Firstly, we are pleased to announce that the Chairman of The Greater Birmingham RFU, Mr. Mick Lee, travelled to 'The Shrine' this week to present the Club with the 2016/17 Club of The Year.

On behalf of Camp Hill RFC, we would like to say a very big Thank You to all of the Players, Supporters, and countless Volunteers from across all Sections of The Club, who have all contributed to the success - put simply, we would not have received this Award without you!

Head of Playing Affairs, Simon Tansley commented 'It was an absolute honour to accept that award on behalf of each and every one of you all. Keep up the outstanding work folks'

Pictured left to right - Jim Looney (Club Fixtures Secretary), Mr. Mick Lee (Chairman Greater Birmingham RFU), Simon 'Dog' Tansley (Clubs Head of Playing Affairs)

To learn a little more about The Greater Birmingham RFU, please click on the link below

http://greaterbirminghamrfu.pitchero.com/

SURVEY ON SATURDAY PARKING AT THE CLUB

Some of you may be aware that a week or so back, via the front of the Web Page we asked you to spare a few seconds answering a very brief survey with regards to SATURDAY Parking - this really didn't offer the information needed to approach the Council with a feasible plan to extend our Car Park.

Apologies if you have already completed it once, but, if you could have another go, it would be appreciated, if you didn't, would you click below? - the more response we get the better our chances

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YWPC5LC

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Now, a quick look at last Weekend -

LAST SATURDAY MORNING

A very big Thank You to those that turned up last Saturday to help re-stock the Containers, and help in the moving of one of the new white containers to its new position for use as the Clubs new Physio facility.

There is just a little more work to complete (knocking through from existing Changing Room, connect power & water etc), but, it is hoped that Edwin, Chantelle, Nicki & the Physio Team will be taking up permanent residence in the next few weeks

If you have any skills or services (or a little spare time) that you feel will benefit the Club in anyway, please let us know; all help, no matter how small, will always be very welcome.

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RUGBY STUFF FROM LAST WEEKEND

For the fourth consecutive week, the Senior Men fielded 4 sides, and all with replacements on the bench.

(NOTE - If you are unaware, many of our piers, can not, or are struggling to field a 2XV! - hence, being able to field 4 Male sides (it's getting close to 5!!) is a remarkable achievement for a local Community Club like ours.

However, we remain committed to recruiting new players, as well as tempting those who may have 'hung up the boots' to come and join in. So, if you know anyone who is looking to have a run about, be they Senior Men, Ladies or Mini's & Juniors, put them in contact with Simon 'Dog' Tansley at stansley@dmu.ac.uk )

The 1XV were soundly beaten by an extremely strong Burton outfit, the 2XV continued their winning run by beating Broadstreet at Home, the 3XV lost to Edwardian 2XV, and once again, 'Tadpole' and his 4XV Army notched up another 'W', which like the 2XV, makes them undefeated so far this Season!

The Ladies 1XV League game atn Bletchley WRFC was postponed

Courtesy of 'The Puff' and Rory Lynch below are the Match Reports from last Saturdays 1XV & 2XV games

1XV v Burton http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/camphillrfc/teams/24307/match-centre/1-2840410

2XV v Broadstreet http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/camphillrfc/teams/24316/match-centre/0-3852103

For the 'stato's' amongst us, the Links below will take you to Results and League Table from Midlands 1 (West) following last Weekend and to the Midlands Reserve League for the 2XV

http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/midlands-division/2017-2018/group/22845#/results

http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/midlands-reserve-team-leagues/2017-2018/group/23314#/results

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On the field this Weekend

Before we get onto this Weekend, could we please remind Senior Male Players that Annual Subs are remain overdue!!! - so, unless you have been Sponsored, or pay by Direct Debit, could you please hand your Annual Subs to 'Count' ASAP

Saturday

This Saturday the 1XV host Worcester Wanderers.

After 4 games of the Season, Worcester sit one place above Camp Hill in the table. To date, Worcester have 2 loses (Bromsgrove 37-23, Burton 67 - 24), one Win (Moseley Oak 28-11) and last week, a 6 - 6 draw against Rugby Lions.

