November 2011
r President’s notes e We are almost three months into a new and ‘Ask not what your exciting season. Our members, and particularly club can do for you, t our opposition in Yorkshire One, have seen ask, what you can some frighteningly good rugby. do for your club?’ t Memories have to go some way back to remember a Whatever you do – Driffield start to the season as good as this. The First enjoy your rugby –
e XV have been beaten only once in the league and be it playing, are playing with tremendous team spirit, with great coaching, watching, sponsoring or
l defence and exciting attacking flair. administrating. Please keep supporting our club at as many events as possible, we certainly owe it to Much credit must also go to all the other teams the hard work undertaken by our officials and to our
s including Minis and Juniors – we are blessed with generous sponsors and stakeholders. talented players and committed coaches and team managers who will never lose sight of the fact that If you don’t know me, please introduce yourself as I they are moulding the building blocks of the would be delighted to meet you and share the continuing future success of DRUFC. knowledge of our great game! w I applaud all of you who willingly give up your time and boundless energy to support all aspects of the Thanks Tim Cooper
e smooth running of our Club. To those not involved, to paraphrase the words of a former President (sic!), President DRUFC N Are you a member? Club sponsorship The reason you have received this newletter is as a The Club continues to enjoy fantastic support from the result of your being either a valued sponsor/ existing commercial sponsors, being Newitts, AMK The Clubhouse stakeholder or because you are included on our Fuels, Dee Atkinson & Harrison, Carlsberg Tetley and Kelleythorpe database of Club ‘members’. A member may be a JB Fuels. player, non player or Vice President. Driffield The new stakeholder sponsorship package has been East Yorkshire True and constitutionally correct membership very well received with some 20 local businesses now however involves not only the joining of the Club by partnering with the Club for mutual benefit. The Club YO25 9DW application or being proposed, but also the payment is looking to build on and expand the number of each year of the relevant subscription, or a donation. stakeholders over the next few years. m Tel: 01377 In recent years some people on the database have The pre match lunches have been tremendously well o
256598 not paid any subscription, and this season to date I supported this season. They have been sold out since c still await a considerable number of ‘members’ making mid October to the end of the season. There is always . c
their payments. I often see some of you at the Club the odd cancellation, so if you want a table, or wish to f
Fax: 01377 on Saturdays, clearly therefore still supporting the reserve one for next season, please get in touch. u 250302 teams, and hope that you do all consider yourselves r
members, I look forward to receiving subs and The Club is always looking to enhance its links with d donations from everyone as soon as possible. In the the local economy. If anyone would like to discuss l e Email: event that you no longer wish to be a Club member it sponsorship opportunities or table requirements for i would be helpful to hear from you so we can update next season, please contact: f f [email protected] our records. Dave Stephenson i Adrian Harrison 07774416630 r
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done very informally with the focus being on safety Referee Development and enjoyment for those involved. It would not be to know the law book inside out!! Firstly, I feel as though I should introduce myself. My name is In addition, the Club will be putting on some courses Chris Lunn. Having played at for prospective referees. Initially they will be aimed at Driffield RUFC for many years I refereeing the mini-midi level and will give you the key suffered an injury that meant points to going onto the field with a whistle. I will be that I was unable to play asking each age group to provide a volunteer to take rugby again. Still feeling as part in the sessions but if anyone else would like to be though I had more to give to the game involved please feel free to contact me. I started thinking of things that I could do to keep me involved at the Club. A brief discussion with a referee Another idea that I am looking to introduce at the Club on the touchline of a 3rd XV game persuaded me that is the utilisation of generic courses that focus on I should give refereeing a go. I am now in my second rugby at the youth level. These short sessions will year as a referee and can honestly say I am enjoying look at the overview of the basics of refereeing and every minute of it. I have also recently been asked to also the laws and new directives. They provide an help out with referee development at the Club. ideal opportunity for new referees to come down, ask questions and improve their own performance. This leads me on to why I am writing in this newsletter. Our Club simply needs more referees at Team coaches can attend to inform themselves on the mini junior level. There are some very capable what the referees are looking for and how to help their referees at DRUFC who kindly give up their time to teams with the benefit of this knowledge. officiate on Sunday mornings; however a lot of these referees are now refereeing at a high level on a Driffield RUFC is always so successfully supported by Saturday and cannot be relied on every week. My first volunteers throughout the Mini-Junior section. The objective in my new role is to find two people for each one area that needs more help is refereeing. age group to assist with refereeing on some weeks at Refereeing is a vital part of the game of rugby and the Club. One of these people could be the coach; whilst I understand how the concept of being in ideally I would like at least one non coach to put charge of a group of children can be daunting, without themselves forward for the role. a referee a game would not be able to happen.
