New Coaches for Montrose

Five more coaches from Montrose have completed the SRU combined Foundation Coaching and Refereeing course.

Kenny Christie (Angus Rugby Development Officer), Stuart, Chris, Ailsa, Harald, Sam and Bob Easton (SRU Referee Development Manager)

Well done to them all - we look forward to seeing you at training!

Summer Rugby Camps

The SRU are not running camps this summer as they failed to find a sponsor. This is a pity as the event in Dundee at Easter was very good. It is hoped that they will offer a full programme of courses for children next year.

A couple of commercial companies are running camps, Rugby Matters and Rugby Excellence. The details are:

Rugby Matters – Aberdeen, 14th to 18th July (http://www.sportmattersacademies.com/smg-35-Scotland--.html)

Rugby Excellence – Aberdeen, 21st to 25th July (http://www.rugby-excellence.co.uk/?page=Fixtures). Note that they seem to focus on tag rugby until players are 13.

Players from Montrose have attended previous Rugby Matters courses and they have been very good. I have no experience of Rugby Excellence. If anyone wants to go and would like to share lifts, please get in touch with Duncan.

There is a chance that Kenny Christie will be coordinating a rugby course for children in Montrose and details will be posted if this is going ahead.

Minis in The Review

Our fun day made it into the Montrose Review as well. Click here to see the full story and picture.

Stop Press

This picture and article can be found on page 5 of today's Courier.

Not only did our picture make it into today's Courier but every Newsagent in Montrose had this poster outside!

Fun Day - Surprise Guest!

We have just had some excellent news from the SRU. We are going to have an additional guest at the Fun Day on Sunday. A security guard is coming up from Edinburgh. That’s perhaps not too interesting in itself, but he is bringing up the Calcutta Cup – Yes the real one that Scotland and England compete for every year!

We have still to confirm times but we are expecting it to be at Union Park from 2pm. Hopefully, everyone will be able to get our photos taken with the cup. Who knows, it could be a few years before it is back in Scotland…

End of Season Fun Day - 25th May, 11.00 to 14.00

Thank you to all of the volunteers for the Fun Day. Please remember that all players, family and friends are welcome to come along and enjoy the day.

Outlined below is the programme for the day:

- 11.15 to 12.00 – Fun games for children (and the adults if they want to join in)
- 12.10 to 12.30 – Game of Hike - an adapted version of rugby for micros to grandparents!
- 13.15 to 13.30 – The Final Challenge (details on the day)
- 13.30 to 14.00 – Presentations for all players and prize giving

During the day, there will be face painting, bouncy castles and other activities, which will all be free of charge. Don’t worry, there will also be a home baking stall and a raffle if you want to spend your pennies!

We are having a barbecue and everyone will get two rolls (either burger or sausages) for their £2 admission charge. If anyone has any particular dietary requirements, please let us know. To prevent helpers being tied to the kitchen on the day, we would ask that you bring anything else you want to eat and that you bring your own drinks (non-alcoholic). There will be water available in the clubhouse.

St Andrew’s First Aid will be attending but hopefully we won’t need them.

Rampaging minis!

It can be pretty scary having some Montrose mini rugby stars running straight at you!

P1s and P2s

P3s, P4s and P5s

P6s and P7s (Nice 'air guitar'!)

Try of the season

Your vote could help choose the Scotland try of the year. Just go to this link and you can see all of the shorlisted tries.

I'm not sure why but Steve Beedie's flying swan dive during a game of touch doesn't seem to be there. This must be a technical problem...

Match Strips

Despite all the new strips we bought, we are running out of spares. If you are no longer coming to training, can you please return your match strip and shorts? Ideally, please bring it along to training on Sunday. If this is not possible, please email montroseminis@tiscali.co.uk and we can arrange a suitable pick up.

Thank you.

End of Season Fun Day

The plans are now coming together for the end of season fun day.

When: Sunday 25th May, 11.00 to 14.00
Where: Union Park, Montrose
Who: All players, families and volunteers who have contributed such a successful season.

Thank you to everyone who has already offered to help. We will need helpers for the day (supervising, catering, coordinating, tidying up…). We want as many volunteers as possible to share the load, ensuring everyone gets a chance to enjoy the day.

We already have some raffle prizes but further donations are welcome. We are having a home baking stall and donations are always welcome too!

This should be a great day and every player will be presented with something during the prize giving. Can I therefore ask that you try to get all players there, if possible? Also, please let us know roughly how many players and family members will be attending to make sure we don’t run out of burgers!