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
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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!

Stash Collection Times

The Stash Shop will be open from 8:30pm this evening (Thursday) and also ALL DAY(!!!) tomorrow (Friday).

If you haven't yet collected your kit then please see Whiting at 30 Beech Hill Road, the top of the road up from the Med School as soon as possible. Everyone knows stash is one of the best things about playing Rugby (let's face it, we don't do it for the joy of cuddling fat Yorkshiremen in the rain on a Saturday!), so go get yours today! Also could you please check your packages as soon as possible after you pick them up, as there have been (literally) one or two errors, and it's better Whiting finds out soon so he can try to sort it out.

Anyone who needs to get in touch with Whiting for any reason, his number is 07877 841229. Happy Stash Day everyone!!

Old Boys' Day confirmed for 25th April!

Social Sec James Attwood has confirmed that the Old Boys' Rugby match and dinner will be held this year on Saturday 25th April

The day will start fairly early with the election of next year's club committee and voting for club awards in the West End, followed by the annual drubbing of the current squad by the much fitter, wiser and drunker Old Boys (well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad!). After that it's on to the Hilton Hotel in the centre of town for the annual knees up and dinner, black tie is the dress code as always. Tickets are £30 for current club members and £35 for Old Boys, which is a real bargain considering how good it's going to be!

Money (cheques only, payable to U.S.U.S Medics Rugby) should be given to Attwood as soon as possible, either at training or by post: 1 Pisgah House Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, S10 5BJ (haha BJ...). As always Attwood is available on his mobile (07912 604532) if you have any questions.

Stash Collection - Don't harass Whiting's housemates!!

From James Whiting: "Stash has arrived and me and Sellens took 5 hours packaging it all up for you lovely people. You can come collect it tonight (26/01/09) after 8pm from my house. 30 Beech Hill Road, the top of the road up from the Med School.

I'll let you know some other collection times later in the week. Depends when I'm back from Leeds as I don't want to make my housemates dish it out cos they all have exams and are working hard etc.

Also we are 1 Tshirt, and compression leggins short. If you can all check your packages and have a bit of honesty we can sort it all out. 3 mistakes (hopefully) out of 76 packages isn't bad going by me and Sellens... Obviously if there is anything wrong, you know where to find me and have a moan, my mobile's 07877 841229 if your kit fever can't wait!"

Just to remind you all of what you're getting - the stash!