Lions Weekly Round Up

Dear Players and Parents,

Here is your Millwall Lions weekly update!

In this newsletter:

PRINTERS AND DESIGNERS?
THANKS FOR A GREAT NIGHT
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS 'VACANT'
CLUB ANNUAL DINNER
YOUTH END OF SEASON AWARDS
PARENT LUNCH
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
UPCOMING FIXTURES



PRINTERS AND DESIGNERS?

We are on the look out for people with some graphic design skills and access to design software. This is to help us design new promotional flyers and posters for recruitment and general promotion of the club. If you or someone you know can help us with this, please get in touch asap!

We also need regular access to colour printing, sometimes in large quantities? Do you or anyone you know have access to this, so we can keep our printing costs down? Again, get in touch asap!



THANKS FOR A GREAT NIGHT

We'd like to thank all the parents, aunts, uncles and grand parents who came along to our Parent's Wine & Cheese Social night in the clubhouse last week. It was really great to meet all of you and find out how you think we are doing.

Without your support, we simply wouldn't be able to function, so on behalf of all the hard working volunteers, thanks for a fun night, we hope to do it again soon!



VOLUNTEER POSITIONS 'VACANT'

More rugby services and more kids mean that we need more volunteers! The youth committee is pleased to offer the following volunteer roles to keen parents or family members, who want to help us in our quest to be the best rugby club around!

Team Manager
* New Mini's (ages 7 - 9) team needs a focal point of contact!
* 3 hours per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

Parent Liaison Officer
* Be the voice of the parents and help us communicate better
* 2 hours per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

School Liaison Officer
* Build and manage our relationships with our local schools!
* 1 hour per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

Youth Fixtures Officer
* Without rugby matches, it's just training!
* 2 hours per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

Youth Fundraising Officer
* Help us make a positive and financial contribution to the club!
* 1hour per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

Seal of Approval Coordinator
* Help us get club mark accreditation!
* 1 hour per week
* reply to ask for the full role description

We also have opportunities for more flexible volunteering roles, such as:

• Match/Event Catering
• Bar Shifts
• Team Transport
• Team and Training First Aid
• Distributing Publicity Material
• Marketing Material Creation
• Match Reporting for Press

If you would like to help or are interested in any of the above roles, contact Matt for more information or to have a general chat.



CLUB ANNUAL DINNER

Tickets are now on sale for the whole club annual dinner, to be held in the House of Commons, Westminster hosted by our Club President Jim Fitzpatrick MP.

Lots of the tickets have already been snapped up by people who have been before and know what a special event this is.

We'd like to see as many youth parents attending as possible, so get your tickets and join us for the rugby club's 'night of nights!'

For more info, click here



YOUTH END OF SEASON AWARDS

The end of season awards night for the Millwall Lions Youth Section will be held at Millwall Rugby Club on Saturday 14th of May 2011, starting 6pm.

The following awards will be presented:

• Under 12s Player of the Year
• Under 12s Most Improved Player
• Under 15s Player of the Year
• Under 15s Most Improved Player
• Colts Player of the Year

along with a host of special volunteer awards...

A buffet dinner will be provided, along with music and dancing after the award presentations.

Tickets will be on sale shortly, at a cost of £2.50 for adults and £1 for kids (aged 15 and under)

We want you all to join us as we celebrate another successful season for Millwall Lions!



PARENT LUNCH

We'll be having a light lunch on for parents of Millwall Lions players on Sunday 10th of April, as well as providing information to you about volunteering with Millwall Rugby Club.

You'll have the opportunity to talk to the current volunteers, find out what they do and also what they get out of helping run Millwall Rugby Club. You can also sign up for fully-funded places on either RFU Coaching or refereeing courses.

If nothing else, you won't have to worry about preparing that Sunday lunch for the family!

Please RSVP by Wednesday 7th April so we can cater accordingly.

It is our ambition to have a youth section that is well supported by the parents of our players, so please make an effort to come down so we can get to know you!



DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Here are some important events/dates for your diary!
Sunday 10th of April - Parents Lunch / Volunteering Info Day
Saturday 16th of April - Festival of Rugby / RoW day
Sunday 17th April - Marathon / Mudchute Farm Fundraising
Sunday 24th April - Saracens Lap of Honour Excursion
Saturday 7th of May - Club Awards Night at House of Commons
Saturday 14th of May - Youth Awards Night



UPCOMING FIXTURES

3rd April - U12s away at U12 Festival Romford; Under 15s at home to Shoreditch
10th April - U15s at home to Upminster
16th April (Sat) - Festival of Rugby Day

All Millwall Lions home games are played on Millwall Park, with kick off usually at 11am. We require lots of vocal and enthusiastic supporters to come down and cheer on our young players - they are, after all, the future of Millwall Rugby Club.

