Greetings to you all, Sun the 22 Mar see another 3 youth fixtures played on home ground with an ever growing crowd of spectators formed from both parents & carers of millwall players to passersby who just stopped on their way past while walking through the park, seeing regular games being played on the park seems to be creating a little interest in the club from non members & who knows, maybe some of the local comunitee.
First to play were the U10’s who played Barking and even though there were no try’s for the young cubs, the game proved to us coaching staff that the team are improving. There are still some areas that need work but the team seemed to enjoy the experience & are now hungry for a win.
Next up was the U9’s who also played a visiting Barking side. The enthusiasm of the young cubs was unfairly reflected by the result of the match which ended with only 1 try from the Millwall team with the visitors crossing the line 4 times.
Finally the U13’s took to the pitch playing Thurrock. Despite showing promise at the start of the game, it soon was clear to see that the defence was still in need of some attention & some lazy tackling made it a frustrating start for the lions. As long as the ball stayed in front of the pack there was a positive attitude to gaining possession from the visitors & at time this worked with a couple of turnover balls coming from the lions rucks & scrums.
However, once the ball past the front line defence there seemed a general reluctance to chase the ball with a couple of exceptions being Jacob Lajollie & Shaun Mullholland who’s kicking game once again saved the Lions from a few more try’s being scored against them.
This Sun the 29 Mar will see the Shoreditch Sharks visiting Millwall to play the Cubs and U13s. Matches will kick off at 11 and 11:45am.
As it is the grand opening weekend for the Clubhouse everyone is encouraged to come along and spend some time (& money) using the facilities/Bar while offering some support for the young ones.
There is a petition going around to encourage the council to allow the senior teams to use the pitch on Saturdays, if anyone would like to sign this petition and see more rugby being played on the park please visit millwallrugby.com & follow the links.
We all look forward to see you on the touch line cheering on the clubs future stars and hopefully mixing on a social basis.
Gary Mclaughlin (Youth Coach)
Our Blog - All the latest information from Millwall Rugby Club's Youth section
Friday, 27 March 2009
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
MRFC - Clubhouse Grand Opening!
Dear Players & Parents,
In case you are not aware, the grand opening of our new clubhouse is THIS Saturday 28th March 2009.
** The opening ceremony is scheduled for 12 noon **
I would like to see as many Millwall Lions Players and Parents at the opening ceremony so everyone can see just what a huge club we have now become!
Before this historic event can take place however, there is lots of painting and varnishing that needs to be done and we would appreciate help any afternoon this week (including today).
We are also holding cleaning/tidying sessions on both Thursday and Friday evenings. The floor tiles will be getting a thorough "machine clean" during Thursday after which they will be sealed and should be easier to keep clean for the future.
If you can help get things ready for Saturday's opening, please come down between 6pm and 9pm on either day. The bar will be open but only 'for the workers'. Although we have cloths and basic sprays etc. already please feel free to bring with you and 'super-mop' or vacuum cleaner you think would help.
In particular, we need people to bring down the things they have for going up on the walls - if you have a great photo or a montage please put in in a frame and we'll do our best to get it onto the wall.
We won't be able to add stuff on Saturday morning, so please make sure you bring it either Thursday or Friday evening.
Upcoming Fixtures - 29th March 2009
U10s v Shorditch Sharks @ Millwall Park, 11am kick off
U13s v Billericay (Away), 11am kick off
See you at the Game! (and the opening ceremony!!!)
Thanks
Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair
Millwall Rugby Club
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
MRFC - Lions News Blog & Upcoming Fixtures
Dear Players & Parents,
MILLWALL LIONS NEWS
The Millwall Lions website now has it's very own dedicated news 'blog'. From now on, all the up to date news and communication can be found there, as well as match reports or messages from coaches and our Junior Club Captain.
In case you haven't seen it, you can access this page from www.millwalllions.com and then clicking on 'Lions News!' on the left hand side of the page.
