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Saturday July 14th - Barnes FairCome and join in the fun at Barnes Fair 2012 - Saturday July 14th 2012 Barnes RFC have a great pitch opposite St Osmunds so come and play our rugby game and win up £50 vouchers to spend in the Rugby Store at Twickenham
Director of Rugby Brett Taylor plans for the 2012/13 seasonWell this season is now over but the good news is I am already busy planning for next season in National 3 when we will be aiming to bounce back with a vengeance and we will be gunning for promotion immediately.I have planned pre-season as a result of coaches meeting we had a month ago and pre-season will start on Tuesday July 3rd at 7.30pm We need to continue to build on the attack and defence structures we have and gain confidence through winning and being more clinical in execution. Pre-season training will focus on conditioning to be rugby fit. If we are 10% better conditioned across the board it will make a huge difference when we get back in National 2 - so whilst it is dissappointing to have been relegated this time we have reasons to be cheerful and optomistic for next season! Rest well over the Summer, keep yourselves fit and see you on July 3rd!
England Legends Peter Winterbottom and Huw Davies hand out medals at Barnes minis festival April 2012
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Former London Irish and Surrey player Neil Murphy who ended his career as a player/coach at Barnes RFC suffered a brain haemorrhage in 2007 and was in a coma for three months. Miraculously he survived, but was left severely incapacitated and unable to walk unaided. Neil Murphy “Legends”, a team comprising various 50 year old plus ex-internationals plays against London Irish vets once a year to raise money for Neil. Many of you will remember the inaugural event in 2009. This year’s event LAST Saturday was a more modest affair but we are still hoping to raise some more funds by auctioning 2 shirts signed by Peter Winterbottom (British Lions and England) and Jason Leonard (the most capped England player of all time with 114 appearances!).
Please email bids to Simon Cooke scooke@cookeandpowell.com by 6pm on Friday 18th May . Simon will announce winners and delivery of shirts!
100’s of people pitched up on Saturday for the minis festival, the Legends game and the 1st XV against Henley and the weather held off so everyone could enjoy this rugby extravaganza, relaxed and dry!
A massive thank you for Angus and Jane Graham and Simon Cooke for organising the Legends game and to Greg Watson and Owen Hughes and the family Ferridge Hugh, Tracey and Lauren for making the Minis festival purr like a Rolls Royce.
Despite eight months of intensive preparation, the Minis were distinctly edgy about the prospects for our first-ever festival. What if no one turned up? Before the Easter break the concern was the ground would be too hard. After Easter we were worried it would be too wet and cold! And what if we'd overlooked one critical detail that would scupper the entire event?
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Saturday 21st April saw the coming together of a Neil Murphy Legends and Barnes Vets team to take on the might of London Irish legends. In a week where the weather had threatened to put a spanner in the works, and reduce the number of spectators who could attend, the righteous won the day and the sun came out for the majority of it.
The combined team of Barnes and The Legends were too strong from London Irish, this was helped by the fact we had 39 players to their 24 and were able to give the elder players more rest time in-between exerting themselves on the pitch.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL REPORT AND SOME PHOTOS
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Dings Crusaders |
39 |
V |
18 |
Taunton |
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Hartpury College |
33 |
V |
19 |
Richmond |
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Henley Hawks |
52 |
V |
0 |
Hertford |
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Launceston |
19 |
V |
19 |
Old Albanians |
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Lydney |
17 |
V |
8 |
Barnes |
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Shelford |
37 |
V |
24 |
Redruth |
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Westcombe Park |
27 |
V |
19 |
Southend |
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Worthing |
54 |
V |
10 |
Clifton |
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Club |
P |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
TB |
LB |
Pts |
Old Albanians |
30 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
1096 |
503 |
593 |
20 |
2 |
124 |
Richmond |
30 |
23 |
2 |
5 |
927 |
488 |
439 |
19 |
3 |
118 |
Worthing |
30 |
23 |
0 |
7 |
911 |
620 |
291 |
19 |
2 |
113 |
Hartpury College |
30 |
21 |
1 |
8 |
983 |
579 |
404 |
18 |
