Welcome  to  Tor  RFC  Minis  and  Juniors  Second  Newsletter.    Christmas  is  rapidly  approaching  and  amongst  other  important  milestones,  this  means  we  are  halfway  through  the  season.    We  have  much  to  celebrate  and  much  to  look  forward  to!  Please  let  us  know  what  you  think,  about  how  the  improvements  we  have  made  in  the  running  of  the  club  this  season  have  gone,  the  club  belongs  to  all  of  us,  but  without  your  feedback  and  support,  we  can’t  maintain  our  drive  to  continuously  improve.  

Tor RFC Minis & Juniors Dec 2016

It’s been a bit of a challenging couple of weeks with the weather causing some problems for the pitch drainage system, but with Andrew’s hard work, these have now been fixed –thanks for your patience!

Unfortunately we did have to postpone the inter schools match for the local YR7s (U12s) but we still managed to get some new faces over from Huish to take part in the home matches against Taunton, hopefully we will see them again at North Petherton. It’s a primary aim of the club and the RFU this year, to focus on developing the U12s, keeping them together, boosting squad numbers and arranging fixtures and events for this group. As we look to develop our over 13’s and above, they will be spearheading our youth section for many seasons to come, we want to commit to keeping these guys playing rugby together all the way to Colts squads. So come on Yr7’s don’t be shy get involved get your non-playing mates to give it a try, or those that play at school but not for a club and feel a bit unsure, bring them down, get a free T-shirt (and food!) Have a run around, have a laugh see how you get on!

Youth  Section  Development    

Fusce mollis tempus felis.

Contents:  

Welcome  to  Tors  second  newsletter  

Youth  Section  Development  

Exeter  Chiefs  

Christmas!  

Volunteering.  

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Glastonbury  Fun  Run  

Who’s  who?  

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As  you  will  no  doubt  be  aware,  Christmas  is  almost  upon  us,  the  kids  Christmas  Party  is  on  Sunday  the  18th  December.    

The  club  will  hold  two  parties,  the  first  for  the  u5’s  –  u8’s  from  11:00  until  12:45  and  the  second  for  the  u9’s  –  u12’s  

from  13:15  until  15:00.    Format  as  in  previous  years,  we  have  provided  a  list  of  party  

food  and  ask  all  parents  to  pick  something  from  the  list  so  that  the  kids  have  plenty  

to  eat.    The  party  is  free  for  players  with  a  nominal  fee  of  £1  for  any  sibling  wanting  

to  come  along  and  join  in  the  fun.    There  will  be  a  small  present  from  Santa  and  a  

disco  and  games  from  our  resident  DJ  Adrian.    Trish  will  be  at  North  Petherton  this  

Sunday  with  tickets  so  please  track  her  down  and  get  your  name  on  Santa’s  list!

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Glastonbury  Fun  Run    Last  year  we  entered  as  

many  kids  as  possible  in  the  Glastonbury  Fun  Run,  

both  as  a  way  to  raise  much  needed  funds,  but  also  

to  raise  the  profile  of  the  club  and  hand  out  the  odd  

flyer.    Those  that  took  part  really  enjoyed  it  and  it  

would  be  great  to  go  one  step  further  this  year  and  

enter  even  more  kids  AND  PARENTS,  into  one  of  

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the  various  distances.    The  run  is  

scheduled  for  the  30th  April,  so  if  you  

need  to  blow  the  dust  off  your  

trainers  before  the  event,  now  is  as  

good  a  time  as  any!  

Kids  Christmas  Party!  

Volunteering  

The  club  has  been  very  fortunate  to  have  a  core  group  of  volunteers  who  man  the  kitchen  each  week,  raising  vital  funds  

to  pay  for  new  equipment,  coaching  courses,  the  Christmas  party  and  the  trip  to  Exeter  Chiefs.  

Thank  you  to  all  those  who  helped  out  over  Glastonbury  Carnival,  it  felt  like  we  made  thousands  of  pizzas  on  Saturday  

night,  Dominos  eat  you  heart  out!  

Without  the  volunteers  the  club  simply  

cannot  exist,  those  thank  you  to  those  who  

continue  to  give  their  time  for  our  kids  but  

please  if  you  want  to  get  involved  in  any  way,  

want  to  help  coach,  bake  cakes,  organize  

fixtures  or  help  in  any  other  way,  speak  to  

one  of  the  coaches  or  current  volunteers.  