If there are any parents or other volunteers that would Why not give it a go? You never know, you may just like to have a go at refereeing, I would more than enjoy it! gladly come to watch and give you some pointers or answer any questions you may have. This would be Chris Lunn 07776 292023
Christmas Fayre On Friday 11th November DRUFC hosted its annual Christmas Fayre organised by the Ladies’ Committee. Over 130 people visited the 25 stalls to buy various foods, crafts, cosmetics and pleasantries. The stallholders reported healthy trade and over £1000 was raised for Club funds. Well done again to the Ladies’ Committee and many thanks to those who supported the event. m o c . c f u r d l e i f f i r d Quote . w (Adjusting to living in Italy and playing for Juventus) "It was like being in a foreign country" Ian Rush – Liverpool footballer w w t r
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We still continue to turn out four senior sides. The r 2nd XV struggled initially but are starting to turn it u Director’s cut around. The 3rd XV is again a mixture of old and Pat (Bash) Burdass young (mainly young) playing in a difficult league o Director of Rugby against 2nd XVs of the likes of Beverley, Pocklington, y
Malton and Scarborough. It does seem a little unfair After the disappointment of but it is because we prefer our 2nd XV to play in the s last season it was vital that more competitive Yorkshire Premier League better d
we got off to a good start preparing our players for 1st XV rugby. e
this time around. A lot of e hard work was done off the field during the summer Steve Raines again heads the 4th XV and we all n
and after a good pre-season we have got the start thank him for the time and effort he puts in. we were looking for. There is still a long way to go so b we must keep our feet firmly on the ground and keep The senior players and coaches continue to help the mini and junior teams. Paul Sellar, John Hodgson u working hard. l and Chris McClarron are coaching the newly formed c
Yorkshire One is more competitive now than when Colts XV. Mitch, Greg Bone, Alasdair McClarron, we were last in the league. I am sure the spectators Robin Kitching and Piggy Holland are all helping with e are enjoying the local derby games which create lots the U7s to U17s. We are always trying to improve of rugby talk and extra interest. This can only be our coaching standard whether it be utilising h t
good for the game. coaches within the club or outside help. It is vitally important that we continue to produce home grown :
There is plenty of competition for places in the 1st players capable of playing 1st XV rugby. R XV and which will become stronger in the coming weeks. The arrival of an new player from Southern Once again thank you for your continued support E
Districts, Australia, Rob Hamilton’s return and Robin towards the Club in whatever role it might be. B Kitching’s recovery from a serious ankle injury should further ensure this. Bash M E M E February when there are no home 1st XV fixtures) so cost control is imperative and income from other R Purse strings sources is crucial. Mark Goodson Club Treasurer With regard to the latter it will be a great help to the Club and Adrian Harrison (Director of Membership) if Metaphorically speaking it was members pay their subscriptions on time and VP’s a long hot summer for the their donations. In supermarket parlance ‘every little finances of the Club. helps!’ Compared to last year the bar takings were down by a third to the end of September. This coupled with lower than expected food sales has caused cash flow issues for the Club during the summer period. The main Website of the week reasons for this downturn are the national economic Our Club website recently featured as ‘Website Of crisis, several cancelled functions (due to third party The Week’ in the 29th September issue of the circumstances) and a below par attendance at the Driffield Times & Post. Visit www.driffieldrufc.com to Driffield Show. read match reports, fixtures and results, forthcoming DRUFC events, player statistics and download past As you can imagine, I was pleased to see the back newsletters. If you have any news or ideas that you of the summer, not only for my abysmal tennis would like to be considered for the website please performances but because it meant we were moving send an email to [email protected] into the sunlit uplands of the rugby season and positive cash flow! We started the season well with a m terrific Ladies’ Day and full houses for the lunches on o
c most match days. This is encouraging as we usually . struggle to fill match day tables at the early stage of Forthcoming Events c 10th Dec – Christmas Club Night f the season. 15th Jan – 2nd 120 Club Lunch u r In addition, there has been a terrific response for 31st Jan – New Year’s Eve Party d Stakeholder Sponsorship of the Club. These 3rd Feb – Murder Mystery Night l successes are due in large to the efforts of the 9th Mar – Ladies’ Night e i commercial sponsorship team of Dave Stephenson 16th Mar – Annual Mini Junior Dinner f and Ben Medhurst. There are one or two difficult f 24th Mar – Madonna Tribute Night i months ahead when finances will be tight (such as r 5th Apr – Members & Players Annual Dinner
d 14th Apr – Seaside Danny Wilde . Quote 15th Apr – Driffield Mini Festival w 22nd Apr – 3rd 120 Club Lunch “I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona” w Mark Draper - Aston Villa footballer 5th May – Rugby Club May Ball w