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December 2002
Club Members Simon Banks, Dave Hockaday, Andrew
Hoggins, Mike Wheatley, Darren Clarbull & Paul McGill took part
in the above programme on BBC 1 on Monday 23rd December. Around
8 million viewers watched the BBC's Test The Nation according to ratings
figures.7.9m tuned in for the first part of the survey, which began at
8.30pm, with 7.7m returning for the second part after the 10pm news bulletin.
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Verwood
beat Bournemouth 8-7 on Saturday 21st December. Verwood took the lead 10
minutes into the second half when Phil Emery slotted a penalty. Bournemouth's
full back, Jamie McHue, scored a try 15 minutes later and centre Craig
Dean added the conversion. Verwood left it to the final play of the game
when Emery went over from short range. See
Match
Report
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Results from Hampshire Division 3:
Kingsclere 51 - 19 Chineham
Paxton Pumas 6 - 6 Stoneham Park Other
Result
Results from Hampshire Division 2:
Fordingbridge 3 - 12 Isle Of Wight
Lytchett Minster 12 - 5 Fleet
Portcastrians 6 - 31 Ellingham &
Ringwood
Ventnor 5 - 10 Alresford
November 2002
Stoneham Park
Verwood lost to Stoneham Park 16-5 in yet another game that slipped
from Verwood's grasp. A bemused
Neil Westerman listens intently to Emery's post match analysis
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Fordingbridge II
Verwood fielded their Second XV's for this game in what proved to be
an entertaining encounter. A record breaking appearance for the Verwood
front row!
In what is believed to be a Guinness Book record, Verwood fielded a
front row with a combined age of 167 in the trio of Ken Banks, Robin Peirce
and Roy Hammond! A remarkable achievement for them. Fordingbridge won 20-14.
See
Match Report. See Fordingbridge
RFC
Oakmeadians
Verwood played away
to Oakmeadians II on Saturday 16th November and won 14-7. See
Match
Report See Oakmeadians RFC
Junior Section
The Club's Junior Section of the Web Site has been revamped. See Junior
Section
Portcastrians
The Club's game against Portcastrians was cancelled on Saturday 9th
November.
Brockenhurst
Verwood beat Brockenhurst
at home 17-0 on 2nd November. This was the Club's first home game of the
season after playing 8 consecutive games away! See Match
Report Other Results on 2nd November:
Hampshire 3
Overton 12 - 11 Kingsclere
Paxton Pumas 16 - 12 Chineham
See League Table
Hampshire 2
IOW 37 Ellingham & Ringwood 0
Junior Section
A reminder that there will be no session held on Sunday 3rd November
(half-term break).
October 2002
Chineham
Verwood returned to League action on 26th October losing 19-0 to Chineham.
See Match Report
See Chineham RFC
Training
A reminder that Thursday night training now commences at 7.30pm
Pitch Update
All things being equal, Verwood will play their first home game at
Potterne on Saturday 2nd November. It is hoped to erect the Club's new
rugby posts on the 3rd November.
Awards for All Grant
The Club's Junior Section has been given an enormous boost by the award
to the Club of a grant of £4,700. Dave Hockaday, the Club's Rugby
community Officer, co-ordinated the application. "Sports England have recognised
that we are serious about our initiatives and this will help us deliver
our School coaching plans and fund equipment purchase for our Junior Section".
See the Junior Section of this Web Site - Junior
Section
Salisbury Stones
As Potterne Park is still out of action (hopefully until only the end
of the month), Verwood faced Salisbury Stones away on 19th October. Salisbury
are of course one of the premier Clubs in Wiltshire.
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Potterne Park Pumping Station
Enhancement - Use of Rugby Pitch
The latest news is that Wessex Water claim to be on target to complete
the project at the end of October.
There may be Health & Safety issues preventing us from making use
of the pitch by shortening it because of the close proximity of the undertaking.
