Boroughmuir News - Season 2011/12
Posted February 2012 Phil Smith to leave 'Muir It is with regret that Boroughmuir RFC announces today that Phil Smith, the 1st XV backs' coach, has decided to step down at the end of the season. Phil has worked alongside Head Coach Fergus Pringle for the last 3 years. Through Phil's and Fergus's leadership Boroughmuir has helped develop a number of young players, notably Harry Leonard and Robin Hislop who have moved up to the professional ranks. Also this season 4 of our Under20 players have achieved caps for Scotland at this level. Phil thought it was the right time for a change after 3 years with the club and is seeking a new challenge as a Head Coach with another club. Phil leaves Boroughmuir in good shape and we thank him and wish him all the best for the future.
Posted January 2012 Scotland v England - Pre Match Lunch For those looking for something a bit special, we will be hosting a Pre Match Lunch for the Scotland V England Match on February 4th Looking for somewhere to bring visitors prior to the big game? Or maybe wanting to entertain clients? SCOTLAND V ENGLAND Pre Match Lunch @ Boroughmuir Rugby Club Tickets £22 per head (or £160 per table of 8) Bar opens 12pm - Lunch served 1 - 3pm Price includes 3 course Lunch Guest Speaker Access to BRFC Clubhouse before and after the Match Free car parking Edinburgh's Premier Rugby Club is only a 15 minute walk from Murrayfield, however for an extra cost transport can be arranged For further information, or to book a table please contact
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Please email stephen.wilson@boroughmuirrugbyclub.co.uk for further info on any event.
Posted December 2011
Posted January 2012 Vision for BRFC - The New Era ‘BRFC to be the heart of a sustainable community sports club driving rugby success, sporting participation and performance across all ages and genders within our community’ Core aims
How do we achieve this new vision? Objectives
The club members are asked to embrace this change and ACT NOW and come forward to be part of a working committee, contact board@boroughmuirrfc.co.uk to be involved with the new beginning for Boroughmuir RFC. Timescales
Posted January 2012 Meeting to Receive Results of Club Review As everyone is aware, the Boroughmuir Board commissioned a root and branch review earlier in 2011, to be carried out by specialists: PMR Leisure. This Review has involved gathering the opinions of many club members to establish what we want OUR club to be in the future; our ambition (on and off the field) and how we will best achieve this. This review and the subsequent actions will hopefully be looked back upon as a milestone in Boroughmuir’s history and attendance of all ages and genders, players and non-player is important to ensure that it is fully supported by the whole club. PMR have now concluded their review and will be presenting their findings to the club at a meeting on Thursday 12th January 2012 at 8.15pm. ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING as this is a hugely significant process to have gone through and it is anticipated that the outcome of this review will recommend changes to our club that are unprecedented in its history. While the Board are endeavouring to utilise various communication channels to inform members of this meeting, we ask all to spread the word themselves. Attendance will be essential to best understand the Review outcomes and set plans for the future. Please call the club on 0131 443 7571 or email bill.watson@boroughmuirrugbyclub.co.uk to confirm your attendance as we must plan adequate facilities for your attendance. If you require assistance in getting to the club for this meeting; please inform in your communication and we will endeavour to arrange transport to and from the Club for the meeting. Kind regards Bill Watson BRFC Chairman
Posted January 2012
Boroughmuir v Aberdeen Grammar Saturday, February 18th 2012 All are invited to our Reunion Lunch The Bruce Hay Suite Meggetland Clubhouse 12:30pm Includes Raffle & Auction Tickets £17 per head with proceeds to Marie Curie Hospice, Fairmilehead
RSVP to, and further details from: Mike Hall mdchall@aol.com 447 4668 Derek Binnie, Stevie Douglas, Bruce Reekie, Gerry Dryburgh
Posted December 2011
Scotland and Edinburgh institution; Laing the Jeweller, have sponsored
Boroughmuir RFC for many years and have done so yet again this season.
Posted November 2011
The 2012 Burns Supper will be on Friday 20th January at 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Tickets cost £20 and the list is now up in the clubhouse. Selling fast so don't be late. Contacts are Lesley Graham, Cath Clark and Harry Pincott, who would like to thanks members for their great support for the sell-out Xmas Lunch.
