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!

Strathmore Tournament

Montrose Mini's P4/5 and P6/7 squads travelled to Forfar to take part in the Strathmore’s annual tournament. Dry and sunny weather meant that playing conditions were ideal for running rugby. With ten teams in each age group, Montrose were placed in the top half of the draw and played matches against Strathmore Sharks, Dundee Eagles, Carnoustie and Blairgowrie Rams.

P4/5s against Dundee Eagles

Despite the Easter holidays, the P4/5 squad was strong with twelve players. Right from their first match against the hosts, they played strong, aggressive rugby to the delight of the coaching team.

P6/7 Breaking through against Carnoustie

The P6/7s really started to use the skills they have learned in training and put on a dazzling display of open, running rugby.

Montrose Coach Andy Hogan stated “Every player showed remarkable commitment in every match. The quality of the tries was of the highest order. Both squads have improved significantly throughout the season and are now playing as a cohesive team. They should all should be very proud of their performance today.”

P4/5 Squad

P6/7 Squad

There will be training for the next couple of weeks then matches against Arbroath and brechin at union Park on Sunday May 10th.

Development Days

Montrose Junior Rugby held their Easter development days for boys and girls from P4 to S2 at Union Park for our . Led by Stewart Ross, Angus Rugby Development Officer, over 40 children learned new skills and played games. He was supported by coaches from Montrose and Brechin Rugby Clubs.

Over the two days there were sessions on passing, tackling, running and kicking. Each of the age groups also played a lot of games to hone their skills.

Richard Neville, Montrose coach commented "It was great to see so many children at the development days. Whilst some regular players attended, we had many new faces. The newcomers showed real talent and we hope to see them all at training on Sunday mornings."

At the end of the second day, every player was presented with a mini rugby ball from the SRU.

Rugby balls from heaven?

Blairgowrie Tournament

Montrose Mini Rugby took players from P1 to P7 to Blairgowrie Rams’ Annual tournament this weekend. This was Montrose’s first trip to Blairgowrie and the other teams in the tournament were Strathmore Sharks and Kinross Cougars.

Goose on the loose!

With soft ground and warm sunny weather, these were the best conditions Montrose had seen all season. Micros, P4/5 and P6/7 all played fantastic running rugby with good passing and powerful defence. As the end of the season approaches, the Montrose coaches gave some children the opportunity to play up an age group. This allowed players to get a feel for the rules they will be playing next season. All players did remarkably well and demonstrated great potential for another successful season next year.

P4/5s taking a breather

A presentation was made by the Blairgowrie Rams coaches at the end of the tournament and all players received a medal for their efforts. Players of the day were Craig Smillie for Micros, Andrew Neill for P4/5 and Kieran Gammie for P6/7.

Rugby Boot Swap

We have decided to start a "BOOT SWAP". If anyone has rugby boots that they have out grown then they can hand them into the club and swap them for another pair ( if we have your new size.) The swap will cost £2.00

At present , we have two pairs of boots a size 3 and a size 4.

Please hand any boots either surplus or to swap to Caroline.