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It’s a New Year, a New Clubhouse and a very warm welcome and a Happy NewYear from all of us on the committee of Medway Rugby Club. Exciting times, as today we welcome Thurrock RFC Ellan Gray onto our noble grounds and I’m sure that it will be a hard fought contest that we will all enjoy watching. But, that’s not all that we have on today. Our extra 1sts are playing Beckenham and the mighty Crusaders are playing Ash, so there will be 3 massive home games for us all to support Contractors Limited and enjoy. Meanwhile, our Development Squad will be playing away at Canterbury and we wish them the best of luck.

On Sunday, the rugby just keeps on coming. With both our u15 and u18 girls playing in some massive cup games and our ladies team playing against Chesham with a 14:00 ko in a must win encounter, all at home. Lets hope that the ladies Head Coach Lee Fiddyment will finish the day with smile on his face, as these are some big games for all of the clubs involved. Also, I would like to congratulate the u13 girls who won their 7’s competition in December, our girls section just keeps rolling on and on and are always looking for new players to join the ever growing section.

And in the morning, we have the u17s playing against Aylesford and they would like as much support that we can muster to help carry them over the winning line, along with our massive mini’s section playing away at Ashford.

And the good times just keep on coming. On Friday the 25th January we’re hosting our first quiz night in the new Club House and we’re looking for people to get a group of 8 together to raise funds for Medway. Please look on the website for further information. On Saturday 16th February Graham McManus is hosting a 70’s Ladies Night at the Franklin Rooms, Gillingham, with all proceeds going to Improve Mental Health in Medway Charity, a noteworthy cause. For more information please contact Graham at [email protected].

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Zach Garratt, Max Bullock, Tom Miles and Matthew Beard have all been invited into the extended Kent under 20 Squad and will train at Charlton Park RFC on 20th January.

On Friday 25th January a quiz night is being held in the clubhouse. It should be a good evening of general knowledge testing and fun. Teams of up to 8 are encouraged to enter.

The recent Kent Messenger Awards evening saw Medway 1st XV secure the bronze prize in the Team of the Year category. Also securing a bronze prize was Gordon Stone in the unsung hero category. Congratulations to all involved.

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This week’s player profile is Dan Huntley who returns to the club having been ‘travelling’ for a year down under.

Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend Dan is a 24 year old Business Analyst by profession and is a Celebrating 33 years this 2018 product of the Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne. A back row player who can play on either side of the scrum Dan joined Landlady Medway from Sittingbourne as an 18 year old. He gained Pauline Marriott representative honours with Kent under 20s when they reached the (known as Mother to the Corps) National Semi-Final. Home of the Royal Engineers Before going travelling Dan was a regular 1st XV performer and the club are We are delighted to support the Club this Season delighted to see him return. Whist down under he also played for Melbourne RFC in their two senior sides. Do come & visit us. Perhaps hire the Pub as your celebration venue. Dan recently got engaged to long term girlfriend Demi and states his favourite food is anything she cooks as she is an awesome cook! You are always welcome at the Cannon! He his currently renovating the house they have bought together in Sittingbourne.

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January 1949 – The local derby match against the Old Anchorians ended in an 8-0 January 1989 – Medway enjoyed the start of January with a very convincing away win win for Rochester. Jack Turner scored the Rochester try with Joe Hilderbrands adding a over Old Shootershillians with ‘Dancing’ Dave Davies helping himself to six tries, a 1st penalty and a conversion. Dave Gautrey was outstanding in the forwards as the visitors XV record. Darren Pagden was the only other to score a try that afternoon. Bob Burggy brought their tally of victories to four with three drawn and five lost. Considering that managed four conversions and a penalty as they won 39-3. all matches have been played away or with ‘home’ games being played on borrowed grounds, praise is due to all members for the keen spirit shown. January 1999 – Another disappointing visit to Cranbrook as Medway again lost out by a very close margin, on this occasion, by a try to nil. In a match dominated by the forwards January 1959 – A 3-0 win over Old Juddians saw Rochester gain revenge for the earlier they were unable to break down a determined defence. At the end of the previous narrow defeat. Although a close result, the Rochester pack kept well on top of the season, Medway had lost the Kent Division 1 decider by a 9-6 score-line against the same opposition and their try-live was never threatened. The only score came from scrum-half opposition. Wally Elvy, who breaking from a scrum, linked up with the back-line and the ball ended up in the safe hands of a thundering Mick Kenny who, on gathering, dived over for the January 2009 – Following wins over Erith, Bec Old Boys, Streatham Croydon, Medway’s deciding try. long run in the EDF Cup ended in the sixth round when they lost 13-3 at home to the eventual winners Brighton.

