{"id":7522,"date":"2023-07-09T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2023-07-09T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:07:37","slug":"summer-2023-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/summer-2023-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2023 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cPooh,\u201d asked Piglet. \u201cIs it Ok to be sad sometimes?\u201d \u201cYes Piglet,\u201d Replied Pooh. \u201cEven the chubbiest&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bears&nbsp;can&nbsp;besad&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;lost&nbsp;a&nbsp;bear&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;loved.&nbsp;\u201dPiglet&nbsp;put&nbsp;his&nbsp;arm&nbsp;round&nbsp;Piglet and they sat quietly and watched the sun set over the posts for a while.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1313.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7498\" width=\"320\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1313.jpg.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1313.jpg-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1313.jpg-128x77.webp 128w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1313.jpg-32x19.webp 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This newsletter starts with some sad news of the passing of Roy Hough, an OIRFC stalwart and legend.&nbsp;Roy&nbsp;played&nbsp;in the&nbsp;first&nbsp;season&nbsp;for&nbsp;OIRFC&nbsp;in&nbsp;1958&nbsp;while&nbsp;still&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;IGS&nbsp;sixth&nbsp;form.&nbsp;He&nbsp;took on&nbsp;the&nbsp;role&nbsp;of&nbsp;Honorary&nbsp;Secretary&nbsp;for&nbsp;many years&nbsp;until&nbsp;he&nbsp;moved&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;West&nbsp;Country&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;early 70s.&nbsp;During&nbsp;that&nbsp;time&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;club\u2019s&nbsp;archivist&nbsp;and&nbsp;up&nbsp;until&nbsp;his passing,&nbsp;he&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;relied&nbsp;on&nbsp;to provide us with details of matches and tours, including the weekly match reports in the Middlesex Chronicle. Our players from the early seasons are now in their 80s and unfortunately, it&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;unusual&nbsp;to hear&nbsp;such&nbsp;sad&nbsp;news,&nbsp;including&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;past&nbsp;year&nbsp;the&nbsp;passing&nbsp;of&nbsp;two&nbsp;former&nbsp;OIRFC captains John Ridley and Tony Sansom, and Baz Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;a&nbsp;busy&nbsp;few&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;so&nbsp;this&nbsp;Newsletter&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;little&nbsp;longer&nbsp;than&nbsp;usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we had been promoted in the last two seasons, getting to the playoffs for the third year running was quite an achievement. In the end, in Merit Table 2 we finished 4th&nbsp;out of nine with a record&nbsp;of&nbsp;played&nbsp;15,&nbsp;won&nbsp;7,&nbsp;points&nbsp;for&nbsp;336 with&nbsp;393&nbsp;against.&nbsp;That&nbsp;belies&nbsp;a&nbsp;couple&nbsp;of&nbsp;close&nbsp;wins&nbsp;at home against sides above us with heavy away losses in return. There was also a cup win and loss. We&nbsp;were&nbsp;clearly&nbsp;stronger&nbsp;at&nbsp;home&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;5&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;2&nbsp;win\/loss&nbsp;ratio.&nbsp;A&nbsp;summary&nbsp;of&nbsp;the season&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;we were probably at the right level but with our strongest team (that we could rarely put out) and&nbsp;we could compete with any of the promoted sides. Another shame was that we could not put out a Second XV and the Vets (Fats Stags jointly with Teddington) only managed a few games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At an important AGM in June we approved an updated Constitution. A few typos will be&nbsp;corrected and the final version will be circulated shortly. The Finances have been through some&nbsp;rigorous&nbsp;sorting&nbsp;and&nbsp;chasing&nbsp;since&nbsp;Bean&nbsp;Mhitook&nbsp;over&nbsp;as&nbsp;Treasurer&nbsp;and&nbsp;she&nbsp;presented&nbsp;a&nbsp;mixed position. The playing account for 2022\/23 shows a \u00a34k deficit due predominately to the reduction&nbsp;in&nbsp;games.&nbsp;Fortunately,&nbsp;healthy&nbsp;social&nbsp;activity&nbsp;and&nbsp;fundraising&nbsp;took&nbsp;the&nbsp;full&nbsp;position close to&nbsp;breaking&nbsp;even&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;clearly&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;hard&nbsp;on&nbsp;both&nbsp;fronts.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;thank&nbsp;Adrianne and Simon at The Royal Oak for their continued shirt sponsorship. We have signed up&nbsp;some&nbsp;additional&nbsp;kit&nbsp;sponsors&nbsp;for next&nbsp;season&nbsp;as&nbsp;will be&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Year\u2019s AGM also saw the election of a new Club captain. Brooke Avann has been Vice-Captain&nbsp;to Stuart May for a year and has the respect of the players as a guy who leads from the front as does&nbsp;his&nbsp;new&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;Captain&nbsp;StephenRac.&nbsp;While&nbsp;Brooke&nbsp;has&nbsp;big&nbsp;boots&nbsp;to&nbsp;fill,&nbsp;he&nbsp;will&nbsp;do&nbsp;a&nbsp;great&nbsp;job and&nbsp;we&nbsp;wish&nbsp;him&nbsp;well.