Alternatively, you can navigate straight to http://millwalllionsnews.blogspot.com/
Keep visiting to stay up to date with what's going on in YOUR club!
UPCOMING FIXTURES
This weekend sees another couple of fixtures on Millwall Park:
U9s & U10s vs Barking (10:30am kick off)
U13s vs Thurrock (11:30am kick off)
U15s vs TBC (12:30pm kick off) - this is dependant on a good turn out of players at training tonight!
See all the upcoming fixtures on the Millwall Lions website by visiting http://www.millwalllions.com/fixtures0809.htm
CLUBHOUSE OPENING DAY & PARTY
As you may already know, Saturday 28th March has been set for our formal opening ceremony and party. That’s only 2 Saturdays from now and there is still loads to get ready.
With building work finishing this week, we need to use all of this coming weekend and next week to get the place really clean and looking its very best. We also need to get all the photos and other memorabilia up on the walls in good time. Don’t wait for me or Wiggy to ask for helpers on a particular day – just get together with a few others, get a key and get it done.
On the day itself we will have the formal opening at around the players’ “meet time”. After someone has ‘cut the ribbon’ the players can have a quick look around before going off to their games, leaving the guests to a buffet lunch in the clubhouse.
After the matches, when the adult players return (hopefully victorious), that’s when the party will really start. Apart from Fancy Dress and live music, we want everyone to “bring a plate” to create a great spread keep the masses happy and well fed. We did this before (at our 10th Birthday Party) and people really did the club proud with the food they brought down so I hope we can pull out all the stops and do it even better this time. All club members, young and old, are very welcome and we hope lots of the ex-players will come down and join us for the evening.
All suggestions and offers of help should go, in the first instance, to Wiggy on socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com . We will put up a suggested food list shortly on the club website, to help give people an idea what to bring, but if you have something special please let us know.
Thanks
Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair
Millwall Rugby Club
Latest Clubhouse News
Dear Players & Parents,
The building work at our Clubhouse is still on course to be finished by this coming weekend.
We now need to face up to the implications of having our own proper Clubhouse (rather than a clubhouse-cum-building site). Its an exciting time ahead.
CLUBHOUSE MANAGER
The Club now needs someone else to step forward to make the decisions needed for the Clubhouse to become a great venue that we can all be proud of.
To be 100% clear, I shall NOT be going for this role myself as I have thrown all my efforts into getting the building finished and I am going to treat myself to a proper rest whether anyone thinks it is well-deserved or not! I also need to start looking for a job…
We need to get the right furniture for the place as well as decide when it will be open and make sure sufficient people are trained up to do what needs to be done. I envisage the Clubhouse Manager would make the decisions that need to be made, reporting to the existing Committee, in much the same way as the existing Club Captain or Secretary look after their areas of responsibility. It will be an important post but I expect it will prove to be immensely rewarding as the place really “takes off”. I expect that the Clubhouse Manager would have other people running each of the various aspects, such as the bar, the kitchen, bookings etc. but there is no “job description” at the moment so there is freedom for the right person to create the role in the way they want.
If you want to apply please let us all know at clubhouse@millwallrugby.com – we would all be interested in hearing your thoughts.
CLUBHOUSE CLEANER
The committee has already decided to pay someone (or a company) to clean the Clubhouse on a regular, weekly basis. We are inviting people interested to contact us – we will pay ‘the going rate’. Personally I would prefer our money to go to someone within the club rather than outside to a professional cleaner or a cleaning company, so if you know someone in the club, or a parent of someone in the youth section, who might like some extra cash then please make sure they see this message.
If you want to recommend someone you know, please tell us what you can about them .
Although details would be sorted out with the Clubhouse Manager, I expect it would require a couple of hours early-ish on a Sunday morning (maybe 7.30 to 9.30am) and perhaps another hour during the week.
