Melrose Rugby Bulletin 31/10/24
Evening All,
We’ve got a combined Bulletin & The Rose email this week! Please CLICK HERE for October’s fabulous edition of The Rose!
Hope everyone is doing well this week! Feels like a busy one at the Greenyards! We had some great results at the weekend, so congratulations to all the teams involved! Here are this week’s results:
Marr v Melrose 1VX – CLICK HERE to read Iain’s match report
12 - 22
Melrose Storm v Kelso Sharks
19 – 19
Carlisle Colts v Wasps U18 (26th Oct)
12- 40
Jed Thistle v Wasps U18 (30th Oct)
38 - 26
Gala U15 v Melrose/EHS U15
L – W
Gala U14 v Melrose/EHS U14
L – W
Melrose/EHS U13 v Warwick College (30th Oct)
1 game each! & thanks to Ally Leach for producing the best meal they’d had all tour, her sponge pudding went down a treat!
Big CONGRATULATIONS go to 1XV Captain - Angus ‘Goose’ Runciman who was named as Marr v Melrose Man of the Match by the Offside Line on Saturday, a great way to celebrate his centenary match! Along with Zen Szwagrzak, Angus was also named in The Offside Line’s Dream Team of the Week! CLICK HERE to read all about it!
Angus Runciman, Man of the Match against Marr & chosen for The Offside Line’s ‘Dream Team of the Week’
Zen Szwagrzak - part of the Offside Line’s ‘Dream Team of the Week’!
This week’s Rugby
The 1XV have the weekend off after 3 out of 4 weeks of travelling to the West! Next game for them is Nov 9th against Edinburgh Accies
The Storm head to Gala to take on the Reivers, kick off is Saturday at 3pm.
The Greenyards will see action from the U15 Wasps on Saturday morning at 10am as they take on Edinburgh Quinns. Then the U18’s take to the pitch against West of Scotland at 2pm - I’m sure they’d welcome your support – it’s their 3rd game in a week, and the first at home!
The U16’s head North East on Sunday to take on Dundee – they kick off at 2pm – the weather is looking pretty good in Dundee on Sunday – so could make a pleasant day out!!
Youth News
The U14s got an emphatic win away to Gala last Saturday, leaving them currently unbeaten in both the Borders Conference and in friendlies. Recent victories have included Independent Schools Loretto and Worksop College. The boys have a big couple of weeks coming up with Peebles HS (H) on 9th Nov and Edinburgh Academy (A) on 16th Nov. We would love as much support for our fixture against a strong Peebles HS team, so look out for details soon and get along if you can!!
Saturday 9th November : Ex-Players & Supporters Day
Our next home game is on the 9th November when we take on Edinburgh Accies – the lunch is now sold out but there will be plenty of fun after the match! We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1XV touring British Columbia. So, there will be a 🍁Canadian🍁 theme to the day! Post-game it’s ‘Melrose Stampede’ time, not quite Calgary but you get the idea – it’s Rodeo day in the main hall - entry is free!
The country music will be in full swing and we’ve got Bill the Bucking Bull coming along, so grab your cowboy hats & plaid shirts and get down to the Greenyards - there might even be a prize for the person that stays on the longest! We're on the lookout for someone to sponsor Bill the Bucking Bull - so if you'd like to help out, please get in touch with Doug: generalmanager@melroserugby.org 🐮🤠
Seeing as it’ll be a month since our last home game, it’s definitely not an event you want to miss!
The fun continues on Friday 15th November with Curry & Quiz night at the Club – it’s £15 per person (including curry & quiz entry) and there is a maximum of 6 people per team. Tickets are available on the website by CLICKING HERE.
Saturday 16th see’s us welcome Peebles to the Greenyards in our Border League fixture. We’ll have live music from The Shambles (featuring player Sam Derrick) after the game!
The Offside Line Podcast – with our very own Co-Head Coach, the one & only Scott Wight!
The Offside Line Podcast | The Wight Stuff 😉
Listen to episode 13 of @the_offside_line podcast to hear from 1st XV Co-Head Coach Scott Wight on all things Melrose Rugby this season!
Some Hornets Dates for the Diary below:
Sat 2nd Nov - P7 🐝 @ Scotland v Fiji KO 5.40pm (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). Hornets tuck shop to be open. See Teamo for more information.
Sun 10th Nov - NO TRAINING - Remembrance Sunday. Due to many of our Children being involved with Remembrance day activities.
Training on Tour / Come and "Try It" Session has been postponed to a later date (tbc).
Sat 16th Nov - Hornets 🐝 Takeover Melrose 1st XV v Peebles (ELC4/P1/P2)
Sun 17th Nov - Training @ Kelso for P3, P5, P6 & P7. Please see Teamo for more information.
ELC4/P1 & P4 training @ the Greenyards. Please see Teamo for more details.
Sun 24th Nov - Training with Gala (details TBC). See Teamo for more details in due course. Hornets cafe to be open (SCOTLAND v AUSTRALIA 1.40PM)
Friday Night Melrose Touch Rugby Gang
7pm this Friday (1st Nov) @ the Greenyards
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!!
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.
Sad news…Ken Macaulay
All at Melrose Rugby were shocked & incredibly sad to hear the news about Ken Macaulay on Sunday. Ken had just completed a massive fundraising journey, cycling over a thousand miles to all the clubs he’d played at. He came through the Greenyards on Saturday before ending his trip at Netherdale. Sadly, Ken passed away on Sunday morning. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Ken’s family & friends.
Ken Macaulay & some of his team at the Greenyards on 26th October
Thanks to Alison Robertson for the photo.
Until next time –
Warm wishes
Hilary