It won't go un-noticed that in their first 4 games of the Season, Worcester have already played the sides currently sitting 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Midlands 1 (West), and with the exception of Burton away (as we already know a tough place to go!) have acquitted themselves admirably, hence, we expect yet another tough afternoon at 'The Shrine' - so, please come along and support the Lads, as they very much value the Home support,

Once again, many thanks to Steve 'The Puff' Terrace for the following insight into the history between both Clubs

Worcester Rugby Club was founded in 1871 and are one of our oldest adversaries.
Camp Hill first played them in only our second season 1894/1895 when we played out a scoreless draw.

The two clubs were regular opponents with Worcester generally having the better of things.Indeed when Camp Hill won 6-3 in March 1956 it was the first victory at Worcester since 1947.

The two teams met in the North Midlands Cup final 1978 when Worcester won by 9-0.
Just before Worcester started their march through the leagues, however,the two teams met again in the 1994 final which this time ended in victory for Camps by 17-11.

During the rest of the 1990s Worcester moved up through the leagues gaining promotion to the Premiership in 2004/2005.

Worcester Wanderers was formed in 1999 from the old Worcester 3rd and 4th XVs of Worcester RFC with a view to maintaining and playing amateur rugby.They started at the lowest level and rapidly gained promotion through the league structure and we came across the reformed Club in 2010/2011 in Midlands West 1.

The two Clubs played in the same division for 3 seasons with victories being shared in the first two seasons before a clean sweep for Worcester in 2012/2013 when they gained promotion to the National Leagues.

This Saturday will be our first meeting since then.

If you'd like to learn a little more about Saturday's opponents, please visit them at -

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/worcesterrfc

1XV vs Worcester Wanderers 1XV (3pm Home)

With one or two players returning from injury, and courtesy of Edwin Knight and his physio Team one or two more recovering from 'knocks' at Burton last Saturday, once again, it's all change!!

After filling in at Hooker last weekend, Dan O'Grady makes way for the return of Adam Willis, and subsequently reverts to his more accustomed position of Loose Head; Mark Newton returns from injury to join Club Captain Mitch Lee in the Second Row. After missing last week, Player/Coach Stephen Halbert also returns from injury to complete the pack at Blind Side Flanker.

In the Backs, (yet another injured player) Simon Edwards returns to Stand-Off giving Jonny Betty and Ian Briggs the opportunity to form (we think?) the 5th Centre partnership of this Season.

On the Bench, Ollie Linnett returns to join Liam Taylor and George Wilkinson.

Squad - Dan O'Grady, (vc) Adam Willis, Jan Erik Anderson, Mark Newton, Mitch Lee, Adam Pinfield, Stephen Halbert, Jan van der Walt, Stuart Watts, Simon Edwards, Mark Lisle, Jonny Bett, Ian Briggs, Robert Freeman, Jordan Oliver, Liam Taylor, Ollie Linnett, George Wilkinson

Match Ball - kindly Sponsored by our friends & neighbours, The Players of Birmingham Solihull RFC 1XV
Man of The Match - Sponsored by The Baldwin, Hungry Horse

1XV Date for your Diary - 6th October 'Friday Night Lights'!

The 1XV have been drawn against our neighbours Birmingham Solhull in The North Midlands Cup - there will be a Coach arranged from the Clubhouse (£5 per head), and after the game, the Coach will return to The Club , where following his sell-out gigs in Croatia, 1XV Player 'DJ Nobby' will be dropping his 'phat ones' at the After Party in the Clubhouse!

For a sample of 'Nobby' what you can expect at the 'After Party', below is a sampler of 'Nobby' dropping his tunes!

https://soundcloud.com/robert-freeman-music/house-v-classic-house-mix-sep-rob-freeman

Kick off is at 7.30pm and the Coach will be leaving the Club at 6pm prompt, and will leave Portway to return to the Club at 10pm.

