CONTACT! Issue 2

I have had some good feedback on issue 1 of CONTACT! I now want to start pulling in articles / news for # 2 which I will look to issue in 2 weeks. If there is anything you want to put in (recruitment, first aid, fun items, etc etc.) send it to me at scott.hamilton1@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks

Scott

Weekly update ahead of Sun 1st Oct

This Sunday, 1st October the following squad will play in the Cobham A Festival. We wish them all luck. It's a long day and a tough knockout competition.

Adam

Angus

Ben E

Blake

Cameron

Connor McC

Elliott P

Harry

James

Jonathan

Josh

Sam

The rest of us will train as usual back at Camberley RFC.

The Camberley festival on the 15th October

We are going to need people to help out with the following:

- 3 pitch marshalls whose job it is to track which matches have been played on their pitch and keep the scores on a sheet.

- 2 touch judges to run the line and raise a flag if anyone steps on or over it

- 2 people to help with car parking at the start of the festival (approx 9am til just after 10)

- 1 person to monitor littering (visions of Parkie from the early issues of Viz spring to mind) and make sure someone picks up the black bin liners at the end of the day

General Admin

I have most membership and medical forms in now, but would be grateful if anyone who has not already done so could get them into me before the Camberley Festival so that we can play as many players as possible.

If you haven't previously completed an RFU membership form along with 2 photos (many of you did this last year), please grab a form from me at your earliest convenience. They are free, just need 2 passport sized photos.

For those of you who already submitted RFU forms, I am actively chasing details of exactly whose forms are in process to see if I can find any of ours. I'll let you know if I come up with anything .....

Communication

I will continue to update the voicemail every week. Always worth checking before you set off for an away match or if it's been raining/snowing/freezing heavily.

http://camberleyrfc-u9.blogspot.com/
Instead, our illustrious webmaster aka Jon McClelland has created an easily accessible blog site that's also easy for us for keep up to date. There are some useful links for us as a squad on this site (eg. the fixture list, maps to clubs, etc) and, as Jon has pointed out before, if you click on the ad links and visit one of the sponsors it earns money that will go into the squad account so that's got to be a good thing. Stick this link in your favourites folder .....
http://camberleyrfc-u9.blogspot.com/

Cheers.

Rob.

Sunday 1st October - Squad

Based on a number of factors but mainly around progress on contacts skills, the squad for Cobham on Sunday is as follows;

Adam
Angus
Ben
Blake
Cameron
Cameron
Connor
Elliot
Harry
James
Jonathan
Josh
Sam

Everyone else should attend training at Watchetts, usual time, which will be run by Simon and Jo (and Rob?) - Andy and I will be at Cobham. If you are able and willing to help Simon with training on Sunday please let me know.

I've been asked by a few parents what their child needs to do to get their certificate and be in a position to play against other clubs. The gaps are mostly around scrummaging, rucking and mauling, which we will do again tonight and on Sunday. Where there are gaps against tackling, it's more that the coaches between them either have not seen the child carry out the skill in a game environment, or they have not shown the skill to a satisfactory level in a coaching session. Either way, we will be going over the basics again and again over the coming weeks, and I'm confident with a few more sessions, everyone will be where we need them to be...

Camberley v Cobham - 1st Oct 06

I'd like everyone at Cobham on Sunday for 0915. Registration is at 0930 and first game is usually at 10.00. My experience of these festivals is that they can run on to around 3pm depending on progress.

Directions to Cobham RFC (click "To here" to get directions)
Cobham RFC : http://www.cobhamrfc.com/minis.htm (check out the opposition)

Points to note:
A) make sure the kids have plenty of fluids and some food with them (I would avoid burgers etc on the day until we have finished playing. Light sandwiches, fruit etc make more sense)
B) bring layers of clothing - they need to stay warm and dry between matches - this will be your responsibility
C) Make sure they pack gumshields - no gumshield, no play
D) pls check their studs, and if in any doubt replace them. they need to have proper rugby studs in their - most shops supply them and they are a few quid.
E) cost is £6 per player for the festival. Pls make sure you pay Rob at some point - I don't do collections!

Contact Newsletters!

Read the recent Contact Newsletters here:
Contact - Aug 06

Camberley v Kingston, 3-0 - 24th Sep 06

Camberley Under 9's made a fantastic start to the 2006/07 season last weekend with an emphatic 3-0 victory over a strong running Kingston side. All the skills the U9's have been working on in training since late August were evident for all to see on Sunday; good support play, safe handling and passing, but perhaps most satisfying of all was the tremendous defence in all areas of the pitch and by all team members. At no point on Sunday did it look as if Kingston would breach the Camberley defence.... tackle after tackle flew in, and even if one tackle was missed, the stunning support meant that another defender was there to step in and snuff out any threat.

Blake scored two tries with his typical strong, powerful running, as we have come to expect. For both his tries he picked up the ball deep, with plenty of work to do, but with gritted teeth and determination he chose "route 1" and powered up the field, bursting through Kingston tackles with excellent body position and aggressive running. Giles rounded off a great day of attack, when he also picked up the ball deep and then, in typical Giles fashion, dodged and jinked past 4 or 5 tackles before touching down in the corner. The great thing to see for all 3 tries was that there was always 2 or 3 supporting runners, should Blake or Giles have been tackled - something that the U9's will look to build on in future weeks.