The Club is still pursuing issues of compensation, particularly in
relation to having to play all its matches awat from home, and the necessary
replacement of the posts.
These new posts have now been ordered. Let's hope we will have a pitch
to make use of them!
Powergen Junior Vase
Verwood were drawn away to Fawley on Saturday 21st September in the
first round of this National Cup competition aimed at Junior Clubs.
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Swanage & Wareham
Verwood lost away to Swanage and Wareham III on Saturday 14th September.Verwood
regretted resting a number of regulars for this game as Swanage &
Wareham showed their Club’s considerable strength in depth. On a sunny
September afternoon, Swanage fielded 10 fresh faced youngsters all about
to embark on the magical mystery tour of University life next weekend.
With the sun on their backs and a spring in their step, it was perhaps
not surprising that they were able to run in a total of 7 tries during
the course of this fast and furious encounter.
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Debutantes
Congratulations to Liam Hacker and James Turner who played their first
games for Verwood on Saturday and both scored tries on their debuts.
Liam Hacker
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James Turner
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The Rugby Pitch
The major drainage works being carried out by Wessex Water's drainage
contractors are apparently behind schedule. This will impact on the use
of the Club's pitch. It is now proposed to shorten the pitch so that the
first home matches can be played in October. This will necessitate the
Club replacing its posts.
Level 1 Coaching Course
Tim Wynn, Dave Hockaday, Natalie Clark, Andrew Hoggins & Neil Scarisbrick
attended a Level 1 coaching course hosted by Weymouth RFC on September
1st and 8th.
August 2002
Pre-season Training
This has been going extremely well. On Thursday 29th August 12 players
changed and active by 7.15pm. This increased to 16 by 7.30 and ultimately
rose to 20 - excellent for this point in the season. To make the
best use of the light the sessions now begin at 7pm.
16 players took the bleep test (the whole thing took 12 minutes).
Dave Hockaday will collate the results. The intention isto run the bleep
test once a month.
Tag Rugby Course
Dave Hockaday, Andy Hoggins and Natalie Clark attended an Introduction
to Tag Rugby Course run at Dorchester Rugby Club by Dan Brown (Dorset RDO)
on 18th August. This is all part of the Club's programme to develop a junior
section in October this year.
Ellingham Show
The Club are pleased to be associated with the Ellingham & Ringwood
Agricultural Show and helped with setting up at the Showground.
The Show took place place at Somerley Park on Saturday 10th August.
Despite a full day of rain the night before, the weather stayed fine and
the crowds flocked in. For full details see: www.ellinghamshow.co.uk
Law Changes 2002/3
These are now available. See Law Changes
Autumn Internationals
Details are now available concerning ticket applications for the Autumn
Internationals See Tickets
Summer Academy
The morning of Sunday 28th July saw the final week of the Summer Academy
which finished with a round robin tournament of Tag Rugby. There was even
the opportunity for the mums and Dads to have a go - all who took part
thoroughly enjoyed it! Our particular thanks go to Dany Johnson for all
his help and assistance on the coaching side. Unfortunately, he is unable
to attend the last session., but he says:
"Sorry I'm not available on 28 Jul 02, due to the fact there is a coach's society day which has been re-arranged from June for also tomorrow. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on a well organised and structured academy over the last six weekends, its the way forward so keep up the excellent work. I would like to thank the players and members of Verwood Rugby Club for the hospitality & welcome they gave to me, if you could please pass that on. If there is anything I can assist with in the future please do not hesitate to get in touch.
GOOD LUCK FOR THE COMING SEASON!
Regards Dany Johnson"
Club Communication
In a recent Dorset Poll, the Club has been highly commended for its
means of communication with members and players. Notwithstanding this,
the Club is updating its records. If you are not on the Club's e-mail list,
please supply your e-mail details asap. To e-mail the webmaster click on
e-mail the Club
Wot no in Goal Area?
