Melrose Rugby Bulletin 20/3/25
Afternoon Folks!
We had a very exciting/stressful game (stressful for the supporters anyway) against Edinburgh Accies at Raeburn Place on Saturday. It was a glorious day, but not a glorious start! The score was 14-0 to Accies after the first 5 minutes, but the boys pulled it out the hat and came away with a 38-35 win!
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This week's Offside Line man of the Match was Zen Szwagrzak. Congratulations to him!
The U16s had a win against George Watsons - 17:12, Congrats to them! They are back in action against Hawick U16s on Saturday in the East Plate Final. They kick off at 12:30PM here at the Greenyards. Continuing our double header on Saturday, the 1XV kick off against the Greens at 3:05pm. You may have heard that the Storm have won the Border Junior League, we're delighted to announce that the boys will be presented with their trophy at half time on Saturday! We'd love to see as many of you as possible at the club, this is our penultimate game of the season, so lets fill the stand!! If you can't make it down, do not fear, the match is being shown live on BBC Alba (Channel 121 on Sky in Scotland & 172 in the rest of the UK). Stick around after the match and enjoy a bit of live music from the band, Bleeker.
On Saturday 29th, we welcome Musselburgh to the Greenyards in a re-scheduled match from January. This will be our final Premiership match of the season. We're celebrating with the 'Last Lunch' of the season, it kicks off at 1pm & it's a 2 course buffet lunch & you'll also enjoy a pre-match Q&A. So come and join us and celebrate our season! Tickets can be purchased by clicking the link below:
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE LAST LUNCH
It's been a very busy morning at the club today, we've had visitors from Ayr, Suffolk, South Africa & Australia! Luckily Ian Cooper (the man with encyclopaedic knowledge of the club) was in today and has been kept very busy showing our guests around!) Our Australian guest was Julian Sanderson, Julian is the great grandson of David Sanderson who was part of the first sports committee for the 7s along with Ned Haig. David owned the Butcher shop where Ned worked & he was also part of the Melrose 7 that first year, in fact he scored the only try in the final - so the winning try!! Julian & Ian had a great chat, and both learned more about David Sanderson! Pictured below are Ian Cooper & Julian Sanderson
We mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the U18s are heading to Rosslyn Park 7s - they board the mini bus on Sunday and head South! They've done really well on their fundraising and spent Saturday summitting the Eildons multiple times to the height of Everest! The boys would like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who has donated and help them raise the funds! An amazing amount of generosity out there!!
Touring Teams
You might have noticed lots of cheering coming from the Greenyards in the last week - we've had some great touring teams visiting us lately. Last week we hosted the St. Paul Jazz Pigs for a couple of nights and the Storm played them under the lights on Tuesday. They thoroughly enjoyed their time at the club, thanks to Fiona & Ally for doing a huge player dinner on Tuesday night - it went down a storm! Then on Wednesday we hosted a 'Scottish' dinner to mark their 50th anniversary - a first try off haggis for lots of them! Michael Crawford addressed the haggis in his own inimitable style - brilliant stuff! Thanks to everyone who made the Pigs so welcome around town.
This week we've been hosting the Rapids Girls Rugby from the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, Canada. They are touring the North of England and Scotland. On Monday they had a training session with Rob Moffat & Doug Crawford which they really enjoyed, then last night they took on the Borders Girls U18's and came out on top. Our Queen Bees were delighted to form the honour guard and take on the task of ball crew! A big thank you to them! Again, our Cool Chefs were on hand to supply post match food, thanks to Ally, Fiona & Sue!
And Finally...
April 4th is a big night for the players! It's club awards night! If you fancy joining in with the celebrations please click on the link below & book your place! It's always a fun night; a fantastic way to celebrate our players & club!
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Well, I think we've bombarded you with enough today! Look forward to seeing lots of you on Saturday cheering on the boys!
Warm wishes
Hilary