For those of you that would like to bag one of the limited seats on the the Coach, please email nmfreeman43@gmail .com ASAP!!!

2XV vs Walsall 2XV (3pm away )

Squad - Nick West, Mark Alderson, Will Wallwork, Shawn Lindeque (c), Gareth Lang, Matthew Nightingale, Dan Halifax, Robert Hunt, Lloyd Roberts, Rory Luscombe, Harry Garratt, Jermaine Bernard, Ben Taylor (vc) Matthew Clarke, Kai Lucas, Akeel Hussain, Luke Isham, Alex Weir

3XV vs Bournville 3XV (3pm away)

Squad - 1. Simon Pillinger (c), Elliott Price, Luke Mcmanus, Joe Finnan, Jesal Patel, Andy Blakemore, Joe Wallace, Steve Blakemore (vc), Max Lilley, Daniel Stringer, Jake Shilston, Mark Dominy, George O'Hanlon, Tom Morris, Nathan Quadri, Ben Crowton, Aaron Kelly, Elliot Bubba Boswell, Tom Smith, Anthony Davis, Jon Smart

Man of the Match - kindly sponsored by The Beech House, Solihull

4XV vs Kings Norton (3pm away)

Squad - Darrell Meekcom, Zahaib Hussain, Philip John (c), James Featherstone, Jordon Finn, Stephen Ulliott, Ash Meekcom, Declan Ebanks, Rob George, Liam Morrissy, Viking John, Carl Thomas, Jake Yarwood (vc), Kyle Gregory, Stuart Leyshon, Andy Bruton, Scott Eadie, James Hollies, Jake Bishop, Sam Garratt, Mathew Faulkner, Adam Shuttleworth, George Cooper

Sunday stuff

Micro's, Mini's & Juniors -

According the the M&J Fixtures Sheet, the arrangements are as shown below. If anyone has any specific queries regarding the Mini & Juniors, please contact your specific age group Coach.

Micro's, u6's, u12's, u14's & Junior Girls - Training
u7's to u11's inclusive - Moseley Festival (away)
u13's, u15's - Sutton Coldfield (away)
u16's - TBC

Ladies 1XV - have no game scheduled

Ladies Touch Side - are back in action this Sunday, and will be travelling to Old Coventrians

Off-Field stuff

Mini & Junior Fundraising Quiz -

The M&J's are hosting a Tour Fundraising Quiz on Friday 13th October, if you'd like to enter a Team, just contact francesburcher@hotmail.com

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Adopt a Brick -

Next Order will be placed on 1st October - you can download the form below, or, pick up a paper copy from the leaflet stand which is located next to The Ladies Toilet.

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/camphillrfc/news/adopt-a-brick-campaign-approaches-11-000-802855.html

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Club 'Stash'

For those that missed our Kit Supplier (LISMIA) in the Clubhouse, you can easily get hold of on-field and off-field kit by ordering on-line and have everything delivered direct to your door - just click on the Link below.

https://shop.lismia.com/collections/camp-hill-rfc

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October Club Social -

The second Club Social of this Season will be held from 7.30pm on 28th October following 1XV Home game vs Lutterworth - A Band is currently being booked, and as always, all Supporters, Family and friends are welcome to attend. Entrance will be £5 per head.

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WASPS takeover day is back!! -

The 3rd Takeover day is currently being arranged by Jon McDermott - but, so you're aware, the date has been set for 23rd December when our Partner Club, WASPS take on Gloucester - more details will be issued very soon, so keep an eye out!

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Tickets to WASPS - a new process has been introduced!

We have received a note from our Partner Club, WASPS, that there is now a new method of buying Match Day Tickets, and subsequently earning 15% cashback for your Club !

They have now moved away from a URL Link, and will be now using a Club specific code.

All you need to do, is enter our code at the checkout stage on the Wasps ticketing site

Our Club code is: CAMPHILL

It's really really simple, as the pic will show you!

So, before you check out of the WASPS ticketing site, remember to enter the code CAMPHILL - just doing that will raise 15% of your purchase for The Club !!