CLUBHOUSE OPENING DAY & PARTY
As you may already know, Saturday 28th March has been set for our formal opening ceremony and party. That’s only 2 Saturdays from now and there is still loads to get ready.
With building work finishing this week, we need to use all of this coming weekend and next week to get the place really clean and looking its very best. We also need to get all the photos and other memorabilia up on the walls in good time. Don’t wait for me or Wiggy to ask for helpers on a particular day – just get together with a few others, get a key and get it done.
On the day itself we will have the formal opening at around the players’ “meet time”. After someone has ‘cut the ribbon’ the players can have a quick look around before going off to their games, leaving the guests to a buffet lunch in the clubhouse.
After the matches, when the adult players return (hopefully victorious), that’s when the party will really start. Apart from Fancy Dress and live music, we want everyone to “bring a plate” to create a great spread keep the masses happy and well fed. We did this before (at our 10th Birthday Party) and people really did the club proud with the food they brought down so I hope we can pull out all the stops and do it even better this time. All club members, young and old, are very welcome and we hope lots of the ex-players will come down and join us for the evening.
All suggestions and offers of help should go, in the first instance, to Wiggy on socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com . We will put up a suggested food list shortly on the club website, to help give people an idea what to bring, but if you have something special please let us know.
CLUBHOUSE PHOTOS
A year or so ago, Matt Shorrock produced a photo montage/video of the progress made by club members in the first few months of having the Clubhouse (set to “Stairway to Heaven” if I recall correctly). It was even on YouTube. If someone knows how to create these and could put one together for the photos of all of the building work done in the last year or so that would be a fantastic thing to show at the opening.
We also need you to get your best photos mounted in large frames to go on the walls so we can all see them.
TIME CAPSULE
Until Friday this week, we have an opportunity to hide a small “time capsule” container somewhere within the building that will probably stay undisturbed for many, many years. If someone wants to put one together (no bigger than a kids lunchbox) then I’ll happily get the builders to conceal it for future Millwallians to discover. After Friday, its too late.
AND FINALLY…
A huge thank you to the many, many volunteers that have helped Claire Higgins (our original Clubhouse Co-ordinator) and myself over the months and years it has taken to bring our clubhouse dream to its reality. Volunteers have sledge-hammered walls, brought down ceilings, demolished boilers, continually cleaned, painted, fund-raised and donated to make it possible. I know it’s a cliché but we really couldn’t have done it without you. If I could name it after all those who got off their bums and actually helped I really would – I hope you feel that the finished product is worthy of your efforts. This club is so much richer for having members willing to get their hands dirty and I hope the others appreciate it as much as I do.
Cheers,
Mike Costin
Chairman
Millwall Rugby Club
The building work at our Clubhouse is still on course to be finished by this coming weekend.
We now need to face up to the implications of having our own proper Clubhouse (rather than a clubhouse-cum-building site). Its an exciting time ahead.
CLUBHOUSE MANAGER
The Club now needs someone else to step forward to make the decisions needed for the Clubhouse to become a great venue that we can all be proud of.
To be 100% clear, I shall NOT be going for this role myself as I have thrown all my efforts into getting the building finished and I am going to treat myself to a proper rest whether anyone thinks it is well-deserved or not! I also need to start looking for a job…
We need to get the right furniture for the place as well as decide when it will be open and make sure sufficient people are trained up to do what needs to be done. I envisage the Clubhouse Manager would make the decisions that need to be made, reporting to the existing Committee, in much the same way as the existing Club Captain or Secretary look after their areas of responsibility. It will be an important post but I expect it will prove to be immensely rewarding as the place really “takes off”. I expect that the Clubhouse Manager would have other people running each of the various aspects, such as the bar, the kitchen, bookings etc. but there is no “job description” at the moment so there is freedom for the right person to create the role in the way they want.
If you want to apply please let us all know at clubhouse@millwallrugby.com – we would all be interested in hearing your thoughts.