3 |
107 |
Henley Hawks |
30 |
20 |
2 |
8 |
855 |
507 |
348 |
16 |
4 |
104 |
Redruth |
30 |
16 |
0 |
14 |
776 |
809 |
-33 |
13 |
4 |
81 |
Launceston |
30 |
15 |
1 |
14 |
714 |
591 |
123 |
8 |
8 |
78 |
Shelford |
30 |
16 |
0 |
14 |
790 |
791 |
-1 |
9 |
4 |
77 |
Clifton |
30 |
12 |
0 |
18 |
685 |
841 |
-156 |
12 |
6 |
66 |
Southend |
30 |
12 |
0 |
18 |
694 |
868 |
-174 |
9 |
3 |
60 |
Taunton |
30 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
682 |
1051 |
-369 |
13 |
5 |
58 |
Dings Crusaders |
30 |
11 |
0 |
19 |
552 |
741 |
-189 |
3 |
8 |
55 |
Lydney |
30 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
628 |
977 |
-349 |
8 |
4 |
50 |
Westcombe Park |
30 |
9 |
0 |
21 |
612 |
848 |
-236 |
7 |
7 |
45* |
Hertford |
30 |
8 |
0 |
22 |
561 |
897 |
-336 |
9 |
2 |
43 |
Barnes |
30 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
595 |
950 |
-355 |
7 |
5 |
36 |
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Photo Courtesy of Ben Gilby
It is official - 2012 is the centenary of Barnes RFC’s first registration with the Rugby Football Union (RFU)
Peter Boyd, our club scribe, has been beavering away and as a result of his research efforts, the RFU has now confirmed that the first registration of the Harrodian Rugby Club with them was in September 1912 (start of 1912/3 season) with the Club Secretary being Mr F. G. Kerswell
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On behalf of his team mates and the club we want to thank him so much for all he has done for Barnes RFC, his enormous contribution on and off the pitch is a testament to the man Gary is.
We wish him well in the future and feel sure he will star in the Vets before long!
So who will be stepping into Gary's large shoes next season?
Watch this space!
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As I cry into my 11th pint of Guinness at being relegated from National League 2, I know I need to man up and thank a huge amount of people for this season that has just passed.
Our minis section has gorwn to over 200 players and this is a tribute to the 30 parent coaches, well led by Hugh Ferridge and a whole host of supporting stars.
I wlud like to thank all of our supporters, sponsors, players and minis parents I want to say thank you so much for your continued, and incredibly generous, financial support. Running a rugby club is bit like being a Eurozone finance minister and without you the club has no chance of operating as we do.
Secondly I want to thank our Captains and Coaches, led by Brett Taylor and Jamie Turner, for their deication to the cause of Barnes RFC. Our wonderful outgoing 1st XV Captain,Gary Holmes will be sorely missed as will the retiring 2nd XV Captain Chris Brown, ably support by Coach Paul Spencer and Julius T'oo. Courtney Magg-Jones has relentlessly juggled over 80 players in the Development XV in a challenging first season whilst the Occies, ably led by Alex Riggs and Tom Sunderland, ploughed serenely on playing quality rugby whenver they wanted to. Nick Bradley, with his own unique style of motivation, signed off his second season in charge of the Vets with frustratingly few fixtures as many of our oppostion either decided not to play us or just could not get a team out.
The Ladies had a better season this year led by Terri-Ann Kelly and new coach Nathan Kelly.
Off the field I also want to thank the unsung heroes that keep the club going, our Club President - Monique Bruce Copp, Dave Doonan, (Hon Sec), Robbie Orr (Sponsorship Guru) Andy Pickering (Playing Director), Ken Macrae (1st XV Manager) Zoe Rand and extended family (Clubhouse Manager and Zoe's little helpers) Jane Graham (Fixtures) Camilla Campbell Stanay (Social Sec) a whole host of physios lead by Beck Grant and, last, and certainy not least - Martin Conway, Clubman of the Year, club comedian and generally always present - he maybe short of stature but he is long on love for Barnes RFC!
Enjoy the Summer and see you in August for the new season when we wil come back raring to do it all again next season! Make no mistake, we will be planning furiously over the summer to make a sustained assualt on National 3 with a view of getting back up to National 2 as soon as we can
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picture courtesy of Hakan Yazici, Deadlinepix
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Briitish Lions, England and Quins legend Peter Winterbottom passes to Nick Bellis in the Barnes Vets vs Teddington game
(picture courtesy of Jerry Halse)
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Jason Leonard looking suitably nervous about scrumaging against Rhino before the start of the Barnes Vets vs Legends XV for the Neil Murphy Benefit fund - the legends won 22- 17
You to can join our growing band of loyal supporters by you can sponsor Barnes Rugby Club today - please contact sponsor@barnesrfc.org
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