Let's go to work!

Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair on behalf of the hard working volunteers at Millwall Lions

No U15 match this Sunday

Unfortunately, there is no Under 15's away match this weekend.

Wanstead have not been able to get a team out due to injuries and players unavailable.

Coach Gary Mclaughlin is planning a Sunday training session for the Millwall Under 15s on Millwall Park at the usual training time - so make sure YOU are there!

This is not a week off!

Parents' Wine & Cheese Night

Dear Parents,

This is just a quick reminder that THIS Friday (25th March) in the clubhouse, it's Parent's Wine and Cheese Night, from 7pm. There will be champagne on arrival, a millwall-selection of cheeses as well as some canapes to nibble on during the evening.

All the youth section volunteers will be present so it'll be a good opportunity to talk to them about the running of the club and raise any issues or questions you might have. Plus you get to socialise with other parents and who knows, maybe make some new friends!?

In order for us to cater appropriately, we really need to know how many of you are coming - we hope, ALL of you!

You would have recently been contacted by Sarah or Maureen, so please could you RSVP to them and let them know that you are joining us for this social event.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the clubhouse on Friday night. Kids are welcome.

See who has already RSVP'd here

Lions End of Season Awards Night

The end of season awards night for the Millwall Lions Youth Section will be held at Millwall Rugby Club on Saturday 14th of May 2011, starting 6pm.

The following awards will be presented:

• Under 12s Player of the Year
• Under 12s Most Improved Player
• Under 15s Player of the Year
• Under 15s Most Improved Player
• Colts Player of the Year

along with a host of special volunteer awards...

A buffet dinner will be provided, along with music and dancing after the award presentations.

Tickets will be on sale shortly, at a cost of £2.50 for adults and £1 for kids (aged 15 and under)

We want you all to join us as we celebrate another successful season for Millwall Lions!

Lions Weekly Round Up

Dear Players and Parents,

Here is your Millwall Lions weekly update!

In this newsletter:

CLUB EGM
CLUB ANNUAL DINNER
PARENT NIGHT THIS FRIDAY
PARENT LUNCH
PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
GUMSHIELDS
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
UPCOMING FIXTURES



CLUB EGM

The Club Committee has decided to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting for members on TONIGHT, 21st March 2011 at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse.

For more information click here

Come down and have your say!



CLUB ANNUAL DINNER

Tickets are now on sale for the whole club annual dinner, to be held in the House of Commons, Westminster hosted by our Club President Jim Fitzpatrick MP.

Over a third of the tickets have already been snapped up by people who have been before and know what a special event this is.

We'd like to see as many youth parents attending as possible, so get your tickets and join us for the rugby club's 'night of nights!'

For more info, click here



 PARENT NIGHT THIS FRIDAY


Parents Wine & Cheese Social Night (Friday 25th of March)

Champagne on arrival, canapés during the evening, plus a special selection of cheeses available for all parents of children in the Millwall Lions youth section.

Come on down to the clubhouse from 7pm and let your hair down!

Please RSVP by Wed 23rd of March so we can cater accordingly.




 PARENT LUNCH


Parents Lunch & Volunteering Information Day (Sunday 10th of April)

We'll have a light lunch on for parents of Millwall Lions players as well as providing information to you about volunteering with Millwall Rugby Club.

You'll have the opportunity to talk to the current volunteers, find out what they do and also what they get out of helping run Millwall Rugby Club. You can also sign up for fully-funded places on either RFU Coaching or refereeing courses.

If nothing else, you won't have to worry about preparing that Sunday lunch for the family!

Please RSVP by Wednesday 7th April so we can cater accordingly.

It is our ambition to have a youth section that is well supported by the parents of our players, so please make an effort to come down so we can get to know you!



PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

Last week saw the start of our primary school partnership programme. We are now running weekly sessions in Cubbit Town, Arnhem Wharf, St Edmunds and Harbinger Primary Schools.

The sessions will run for 8 weeks and finish with an inter-school tournament on Millwall Park.

We hope to use these sessions to recruit more players for our Mini's section (ages 7-9) and to build closer relationships with our local schools.

If successful, we'll look to run another 8 week programme in the June-July school term and promote our summer programme activities.



GUMSHIELDS

Recently there have been some fantastic pictures of our under 12's matches but unfortunately it has brought to my attention the use of gum shields.

There were several pictures that show players in play appearing to have no gum sheild in or having it hanging out of thier mouth or even in their hand.

Whilst I understand that they are uncomfortable and awkward to wear it is extremely important that they are used and that the players adopt the 'habit' of keeping them in their mouths.

At such a young age especially it would be awful for someone to have an accident that could have been prevented.

