Newsletter Winter 2018

Nottingham Moderns Rugby Football Club Newsletter Winter 2018

Playing and coaching To everyone associated with Nottingham Moderns, 1. Playing whether you are a current We currently run 3 Senior or former player, club teams, a Vets team, a Colts member, parent or team and 10 Junior age volunteer, we would like to groups, from u6/u7 through take this opportunity on to u16. behalf of Nottingham Moderns RFC to wish you a This season, we have seen Last season, we launched our Merry Xmas and a good our first player (Jacob girls’ section and quickly built New Year. Careless) come all the way it up to half a dozen u12 and from u7s to play for the 3rd u13s. Through the season, We would also like to take XV. For those of you involved the girls participated in a the opportunity to update in the Junior section over the number of NLD events, you all on what has been years and seen the numbers enabling them to play happening at your club over grow from c10 kids across matches alongside other the past few months as well mixed ages through to the clubs around the region. As a as the plans for the rest of 200+ we have each Sunday, result, they quickly forged an the season. this has been a fantastic alliance with West Bridgford. We hope to make this achievement and we look This alliance was formalised newsletter the first of many, forward to more of our boys at the end of the season with so please send us any and girls following in Jacob’s the creation of the South feedback you have on it. Let footsteps. Notts Sapphires, a combined us know what you would like Moderns / West Bridgford to know about. team who split their training between ourselves and West Bridgford. Contents

1. Playing and coaching

2. Clubhouse and playing facilities

3. Sponsorship and advertising

4. Events

5. People

Key contacts: Key Senior Rugby [email protected] Sponsorship & Advertising [email protected] Junior Rugby & Sponsorship [email protected] Clubhouse Booking [email protected] Nottingham Moderns Rugby Football Club Newsletter Winter 2018

How can you help our up and joining Ian each How can you help with Student players? season to help their players in the move from Junior playing? As these players move rugby to Senior rugby. Bring your friends, work towards the end of their mates, school mates, family studies in Nottingham, as a Within the Junior section, along – no rugby experience club, we may be able to each age group has their necessary. assist them to gain own coaching team, some of employment locally, remain whom have made the Need more details? Contact: in Nottingham and continue transition from playing for to play for our club. Through Moderns to coaching the Roy Reeve (Seniors – his role at the University of next generation of Moderns’ directorofrugby@nottingha Nottingham, Jeff Mapp has players. These include Ivan mmodernsrfc.com or 07847 strong links with over 350 Jowett, Ade Malloy, Dave 428009); or students involved in Finlinson, Charlie Gibbons, Stuart Grantham (Juniors – university rugby, so if you, or Matt Monaghan and Rob [email protected] your employer, may be Clarke, to name a few. or 07827 354425) interested in getting involved We also have a Club in this project, contact Jeff Or just come along to our Coaching Co-ordinator, Geoff ([email protected] or Senior training sessions Harrison, who helps recruit 07972 028988) (Tuesday evenings – 7pm and develop our coaches. onwards) or Junior sessions 2. Coaching (Sunday mornings – 10am to Within the Senior section, midday) How can you help with Roy Reeve has recently taken coaching? on the role of Director of Links to the Nottingham Rugby, bringing more Join our Junior coaching Universities structure to the playing and team – all you need is a love coaching “needs” of the club. of the game. Nottingham Moderns RFC He works closely with the benefits from a strong Senior coaching team of Billy All coaching relationship with both local Robinson (Nottingham courses/qualifications are universities (University of Rugby’s Vice Captain), Steve funded by the club Nottingham and Nottingham Mason and Bob Fowkes Trent University) and, as a We are particularly looking (both of which are well result, the Senior section for new coaches at our known to you). secures 15 to 20 players youngest age group (u6s) from the Universities each Ian Melrose has been Interested? - contact Geoff season. appointed Head Coach of the Harrison Colts section. For this season, ([email protected] he is ably assisted by Stewart or 07857 661857) Newman and Simon Castle. Going forward, we hope to see our u16 coaches moving