Posted November 2011 I have been allocated a bag packing day at Marks & Spencer's in the Gyle on Thursday 22nd. December from 9am -6pm manning 16 check outs. I am trying to recruit over 80 volunteers to cover this day. People must be 16 or over and able to do either an hour, two hours or even 4 hours. This is in aid of the Marie Curie Hospice at Fairmilehead which we adopted as a club after the tender loving care shown to Bruce Hay in his final days, other players, our friends and loved ones. The hospice is over 40 years old and provides holistic care totally free of charge for people with cancer and other life limiting illnesses either as in-patients or out-patients. As so many people want to end their days in their own homes we now have a team of nurses who go to their homes and tend their loved ones to ease the strain from the families and give them some respite. We are badly in need of funding for the hospice and this venture of home nursing. It takes over £4 million pounds a year to run the hospice, home care and our other services and we only get 40% of that from the government. For the other 60% we have to rely on the generosity of the public and local businesses to raise this money. The 22nd December could go a long way to helping us and I would be most grateful if anyone can help us on the day. If you can please E.Mail me - allanmackay48@yahoo.co.uk or telephone me on 0131-443-1936 with your details and if you can do 1 hour, 2 hours or even 4 hours. Thanks for reading this and, as I say, I will be very grateful for your help! Sincerely, Allan Mackay Past Presdent
Posted October 2011
Posted September 2011 Dear Member, Even with the RWC2011 in the middle of the pool stages, our thoughts are now drifting forward to the tickets for the Six Nations 2012! We have a limited allocation guaranteed for the English and French matches and I’ve been in touch with the members whose guarantees they are and can now safely say that we do have a limited number available for members. I will collate all requests and will then put them to the Board for allocation in due course. So… Please let me have your requests as soon as you can. We have just over a month to get everything together and you must respond to me by Friday 28th October. If you want any Away tickets or Scotland v England 2012 tickets, you must apply through the club on our application form (available to download below). If you want Scotland v France 2012 tickets, you have a choice of coming through us or by clicking on the link to the SRU website below, which is an unique URL for Boroughmuir. We will earn 10% commission on tickets for the French match but 0% on all others.
Application Form You may find it useful to cut and paste the URL below into your browser for future use: Please email me your request at tickets@boroughmuirrugbyclub.co.uk and mail cheques/Forms to: Ticket Secretary Boroughmuir Rugby Club 60J Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH14 1AS We will undertake to email you back a confirmation: if you receive no confirmation, please email me on treasurer@boroughmuirrugbyclub.co.uk. Best wishes Gordon Grant & Jack Dodd
Posted August 2011 Pre-Match Lunches 2011 -2012 Season The pre match lunches for the first half of the season have now been confirmed for:
Dundee
HSFP Saturday 27th August
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Gala
Saturday 24th September 2011
When the fixtures for the remainder of the season are confirmed, additional pre-match lunches will be scheduled. It is also planned to have another Players Reunion lunch to follow on from the very successful event last year and also to re-establish a ladies lunch for the season, further details of both of these will be provided for the second half of the season. Lunch will be served for 1.00pm and the Bruce Hay Suite Bar will be open from 12.00 for pre-lunch drinks.
MacKenzie's will continue to provide the pre-match lunches of a Starter and Main Course followed by Cheese & Biscuits with Tea or Coffee.
The price of this years pre-match lunch has been set at £22.00 per head for individual bookings, however if you are able to book a table of 8 - 10 persons then a reduced price of £20.00 per head is available and maintains the price at previous year levels.
Bookings for tables of 8 - 10 persons must be accompanied by a deposit of £50.00 to secure the table with the price of £20.00 per head, the balance to paid on match day.
Bookings can be made at the club via the booking sheet on the bar notice board (deposits to be paid to the bar staff) or by e-mail to stephen.wilson@boroughmuirrugbyclub.co.uk
All bookings must be confirmed by the Tuesday evening of the week of the lunch to allow the planning of the lunch to be completed for the Saturday.
Last year proved very successful for the pre-match lunch attendance. We hope that we can continue this year and achieve full utilisation of the Bruce Hay suite for these occasions.