Please can you emphasise with all players that it is a requirement from a health and safety aspect that gum shields are to be worn during matches and all contact training.
 A new stock of gum shields has just arrived, so if you haven't got one you can purchase a gum shield from the clubhouse for £2.50 (junior and senior sizes available).

Thank you for your co-operation,
Kerry Attwood
Child Safeguarding Officer



DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Here are some important events/dates for your diary!

Friday 25th of March - Parent's Social Night
Sunday 10th of April - Parents Lunch / Volunteering Info Day
Saturday 16th of April - Festival of Rugby / RoW day
Sunday 17th April - Marathon / Mudchute Farm Fundraising
Sunday 24th April - Saracens Lap of Honour Excursion
Saturday 7th of May - Club Awards Night at House of Commons
Saturday 14th of May - Youth Awards Night



UPCOMING FIXTURES

27th March - Under 12s home to Dagenham; Under 15s away to Wanstead
3rd April - U12s away at U12 Festival Romford; Under 15s at home to Shoreditch
10th April - U15s at home to Upminster
16th April (Sat) - Festival of Rugby Day: U12s v Dagenham; U15s v Bexley plus Venus match and the big Millwall England v Millwall Rest of the World (RoW) show down.


All Millwall Lions home games are played on Millwall Park, with kick off usually at 11am. We require lots of vocal and enthusiastic supporters to come down and cheer on our young players - they are, after all, the future of Millwall Rugby Club.


Let's go to work!

Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair, on behalf of the hard working volunteers at Millwall Lions

Millwall u15s win 55-0

Millwall’s impressive under 15’s side rant out 55-0 victors over Bexley at Millwall Park on Sunday in front of a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters.

Fly-half Alfie Duffy chipped in with 18 points of his own with two tries and four conversions to lead his team to their seventh win of the season. 

Having already beaten Bexley 3 times this season, the Isle-of-Dogs club were looking to keep their streak their winning streak alive right from the opening stages.

Danny Hunt

When Danny Hunt stormed through a gap the home side thought they were in to score first, however a series of important tackles made by the scrambling Bexley defence kept Millwall at bay. 

Duffy finally broke the defence with a scoot from the back of a ruck to score under the posts.

It wasn’t long before Hunt got himself on the score sheet with another bustling run, with the lanky centre breaking through falling tackles on his way to the try line.

While they didn’t have it all their own way, Millwall entered the half time break leading 26-0 through additional tries from Duffy and centre Bobby Grace.

Some fiery words from coach Gary Mclaughlin ensured the local boys did not get complacent and rampaging centre Hunt was unstoppable on his way to score right from the kick off. Another conversion from Duffy and the lead extended 33-0.

It was then the Millwall forwards decided they wanted to get in on the scoring action. New backrow forward Michael Mitchell impressed the vocal sideline supporters with several big runs and equally big tackles. 

A series of pick-and-go moves at the ruck gained the home side 60 metres with great runs coming from Max Grecziens and Mitchell, finished with a forwards-try through the ever-improving Michael Dola-Lami.

Some astute substitutions by coach Mclaughlin kept the score board ticking over as replacement winger George Happe showed pace to score twice in the space of five minutes, both times with tackle-breaking runs from inside the Millwall half.

An Elliot Nagel try capped the final score at 55-0 and a fourth consecutive win over Bexley in 2010/11

Coach Mclaughlin was full of praise for his young charges after the match:

“It was an outstanding performance from all the boys, once again taking their training onto the pitch and winning games, just what you want to see”

Millwall u15s now face Woodford and Wanstead in consecutive weeks, both away before returning to their home pitch at Millwall Park for a match up against Shoreditch on Sunday 3^rd of April.

Tries: Alfie Duffy 2, Danny Hunt 2, George Happe 2, Michael Dola-Lami 1, Bobby Grace 1, Elliot Nagel 1
Conv: Duffy 4, Grace 1

MOM

3 – Michael Mitchell
2 – Danny Hunt
1 – Michael Dola-Lami

Video: Coach Gary Mclaughlin Interview. Can't see the video? visit our youtube channel here

Lions Weekly Round Up

Dear Players and Parents,

Here is your Millwall Lions weekly update!

In this newsletter:

FUNDRAISING QUIZ
TRAINING ATTENDANCE
KIDS GO FREE @ SARACENS
ALL FOR THE PARENTS
SENIOR RUGBY THIS WEEKEND
CLUB EGM
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
UPCOMING FIXTURES



FUNDRAISING QUIZ

Thanks to all who turned out for our Fundraising Quiz last Friday night, especially as it was during half term. It was also good to see some new parents supporting the club too. We raised £100 for Millwall RFC in the process. Thanks to our social guru Kerry for not only organising it, but playing the role of quiz-master so well.



