SCOTTISH RUGBY VISIT – 5 JUNE 2019
For out next Tartan Touch session, we will be joined by various staff from BT Murrayfield and I hope that we will have a big turnout from Club members and friends Chris Pacey the National Tartan Touch lead will be there to help lead the session on the pitch.

We will also have Gordon Lyon the Coach Development Officer who will be happy to take groups round the Trim Trail. This will give us the opportunity to have a ‘soft opening’ of the trail and a great opportunity for those who don’t want to play Tartan Touch to get involved and use the trail. Maybe you could set an early time on the leader board!?

There will be other Scottish Rugby staff talking to us about the club and our development too.

Please sign up and pay in advance – Tartan Touch is a good fundraiser for the Club with the majority of the payments coming back to us from Scottish Rugby.

Remember what came out of the box at the Micros & Minis Festival last year? Yes, the Calcutta Cup, and it will be coming again next week – Wednesday, 5 June. Another opportunity for some pictures with the Cup in between all the other excitements of the evening.

As we did last year, there will be a collection for the Murrayfield Injured Players Foundation – please give generously for each picture that you take of the Cup. MIPF is an important funding backstop for injured players which we have accessed in the past for 1st XV players.

AGM – 4 JUNE 2019
AGM will be held on Tuesday, 4 June in the marquee at Woodend. The papers for the meeting will be issued separately by Chris. Among other things, I will talk about our latest clubhouse plans and the Club Development Planning workshops we have been holding with the SRU.

We will be paperless at the meeting, so please bring your own copies of the AGM papers with you, preferably electronically to save the trees.

Would you like to join the Executive Committee (Exco)? Please advise our Secretary Chris.

We are always looking for more volunteers to get involved in the running of the Club. There are other many other roles that are not Exco posts. Please help and get involved.

One of the awards we announce at the AGM is the Clubman/woman of the year. This is done by public vote – who has your vote this year? Please send your nominations to Fiona at membership@deeside-rfc.co.uk We are looking to acknowledge the efforts of someone who does a lot for the benefit of us all in the running of the Club from front line coaching to background admin and many things in between.

RIVER DEE RADIO
Listen to the River Dee Radio article on Deeside Rugby – Paul Wilson their sports reporter came and interviewed several of us during the recent Minis/Micros tournament.

CAPTAIN VS PRESIDENT GAME
We plan the annual Captain vs President game on Saturday 8 June – looking to have a ko at 12.30 (this is earlier than I said last week – sorry to keep changing it!!) to provide some time for a social beer after the game. Look out your boots and come and join the fun – it really shouldn’t be too serious…………..

We are having a lot of success on the 7s circuit – with wins for the 1st XV at Banff, the U18s at Mackie and other victories from other junior teams at various events.

Finlay Hall, one of our 1st XV players is running a Banchory 10k race for Mental Health Aberdeen in a couple of weeks. Please copy this URL to your browser and follow the link if you would like to support his cause: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/finlay-hall

WORLD CUP WARM-UP GAMES
Scotland v France
Saturday 24 August
Kick-off TBC

Scotland v Georgia
Friday 6 September
Kick-off TBC

Want tickets for the warm-up games prior to the World Cup? Please use the link on the home page of the DRFC website to get your tickets from Scottish Rugby. If you use this link, the Club gets commission on all sales.

CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY FUND
The Co-op have selected us for their Local Community Fund. Co-op Members can choose which causes to support by signing into your membership account or by calling the membership helpline on 0800 023 4708. Deeside Rugby Football Club will be available for members to select until November 2019. Please register and support our cause.

Visit the Co-op membership website https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/29371. Please share the link with all your contacts and encourage them to support Deeside Rugby.

We have now received our first pay-out from the fund, so the more you use the Co-op the more the Club earns………..

EASY FUNDRAISING
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Ian Finlayson, President, DEESIDE RFC
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