CLUBHOUSE CLEANER
The committee has already decided to pay someone (or a company) to clean the Clubhouse on a regular, weekly basis. We are inviting people interested to contact us – we will pay ‘the going rate’. Personally I would prefer our money to go to someone within the club rather than outside to a professional cleaner or a cleaning company, so if you know someone in the club, or a parent of someone in the youth section, who might like some extra cash then please make sure they see this message.
If you want to recommend someone you know, please tell us what you can about them .
Although details would be sorted out with the Clubhouse Manager, I expect it would require a couple of hours early-ish on a Sunday morning (maybe 7.30 to 9.30am) and perhaps another hour during the week.
CLUBHOUSE OPENING DAY & PARTY
As you may already know, Saturday 28th March has been set for our formal opening ceremony and party. That’s only 2 Saturdays from now and there is still loads to get ready.
With building work finishing this week, we need to use all of this coming weekend and next week to get the place really clean and looking its very best. We also need to get all the photos and other memorabilia up on the walls in good time. Don’t wait for me or Wiggy to ask for helpers on a particular day – just get together with a few others, get a key and get it done.
On the day itself we will have the formal opening at around the players’ “meet time”. After someone has ‘cut the ribbon’ the players can have a quick look around before going off to their games, leaving the guests to a buffet lunch in the clubhouse.
After the matches, when the adult players return (hopefully victorious), that’s when the party will really start. Apart from Fancy Dress and live music, we want everyone to “bring a plate” to create a great spread keep the masses happy and well fed. We did this before (at our 10th Birthday Party) and people really did the club proud with the food they brought down so I hope we can pull out all the stops and do it even better this time. All club members, young and old, are very welcome and we hope lots of the ex-players will come down and join us for the evening.
All suggestions and offers of help should go, in the first instance, to Wiggy on socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com . We will put up a suggested food list shortly on the club website, to help give people an idea what to bring, but if you have something special please let us know.
CLUBHOUSE PHOTOS
A year or so ago, Matt Shorrock produced a photo montage/video of the progress made by club members in the first few months of having the Clubhouse (set to “Stairway to Heaven” if I recall correctly). It was even on YouTube. If someone knows how to create these and could put one together for the photos of all of the building work done in the last year or so that would be a fantastic thing to show at the opening.
We also need you to get your best photos mounted in large frames to go on the walls so we can all see them.
TIME CAPSULE
Until Friday this week, we have an opportunity to hide a small “time capsule” container somewhere within the building that will probably stay undisturbed for many, many years. If someone wants to put one together (no bigger than a kids lunchbox) then I’ll happily get the builders to conceal it for future Millwallians to discover. After Friday, its too late.
AND FINALLY…
A huge thank you to the many, many volunteers that have helped Claire Higgins (our original Clubhouse Co-ordinator) and myself over the months and years it has taken to bring our clubhouse dream to its reality. Volunteers have sledge-hammered walls, brought down ceilings, demolished boilers, continually cleaned, painted, fund-raised and donated to make it possible. I know it’s a cliché but we really couldn’t have done it without you. If I could name it after all those who got off their bums and actually helped I really would – I hope you feel that the finished product is worthy of your efforts. This club is so much richer for having members willing to get their hands dirty and I hope the others appreciate it as much as I do.
Cheers,
Mike Costin
Chairman
Millwall Rugby Club
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
MRFC - Junior Club Captain's Log, March 2009
Dear Players & Parents,
Hi to you all! Sorry it's been a little while since my last update - busy times!
The season is now, slowly coming to and end... and my gosh, what a year it has been!
We have successfully created 4 different age groups, along with help from the josh lewsey academy we are now able to put out under 17's, under 15's under 13's and under 10's....and we are even on the verge of an U9s as well! That's more than the adults put out on a good week! And it is all thanks to the hard working volunteers who put in major effort week in week out non stop!