The Club has decided on its tactics for the forthcoming season. As
a special dispensation from the RFU, the Club has been allowed to play
one way this season due to Wessex Water undertaking major drainage works
at Potterne Park. How many points is this worth? Is this a record for the
shortest ever in-goal area?
The work will hopefully be complete by the end of September. However, all the Club's Matches will be away in September to accommodate these works.
Bob Burr appears in Touchline
Magazine
Bob Burr is featured in the current edition of the RFU's magazine Touchline.
See the on line version at the RFU's Web Site. See
Touchline
Fitness Training
Our thanks to Robbie Burr for running his excellent fitness sessions
at Potterne on Friday 12th & 19th July. Training now reverts to its
normal Thursday night slot at 7.30pm. The first Thursday session will involve
a series of fitness tests including the dreaded "bleep test".
Robbie Burr
Good on ya mate! Robbie was a fitness coach to the Australian Rugby
League side Brisbane Broncos. The Club have been very fortunate in being
able to make use of his expertise. See Brisbane
Broncos
Lawrence McCarthy
As many of you know, Lawrence has not been on the scene for a little
while due to personal problems. He has asked for his letter to the Club
to be published on the Web Site. See Lawrence's
letter
We all look forward to seeing you back in the fold Lawrence.
Powergen Junior Vase
This is a National Cup competition for Junior Clubs culminating in
the Final at Twickenham. Verwood has drawn Fawley away in the first round
on 21st September. For the low down on Fawley see their Web Site at
Fawley RFC See Powergen
Cup Draw
2002/3 Fixtures
These have now been fixed. Our thanks to Neil Scarisbrick for all his
hard work. See Fixtures
Summer Academy
Week 3 (Sunday 7th July) proved to be very successful with 30 youngsters
participating despite the lack of sunshine. See Pictures
Pre-Season Training
Bob Burr has managed to enlist the services of his nephew, Robbie Burr,
a professional Fitness trainer who hasworked with the Brisbane Broncos,
a Super 12 Club. He will take us through the first two
pre-season sessions on Friday 12th July and Friday 19th
July @ 7.30pm. Following this, (back to
Thursdays) at the session on 25th July there will be fitness tests.
The purpose is to gauge each
individual’s fitness so that a benchmark can be obtained to measure
improved fitness over the
months ahead. These simple tests will be repeated probably at 4 weekly
intervals.
The first coaching sessions will commence on 15th August. The Club's
coaching team have decided to map the season ahead so that everyone can
see what the purpose is of each session is and can prepare accordingly.
If any playing member has not had a copy of this document please contact
any member of the committee.
Touch Rugby
The Club's Touch Rugby Tournament ended on Thursday 4th July. Congratulations
to the Barbarians who won all their six matches and lifted the Hookway
Cup. Congratulations to Natalie who was considered to be the best Lady
Player, with David Hoggins picking up the honours for the best Junior.
Our thanks to The Fayrewood, Albion and Swans for their support which has
been greatly appreciated. Finally, a big thank you to "Paddy" and Mike
Cockram for their refereeing prowess which was tested to the full on a
number of occasions!
See Table and Results & Pictures
See Policeman Sin binned
Summer Academy
Mark Ramsey doing his bit for youth development. Continuing throughout
July on Sunday mornings. If you want to help or are aged 8-12 years old
and want to take part, please contact us.
Nick Carlyon Memorial Shield
Our thanks to Danny Johnson
for generously donating to the Club a Shield to record the winners of the
end of season Past v Present matches
Old News
See our Club News from:
January to July 2002
August to December 2001
January to July 2001
For Club News from 2000 click on Archive
Training
Verwood RUFC hold a training session once a week during the season.
and pre-season training has now started. However near or far flung you
may be, new players are always welcome. Training is on Thursday evenings
at Potterne Park Verwood, starting at 7.30pm.
Fixtures
The 2002/2003 fixtures in full appear on the
Fixtures
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