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Exeter  Chiefs  

Exeter Chiefs have confirmed we have places on the next Super Saturday event they are holding- now confirmed as the 28th Jan 2017 vs Wasps in the Anglo Welsh cup –Tor will be providing transport to and from Exeter- there will also be a bit of a bash back at the club on our return from the day out

Please please let us know ASAP via torminirugby@gmail.com if you would like to take part, we will need a £10 deposit per head –the total cost per head is £30, plus £5 if you wish to use the coach. Please see Trish to put your name down and pay deposit urgently.

We can also arrange the bus to pick up from various points along the route –let us know!

Full details of the day are as follows:

9.00 to 9.30 - Arrive at Sandy Park and wait on the piazza area behind the main Grand Stand where you will be met by Marc Dibble or Andrew Dudley who will guide you into the ground, following on from last year, once you have entered the ground there will be no readmittance, therefore if you leave the stadium you will not be allowed back in. 9.30 to 10.00 - Go to changing rooms and drop off bags and get ready for coaching session. Please have all players taking part changed before arrival as it does save a lot of time. 10.00 to 12.00 - Coaching session for all players participating in the Super Saturday on the rubber crumbed pitch at the north end of the stadium. This session will be coached by Exeter Chiefs players and Community Chiefs staff. During this session each age group will be given a behind the scenes tour of the players training area and changing rooms set up for match day. All parents who attend are welcome to join this tour. 12.00 to 12.15 - There will be a short presentation and group photo at the end of the training session. Childen will also receive their Community Chiefs Goodie Bag at this point. There will then be a break following this, which is an opportunity to get lunch, visit the Trading Post Kiosk and enjoy the prematch entertainment. 14.45 to 15.00 – All of your participating club players with their club playing jerseys on are to meet by the South end corner to form the 2 lines to cheer the players onto the pitch for the match. After this they will head back to their seats in the Super Saturday area in the Southwest Communications Stand to watch the 1st half of the match in allocated seats in the Super Saturday area.

15.35 to 15.40 - All Super Saturday participants to assemble by the southend corner gate on to the pitch, to do a halftime pitch parade with the Coaches. After the pitch parade all will head back to their seats to watch the 2nd half of the match in their allocated seating area.

16.30 onwards- When the game is finished you will have the chance to come down by the players tunnel to collect autographs as the players come off the pitch after their warm down.

NOTE - The Exeter Chiefs Trading Post Club Shop will be open all afternoon for all purchases which includes Exeter Chiefs replica kit through to bags and autograph books and loads of other products for sale. The vouchers in the players taking part goodie bags can be used in the club shop also.

The coaching session will last for the 2 hours as stated above. There will be no parking available at the club for this session or during the game. You may drop off the players by the stadium and then go and park in various parking areasaround the stadium, more information on traveling to Sandy Park can be found here- http://exeterchiefs.co.uk/match/visiting-sandy-park/ From there you can walk across the Baker Bridge to the stadium from these locations.

All children will be in the care of staff and coaches from 10.00 until 12.00, from there they are expected to be collected by a parent or guardian from this session for the rest of the afternoon.

Please make sure each player has the appropriate training kit and wet weather kit for the coaching session along with protective equipment like mouthguards for the contact training by players.

Food and drink is not provided but is available to buy from all food and drink outlets after the session from around the main ground.

As you can see it will be a great day out for all

Committee  Who’s  who.  

Andrew  Pearce       M&J  Club  Chairman  ,  coach  training  co-­‐ordinator  

Dave  Partlow       Minis  Vice  Chair,  Safeguarding  Officer,  Fixtures  secretary  and  First  Aid  lead  

Josh  Flagg       Minis  Vice  Chair  

Stuart  Clowes       Player  Registrations  

Charlotte  Shakespeare     Club  Accounts  

Trish  Partlow       Club  Merchandise  

John  Sturgess       Honorary  President  

Coaches  

U5’s  &  U6’s   Stuart  Clowes,  Christian  Willis,  Clare  Bolton,  Emma  Keen,  Cerianne  Cummings,    

Justin  Harmsworth  

U7’s       Jim  Londal,  James  Neal,  Ed  Lazenby  

U8’s       Ian  Armstrong  Andrew  Tomsett  

U9’s       Jon  Jenssen,  Dave  Partlow  

U10’s       John  Sturgess  Adrian  Jones,  Pete  Ross  

U11’s       Andrew  Pearce,  David  Lloyd  

U12’s       Jon  Rapley,  Josh  Flagg