Following a similar pattern to last year there is a sit down meal 6:45 for 7:15 the menu is Anti Pasti platters
Chicken in champagne with seasonal vegetables
Tiramisu

The price for the meal is £30 and can be booked using the link below

https://leamington-rugby-union-football-club.sumupstore.com/product/club-dinner-and-awards-evening-ticket

At the end of this week I will be placing the second and possibly final order for the centenary retro jerseys.
They have been very popular and if you are keen to join the trend you can place your order using the link below

https://leamington-rugby-union-football-club.sumupstore.com/product/premium-retro-rugby-shirt-preorder-delivery-late-

The Leagues for next season have been published. We remain in Midlands Counties 1 West – South and the line-up is as below. The first game is on 12 September (a week after the club ball) and the fixtures will be published shortly

1. Alcester
2. Barkers Butts
3. Berkswell & Balsall
4. Bromyard
5. Camp Hill
6. Earlsdon
7. Evesham
8. Leamington
9. Ledbury
10. Manor Park
11. Old Leamingtonians
12. Stratford

The Royals Rugby League side are underway and their fixtures are repeated below -

23 May - Staffordshire Quantums (A)
06 Jun - North Midlands Knights (H)
13 Jun - NE Worcestershire Ravens (A)
20 Jun - Staffordshire Quantums (H)
04 Jul - N Midlands Knights (A)
11 Jul - Nottingham Outlaws (A)
18 Jul – Peterborough (H)
25 Jul - NE Worcestershire Ravens (H)

Reminders -

• Tony Grimes’s funeral event will be held on Sunday 7 June at 3.00 at the family farm in Long Itchington. This will be a celebration of his life and all are welcome

• We still need 5 volunteer Marshals for the Two Castle Run on Sunday 14 June, from about 7.30 am to 11.00 am. For everyone we provide we get £50. If you can help, please contact Lucy Ramsbottom on +44 7904 105584 or lucy@ramsbottom-events.co.uk. She will need your name and phone number

• The Centenary Golf Tournament on Wednesday 24 June, organised by Pete Forrest at Leamington Whitnash – numbers are looking good. Entry fee is £65 including bacon bap on arrival and dinner afterwards. Contact email peteaforrest@hotmail.com

• The club AGM will be held on Wednesday 29 July. Please put this in your diary and if you are interested in coming forward to help with the running of the club, please let me know. Papers will be sent out in due course

The Nations Championship is the new biennial rugby tournament created by Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR. It will feature all 10 of the associated unions - England, Italy, Ireland, France, Scotland and Wales plus Argentina, Australia, New Zealand South Africa and two invitational sides - Japan and Fiji. The tournament will take place every two years outside of the Rugby World Cup and Lions’ tours enhancing the existing July and November international windows
The Six Nations teams will form a Europe Group and the SANZAR teams, plus the two invitational sides will form a Rest of The World group.
This July, the Europe Group teams will travel south to play three fixtures. In November, the Rest of the World teams will travel north to take on the Six Nations teams. Over the course of the two legs, a team will play each team from their opposing group. Points are earned that will inform table standings which will then dictate opponents for the Finals Weekend fixtures.
England have three games at Twickenham in November - Australia (8 November) Japan (14 November) and New Zealand (21 November). We are able to apply for tickets for the NZ and Oz games in accordance with our normal allocation. These have been purchased and are now available to members. Tickets for the Japan game are available to the club without a quota and can still be applied for.
Following the group games there will be a Finals Weekend played over three days (27, 28, 29 November) with two games on each ticket. The club is able to apply for finals weekend tickets, but we don’t have an allocation and don’t know who will be playing in any game or what the demand will be, so we haven’t applied at this stage
If you are interested in the Australia or New Zealand games please apply on the attached form in the normal way
If you are interested in the Japan game or any of the finals weekend games please contact me direct to discuss your requirements

Johnlizlyons@btopenworld.com