Alan MacKay, Norrie Bryson , Ronnie Smith and Ronnie Pearson will again be the event organisers for each day, organising table plans and taking payment on match days. If you have any comments or requirements please pass these to Stephen Wilson or Alan, Norrie and Ronnie and we will endeavour to respond.
Posted August 2011 Youth Section Registration Day Boroughmuir Rugby Club Youth Section is holding it’s annual “Player Registration Day on Sunday 21st August 2011” Prospective new players are invited to come along and find out all about the exciting game of rugby and the opportunities to play at one of Edinburgh’s Premier Rugby Clubs. BRFC Youth Section offers opportunities for players from all ages P1 to S4. Time: Player Registration 11.45am in Clubhouse All age groups Training 12.15am to 2.00pm
Parents/Guardians – Tour & Introduction to Boroughmuir RFC: U15/U16/S1 & S2 –12.30pm to 12.50pm P1 to P7 –1.00pm to 1.20pm Place – Meggetland, Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1AS BRFC works with the Scottish Rugby Union (http://www.scottishrugby.org/) to ensure its coaching conforms to the “Are You Ready to Play Rugby?” campaign. This was launched by the SRU at the start of 2009 to ensure that a consistent approach to player safety is adopted across Scotland by all coaches, teachers, referees and volunteers
Posted August 2011 This is your chance to sponsor a Boroughmuir player for the 2011/2012 season for the sum of £100. To download the sponsorship form just click on the icon below:
Posted July 2011 Rugby Rocks Edinburgh Saturday 30th July Puma present the innaugral Rugby Rocks Edinburgh, a mass participation sporting event which promises to be a fun filled day. Sevens, Touch and Hockey will all be played by participants, with refreshments available at the clubhouse and at the Beer tent at the stand.
Posted July 2011 Boroughmuir have recruited wisely to bolster the depth of talent available to the club. The following players have been recruited: Sep Visser Sep is a Full Back / Winger who arrives from Tynedale Rugby Club in the North East of England. He was a leading light at the Northumberland club having scored 23 tries in 29 games last season. Sep has been capped by Holland and yes - he is Tim's younger brother. Iain Moody Iain has played consistently well for Kelso over the past few seasons, primarily at No.8. The 6' 5" player spent the summer in New Zealand so should be fit and ready for action. Andy Watt Andy joins from Dunfermline where he was the regular scrum-half. The ex Dollar Academy pupil has represented Caledonian Region at U15 – U18 levels. Matt Harvey Matt is a flanker joining from Kirkcaldy. The Scotland Under 19 cap spent 18 months in New Zealand improving his rugby and had a fine season for the Blues last term. Chris Rhodes Chris is a goal kicking stand-off from Garnock rugby club. He represented Glasgow at Under 18 level. Mike Crawley Mike is a 19 year old centre from Stewart’s Melville who Represented Edinburgh at U17 level and Scotland at both U17 and U18. Lynton Brinck The ex-Muir South African returns to the fold after a year playing for Lismore. Normally a flanker Lynton did turn out in the centre for Lismore on at least one occasion. Andy Knight Former 'Muir skipper Andy Knight returns to Meggetland after cutting his coaching teeth at Forrester. Andy will join the 2nd XV coaching team as they look to push for the title.
Posted July 2011 Tom MacLennan It is with deep regret that the Club must announce that our oldest member has passed away at the age of 97. A full appreciation of Tom will appear in the near future.
Posted July 2011 Summer Bar Opening During the Summer closed season the barr will be open at the following times:
Posted July 2011 Captain Clapperton Boroughmuir have confirmed that Malcolm Clapperton will again captain the 1st XV in the 2011/12 season.
Posted July 2011 Pre-Season Training Pre-season training started on Tuesday 21 June at Dreghorn Barracks. Training is being led by Andy Muir starting promptly at 18.30.
Posted June 2011 The following pre-season fixtures have been arranged for the 1st XV Squad: 6 August 2011 v Selkirk at Philiphaugh (kick-off to be confirmed) 13 August 2011 v Watsonians / Haddington / Dundee HSFP at Meggetland (kick-off to be confirmed) 20 August 2011 v Hamilton at Meggetland 1st XV and 2nd XV (kick-off to be confirmed)
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