://hastingsrugby.org.uk/dyn/_pages/page_39.shtml

Jay, Francois and Badders will be going to Hastings and Steph will take training at Hove, again, if anyone is unable to make this, please let Steph or I know ahead of time.

Anyone wishing to give in cheques for Subs can give them to me at Hove or Jay at Hastings - thanks.

Finally, I will be contacting everyone over the next week or so to make sure all our contact details are up to date and also find out availability up to Christmas - if anyone has changed addresses, telephone numbers or knows dates where their son will NOT be available, please feel free to email me!

Thanks
Fiona

Hayward heath cancelled

Good morning, 

Hayward Heath RFC is leaving the clubs the choice to come or not to Hayward Heath, but due to the severe wind condition we decided not to go.

regards Francois 

Survey on Blog

I have put a anonymous survey question on the blog regarding our subs.
could please take a minute to vote on whether you would rather pay the sub in full for the season or on a weekly basis Thanks !

Haywards Heath RFC, Sunday 5th October

Hi everyone the whole team will be going to Hayward Heath, there will be no training at Hove.

This Sunday, the 5th October, Haywards Heath RFC looks forward to welcoming the U11s and U12s of the following clubs:
Burgess Hill
Crawley
Eastbourne (U12 only)
Heathfield
Hove
Lewes
Please can everyone arrive at 10.00 a.m. ready to start their first game at 10.30 a.m.
It is hoped that we will be finished by 12.30 p.m. at the latest.
If required, directions are available off the HHRFC website at http://www.hhrfc.co.uk
As parking at the club is limited, please can all coaches and parents car share as much as possible.
Please note that the playing format for Sunday is simply a "round robin", not a Festival, and there will be no winners and losers and no medals and trophies.
Each club will get to play one game against each other in their respective age group and, as we have a good mix of clubs with a wide range of playing ability, each club is being encouraged to bring their whole squad in order to be able to rotate players so that everyone gets a reasonable amount of playing time and opposing teams are as evenly matched as possible.
As this will be, for most of us, our first competitive games of the season, it is an ideal opportunity to get all the players playing and start preparing for the more important fixtures and festivals to follow.
Please be aware that the Continuum only allows a player to play a maximum of 5 games of 7 minutes each way
There will be running two pitches for the U11s and these will all be on the new field which is situated through the gate on the far side of the 1st XV pitch.
Ideally, one referee will be required from each club at U11 and U12 and the games equally shared. However, if any club has a referee that is considered suitably qualified and competent to referee more games, then as long as all parties concerned are agreeable, that is fine.
To avoid any confusion on the day, can all coaches please make sure that they and their players are familiar with the new ELVs.
For those players not playing, some of the HHRFC coaches will be running gentle training drills adjacent to the pitches in order to keep the players warm and active and all visiting coaches and players are welcome to join in and help out.

Tour and Subs

Hi everyone

Tour - April 2009
We are trying to gauge interest in a tour for the U11's this year and are currently looking at the Easter/Spring Break, specifically Friday 3 - Monday 6 April or the Easter Weekend itself, Friday 10 - Monday 13 April. There are mini festivals in the West Country on both those dates but we really need a clear idea of numbers and dates. Please can everyone let me know as soon as possible (ideally by Friday 10 October) if they are interested in the tour and if so, their preferred dates. It may be easiest to email me on fiona.nehls@btinternet.com. We would then hope to convene a meeting of the Tour Committee week commencing Monday 13 October. Sally Griffiths and Bev Garth have kindly agreed to be responsible for fundraising; Diana Hadfield and Helen Howell have also volunteered to be on t'committee. If anyone else would like to be involved (the more the merrier as they say) just let Jay or I know.

Subs
As you know we will be charging all players £2 a week for Subs and as this was really only agreed last week, ie Sun 28 September, this gives us a total of 30 fixtures/training days for the rest of the season. You are welcome to pay me on a weekly basis but the consensus is that it may be easier to pay up front and to encourage this there will be a discount for those paying in full by Sunday 12 October, ie. 30 weeks for the price of 27. Cheques for £54 should be made payable to Hove RFC and given to me by that date. If money has not been received by that date I will "nag" for £2 per player on a weekly basis!

Information on arrangements for this Sunday, 5th October, to follow.

Many thanks


Fiona

Team manager and tour

Hi all

First I'd like to thank Neale for holding the team together for the last 4 years and to let you know that he has decided to step back from management for a while. Fortunately Fiona Nehls has volunteered to help with admin and management so I'd like to thank her for that. Anyone else who can help please let me know.

We are hoping to tour again this year so will hold a meeting after training this Sunday to discuss options. Please come along if you can.

Cheers

Jay

First day of the season, Sunday 7th September

Hi all

The first day of the new season is 7th September. This is also registration day so come equipped with a cheque book!

There will be no more Wednesday evening training until the season is underway.

See you on the 7th.

Cheers

Jay

Training on 13th and 20th August

Hi all

There will be training on 13th and 20th August at 6.00pm, run by Adie and Stef.

Please look out for updates from them in case circumstances change.

I'm on holiday so have a great time!!

Cheers

Jay

Training on Wed 6th August is ON

Hi all

There will be training this Wednesday, 6 August. As usual it will run from 6.00 until 7.30 at hove Rec. Meet outside the club house.

Cheers

Jay

NO training Wednesday 30 July

Hi all

There will be NO training next week, Wednesday 30 July because of the Harlequins Training day on 29th and because we do not have enough coaches. I will let you know about the following week ASAP.

Cheers

Jay

Training is on for Wednesday 23 July at 6.00pm

Hi all

Looks like we will be able to run training this Wednesday as both Adie and I can make it. Hope you can be there too. Hove Rec 6.00-7.15, meet in front of the Club House.

Cheers

Jay