Hope Floats Nic Clancy “Flies” in for Stortford’S Second Try
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BSRFC OFFICIAL MATCH PROGRAMME BISHOP’S STORTFORD RFC vs REDINGENSIAN RAMS HOPE FLOATS NIC CLANCY “FLIES” IN FOR STORTFORD’S SECOND TRY DAY SU IES P THEN & NOW D PO A R L T C I OH HOW THE GAME HAS CHANGED N F G R S B HERE COME THE GIRLS... THE LADIES ARE MAKING THEIR MARK £10.00 (£5.00 FOR BSRFC MEMBERS) EDIESBUTTERFLYAPPEAL.COM Helpfully Productive Bringing together print technology, digital wizardry and marketing mastery to help you work wonders with your communications. Talk to us about why it really is better printed. #makingmagichappen 01279 757 333 proco.com PRESIDENT’S WELCOME For the penultimate time this season I would like to welcome you all here to Silver Leys & in particular the Players, Officials and supporters of Redingensians Rams RFC. I would also like to extend a special welcome to everyone associated with our Man of the Match sponsors Belcom. With just the three games left to play in the campaign we remain, despite last Saturday’s setback, seven points clear at the top of National League Two South and need ‘just’ nine points from those remaining games to be crowned champions. Huge thanks to the legions of Stortford fans who travelled to Chinnor last week to support our guys. Whilst the result wasn’t quite what we’d hoped for, the losing bonus point we brought home, along with restricting one of our closest competitors to just the four point win means that our destiny is still very much in our own hands and we can hardly ask for much more at this late stage. A win today would of course be very welcome but, and I seem to say this every week, we should not underestimate our opposition. The fixture against the Rams at the beginning of December was in my opinion one of the most seminal in this memorable season. On that day as the game entered its final play we were trailing 20 points to 24 but our guys refused to give up and a little bit of magic from wing Ryan Hutler released Nick Hankin for a try that not only secured victory but an all-important try bonus point. Redingensians were that close to beating us and they will obviously take a lot of confidence knowing that into today’s encounter. They currently lie 7th in the table and have of late recorded some impressive victories most notably at Cinderford & Canterbury so there is certainly no room for complacency from our guys. Today is of course also Ladies day at Stortford. This is an occasion for us to show that our rugby club is an inclusive location where everybody can enjoy spending their Saturday afternoon. If previous years are anything to go by I’m sure all our Lady guests will have a great day and hopefully raise lots of money for the events chosen charity - Edie’s Butterfly Appeal I haven’t said much in recent weeks about the other teams in the club, so let’s change that now. Our Mitres & Chindits are both at home today in Cup Semi-finals against Ampthill & Upper Clapton respectively. Whilst our Abbots are away at Hitchin in a Plate semi. Go well guys. Well done to our Ladies team who won last Sunday 55-42 against a combined Harlow & Chelmsford team. Keep up the great work Girls! & finally a quick mention for almost our entire Youth section as once again we have representatives in all the County Cup finals from U14 to U17 as well as finalists in the U15 Shield competition. Congratulations to all our players, coaches, volunteers & parents on a fantastic achievement. Finally – a familiar plea for everyone to make some noise!! The travelling supporters last week were immense. Let’s replicate it here today. It really does make a difference and we know our players really appreciate it. So Be Loud - Be Enthusiastic -Be Passionate but please remember to be respectful to our guests from Reading and of course the Match officials. Enjoy the game. COYB! Perry Oliver President BMW Elms The Ultimate Stansted Driving Machine ELMS STANSTED, YOUR LOCAL BMW RETAILER. SPONSORS OF BISHOP’S STORTFORD RFC. As an authorised BMW Retailer, Elms Stansted offers the highest levels of service and expertise to the local area. Whether it’s a new or BMW Approved Used Car, or even a service, our commitment is to maintain the highest of dealership standards. For more information or to arrange a test drive*, call us on 01279 755906 or visit www.elmsstanstedbmw.co.uk ELMS STANSTED Stansted Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 2BT 01279 755906 www.elmsstanstedbmw.co.uk *Test drive subject to applicant status and availability. BMW Elms The Ultimate Stansted Driving Machine D.O.R SAYS Firstly I’d like to say a massive thank you to all of you who travelled to Chinnor last week, the support for the team was outstanding and just showed what this campaign means to us all. Unfortunately we just came up short, although I thought we acquitted ourselves extremely well and on another day could’ve won the game. We are still in a great position with 3 games to go and all our focus this week has been todays game. We welcome Redingensians today, they have had a fantastic season and really pushed on from last year with a young group of talented players, ELMS STANSTED, YOUR their recent run of form means we know that LOCAL BMW RETAILER. today will be a tough test. SPONSORS OF BISHOP’S STORTFORD RFC. Please as always get behind the team and enjoy the game. As an authorised BMW Retailer, Elms Stansted offers the highest levels of service and Andy Long expertise to the local area. 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They won promotion from the Southern Counties League in their inaugural season but the spell in South West 2 was short-lived. A slide down the leagues ensued, before a mini-revival with promotion largely brought about thanks to players coming through from a flourishing junior section. A young side gained promotion in successive seasons (2005-6) and (2006-7). This meant the club reached South West 1 (now National 3 South West) - the highest level in their history. The nickname “Rams” was adopted to reflect the club’s connection with Reading, the animal featuring in the town’s coat of arms. New ground was also broken with the formation of the Rams Academy. – a joint venture of the club and the University of Reading to recruit and develop promising young players from the local community. Redingensians run five adult teams and the youth section is among the biggest in the area with approximately 300 boys and girls playing on Sundays. The club fields sides at every age group from Under 6 to Under 19s. The Community Redingensians is a Model of Good Practice for its work in the community. For many years having been Wokingham Council’s partner rugby club, and now work closely with The Bulmershe School as the Specialist Sports College for Wokingham. Examples of our community projects are; Hosting tag rugby tournaments, running Outreach Sessions at local Secondary Schools to allow children to “Come and Try” rugby, Coaching , maintaining Club-School links with a new initiative and the number of partner schools is growing quickly. Providing a Redingensians Ambassador to all Primary Schools, inviting PE Coordinators from local Primary Schools to attend Mini Rugby events. Participating in the recent School Sports Week. Coaching and Managing the Wokingham tag rugby team. 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