Dear ALL please come to the GRINDSTONE on THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER 6pm -8pm  for

1. Hand in of subs. £40  cheques payable to USUS Medics Rugby 

2. Hand in of Gala dinner cheques. £30 payable to USUS Medics Rugby

3. Anyone not registered needs to get registered, if in doubt come anyway

4.Wille Rofe will be taking CNP orders. There will be a catalogue of all the hee man goodies there to look at.

5. Evenmore excitingly there will be a STASH catalogue there so come and have a gander, bring your cheque books as orders can be taken there and then!

Anyone who does not give their SUBS in by 1st november will not be selected to play in any of the games. On top of that i will make it my my mission to make sure blood is spilt!

So bascially everyone should be coming down for one reason or another, so i will see u all there.

much brown bear love x

aka brown

aka r-reg

aka n-reg

aka rosh

Gala Dinner money due

Fellow SMRUFC Members,

It is once again time for you to dry clean those suits, polish those
shoes and desperately ask any girl you know to accompany you to this
years Gala Dinner.

The venue is the Holiday Inn, the date is 14th November and the meet
at the hotel between 7 and 7.30 to eat at 8. £30 will provide you with
a three course meal (the pudding’s soft enough so you won’t need your
spoons), half a bottle of wine and some old guy masquerading as a DJ
so you can carry on the party all night (as long as its not after
1am).

The old boys this year are taking part in a golf day prior to the
dinner to entice greater numbers. There are only 90 places in total
that will be sold on a first come first served basis. You’re all
encouraged to bring wives (Rees), fiancés (Tissa), girlfriends
(Sellens), partners (that’ll be Pops for me) or even some girl you
woke up next to the week before (Gaynor). I advise you to do this as
they’ll only moan when they’re told they’re not allowed at old boys.

Every year the event is a success but this year we’re really trying to
increase the numbers of old boys. Last time we spent an evening at the
Holiday Inn (Old Boys 2008) it was truly a night to savour and in my
top 10 at university. It’s your chance to meet some of the former
members of the club, who now provide us with drinking money whilst on
tour, and have a jolly good drink with them. Give your cheques (made
payable to USUS Medics Rugby) to either myself, Dave Allanson or R-reg
(Roshan), as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.

Yours in rugby

Alex Worthington
DOR

Membership fees due now for 09/10 Season

Hello Club Members

Unfortunately it has come to that time of year when we must once again
rob you all blind for the financial well being of the club.

In the next two weeks we would like to collect fees off all ongoing
members of the club (not freshers). Could you please bring cheques for
£40 made payable to USUS Medics Rugby to any training sessions or
matches and either hand them to myself, Dave Allanson or the mighty
(at heart) treasurer R-reg (Roshan). Any current members that have not
paid by 24th October will have to pay £45 for making me chase you.

Whilst your student loans are burning holes in your training gear why
not add another £30 to the cheque and reserve your place for the Gala
Dinner on 14th November, further details will follow.

Yours in rugby

Alex Worthington
DOR

Gala Day - Golfers please contact Glen

Salutations!

As many of you will know by now, Gala Dinner has been pencilled in for Saturday 14th November. The usual ruloes apply, however this year is a little more ambitious than usual.

Glen Irving (Chief Old Boy) has devised an ingenious way to turn what was once a mere dinner into a day long event of high quality fin and entertainment, able to be enjoyed by young and old alike. By his own admission the turd...sorry, 'plan' needs a little polishing, however the basic premise is below.

Please let Glen know if you would like to play golf. You don't need to be good, but no 'Happy Gilmore' shots will be allowed...in fact, to be safe it's probably best to say that anything associated with the word 'Gilmore' be banned from the golf. Sorry Simon.

Gala Fun Day:

9am: Bacon roll and mug of tea at Beauchief.

10am: 4 ball/4-some matchplay. Allocations of pairings TBA when we work out who is coming.

2pm: Adjourn to suitable establishment to watch local or International Rugby. Eng V Arg 1500. Tigers V St Helens, or Medics V Old Gravians. Options being looked in to.

7pm: S.M.R.U.F.C Gala Dinner. Holiday Inn. Dinner, Drink, Disco, No speeches, Not black tie, ladies welcome.

Costs are estimated to be as follows: Bacon Sandwich & Tea £3, Golf £22, Dinner £30.

Website Updates 09/10 Season

Gentlemen,

Firstly, apologies for being the world's worst webmaster over the latter half of last season, my computer went up in smoke so I've had to buy a new one! Should be able to eventually salvage the old one as well when I find out what's wrong with it, so should always be backed up in future!

Anyway, this is the new 'News' section of the site, it is in no way 100% finished, however I've chosen a blog for the news page as there are several great advantages. The first is that the committee can now log in and post news articles straight onto here, so even if I'm being crap there will always be new content on the site. Secondly, I can create an RSS feed so that the tech-savvy amongst you can be automatically updated with the latest updates from the club. Thirdly, blogger (the host site) is run by google, which should enable us to do some clever things with the club gmail account where the calendar is stored.

There are several other updates which I'll roll out this week, some obvious, others fairly cutting edge! The obvious ones include the new committee's details, the updating of the homepage (April's cheese of the month is probably a little mature by now!) and this news page. The less obvious (but much more awesome!) include the Amazon Associates scheme. I'll post a news item specifically about this a little later, but what it basically means is that if everyone buys their textbooks, cds, christmas presents etc off Amazon through the club website, the club gets a cut of the profits (up to 15%!!) which is easy money in my book. The Old Boys' section of the site needs a good deal of work, and I'm hoping to get that sorted by Christmas.

I hope everyone's having a good start to the season, hope to see you all soon.

Beard xxx

Tour Payments Deadline Sunday 15th Feb

The absolute final deadline for getting your £175/150 to me is this weekend as I will be sending a cheque off on Monday. If you paid the intial £25 or told me you were coming but did not pay the initial £25, I assume you're still coming unless you have let me know otherwise.

There are still spaces available for those who don't mind touring without stash, just get a cheque for £175 to me by Sunday and facebook me to confirm you have dropped it off as I'm away on Saturday and Sunday. I apologise if I've been difficult to get hold of this week, I've had a busy one.

Just want to emphasise the fact that this is the FINAL deadline for those wanting to come on tour!

Hope you are all well

Bill
x

Bill's Address:

50 Cundy Street
Walkley
Sheffield
S6 2GH

League Decider and Fundraising Event 21st February

Our last league game of 2008/09 is on Saturday 21st February at Norton against Pontefract Pythons. KO 2.15pm. If we win this game we secure promotion to Yorkshire Division 4 next year!! I hope you can make it down to cheer us on! Bring girlfriends, wives, friends and family! We welcome all the support you can muster!!

Then in the evening come to the West End for a fundraising party for TOUR! This is obviously very important not only for the club but also eveyone who is on tour as it will massively help with the cost! The upstairs of the west end is reserved just for us, Pops (James) will be performing live and the Landlord has kindly donated some fantastic prizes for us to raffle off!

Entry will be £2 on the night and drinks promotions at the bar!! There will also be an auction of some of the old club kit from the last few seasons! Try and get everyone involved - should be an awesome night!!! gig will start at 9 on the night! then on to Pop Tarts after!