Melrose Rugby Bulletin 24/10/24

Evening All,

Hope everyone is having a good week! There’s been a fair amount of rugby played this week – it started on Friday night with the Storm heading to Biggar – it was certainly worth it as they got the win! Biggar 7 – 15 Melrose. Very well done to them!

Saturday saw the 1XV head West to Ayr. The injured players went along to support the team and Ayr’s pre-match lunch – it’s become a bit of a tradition this season & much appreciated by the guys on the pitch as well as our hosts! There was a wee story about it in the Offside Line’s Monday bulletin:  Click Here – It was a pretty glorious day on Saturday, but unfortunately the result didn’t go our way. We headed home with a 45-9 loss. To read Iain’s match report & view a gallery of photos from Andy Mclean: CLICK HERE

The U18 took on Peebles last night at Annay Road, they were up at half time, but at the end of 80 minutes, Peebles had overtaken them – it was as close as it could be with the final score being Melrose Wasps 42 – 44 Peebles.

This week’s matches

The Storm takes on Kelso Sharks at home on Friday night – KO 7.30pm. The bar will be open, so come on down and the support the boys, they’ve had a pretty good start to the season & support is always welcome!

The 1XV are back on the bus to the West again, this time they are off to play Marr in Troon – KO 3PM

The U18 Wasps, go international this weekend – they are heading South of the Border to Carlisle – KO at 3pm

The U16 Wasps are a bit closer to home – they’re away to Gala Red Triangle on Saturday.

Heritage Club Tie

We’re all beginning to think about Christmas…and we have a little offering that will hopefully interest some of you – Club Director Hugh Pollock has sourced what we’re describing as The Heritage Tie and you can order this on the website CLICK HERE TO ORDER TIE . We do have to reach a minimum order and we’ve got quite a tight order schedule if we want to receive the ties by Christmas – they cost £20 and are very smart! Please place your orders ASAP, We plan to close the book on November 11th to meet the delivery.

Please see below for an example of a well-worn Heritage tie! Yours will look brand new!

Melrose Rugby, Heritage Club Tie

Ex-Player & Supporters Day

We’re really excited about the 9th November – some of us have definitely picked the wrong weekend for a trip away!! There is lots of fun planned for after the match against Edinburgh Accies, with a lunch and some reminiscing about the 1984 Melrose Rugby Club tour to Vancouver. We’ll also have some chat about the 2022 tour of Ontario/Quebec from current players. There’s a great lunch planned, there’s entertainment and food available later on too. The whole thing will have a Canadian theme – hopefully a wee taste of home for our two Canadian’s Evan & Andrew! CLICK HERE TO BOOK FOR LUNCH (book now to avoid disappointment) 

Friday Night Melrose Touch Rugby Gang

For anyone looking for a wee runaround each week, the Melrose Touch Rugby Gang play non-contact tartan touch every Friday night 7pm either on the 3g at the Greenyards or at Annay Road under the lights. No experience necessary. Family friendly / open to all. You just need a pair of football / rugby boots. Come down and "give it a try". You'll love it!!

News from the Youth Section…

Some Hornets Dates for the Diary below:

Sun 27th Oct - Hornets 🐝 Training elc4 - p7 (Greenyards and surrounding grass pitches). See Teamo for times. Hornets cafe to be open.

Sun 27th Oct - Queen Bees Evolution Series (Greenyards - 11am start). 

Sat 2nd Nov - P7 🐝 @ Scotland v Fiji (Murrayfield)

Sun 3rd Nov - Training (Greenyards and surrounding grass pitches). Hornets cafe to be open.

Sat 9th Nov - 👻Guard of Horror 👻 Hornets 🐝 Takeover Melrose 1st XV v Edinburgh Accies (All Hornets elc4-p7)

Sun 10th Nov - Training on Tour / Come and "Try It" Session (venue TBC). No training at the Greenyards due to Armistice Day and the proximity of the war memorial. (SCOTLAND v SOUTH AFRICA 4.10PM)

Sat 16th Nov - Hornets 🐝 Takeover Melrose 1st XV v Peebles (ELC4/P1/P2)

Sun 17th Nov - Joint training @ Kelso (details TBC)

Sun 24th Nov - Training (Greenyards and surrounding grass pitches). See Teamo for more details. Hornets cafe to be open (SCOTLAND v AUSTRALIA 1.40PM)

Think that's everything for now!

🏉Warm wishes🏉

Hilary