Results
Burntwood 6 - 5 Old Yardleians 1st XV
Old Yardleians 2nds 22 - 15 Birmingham Barbarians 1st XV
Old Yardleians Re-union
Thank you to everyone who turned up to the Old Yardleians re-union. A good night was had by all. Special thanks to Dave "Chicken" Hanson who not only brought around twenty guests to the meet but also helped to lock up at the end of the night.
FUTURE EVENTS:
Saturday 11th October
- 1st XV vs. Leek home in the league
- 2nd XV vs. Evesham away
- 3rd XV vs. Evesham home
Saturday 18th October
- 1st XV vs. Kidderminster at home in the North Midlands Shield or Edwardians in a friendly at home
- 2nd XV vs. Edwardians at home
- 3rd XV vs. Edwardians away
Wednesday 22nd October
From 6pm at the Slug and Lettuce in Touchwood Solihull, Steve Turvey and Kerry will be having a leaving do before they depart to live in New Zealand. Steve has played for all teams 1sts to 3rds this season so let's turn up and give him a good send off.
Saturday 25th October
- 1st XV vs. Cleobury Mortimer at home in the league
- 2nd XV vs. Solihull at home in the Greater Birmingham 2nds League
- 3rd XV vs. Redditch away
New Years Eve
Keep this date free for another great Old Yards party. The Band has been booked and Pat is organising what will be another great night.
Club Stuff:
Players Subscriptions
Thank you to the 46 players who have already paid their 2008/2009 Players Annual Subs in full. Please can the rest of you pay me at the club this Saturday as payment is now overdue. Name and shame is going up on the board.
Six Nations Tickets
The Six Nations ticket applications have been emailed out to everyone. This Saturday I will put the poster up on the club noticeboard and leave application forms there as well. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE RFU WANTING OUR FORMS BACK EARLIER THAN NORMAL ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE WITH ME BY SUNDAY 16TH OCTOBER SO DO NOT HANG ABOUT.
New Kit
I will have pictures of the new 1st Team kit design with me on Saturday at the club for anyone who is interested.
Anything to say
Please email me details of any Old Yards information, trivia or jokes so I can add them to the next update.
Mark Baldwin, Hon. Secretary - 8th October 2008
mark.xc@blueyonder.co.uk