Hello all,
Did you feel something amiss in your lives this morning? Apologies for the newsletter being late – I am currently stationed at Ice Station Yarmouth for Obs & Gynae where computer access is limited by extreme workload. Anyway, it's newsletter time again, so here is all the NMRFC related stuff you need to know for the next little while.
TRAINING
This Thursday training will be at 1930 at MED or 2000 at Crus as usual. The bar will be open afterwards.
MATCH REPORTS
NMRFC Mens 1st XV vs Broadland RFC 2nd XV – We won 37-22 taking us to top of the merit league (see www.norfolkfrfu.com for confirmation) which is awesome considering our clubs youthful status on the Norfolk rugby scene. Players of note – Phil Dobbs who played his first match in the 'blue and blue' and scored a try, Hugh Powell for a good try, Dave Fearnley for excellent captaining in the absence of Martin and Hulk for a number of good runs and at least one try. Paul Ferris did not start a fight or bite anyone. Koala did, before realising the man he picked on is a bouncer, when he apologised. All in all the forwards and backs worked well together and the team can be pleased with themselves though work is still needed on reducing the number of penalties we give away.
NMRFC women's 1st XV vs Birmingham Medics Womens 1st XV – The girls started out their season with a 39-10 loss against a competitive Birmingham side. However reports suggest everyone played well and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Pictures are on the blog. I will include a fuller match report next week as and when I receive it.
THIS WEEKEND
This weekend's trip away to
Leicester Medical
School is ON. You will be travelling with the kissballers, hockey
team and netballers and assorted hangers-on. The bus leaves at
8am therefore could you anyone going meet in MED at 7:45am please.
Please also bring a £1 for the driver to keep him sweet for the
monumental piss-up that should ensue on the return journey.
Dress code – shirt and tie please
EARLY WARNING FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER NEXT – DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND
Saturday 25th November sees us playing Diss RFC IV XV and then on Sunday
26th November we play Brighton Medics RFC. We will need players for both
fixtures – clear your diary now.
VICE PRESIDENTS
Adrian Hendrick has been appointed as a Vice President. For those of you who don't know Adrian,
on the pitch he is an Athletic Adonis of a prop (with aspirations of playing fly half) whose awe-inspiring
intercepting abilities have dazzled many a player; off the pitch he is a friendly chap and imminent dad-to-be.
Adrian has been a committed member of the club ever since I met him in the Eaton park car-park
(near the loos) one summer evening many moons ago. Adrian was very keen for the women's
team to be developed and to that end he has donated a much appreciated sum of cash to NMRFC
which has allowed the purchase of a women's kit and training balls. Adrian's company logo (A&T Computers)
will be advertised on the women's kit. Of note to players – Vice President roles are non-executive
i.e. you don't have to what Adrian says.
Final note – Thank you very much Adrian and good luck to yourself and Lisa with the
imminent arrival to the Hendrick household.
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Our President Terry Jones intends for his dental practice to sponsor the men's team shirts – more news
to follow as it happens. More information to follow soon. Terry also said that everyone played extremely
well last weekend and that NMRFC were as exciting to watch as ever.
CONGRATULATIONS
Dr Lee Shepstone, our valiant winger and lecturer on the exciting world of stats, has just received a grant
from the Medical Research Council to conduct a large (12000 patients) Randomised Control Trial (the gold
standard of research don't you know) into osteoporosis screening. The Sun says - Congratulations to Lee.
We look forward to potentially having a 'Prof' in the side in the future.
NOTE FROM THE SOCIALS BINTDates for your diary for the up & coming months:
1) Tuesday 28th November - Crimbo curry night - this is our
Christmas Dinner, comprising an excellent take-away curry with all the trimmings,
held at Crusaders, with some drinking games afterwards. Great success last year.
Menu will be e-mailed to you with choice of 5 curries. Continuing onto
town if demand for it. A small donation of £10 gets you a curry,
choice of drink (singles if spirits) on arrival, and some drinks
for drinking games. And, importantly, 2 party poppers each. Bargain.
2) Sat 9th December – post-St. Georges match. Christmas theme
3-legged pub crawl through Golden Triangle (10 pubs) ending at club
retro LCR. NOTE: this is technically in the first years holiday time
(24 hours after you finish) – come out for one last lash with your boys
& ho's before going off to celebrate the festivities and do your analytical
reviews. We are travelling to London by cars, so the bulk of the drinking
will start once we're back in Norwich. There is the option to change
into Christmas attire after the game...to be decided. Cost – FREE.
There will be accommodation (Wills bed if tasty, sofa if not)
available for any first years kicked out of halls.
3) Tuesday 16th January - Slug! Free food as normal - then Rubix
Cube pub crawl (people will be nominated a certain colour to wear
beforehand (including underwear) - aim: to have 1 item of clothing
of each colour by end of crawl. Cost – FREE
4) Saturday 20th January - curry night with staff players after
staff vs. students game. To be held at Crusaders. £TBA.
NOTE FROM JAMIE THE JOLLY MONEY MAN
Any kit you've ordered should be available this Thursday, or perhaps
next Thursday. Soon anyway. If you owe the club any money (scally-wags)
you will not be able to collect your new kit until you have paid your debts.
VIDEOS
The videos I shot of us recording an 87-0 dismantling of Norwich RFC are
now on youtube. Apologies for their being so late to go up – we had
problems with our youtube account. To save further delay, Mark has put
them on his youtube account. Links below –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqc5rxSXtw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HS0Wp_nUlY
PHOTOS
Could anyone with pics of the men winning last weekend please send
them to medicsrugby@gmail.com. This goes for any match or social
photos so we can share the wealth on the forum.
TRY SCORERS
We need to set-up some sort of try-scoring record in order to
award a 'leading try-scorer' award at the end of the season. This
will have to rely on honest self-reporting (take note Koala), and
the best medium for that is the forum. Try-scorers should e-mail the
club after the match with number of tries scored, which will then
be placed on a section of the forum. Those with many tries under
their belts should ensure they give us their tally a.s.a.p.
GET WELL SOON
Rupert has bust his ribs and John Lynch his ankle. Please wish
them a speedy recovery.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW?
Please reply with the following information NOW – not later.
Put 'yes' or 'no' next to each of following & tell us whether
you are bringing a partner. Please reply NOW so we can get
organising.
1) Crimbo Curry Night at Crusaders -
2) 3-legged pub crawl after St. Georges -3) Slug! & rubix cube pub crawl -
4) Staff & student curry post-match –
5) I have scored …. Tries for NMRFC.6) Send us any pics you have
That is all,