Clubhouse and playing How can you help with the Upcoming events facilities clubhouse? Redecorating the clubhouse RFU First Aid course –Tues 5, 1. Clubhouse 12 and 19 February (7pm to – as a result of the rewiring, 10pm), NMRFC Clubhouse. As a club, we are lucky the clubhouse (particularly This is open to all coaches, enough to own our own the function room) is in need players, club members or clubhouse and playing of redecorating. So, if you parents who want to help facilities. This means that we can provide paint, painting out can use these facilities for equipment or just labour to the benefit of all our club help with this, please contact Contact Geoff Harrison members. It also means that Matt Wright ([email protected] we need to continually invest ([email protected] or 07857 661857) to book a and maintain these facilities. or 07852 465171 place Last season, we invested Use the clubhouse to host 3. Refereeing over £4,000 in developing a your function – whether you are holding a birthday party, Whatever you think about new first aid / treatment wedding reception or work referees and match officials, room, providing the club event, why not use our without them, there are no with excellent facilities whilst clubhouse? games of rugby. also providing the opportunity to lease this Contact Charlotte Turner We are lucky to have a space to an independent ([email protected] number of qualified referees physio or sports masseur. or 07539 951824) associated with the club able From Jan 2019, this facility is to referee Senior and Junior NatWest Workforce available to rent. So, if you matches. In particular, each Weekend (Sat 23/Sun 24 know anyone who may be of our Junior age groups has June) – sign up to help on interested in renting this someone, typically one of our club maintenance facility, please contact Rob the coaches, who is weekend at the end of June responsible for refereeing. Clarke [email protected] To volunteer, contact Rob The most recent addition to Clarke Over the past few months, this team is Jo Batten who, [email protected] shortly after completing her we have spent over £5,000 refereeing qualification, undertaking a complete refereed both a Moderns refurbishment of the Vets game and electrics within the a couple of clubhouse. As much of the Moderns u16s wiring has been there since games – that is the clubhouse was first built what we call a with many additions over the baptism of years, this was much needed fire! expenditure.

bought a RFU Raffle ticket to How can you help with the 2. Playing facilities support the fundraising playing facilities? effort required to replace Buy an RFU raffle ticket – With 2 full sized pitches, plus these posts. our Bonfire pitch (which is the club receives 90p from the perfect size for our u11s) Currently, we are in the every £1 ticket sold. So this is and use of Emmanuel process of fixing the a great source of funds for nd school’s rugby pitch, we are floodlights on the 2 XV the replacement of our able to host 2 Senior pitch as well as the training floodlights. lights on the training grids. matches each Saturday and To buy tickets, contact your As this is likely to cost over up to 5 Junior age groups’ captain or team manager or £2,000, we are currently matches each Sunday. In Mike Burke selling RFU raffle tickets to addition, our Senior and (marketing@nottinghammod raise these funds. In Junior sections are able to ernsrfc.com) train on Tues and Wed addition, one of our u12 evenings throughout the parents has been selling Buy a candle – these make a season. special edition candles great gift for any occasion which, so far, have raised and each one sold generates We also hire our facilities out over £75 towards our £2.50 towards our floodlight to the Universities and we fundraising target. appeal are about to enter our 3rd season with Nottingham Scorpions Aussie Rules Football team who use our facilities for training and matches through the summer.

These facilities are also used by Wilford Village for their annual bonfire night and hired by local companies for corporate events.

Alongside spending £5,000 to £10,000 each season to maintain these playing facilities, we had to spend a further £3,000 last season to replace the posts on the 2nd XV pitch which were blown down in the strong winds at the start of 2018. A massive thank you to everyone who

U11 team sponsor Junior and Senior coach Sponsorship and sponsor advertising

1. Sponsorship www.jthodson.co.uk We are proud that the following companies have We are also proud to take chosen to support our club www.theqshield.com this opportunity to announce with sponsorship across the a new sponsor, J T Hodson Senior and Junior sections: Based at the University of Electrical Contractors Ltd, Lincoln, Lincoln, Q who have just signed a 2- st 1 XV kit sponsors Biotechnologies Ltd, the year agreement to sponsor developer of Q Shield our coaches across the Junior specialises in surface and Senior sections. As a disinfection and result of their support, we decontamination will be kitting out all our coaches in jackets and / or With Q Shield’s support, our tops in the new year. www.kentphk.com u11s will be able to invest in some specialist training equipment as well as Senior kit supplier potentially taking the team on tour. www.greeneking.co.uk South Notts Sapphires This season, we have secured funding a new Senior kit supplier, Macron, who provide sports kit for Nottingham Forest, as well as rugby teams including Scotland and Northampton.