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PROVIDING A Paul Wydenbach Contact WIDE RANGE E: [email protected] Shane Huntley on: OF MARINE CIVIL M: 07876 568 663 Office: 01795 435297 ENGINEERING SERVICES T: 01622 435131 Mobile: 07595349641 MEDWAY 1st XV – London Division 1 (South) LongShort Format Format TeamTeam P W D L F A Diff TB LBLB PtsPts BrightonBrighton (Blues) 1513 1312 0 12 513613 240269 273344 1214 12 6168 SevenoaksSevenoaks 1513 1311 0 2 390446 206212 184234 89 11 5362 MEDWAYMEDWAY 1513 1311 0 2 459507 276309 183198 78 00 5160 CamberleyCamberley 1513 1110 0 34 584614 245272 339342 99 23 5156 ThurrockWestcombe Park 1513 108 0 5 328397 280343 4854 55 11 3846 WestcombeThurrock Park 1513 8 0 57 353359 309325 4434 45 12 3739 Dartfordians 13 7 0 6 283 403 -120 3 1 32 Cobham 15 6 0 9 411 400 11 8 5 37 London Cornish 13 6 0 7 360 379 -19 5 2 31 London Cornish 15 7 0 8 393 412 -19 5 2 35 Chichester (Blues) 13 5 0 8 280 300 -20 4 4 28 DartfordiansCobham 1513 47 0 98 320309 359441 -132-39 63 52 2733 HavantHavant 1513 35 0 10 347390 441478 --8894 67 44 2231 ChichesterTottonians (Blues) 1513 35 0 10 265311 397372 -132-61 44 54 2128 TottoniansChobham 1513 34 0 1011 193327 431434 --107238 25 26 1627 ChobhamHove 1513 03 0 1312 143210 552504 --294409 12 12 162 Hove 15 0 0 15 167 683 -516 1 1 2 CALL FOR RESERVATIONS EXTRA FIRST XV – INVICTA 1 01795 423700

Team P W D L F A Diff LB Pts 1 ST. PATRICKS ROW, RODMERSHAM GREEN, Tonbridge Juddians II 12 11 1 0 363 156 207 0 47 RODMERSHAM, KENT, ME9 0PS Sevenoaks II 13 10 0 3 459 165 294 3 46 Sidcup II 12 8 0 4 357 291 66 1 37 Canterbury II (Pilgrims) 9 8 0 1 310 131 179 0 33 WWW.RODMERSHAMVCS.CO.UK Westcombe Park II (Extra A XV) 12 4 0 8 243 290 -47 5 29 Medway II (Extra 1st XV) 10 5 0 5 241 234 7 3 28 st Old Elthamians III (Dev Squad) 8 5 1st0 XV Lon3 don209 3 Sout183 h East26 Resu0 lts23 1 XV SQUAD TO PLAY HORSHAM Old Colfeians II 11 3 1 7 127 248 -121 1 22 Head Coach: Taff Gwilliam Assistant Coach: Graham Longstaff Physio: Dan Horgan Old Alleynians II (A XV) 10 2 0 8 203 343 -140 3 19 Beckenham II (A XV) 11 2 0 9 154 400 -246 1 18 MEDWAY Position Sponsor Dartfordians II (Demons) 9 1 1 7 129 262 -133 2 16 1 Sam Brice Paragon Tunbridge Wells II 7 1 1 5 102 194 -92 1 13 M.I.S.L. Medway 3XV (Dev Squad) – Premier Division 2 (East) 2 Billy Sandison 3 Lyam Johnson Team P W D L F A Diff LB Pts 4 Liam Weobley Kent Insurance Services Gravesend II (A XV) 13 9 0 4 349 107 247 3 43 Deal & Betteshanger II 12 9 0 3 342 215 127 0 39 5 Anthony Cross Mike Boucher Thanet Wanderers II 12 9 0 3 298 230 68 0 39 Medway III (Dev Squad) 13 8 1 4 252 220 32 1 38 6 Malcolm Graves Good Intent PH Canterbury III (Dev Squad) 12 8 0 4 341 169 172 1 36 7 Ryan Dixon Gordon House Hotel Sevenoaks III 10 8 0 2 247 96 151 0 34 Aylesford Bulls II 13 5 0 8 238 273 -35 3 31 8 Alastair Lock Red Lion PH Snowdown CW I 11 5 0 6 253 242 11 2 28 Brian Wolfe Dover II 12 5 0 7 EXTRA156 FIRST272 XV-116 1 26 DEVELOPMENT XV 9 Sam Garofalo Vigo II 11 2 1 8 157 327 -170 1 19 10 Glenn Wadsworth Dave Rands Maidstone II (Mustangs) 12 2 0 10 120 326 -206 0 15 East Peckham & Paddock Wood 11 0 0 11 103 379 -276 3 11 11 Rob Ellis

