FIRST AID COURSE CANCELLED

Unfortunately the First Aid course on Sun 21 June has been cancelled.
We will let you know when we have rescheduled it. Thank you to everyone that was going to take part.

Micros at Brechin Pageant

Six Montrose players turned up at the Brechin Pageant. We found the Brechin team behind their own stand on the edge of the park and joined them in some warm up games. Brechin slightly outnumbered us and leant us one player.

The two teams entered the arena together with Brechin taking the kick off. Both sides turned out an excellent exhibition match of micros rugby. The game was full of passes with both sides supporting their ball carriers well. Overall it was a flowing running game with good trys scored at each end. The match was well received by the crowd with the teams getting well deserved cheers and applause at the end of a very sporting game.

The P3's then had a exhibition game of contact rugby and finally there was a match by the older Brechin boys, who were also conscripted into a keep fit demo marked by the complete lack of involvement by the coaches.

Thank you to Adam, Ben, Christopher, Iain, James and Tim for representing Montrose so well. Also thanks to Richard for coordinating the day.

Fun in the Sun

Today saw the end of the 08/09 season with a fun day at Union Park. Around 150 players, friends and family enjoyed games, a barbecue and a bouncy castle in bright sunshine.

Stewart Ross, Angus Rugby Development Officer, presented medals and Scotland caps to all players. The P7s were also given a Montrose Rugby hoodie as a 'graduation' present and a thank you for all of their efforts during their time with Minis.

Special prizes were given out for each age group and these were:

Micros (P1,2&3)
Best newcomer: Craig Smillie
Most Improved: Callum Smith
Fair Play: Shona Campbell
Player of the Year: Iain Robertson

P4/5
Best newcomer: Keiran Hogan
Most Improved: Matthew McKenzie
Fair Play: Keiran Gammie
Player of the Year: Angus Campbell

P6/7
Best newcomer: Cameron Lewis
Most Improved: Tom Magalon
Fair Play: Robbie MacDonald
Player of the Year (joint): Kyle Clark and Ewan Campbell

Particular thanks were given to Ben (Barbecue Chef), RK Services (Bouncy Castle) and all of the parents (coaching, helping out, raffle prizes, cake and candy etc.).


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Scotland Fiji - Saturday 14th November

After the success of the bus trip to the Scotland vs. Canada match last year we are going to take a bus to the Scotland vs. Fiji match at Murrayfield on Sat 14th Nov. As well as players, family and friends are very welcome.

All players MUST be accompanied by an adult. More details will come out once we have a price for tickets and rough numbers for the bus. If you are interested can you please email us?

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UKCC Level 1 Rugby Coaching Course

A level 1 course is being held in Montrose Sports centre on Friday 7th August 09 (6.30 to 9.30pm), Saturday 8th August 09(9am to 5pm), Sunday 9th August 09 (9am to 5pm).

This course is open to anybody who has already done the foundation course and eveyone MUST have completed the IRB Rugby Ready test.

Anybody already coaching for Montrose (either minis, juniors or seniors) will get the course paid for by the club. For more information and to book a place please check the SRU website on the link: http://www.scottishrugby.org/community/content/view/1067/116/

Places are limited so hurry and book a place.


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First Aid Course. 21 June 2009.- CANCELLED

We have managed to re-organise the Rugby first aid course for Sunday 21 June 2009, all day (10.00 to 4pm.) at Montrose sports centre.

The course will be run by Angie Mutch who is a qualified nurse and social worker. She was also a paramedic in the army and travels abroad to teach first aid to kids in deprived areas. She will issue first aid certificates at the end of the course (only if you know what to do!!!!) and will also do refreshers if we need them later in the year.
The course will consist of CPR for babies/kids /adults, general fractures, head injuries, neck injuries, studding(!) and the last hour will de dedicated to sports injuries.

It’s open to all coaches, parents and adult players .

All you need to bring is a packed lunch, wear comfy clothing that’s ok to get dirty and have a sense of humor!

Can you please get back to Caroline asap to reserve a place. Either on montroseminis@tiscali.co.uk or phone: 01674 830763.


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Matches against Brechin and Arbroath

Today saw the last fixtures of the 09/10 season against Brechin and Arbroath. Arbroath have only just started this season and it was great to see so many new players at different age groups.

P1&2 Micros

P3

P4/5

P6/7

SRU Youth Coaching Courses in Montrose.

This will take place at Montrose Sport Centre on Sunday the 7th and 14th of June 0945 – 1600 both days.

The course is to target young people 15-20 who are interested in getting involved or may already be helping younger teams at school or club level. The course will provide the candidates with a clearer idea of what is expected from a coach and, how they should present themselves, health and safety issues they need to be aware of and also give them a greater knowledge of specific area’s of the game – scrums, tackling and tackle area etc!

The course is free of charge however there will be a £10 deposit which the candidates will get back after the completion of the course!

For an application form or more details please contact Stewart Ross (Angus rugby developement Officer ) on 01307 474245 (mobile:07824694473 ) or email : RossS@angus.gov.uk.

If you know of anyone who might be interested, ask them to contact Stewart.

Fun Day and Prize Giving - 24th May 2009

The fun day this year will be on the 24th May at Union Park from 11am to 1pm. This will mark the end of the 2008/2009 season and is open to all players, coaches, friends and family.
The cost will be £3.00 per person. There will be a BBQ , cake and candy, raffle , Bouncy castle( for micros only!) and other games. Please bring your own picnic and drinks to suppliment the BBQ.

Any donations for the raffle, cake and candy and offers of help gratefully received. See Caroline for more details.

Wanted - Graphic Designer

Is anyone (or does anyone know of) a graphic designer?

Our logo, based on the mermaid, is on our training kit etc. Both of the companies that have done embroidery for us don’t have the original artwork. This is presenting us with a problem and we need to redevelop the current logo into an appropriate format. If anyone knows an EPS from a PDF, can they get in touch?

It was thought that the mermaid has a historical link to Montrose and we had hoped to tell you more about that. Our usual source (Google) let me down and it only mentioned the Little Mermaid chip shop! Perhaps it is a racy lady with a tennis racket after all!