We have also linked up with https://home- Macron to provide an online starterewash.co.uk/ shop for club branded With the help of Clifton products – the link to that With the support of these Bidding Bargain page on shop can be found on our sponsors, we have been able Facebook, the South Notts club website: st to provide our 1 XV with a Sapphires raised over £1,200 www.nottinghammodernsrfc brand new kit of shirts, which has funded their .com/shopping/list/ shorts and socks. playing shirts along with training shirts and assisted with their player recruitment activities.

Events So, whether you come along to the Drinker’s session on 1. Sportsman’s Dinner Friday afternoon, the How can you help with ticketed event on Friday At the end of November, we sponsorship? night, President’s Day hosted our annual celebrations throughout Do you know a local, national or Sportsman’s Dinner at the Saturday or the ‘mop up’ international business who Crowne Plaza. This year, the session, come along and would like to support grass special guests were: support our second major roots rugby? What about your Iestyn Harris – ex-rugby fundraising event of the year. employer? We can offer union and rugby league sponsorship packages to fit all player; and budgets. Need more details? 3. President’s Day (Sat 4 Contact: Lea Roberts – comedian May) extraordinaire Mike Burke (Seniors – As always, the season will marketing@nottinghammoderns Attended by over 300 finish with our President’s rfc.com or 07748 684868); or people, we raised c£5,000 Day celebrations on Sat 4 towards the continued May. This event provides the Stuart Grantham (Juniors – running of the club. As a opportunity for the entire [email protected] or result, this dinner is one of club to get together and 07827 354425) the key contributors to our enjoy a family fun day. 2. Advertising club finances. Kicking off at midday, there After a number of years of Our thanks go to Dave will be rugby matches for trying, we have finally been Hargreaves and his team at young and old, alongside granted planning permission to FHP for the hard work that bouncy castles and stalls. In erect advertising on and around they do every year to make addition, there will be food the clubhouse. Initially, we are this event a huge success. (including an ice cream van) focussing on banner advertising available all afternoon. 2. South Notts Beer Festival along the railings in front of the (Fri 3 to Sun 5 May) Live music will continue the clubhouse and the 1st XV pitch. event into Saturday evening We are able to offer season long Whilst it might seem a long advertising to any interested way away, it is just over 4 How can you help with businesses. months until our annual beer events? festival. This is held on the How can you help with first May bank holiday and It is really simple – just come advertising? coincides with the end of the along and show your Do you know a local business season and our President’s support for your club. Bring who would like to advertise at Day celebrations. your friends, family, your club? Introduce them to neighbours, work colleagues With a fantastic selection of Mike Burke and show them how much real ales and ciders, as well (marketing@nottinghammodern fun it is to be part of as a gin bar and our normal srfc.com or 07748 684868) and Nottingham Moderns RFC bar, there is something for he can provide them with the everyone. details