Medway 4XV (Crusaders) – Rural Kent League - Late Red 3 12 Simon Green (Capt) Whitton Marine Limited

Danny Pattenden Team P W D L F A Diff LB Pts 13 Luke Burns Ashford II 13 11 0 2 480 180 300 1 47 14 Tony Nolan Weavering Wanderers I 12 10 0 2 380 157 223 1 43 15 Ben Wadsworth The Cannon PH Cranbrook II 13 8 0 5 320 244 76 2 39 MONDAY’S ONLY Sevenoaks IV 11 8 0 3 346 141 205 2 37 Replacements from Whitstable II 13 8 0 5 267 239‘A’ XV28 0 35 HOLCS DISCOUNT MEDWAY IV (Crusaders) 13 7 1 5 249 303 -54 0 35 16 Steve Young Dakers Marriott Solicitors Edenbridge I 12 5 1 6 282 231 51 5 34 17 Huw Collings Gravesend III 13 6 0 7 203 243 -40 2 30 Ash I 12 3 2 7 244 310 -66 3 28 18 Douglas Ebanks Leigh I 12 3 0 9 181 396 -215 1 22 OFFER Folkestone II 13 3 0 19 190 412 -222 0 19 Tunbridge Wells III 13 1 0 12 118 404 -286 2 16 OfferReferee: valid Chris on Pullen prepared food, hot drinks and cake. Medway Ladies – Women’s Championship South East 2 20% Eat-in or takeaway Team P W D L F A Diff TB LB Pts We say “Thank You” Old Albanians 9 7 1 1 281 147 134 5 1 36 Mr Brian Wolfe is collecting to all our Hammersmith & Fulham 9 6 3 0 199 109 90 2 0 32 Archive and Historical Positional Sponsors. Old Elthamians 9 6 1 2 238 127 111 3 1 30 Information on Medway RFC. OPENING HOURS Hampstead 9 5 0 4 245 168 77 4 3 27 Please do pass to Brian your Lewes 9 4 1 4 162 189 -27 2 2 22 Can you sponsor a Position, MONDAY Match - FRIDAY 8.00AM - 4.00PM information on loan, so he can Beckenham 9 3 0 6 173 199 -26 2 2 16 or MatchSATURDAY Ball? 8.00AM - 2.00PM SUNDAY 8.00 AM - 1.00PM MEDWAY 9 1 0 8 123 192 -69 0 5 9 write the History of Medway RFC! Chesham 9 1 0 8 69 359 -290 0 1 5 (Hours subject to change during school holidays - see website for details)

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Mascot Sponsor £25 Be at the Captain’s side as the team take to the pitch and record the moment with Buxton at your side. Ball Sponsor £50 Capture the moment as you hand over the match ball to the Referee with Buxton by your side, then later another photo with a 1st XV player. Match Day Sponsor £250 Match Day Program feature. Present the award to your chosen man of the match Club Sponsor £1000 Good Luck message under the players picture in the programme. Advert in the match day programme & other

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S season. A battle flag flying during P R I E S T F I E L D 1stxv home games. International tickets and invites to two club lunches per season. Web-site advert and red & yellow pages advert.

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