I think our main aim now is to, keep our steady numbers up and try to make more fixtures a regular thing for all age groups for next season. We also have two teams competing in the Essex leagues next season (U17 and U13) which is a big achievement in itself and everybody should be congratulated!
I am also proud to announce that we are about to SMASH the adults in terms of paid up members this season. We currently have 86 paid members to the adults 96 - when you think that we only started paying memberships for the first time this season it's pretty awesome. So a very big thank you to everyone who helped recruit, we should all be very proud ... and remember to rub it in the adult teams face when you see them!
This year, Jim Fitzpatrick is once again hosting the annual dinner and awards night, in.... You guessed it ... the House of Commons! Members tickets are currently being sold at £45, but talking from experience...these will sell out pretty quick, as there really is nothing like it. The food is delicious, the tours are fascinating and the atmosphere is tremendous! So please, if you would like to join us on our adventure please contact You can contact Kathy Garwood (Event Organiser) via socialsecretary@millwallrugby.com ASAP for details.
You may be slightly disheartened as the season is closing... but never fear! There will be many different events taking place such as evening touch rugby twice a week or club house events, being taken throughout the summer & off season, so please come down and have some fun in preparation for the brand new season that faces us! Look out for our summer programme as well, which should keep everyone busy and out of trouble! =)
There's still a lot happening this season, especially the ROW end of season festival (England V Rest of the world day) which includes ... England V Rest of the Worlds match, the Under 15's will be in action as will the U10s and U13s, but the big clash will be the Millwall Coaches XV vs Under 17's, which I for one... cant wait for, as I'm sure neither can the coaches!!!
Our Youth Chair, Matt Shorrock tells me that www.millwalllions.com has now been fully updated - including a new Lions Blog! So be sure to check it out for all the latest Millwall Lions info.
Finally, I am looking for some idea's to put across to the youth committee for next season... so please come forward with your suggestions on how to make the club better and more enjoyable for all, i would be more then happy to hear them!
Now... Lets go and finish the season with a Bang, and hear the true...Millwall Lions Roarrr!!!!!!
Cheers
Steven Corleys
Jr. Club Captain
07985618122
The Young Ones - 14th March 2009
Hello everyone,
This weekend sees the return of the Millwall Lion Cubs (U10s) & also the U15’s both playing home matches with the cubs kicking off at 10.30am followed by the ever improving U15’s at 11.30am. Our U13’s are visiting Burnham and we all send our best wishes for their success.
As this is only the 2nd game for the little cubs it would be great to offer them a little support on the touch line so if anyone could find the time to come & cheer on the young ones it could just inspire them to a victory.
As for the U15’s, they are turning into an entertaining team to watch & the Sunday has the makings for a good day for all involved with the youth section.
We look forward to seeing you on the touch line,
Many thanks,
Gary Mclaughlin
Youth Coach
Millwall Park Petition and Youth Upcoming Fixtures
Dear Players & Parents,
Just a quick note this week on two key points:
Just a quick note this week on two key points:
- Please sign our online petition to allow Adult Rugby to be played on Saturday afternoons on Millwall Park: http://www.petitiononline.com/Millwall/petition.html
This petition is being considered at the Town Hall meeting shortly and is already backed by over 500 people.
If you havent signed it yet, please do and include your FULL name and postcode (especially if you have an E14 one!) - this will help add weight to our cause as it indicates that local people are behind us! - Upcoming Youth Fixtures
15th March 2009
U10s vs Eton Manor @ Millwall Park (kick off 10:30am)
U13s vs Burnham-on-Crouch away (kick off 11am)
U15s vs Barking 'B' @ Millwall Park (kick off 11:30am)
22nd March 2009
U9s vs Barking @ Millwall Park (kick off 10:30am)
U10s vs Barking @ Millwall Park (kick off 10:30am - matches played simultaniously
U13s vs Thurrock @ Millwall Park (kick off 11:30am)
Come on down and show your support for the future of Millwall Rugby!
Thanks
Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair
Millwall Rugby Club
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
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