&nbsp;Stu&nbsp;will&nbsp;still&nbsp;be&nbsp;available&nbsp;with Dave&nbsp;Samuel,&nbsp;Dan&nbsp;Nevison,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stephen Rac to support preparations that are underway for 2023\/24. Colin Rance also stepped down as 2nd\/Vets skipper&nbsp;and&nbsp;Evergreen&nbsp;Wallace&nbsp;has&nbsp;agreed&nbsp;to&nbsp;jump&nbsp;in&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;being.&nbsp;Following&nbsp;on&nbsp;from touch rugby on Wednesday evenings, pre-season training started on the 5th&nbsp;of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Annual Dinner the week before the AGM we were able to celebrate Stu\u2019s tenure as Club&nbsp;Captain&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;the longest (2016\/17&nbsp;to&nbsp;2022\/23)&nbsp;and&nbsp;most&nbsp;successful&nbsp;(in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of&nbsp;Table&nbsp;promotions)&nbsp;in the history of the Club. Apart from winning the Club Spirit Award, he was presented with an&nbsp;engraved pewter tankard in recognition of his services. Other winners were: Player of the Season, Brooke Avann; Young Player, Elliot Dorsey; Vets Player, Simon Daws, and the Dribbly Dick to Kit&nbsp;Bispham&nbsp;who&nbsp;was&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;leading&nbsp;try&nbsp;scorer.&nbsp;Luke&nbsp;Robinson&nbsp;collected&nbsp;a&nbsp;shield&nbsp;as captain&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;team&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Middlesex&nbsp;Sevens&nbsp;organizers&nbsp;for&nbsp;good&nbsp;sportsmanship.&nbsp;(Errr,&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;ask&nbsp;about&nbsp;the actual results.) Congratulations to all and a big thanks to Splash Davies for another busy&nbsp;season&nbsp;as&nbsp;Honorary&nbsp;Secretary, and&nbsp;a&nbsp;successful&nbsp;AGM&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7493\" width=\"544\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.oirfc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4264-1-32x18.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our&nbsp;busy&nbsp;Summer&nbsp;continued&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;game&nbsp;of&nbsp;Cricket&nbsp;vs&nbsp;Grasshoppers&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;Sevens&nbsp;tournament&nbsp;at Grasshoppers on the same Wednesday evening. Let\u2019s just say they were successful social&nbsp;events! Cricket was also on the agenda at this year\u2019s Family Fun Day as a three-way pub tourney&nbsp;between&nbsp;The&nbsp;Royal&nbsp;Oak,&nbsp;The&nbsp;Ailsa,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the bridge&nbsp;(with&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Oak\u2019s&nbsp;winning&nbsp;team&nbsp;from OIRFC) went on at the same time as intermittent touch, charity fundraising, children\u2019s&nbsp;entertainment and the ubiquitous BBQ (thanks Hamish). Shout outs to Jim Keane and all at Ajah Tech for sponsoring the Bouncy Castle and to Alan \u2018Paddington\u2019 Breden for generously supplying&nbsp;bottles&nbsp;for the&nbsp;Tombola&nbsp;and&nbsp;so&nbsp;many&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;helped&nbsp;organize.&nbsp;We&nbsp;also&nbsp;made&nbsp;a&nbsp;50\/50&nbsp;Draw&nbsp;for \u00a350 won by Brooke, hopefully, a sign that he will be a lucky captain. A call for members to sign&nbsp;up for the 50\/50 will be sent separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,&nbsp;as&nbsp;we&nbsp;move&nbsp;towards&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;season&nbsp;our&nbsp;Recruitment&nbsp;Team&nbsp;is&nbsp;out&nbsp;there&nbsp;seeking&nbsp;new&nbsp;players&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;are gearing&nbsp;up&nbsp;for&nbsp;training.&nbsp;Details&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Club\u2019s&nbsp;first&nbsp;home&nbsp;fixture&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;made&nbsp;shortly&nbsp;but&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;dates&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;diary. The&nbsp;Rugby&nbsp;World&nbsp;Cup&nbsp;starts&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friday&nbsp;8th&nbsp;September&nbsp;with France v New Zealand at 7.15 pm. Come down to the Club for that and all key games of the&nbsp;tournament. We will send out a schedule nearer the date along with details of this year\u2019s Casino&nbsp;Night&nbsp;on&nbsp;the 25th&nbsp;of&nbsp;November.&nbsp;Put&nbsp;that&nbsp;date&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;diary&nbsp;as&nbsp;last&nbsp;season\u2019s&nbsp;was&nbsp;huge&nbsp;fun&nbsp;and&nbsp;made well-needed&nbsp;money&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;Club\u2019s&nbsp;coffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finis Coronat Opus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Tiny Richards, OIRFC Chairman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPooh,\u201d asked Piglet. \u201cIs it Ok to be sad sometimes?\u201d \u201cYes Piglet,\u201d Replied Pooh. \u201cEven the chubbiest&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bears&nbsp;can&nbsp;besad&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;have&nbsp;lost&nbsp;a&nbsp;bear&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;loved.&nbsp;\u201dPiglet&nbsp;put&nbsp;his&nbsp;arm&nbsp;round&nbsp;Piglet and they sat quietly and watched the sun set over the posts for a while. 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