As is usual games start at 10am so try to get there for 9.15/9.30 latest. Parking, the usual challenge. Details below. Best of luck if you're playing for the club's honour. Esher's info follows:

Parking
With regards to parking we will operate a first come first served basis for the main club car park, thereafter the easiest place to park is the Hersham Station Car Park, situated no more than 4-5 minutes’ walk from the ground. You can see the Car Park located in Walton Park, Hersham, Surrey as per this link
Please could you all, as you would ask visitors to your own clubs, be considerate should you end up parking on any of the surrounding residential roads.

We would ask you kindly to NOT park on the Molesey Road, even though there are no enforceable restrictions, as this can cause significant congestion which in the worst case could delay an ambulance getting to our ground.

Refreshments & Food
There will be food and drink available to purchase from stands outside the clubhouse as well as from the fully licensed club bar for parents, coaches and non-playing visitors.

Start / Finish Times
In hoping to run a “delay free” festival, the first game will be kicking off at 10.00 am. Fingers crossed, we will be finished by 2.00 pm.

Results & Awards
Winner’s trophies will be awarded to the team finishing first at each age level once all games have been completed, this may well be after a “play off” which will be between the top teams in each mini group or the top 2 teams in one group depending on the amount of teams entered in each age group. If there is no outright winner it will be decided on points difference, followed by tries scored and finally if teams still cannot be separated the winner will be decided by a toss of a coin.

Some great stories of our boys' and girls' hard work from the festivals. Check out the reports here:

U8 report from the Cobham C Festival 3 November 2013
U10 report from the Esher B Festival 20 October 2013
U11 report from the Esher B Festival 20 October 2013
U8 report from the Esher B Festival 20 October 2013
U10 report from the Cobham B Festival 6 October 2013
U11 report from the KCS A Festival 6 October 2013
U10 report from the KCS A Festival 6 October 2013
U11 report from the Cobham A Festival 29 September 2013
U8 report from the Cobham B Festival 6 October 2013
U11 report from the Cobham B Festival 6 October 2013
U8 report from the King's A Festival 6 October 2013
U11 report from the Wimbledon B Festival 29 September 2013
U8 report from the Wimbledon B Festival 29 September 2013
U8 report from the Cobham A Festival 29 September 2013
U10 report from the Cobham A and Wimbledon B Festivals 29 September 2013

If you're going to KCS here are the directions: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/kcsoldboysrfc/a/finding-us-26664.html. It's the usual, get there about 9-ish; register no later than 9.30: ref briefing at 9.40 affair. Parking a nightmare I'm sure. Car sharing is recommended.

As is usual for this kind of festival, it is expected that we provide qualified referees (one referee per team), a first aid officer and linesmen (for each team, from Under 8s upwards, although they are happy for this to be a team coach). There will be a referees meeting at 9.40 am at the relevant age group control point – please make sure we have a representative at that briefing.

Please ask the teams not to place tents or gazebos on the pitches. Talking of pitches, you can download the pitch map for the festival here

Best of luck if you're representing the club. Please supply any festival reports to comms@wmrfc.co.uk and they'll go up as soon as possible.

All you need to know about Cobham RFC's festival is here: http://www.cobhamrfc.com/mini-rugby/mini-festivals-2013/mini-b-festival-.... More info here too: https://www.facebook.com/cobhamminifestivals

As with last week, please look out for specific information from your age group managers (eg requested arrival times, refs, helpers etc). If you can car share do; parking at festivals is usually a "challenge".

Best of luck if you're representing the club

Over 2,000 people descended on Barham Road for the Wimbledon RFC Minis B Festival on Sunday (29 September) with 850+ kids from 10 clubs enjoying a tremendous day of rugby. We'll be updating the results here as we get them (please send any to comms@wmrfc.co.uk). This was the first tournament, for the younger groups anyway, to play to the New Rules of Play, and the general consensus was that the changes have helped the kids get the most from their efforts. The results in so far are as follows...
U7 - of the four leagues (the four a-side format means lots of teams, pitches and games!) Wimbledon RFC registered two seconds and a third
U8 - Cup final - Rosslyn Park beat Teddington; Plate final Wimbledon RFC (yay!) beat Old Reigatians
U9 - Cup final - Won by Rosslyn Park; Plate final Won by Wimbledon RFC (yay)
U10 - Cup final - Cobham beat Wimbledon RFC (just); Plate final to come
U11 Cup final - Rosslyn Park beat Wimbledon RFC; Plate final to come
U12 - Cup final - Cobham beat Wimbledon RFC; Plate final KCS beat Effingham and Leatherhead

Big thanks from the exec to Mike Cook and Ken Millett for running the festival so brilliantly and Steve Vaughan and the U11 parents for a great job with the car parking.

We're very much looking forward to hosting the first B festival of the season this Sunday (29 September). All visiting clubs should have received their information packs - if not please contact Mike Cook on 07850 203986 or email mike.cooky@gmail.com. The clubs sending teams this year are: Camberley, Cobham, Effingham and Leatherhead, Esher, KCS, Old Reigatians, Rosslyn Park, Teddington, and Wimbledon Warriors - welcome all. If you or your kids are playing on Sunday, all teams need to be registered by 9.30 at the very latest, so we'd recommend aiming to be at the ground for about 9am. Especially as...

It will come as no surprise that, with so many people coming to the festival, parking is going to be a challenge! So we've put together a document showing our recommendations of where best to park. We'd really recommend reading it before you arrive. It's here and shows the roads that need to be kept clear. The key issues relate to emergency vehicles and ensuring access for our neighbours to and from their properties.

Any questions about the festival? Please contact Mike (as above) or Paul Craig, Minis Chair on 07771 850526.

Here's hoping for a brilliant day of rugby

All you need to know about Cobham RFC's festival is here: http://www.cobhamrfc.com/mini-rugby/mini-festivals-2013/Cobham%20RFC%20A.... More info here too: https://www.facebook.com/cobhamminifestivals

Please look out for specific information from your age group managers (eg requested arrival times, refs, helpers etc). If you can car share do; parking at festivals is usually a "challenge".

Best of luck if you're representing the club

One of the challenges the club faces is accommodating our parents' and visitors' cars, especially when it's wet or when we're hosting other clubs. The roads around the club, particularly Barham, Hood and Preston, tend to take the greatest strain. We would like to remind all parents and visitors that these are private roads and strongly request that you do not park on these roads. Blocking or restricting access to our neighbours' properties is not acceptable and brings the club, and the sport of rugby, into disrepute. We are working with the residents' committee to uphold the core value of respect that our game insists upon. Please help the club maintain the mutually beneficial relationship between ourselves and our local community.

For our B Festival we produce a programme that is distributed to all that attend (it's on 29th September). With apologies for getting a bit sales-y: for anyone running a business operating in the Wimbledon/Kingston/North Surrey area this is a cracking opportunity to target a couple of thousand "wealthy south-west London-based adults with kids" in the warmest of environments by advertising in the programme. The costs are very reasonable (from £110). Please help if you can. As with any club, we need the money (!) so this is a way of contributing whilst getting a lot back in terms of exposure and opportunity. Ken Millett ref@wmrfc.co.uk is your man if you're interested.

As part of the RFUs plans for improving player and spectator behaviour it has put together a document (see attached below) - This is Rugby . It simply states what rugby is, and most importantly, what it isn't. Please take a moment to study it, especially in light of the renewed focus on discipline this season - http://wmrfc.co.uk/rfucorevalues. Let's help everyone enjoy our sport to the full. Also, the club's disciplinary policy has been published. This is relevant for all. It's available here