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Boroughmuir Sevens |
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April 2010
Boroughmuir Rugby Club invites you to a fun evening at the sports
facilities at Meggetland. Competing for the Pug Webster Trophy are:
Boroughmuir, Bruce Hay's Chiefs, Lasswade, Heriot's, Edinburgh
University, Lismore, Gumboots, Lothian & Borders Police, Forrester,
Glasgow Hawks, Murrayfield Wanderers and Preston Lodge.
To complete the carnival atmosphere the also will be:
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Bar
open till 1 a.m.
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Hot
Food
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Live
Entertainment
Everything for a Great Night Out
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Paintball Trip |
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December 2009
On Sunday 13th
December, a hardy group of idiots made their way to
Bedlam paintball at 8.30 am (yes, 8.30am!!) to have a
day at Bedlam paintball, organised by Derek Murray and
courtesy of Offy donating a prize he won.
We were split into the
following teams;
Blues
Derek Murray, Stu “Steamy
Windows” Clark, Callum “Ninja” Murray, Ruaridh
Inverarity, Kev Brown.
Blacks
Andy Clark, Chris “The
Nighthawk” Whitelock, Roddy McKenzie, Scott Richards,
Jonny “Tinkywinky” Latta, Nick “Tinkywinky” Fraser,
Justin “Paintball Wizard” Tito.
Despite a clear numerical
advantage, the blacks were sorely lacking in
intelligence and common sense and the usual banter and
ribbing began in earnest, with the opening comment made
to Jonny and Nick as they donned their ill fitting
boiler suits about their uncanny resemblance to the
purple telly tubby, Tinkywinky!
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The initial games
involved securing crates and defending a base. The
result of these was a 1-1 draw. The black team superbly
attacked the blues defensive position, expertly
outflanking and taking out one side of the defence.
This allowed JT to make a Japanese-esque charge into the
base and dive in with his mock bomb.
By this point
players were singling each other out for targeting.
Jonny Latta, clearly had his eye on giving Coach Brown a
bit of a pasting and made no secret of his desire to
fire off a few hundred paintballs in his direction.
However, the tables were turned on Latta during the game
“capture the village”. Brown charged Latta demanding
his surrender from a wooden hut. Latta, believing the
rules of the Geneva Convention would be upheld, duly
surrendered. As his hands rose into the air, Brown
levelled his gun and loosed off a murderous volley of
shots with a shout of “get it up ye!” Needless to say,
Tinkywinky wasn’t happy!
Justin Tito had
failed to reveal to the boys he was the 1998 New Zealand
Paintball champion and his stalking of the playing zones
helped the black team to kill off some of the
opposition. Bedlam paintball have never shifted so much
paint to one player. Tito is going to check in
Paintballers Anonymous soon.
The highlight of
the day was the fort game. Both teams got a chance to
storm a wooden fort being defended by the other team.
The aim of the game was to get into the fort and kill
the defenders. As the black team attacked Jonny Latta
provided an excellent diversion by tripping head first
into the mud. This almost allowed the blacks victory as
the blues rolled around decking themselves at Latta
going flying. Fortunately, some stout defence stopped
the black team from entering the defensive position.
When the blues
attacked, some superior tactics allowed the crack unit
of Murray, Murray and Brown to launch a sustained smoke
bomb attack and storm the front door. Unfortunately,
the blacks had this covered and annihilated the
attackers in a hail of paint. By the very fact that the
blues got these and other players into the fort, they
claimed the moral victory and the Championship, 4-3.
A great outing for
all those involved was ended with a trip to Burger King
where Roddy McKenzie and Chris Whitelock enjoyed the
ball pit and slides.
The banter and
camaraderie was excellent and left the boys wanting
another group outing. Go Karting was suggested and will
be organised for some time in the spring.
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Movember |
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December 2009
Just a quick thank you to all
of those who supported the Muir Moustachios during
Movember. You helped us raise, as a team, over £2,200
and we feel very privileged to have you as our
supporters. The five Mo's called Andy, George, Allan,
Stuart and Alec are shown below just before the
"shave-off".
To date, Movember has raised
£19,356,172 worldwide with Edinburgh Mo growers
contributing over £158,000 to that total.
Having set the bar this year we
will be out to improve on it next year - be warned, we
will be back and we will want your money.
