Welcome to Beaconsfield Rugby Club

Welcome back to BRFC after the summer break!

Summer Camp August 23-27

We had in excess of 100 kids at the 2010 Summer Camp, we will be de-briefing with the coaches. kids, parents and volunteers this week and making plans for next year's event. Many thanks to all those who helped in the planning and project management.

Minis Fixtures are now on the database. 

Youth fixtures will need to be input by each AGM

Welcome BBQ

Will be on Sunday the 12th after our second  home training, usual story, players hot dogs free, adults and guests pay. 

Dogs

It has been brought to our attention via an article in the local Beaconsfield Advertiser that there has been for some years a banning order on all dogs on the clubhouse side pitches. This is a Council issue, not a BRFC decision and we await information from the Council as to how they intend to police. Can all members leave please Fido at home when coming to the Club.

Subs

For general cash flow we'll be pushing hard for all subs to be in by Sept 30th.

Sunday 12th September

is Sponsors' Sunday where we'll be unveiling a group of new club sponsors, all of whom will have a presence on the day.. It will  followed at 1pm by :

The Ian Staines Memorial match,

Ian's son is bringing a squad from Grimsby to play a BRFC special selection, which promises some sights for sore eyes. Ian was a great servant to the club as a player and administrator.

Belles

After securing a new head coach for the Belles over the summer, we've had a setback when he had to move for work reasons......all ideas and offers of help most welcome.

Kit amnesty/exchange

On Sunday 5th/12th and 17th we will be running an old kit exchange. Simple idea, bring little Johnny's tracksuit that no longer fits and we'll give you a voucher for NEW kit, we sell the tracksuit as second hand and everyone wins. Volunteers very welcome

Kitchen and Bar Rota goes as follows;

Under 9/10/11/12/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/8/7 and so on, we'll add it as a fixture 

Car Parking Rota is as follows:

Under 12/11/10/9/8/7. This roster will also be added as a fixture.

A full briefing document on car parking duties will be issued via Age Group Managers

An Evening with?..

We are working on our next speaker but will aim for one event in November.

Marketing Group

We have had informal chats with a number of senior marketers in the club who have a number of ideas about taking the club forward, especially as we address our fundraising challenges on pitches and car parking. A separate note will follow about a working group that one of our guys has offered to organise with an external consultant, any marketers in the club are welcome to join, please contact Jim O'Toole on otoolehome@btinternet.com

Senior Club/ Minis Integration

New First Team Captain Andy Zair has come up with an idea that each mini group will 'adopt' a couple of first team players. A short feature will appear on their age group's home page with regular updates, visits to training, taking coaching sessions etc...they'll also present any monthly/annual prizes.

We will be introducing pre First Team challenge matches  against a selected age group from the visiting teams. This will involve a short game followed by a tunnel of love as firsts run out to play, green and yellow flags, and one kid as mascot.

Parent's Free Drink at First XV games promotion,

Each week of a First XV game  we'll print a voucher in the newsletter that gets Mum or Dad a free drink at senior home games when accompanied by a responsible child.

Coach Development

John Neal will be running a Coaching Co-ordination Coach/licensing programme during the season. More information to follow. We will also be issuing a skills matrix document that we expect each age group to have achieved during the coming season

Monthly Club wide Social events

Are to be organised by Sept U12s, Oct U11s, Nov U10s, Dec U9s,Jan U8s Feb U7s Mar U6s April Youth May; End of season thank you, Exec Committee. Each age group chose the event, promotes and manages, they keep 20% of turnover for their age group activities. 

Junior PRO 

We urgently need someone with local media relations skills to build the junior club's media presence in local radio, print and digital media. P

lease contact Jim O'Toole on otoolehome@btinternet.com

Website

The website is our main external facing communications tool and we have appointed an external resource to re purpose the website, as opposed to the database tool as a Content Management Tool which means anyone with approved status can update publicly available information. We shall be hosting a tutorial in early September.

Friday Nights:

We are actively promoting family friendly  Friday Night beers at the club. We have a new beer supplier, Marston's and will be staging a free wine tasting evening to set the wine menu for the season, to ensure consistency of product and availability.  Details to follow.

 With active senior, youth and junior sections.

We run two league teams in the seniors - 1st XV in Southern Counties North and 2nd XV in Bucks, Berks and Oxon 1 plus a 3rd XV, an occasional Vets team and a 'touring' team.

Our junior/youth section runs squads at all ages ranging from U6/U7s to U19s/Colts.  We have also recently started a dedicated group for girls between 12 and 18 grouped for the time being into U15 and U18. Younger girls are welcome in all the groups from U6 to U12.

New members are always welcome whether your aspirations are competitive league rugby, an occasional friendly or a complete beginner.

Senior training, during the season, is on Tuesday and Thursday evenings - 7:30 to 9pm Youth and Junior sessions, during the season, are held every Sunday from 10:00am to 12:00