As said the tackling was excellent throughout - one particular tackle from James Evans in the middle of the park sent a Kingston centre crashing to the deck with a resounding "thud"!. The drive and passion up front with the forwards "in the trenches" meant that Kingston could hardly get their hands on the ball.

It was a thoroughly excellent day out and a great effort from the kids. Cobham festival is on the horizon which, be in no doubt, will be a huge step up in oposition. But Camberley can progress to the next stage of development with some confidence after this victory

Team photo

This is the team after their match with Kingston (24th Sept 06)
The big one at the back is coach Simon Lovell-Smith

Match Reports

Match reports will get posted to this blog by the team coaches. This 'Match reports' post will act as a main link that points at all the reports. You could also use the [Search this Blog] feature above to find what you're looking for (that particularly victorious match you want to savour).

Pitch layout (by age group)

This shows which area of the Camberley RFC grounds each team plays (bacon rolls & coffee in the Clubhouse).

Here's a Google Map link to help you find the club.

Under 9's required skills to play

Under 9's certificate to play

This certificate will be presented to each player who has shown they have undertaken contact rugby training in preparation for the under 9's season, ans is safe to participate in contact rugby matches (see skill set for details).

Photos of the presentation of these certificates on Sun 24th Sept

Contact details

Away matches?: Check voice mail messages on 0870 9009014 before you leave home on a Sunday morning (enter ** then 3 then 10 (under 10's)).

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Camberley RFC, Watchetts Recreation Ground, Park Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 2SR
Tel. 01276 25395
Email : camberleyrfcu9@googlemail.com

Directions:
The entrance to Watchetts Recreation Ground is off Park Road, immediately adjacent to St Marys Church.

Approach to Camberley - Map

From North - Routes to join the A30. Make towards the centre of Camberley
From South - Routes to the M3 J4/A331

Approach to the Recreation Ground - Map
From the A30 - B3411 Frimley Road - approx 1 mile; over hump back bridge to mini roundabout. Left into Park Road; immediately after sharp left hand bend turn right into the recreation ground access drive just before St Mary's Church

From the M3/A331 - follow signs towards Camberley. At the Frimley roundabout turn left into B3411 Frimley Road. Continue past DIY store at a roundabout and pass under motorway bridge. Further 1/2 mile passing a school on right and garage on left immediately before roundabout. Right into Park Road; immediately after sharp left hand bend turn right into the recreation ground access drive just before St Mary's Church.

Pitch layout by age group

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Pippa Walton	Scott Hamilton
Squad manager	Head coach
pippa.walton@suddensource.com	scott.hamilton1@yahoo.co.uk
Simon Lovell-Smith	Anthony Gall
Coach	Coach
Simon.Lovell-Smith@ntlworld.com	andy_p@annsummers.com
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??????	Colin Dougan
Coach	Referee
Beverley Gall	Laura
First aider	First aider

Fixtures (2006-07)

The Mini-Youth section (from U7s to U12s) has the same schedule of matches and training throughout the season. Away match? Please check the voicemail on 0870 9009014 on the Saturday night and before you leave home on a Sunday morning (the code you need is 09 , as we're under 9's)
Link to full fixtures on official site

Date	Fixture	H/A
3 Sep 06	Training	H
10 Sep 06	Training	H
17 Sep 06	Training	H
24 Sep 06	Kingston	H
1 Oct 06	Cobham A festival	A
8 Oct 06	Training	H
15 Oct 06	Camberley festival	H
22 Oct 06	Training	H
29 Oct 06	Newbury	H
5 Nov 06	G & G: 7,9,11	A
	G & G: 8,10,12	H
12 Nov 06	Old ruts	A
19 Nov 06	Effingham	H
26 Nov 06	Redingensians	A
3 Dec 06	Farnborough	A
9 Dec 06	Curtain raiser Cup @ Harequins	A
10 Dec 06	Hign Wycombe	H
17 Dec 06	Training	H
24 Dec 06	Christmas Eve	H
31 Dec 06	Training	H
7 Jan 07	Training	H
14 Jan 07	Training	H
21 Jan 07	Farnham:7,9,11	H
	Farnham:8,10,12	H
28 Jan 07	Chipstead	A
4 Feb 07	Esher	H
11 Feb 07	Training	H
18 Feb 07	Drifters	H
25 Feb 07	Maidenhead	A
4 Mar 07	Windsor	H
11 Mar 07	Marlow	H
18 Mar 07	Training ...or...	H
18 Mar 07	Training @ London Irish	A
25 Mar 07	Haslemere	A
1 Apr 07	Petersfield	A
8 Apr 07	Easter	H
15 Apr 07	Surrey B festival	H
22 Apr 07	Surrey A festival	A
29 Apr 07	Training	H

Getting to grips with Contact rugby

We started back this season on Sunday 3rd September.
All the lads have been working hard on all the new contact training we have to do for the first time - last year we did tag rubgy. This year we're starting to learn Rucking & Mauling!