A good turnout yesterday, considering the holiday and the demands of other sports at this late stage. We ran a touch rugby mini-tournament, followed by a review of the year and the end of season awards (below). Congratulations to Nick, Matt and Jack. Thanks to James for his great speech and to all of you for the fantastic personalised hoodies presented to the coaches. After a tug-of-war tournament (victory to the Backs by 2-1) there was a touch rugby game between coaches and players, with a narrow 7-6 victory to the players.

Those of you who took team photographs - if you can forward some to me I will publish them on the team website and Facebook page.

Next date in the calendar is the paintballing day on 4th June. If you have not done so already "Send the Cheque" to Dave and make sure the consent form is filled in.

The new season will officially begin on the 4th of September, however we are going to try to arrange some special sessions before that, with an emphasis on the rule changes which affect the forwards (mainly lifting in the lineouts). We are still unsure if we will be able to run Thursday sessions, but we will be in touch.

The 11th of September will be normal training but preceded by a sponsored run for those going on tour in October. Please get your sponsorship sorted out over the summer.

We look forward to seeing you all on the 4th of September if not before.

End of year awards 2011

Player of the Year
1 Nic Shuttleworth
2 Angus Bonner
3 three-way tie Max Tomlinson, Aidan O'Brien, Matt Rogers

Also nominated - James McGratth, Archie Watkins, Sam Codling

Most Improved Player
1 Matt Shaw
2 Cameron Wilkinson
3 Diogo Carvalho

Also nominated - Archie, Angus, Jodi, Alfie, Ellis

Best Newcomer
1 Jack Gleeson
2 Conor Coleman
3 Oli Hicks