Bournemouth rugby Season 2017/2018 • South West Premier • Level 5 Simon Carlton [email protected] v Dings Crusaders Chapel Gate • Sat 7 Oct 2017 • KO 3PM £1 Match Sponsors www.bournemouthbikes.com In Your Programme Today . From In Touch Bournemouth League Records rugby A few words of Club records 04 welcome from the Season 2017/2018 • South West Premier • Level 5 14 established by the 1st President. XV in the League. Our Opposition Today’s Teams A brief history of our The centre spread On the ball opponents today. showing the names 06 Simon Carlton [email protected] 17 and positions of the v Dings Crusaders players, the club and property advice match officials. Chapel Gate • Sat 7 Oct 2017 • KO 3PM £1 Match Sponsors since 1958... 1st XV Fixtures www.bournemouthbikes.com Your team today Cover photograph by: Simon Carlton The fixtures for the Profiles of those in 08 season showing the 18 the 1st XV starting results to date. line-up today. N3SW Fixtures Leading Figures 1st XV Squad Fixtures in N3SW The leading Profiles of others in 08 today. 12 performances in 20 the squad. matches this season, the top three scorers of points etc, a League Table complete record of Award Winners who played where A list of the award The SW Premier table and their scores in winners in the 10 as at the last match. 32 the given position. 2016/2017 season. Bmth Players Membership The playing record Why don’t you 10 of those who have 34 become a member of played for the 1st XV Bournemouth RFC? last season. Bournemouth Rugby Football Club would like to thank all their members, sponsors, supporters and volunteers for their support this season and the many seasons in the past. goadsby . com rugby club programme.indd 1 23/08/2017 15:07:13 In Touch From oday we welcome league season, Grant Hancox recorded 50 Bournemouth RFC leaders Dings Crusaders (57) points so far this season which Chapel Gate, Parley Lane, to Chapel Gate for their equals Andy Weeks’s record of 50 Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6BL fifth visit in the league. (53) points in four games set in 01202 581933 (Clubhouse) TAs can be seen in the league table 2002/2003. In that match also, Joe bournemouth-rugby.co.uk shown elsewhere in the programme, Rees overtook Andrew Freeman’s RFU Accredited Dings clearly have shaken off the record of 64 appearances as No 8, Colours Gules & Sable disappointment of losing in the set in 2004/2005. In the early days Member of The RFU play-off against Wimbledon at the known as ‘Babe’, a more strikingly end of last season and are going inappropriate epithet one couldn’t Affiliated to the D&W RFU and ‘great guns’ this, confirmed byimagine, Andrew set the record the Hampshire RFU. a convincing win against fellow right at the end of his illustrious D&W Liasion George McElroy challengers for the race to the top, career that stretched over three President Doug Warren Newton Abbot, last weekend. I decades. Today Scott Chislett will Chairman Phil Sinkinson OBE shouldn’t express surprise I suppose play his 275th league game in a Vice-chairman Simon Carkeet but we have a 100% record at home no less illustrious career. Mind you Secretary James Mills against Dings although current we have been blessed with any Treasurer Dan Webb form suggests they will want to number of players who have shown say something about that this remarkable loyalty to the club CEO James Croker afternoon. Whatever challenge and whose careers can equally be Operations Director faces us today we offer president described as ‘illustrious’ and they Wendy King Ray Bowden and the remainder of mustn’t be forgotten. Marketing & Partnership the Dings party a warm welcome to Our referee this afternoon is Brad Director Jacqui Rock Chapel Gate. Bignell making what I believe is his Director of Rugby Will Croker Can’t keep Sam Hardcastle out first visit to Chapel Gate. However, I Club Captain Alan Manning of the headlines. Sam celebrated do know that we last met Brad down A&M Chairman Greg Pike his 300th start in the league with at Launceston back in March. Acting a try up at Cleve last weekend. I as Brad’s mentor is Geoff Cove also A&M Representative Whether you want a 125cc from our Sinnis range or a retro-styled ride from the Mutt and Bullit stables, a won’t bore you with all the records making his first visit to Chapel Gate. commuter, tourer, cruiser or full-blooded sports bike, Bournemouth Bikes is amongst the top used-bike dealers in Laith Sabih extended by those two facts. Welcome gentlemen and we hope the country. Membership Secretary However