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Statement by Boroughmuir RFC |
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October 2009
"The
Board of Boroughmuir RFC were extremely concerned by an
article, containing an allegation of racial abuse against
one of our players, which appeared in a newspaper on Tuesday
of last week. We made extensive enquiries, speaking on a
number of occasions to the player concerned and to other
players, coaches and team management who were involved in
the match and were in the vicinity of the alleged incident
after the game ended. We also spoke with Glasgow Hawks, who
were investigating the matter themselves.
Having completed our
investigations, we concluded, on the basis of the evidence
presented, that the player did not have a case to answer and
accordingly advised him of this and told our coaches on
Wednesday that he should be regarded as available for
selection against Dundee HSFP. The Board also agreed that
with no formal allegation having been made against the
player, either by Glasgow Hawks or their player, no
statement regarding the alleged incident would be made to
the media.
We advised Glasgow Hawks of the
evidence we had taken. Glasgow Hawks have stated that they
do not intend that the matter should be taken any further.
In light of the continued press
speculation, which is damaging to the player, the club and
the game of rugby union the Board have decided to issue this
statement, to confirm that immediate enquiries were made
following the publication of the article, and to confirm the
outcome of those enquiries, which have also been
communicated to the Scottish Rugby Union, the sport's
governing body.
Boroughmuir is a completely
inclusive rugby club. The diversity of past and present
players and members from all our age groups, from all walks
of life and from a very wide background, both cultural and
ethnic, is a source of pride for all of our members and we
would not tolerate discrimination against anyone on any
ground.
George Clark
President
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Top Scorers |
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As ever the website is keeping a track of the top scorers for
Boroughmuir 1st XV, 2nd XV and the Boroughmuir Bears in competitive games this season
as well as the overall top scorers for the senior club.
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Tries |
Ed Mills |
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Phil
Bloomer |
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Points |
Elgan
O'Donnell |
87 |
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1st XV |
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Ed Mills |
8 |
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League Points |
Elgan
O'Donnell |
87 |
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Ed Mills |
8 |
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Overall points |
Elgan
O'Donnell |
87 |
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2ndXV |
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Tries |
Greg Cannie |
5 |
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Points |
Greg Cannie |
67 |
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Bears |
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Tries |
Phil
Bloomer |
8 |
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Points |
Steven
Harris |
77 |
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Boroughmuir 7s |
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Kick-off 6:00 a.m.
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Euan Matheson |
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Greg Jones |
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Cammy Orr |
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Calum Cusiter |
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Dale Gordon |
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Malcolm Clapperton |
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Ed Mills |
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Stephen Ruddick |
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Scott Richards |
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Rob Cairns |
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Dundee HSFP v 1st XV
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Kick-off 3:00 p.m.
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Stephen Ruddick |
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Mark Hare |
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13 |
Malcolm Clapperton |
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Graeme Blackhall |
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11 |
Dale Gordon |
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Greg Cottrell |
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Calum Cusiter |
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Nick Fraser |
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Shaun McMurchy |
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Bronson Ross |
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Greig Scott |
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Neale Patrick |
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Jamie Doubleday |
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Euan Matheson |
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Phil Cronin |
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Bench |
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Freddie Lait |
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Lynton Brinck |
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Cammy Orr |
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Ross Peacock |
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Stuart McGee |
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2nd XV v Watsonians |
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Kick-off 3:00 p.m.
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Calum Murray |
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Derek Murray |
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Alan Sievewright |
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David Officer |
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Ross Bradford |
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Scott Richards |
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Jamie McRae |
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Bruce McConnachie |
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Ali Edwards |
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Jonny Latta |
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EJ Andrew |
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Kevin Hourighan |
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Gordon Pearse |
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Vince Fitzpatrick |
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Jamie Scott |
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Andy Smith |
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Dan Gilmore |
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Luke Tarry |
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Boroughmuir Bears v Edinburgh Academicals |
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Kick-off 3:00 p.m.
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15 |
C Martin |
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G Shaw |
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J Tito |
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C Valle |
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M Jack |
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S Harris |
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T McGuigan |
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D Scott |
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S McNicol |
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P Richards |
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R Hutchison (c) |
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A Carr |
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A Clarke |
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P Bloomer |
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L Maidment |
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Bench |
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M Greene |
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K Mackinnon |
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D Milne |
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R Smith |
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R Young |
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A Wood |
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E Gaskell |
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R Inverarity |
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R Wilkin |
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M Cockburn |
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P Yammine |
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A Tweed |
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