TRAINING ATTENDANCE

I've been asked to send out a special message of thanks from the team managers and coaches to the players who turned up to training this week - especially as you've all just gone back to school! Well done and lets see you all come to Sunday training as well!



KIDS GO FREE @ SARACENS

Saracens are offering a great deal for their match against Bath on Sunday 3rd of April:

4 kids* tickets for FREE with every adult ticket purchased (£15) - that’s 5 tickets for just £3 each!

If you want to take advantage of this superb deal, you need to buy your tickets (money up front) by Wed 16th March. See Matt to get your tickets now!

*kids means anyone aged 15 and under.



ALL FOR THE PARENTS

We have two special parents events planned, just for you:

1. Parents Wine & Cheese Social Night (Friday 25th of March)

Champagne on arrival, canapés during the evening, plus a special selection of cheeses available for all parents of children in the Millwall Lions youth section. Come on down to the clubhouse from 7pm and let your hair down!

Please RSVP by Wed 23rd of March so we can cater accordingly.
http://millwalllionsnews.blogspot.com/2011/03/parents-wine-cheese-night.html

And if Friday nights aren’t your thing…

2. Parents Lunch & Volunteering Information Day (Sunday 10th of April)

We'll have a light lunch on for parents of Millwall Lions players as well as providing information to you about volunteering with Millwall Rugby Club. You'll have the opportunity to talk to the current volunteers, find out what they do and also what they get out of helping run Millwall Rugby Club. You can also sign up for fully-funded places on either RFU Coaching or refereeing courses.

If nothing else, you won't have to worry about preparing that Sunday lunch for the family!

Please RSVP by Wednesday 7th April so we can cater accordingly.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115271218549725

It is our ambition to have a youth section that is well supported by the parents of our players, so please make an effort to come down so we can get to know you!



SENIOR RUGBY THIS WEEKEND

There are two matches at home this Saturday, so come on down and support the senior players:

Vicky Park - Millwall 1st XV vs Brightlingsea, featuring former Millwall Lion Jack Rowland

Millwall Park - Millwall 2nd XV (the "Llamas") vs Eton Manor, featuring former Millwall Lions Jake Vinnicombe and Michael 'Tank' Delastie…and Youth Chair, Matt Shorrock.

Kick off for both games is at 2pm



CLUB EGM

The Club Committee has decided to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting for members on Monday March 21st 2011 at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse. For more information click here

http://millwallrugby.blogspot.com/2011/02/millwall-rugby-club-notification-of-egm.html

Come down and have your say!



DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Here are some important events/dates for your diary!

Friday 25th of March - Parent's Social Night
Sunday 10th of April - Parents Lunch / Volunteering Info Day
Saturday 16th of April - Festival of Rugby / RoW day
Sunday 17th April - Marathon / Mudchute Farm Fundraising
Sunday 24th April - Saracens Lap of Honour Excursion
Saturday 7th of May - Club Awards Night at House of Commons
Saturday 14th of May - Youth Awards Night



UPCOMING FIXTURES
6th March - Under 12s home to Shoreditch
13th March - Under 15s home to Bexley; U12s away to Brentwood
20th March - Under 15s away to Woodford
27th March - Under 12s home to Dagenham, Under 15s away to Wanstead

All Millwall Lions home games are played on Millwall Park, with kick off usually at 11am. We require lots of vocal and enthusiastic supporters to come down and cheer on our young players - they are, after all, the future of Millwall Rugby Club.


Let's go to work!

Matt Shorrock
Youth Chair, on behalf of the hard working volunteers at Millwall Lions

Parents' Wine & Cheese Night

We're putting on a special event for our valued parents!

Come along to our Wine & Cheese Night on Friday 25th March 2011 from 19:00pm.

You'll get champagne on arrival and we'll be serving canapés during the evening as well.

View our poster here

Kids welcome.

Please tell us if you're coming, so we can cater accordingly.

Either tell your team manager (Sarah Edmead - U12s; Maureen Lajolie - U15s) or RSVP on the Facebook event here

RSVP by Wednesday 23rd March 2011

6 Nations Ticket Winner

Congratulations to Billy Edmead of the Millwall Under 15s, who won two tickets to see England play Scotland at Twickenham.

Commitment

All players who attended every training session in the month of February were eligible to win.

Well done to the following people who showed true commitment to their teams:

Under 12s: Charlie Patterson, Louis Stebbing-Boulet, Femi Dola-Lami, Connor Attwood, Leah Mclaughlin, Charlie Arnold.

Under 15s: Jacob Lajolie, Billy Edmead, Alfie Duffy, Keiron O'Keefe.