he needs just 92 points you enjoy your afternoon with us. Gemma Buchanan this afternoon to reach 1,000 points. On the injury front, Toby Discipline Mark Clarke We are celebrating this young man’s Kenneally continues to make Our brand-new showroom is fully operational and stocked with beautiful bikes. Come down to Elliott Road where we now have four thousand square feet for you to walk around them, sit on them and have a cup of freshly- Shop Manager Jo Warren remarkable career at Bournemouth remarkable progress. Mike Treloar is with a testimonial next week. hobbling a little less and is looking ground coffee whilst you decide which one you are going to test-ride. With a full range of finance packages on Webmaster Dave Buchanan offer, Mike Lawrence and the team at Bournemouth Bikes look forward to helping you own the next motorbike in Programme Design Apparently the likes of Tim Collier forward to getting back into action will be making an appearance and soon but I’m not certain how Pete your life. Jamie Shanks even Will Brooks said he ‘would like Roberts’s back is. Didn’t look too [email protected] ten minutes or so’. Should be fun as good last week. Jack Hennings With full workshop facilities, including MOT testing, our trained technicians will keep your bike in tip-top Editor Doug Warren long as Collier doesn’t break anyone. suffered a knee injury last week condition and ready for whatever style of riding takes your fancy. With Spanners Motorcycle Services now part Printed by BPC Kick-off is 3pm. and misses out for the first time this of our business and founder Stuart on-board full-time, we can offer everything from a spark plug change to full www.bpc.co.uk A couple of other milestones season. restoration. We have a couple of special ‘one-off’ builds in the pipeline for later in the season and to kick-off our Photographs Simon Carlton from recent games. Last week Luca As always, welcome to all of you custom workshop we are in the middle of a faithful reproduction of Daryl Dixon’s ride from the hit TV series, The Walking Dead. [email protected] Firetto was selected for the 1st XV out there and we hope you enjoy Bournemouth Rugby for the 100th time and Alan Manning your afternoon at Chapel Gate. played for the 250th time. In the last Doug Warren, President. Football Club Ltd home game against Camborne, PS Can I make a political point? Thank a company limited by with his try, Alex Sutherland you, then I will. It’s time the A303 guarantee and registered in recorded 100 points for the club. In around Stonehenge was sorted out. England and Wales. Company the same match, the fourth of the DW Number 9104442. Registered address Chapel Gate, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH23 6BL. 44 5 Our Opposition Today Dings Crusaders The Dings Crusaders were founded in 1897 by H W Rudge as part of a mission to bring sporting activities to one of the most deprived areas of Bristol, playing their matches on the Downs (Dings moved to Lockleaze in 1948). Both Dings Crusaders and their opponents changed in a local house, with the players taking their turn in a single galvanised bath after the game! Dings Crusaders’ first international “Sunny Jim” or “Darkie” James Peters played for the Dings and Knowle before AGE NOW going on to play for Bristol and then England in 1906, gaining five caps in all. COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT Dings started off the leagues in 1987/8 in Gloucester 1 (Level 9) (NB We were at Level 5 SW1 at the time) and INCOME steadily climbed up the divisions: 1990/1 Gloucester & Somerset, 1994/5 Western Counties, 1996/7 SW2 West, 2001/2 SW1 until they reached National 3 South as it was then (Level 4) for the 2003/4 season. There they remained until 2014/2015 when they were relegated for the 2015/2016 season and remained for this season. However, our paths 5 YEARS crossed for the first time when we gained promotion to National 2 South for the 2012/3 season. As can be gathered TIME from the record shown below, home advantage was the crucial factor and was the case when competed in National 2 South. However we came close in to losing at home in September 2013 in a very tight match. With just minutes to go, fullback Mark Woodrow had the chance to put the game beyond Bournemouth’s reach when Dings were awarded a penalty with the scores at 30-36. However, can I say uncharacteristically, he pulled his kick outside the near 10 YEARS TIME post. A quickly taken drop out and regather saw Bournemouth retain posssesion taking play deep into Dings’ 22m.