Chris Richardson, Rob Stewart Newman (Club People Careless and Mike Astley Secretary and International who stepped down as team Tickets Manager) – as Finally, your club is all about managers for the Colts, u16s Stewart’s age group finishes people – the people who and u15s respectively. their time with the Colts and play rugby, coach rugby, progress through to Senior At the end of this season, we referee rugby, the parents rugby, Stewart is stepping will see the departure of the who bring their children to down to allow more time to following key people: play rugby and the support his daughter’s volunteers who make Neil Highfield who is rowing. everything in the club work. stepping down as Club We wish to thank all our President after a 50 year At the heart of the club are exiting volunteers for their association with the club. the people involved in the time and dedication to our Since joining the club in various committees. club – without their hard 1968, Neil has served as work, the club would not player, captain and coach This season, we have added exist. We wish them well throughout the very a few new faces including: with all they do in the future successful 70s, 80s and early and look forward to Rob Clarke who has taken on 90s. Since he stepped down welcoming them back to the the role of Buildings from coaching, Neil has been club whenever visit. Manager; a valued committee member Roy Reeve, our new Director and instrumental in our How can I help with people? annual Sportsman’s Dinner; of Rugby; Volunteer and get involved Rick Tasker, Martin and Jeff Mapp who, after many – with Jeff and Stewart Emma Goodman and Mark years’ service to the club, is stepping down, we are Tillett who have taken on the stepping down as he moves looking for people to take on team manager roles for the onto pastures new the following key roles: elsewhere in the UK. Jeff’s u16s, u8s and u6/7s Club Secretary – this is the roles are many and varied, respectively; and primary administrative role including Chairman, Buildings in the club, acting as the Loretta Seymour-Barnes Manager, Ground Manager main contact point for all who has joined Charlotte and Grants Manager. Whilst club communication and Careless to run our Junior Rob Clarke has taken on the maintaining club records. In shop role of Buildings Manager, addition, the club secretary we will be looking to fill We would also like to thank takes the minutes for the some or all of Jeff’s other those volunteers who main committee meetings. roles; and stepped down at the end of This role involves 2-4 hours last season, including: per week, mainly in evenings Dave Hassall who stepped or at weekends; down from the role of Head of Game Development (to be replaced by Roy);

International Ticket Grants manager – this role Thank you all for taking the manager – this role involves involves identifying and time to read through our managing the club’s England applying for grants from Christmas newsletter. As the ticket allocation, liaising with sources, such as the RFU, the first one, it is probably a bit club sponsors and NLD and Sport England. This longer than we would undertaking the draw for role involves approximately 2 expect, but, hopefully, it has members’ applications. This hours per week, mainly in let you know all the things role is primarily undertaken evenings and weekend your club has been up to in Aug/Sept and Nov/Dec over the past 6 months. each year as the tickets for In addition, we have included the Autumn Internationals a full list of all the current In addition, hopefully it has and Six Nations fixtures committee members and provided you with a few become available; roles at the back of this ideas on how you can help newsletter. As you will see, make your club even better. Ground manager – this role there are a few more roles So, have a great Christmas encompasses managing the we are looking to fill, so if and a Happy New Year and external pitch maintenance you fancy getting more we look forward to team and the associated involved in your club, please welcoming you all to the club ground maintenance budget, contact: alongside liaising with in January for the second half external users of the playing Jeff Mapp of the season ([email protected] or facilities. This role involves Nottingham Moderns RFC approximately 2 hours per 07972 028988); or week, mainly in evenings and Stuart Grantham weekend; and ([email protected] or 07827 354425)

Role Current holder Proposed 2019-20 holder Main Committee Chairman Jeff Mapp TBC President Neil Highfield TBC Club Secretary Stewart Newman Vacancy Treasurer Matt Wright Matt Wright Director of Rugby (Seniors) Roy Reeve Roy Reeve Senior player representative Phil Jackson Phil Jackson Junior Chair Stuart Grantham Stuart Grantham Coach co-ordinator Geoff Harrison Geoff Harrison Clubhouse manager Charlotte Turner Charlotte Turner Marketing and Sponsorship Mike Burke Mike Burke manager Buildings manager Rob Clarke Rob Clarke Ground manager Jeff Mapp Vacancy Grants manager Jeff Mapp Vacancy International Ticket manager Stewart Newman Vacancy

Junior Committee Junior Chair Stuart Grantham Stuart Grantham Treasurer Matt Wright Matt Wright Fixture Secretary Alistair Clark Alistair Clark Welfare Officer Alison Smith Alison Smith Shop manager Charlotte Careless Loretta Seymour-Barnes Loretta Seymour-Barnes Vacancy Catering manager Clare Grantham Vacancy Volunteer co-ordinator Clare Grantham Clare Grantham Social secretaries Vacancy Paul and Joe Penny Vice Junior Chair New role – vacancy Vice Welfare Officer New role - vacancy

Finance Committee Chair Stuart Grantham Stuart Grantham Treasurer Matt Wright Matt Wright Others Andrew Rule, Jeff Mapp Andrew Rule

Key contacts: Key Senior Rugby [email protected] Sponsorship & Advertising [email protected] Junior Rugby & Sponsorship [email protected] Clubhouse Booking [email protected]