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Chairman’s Welcome Welcome to Amersham and Chiltern’s online match programme. A particular welcome to the players, officials, and supporters of our visitors.

After promotion last year, our 1st XV play in the Regional 1 South East league of the RFU’s London and South-East Division. This is Level Five of the RFU pyramid and provides a standard of rugby that is very testing for a club from a relatively small town like Amersham. We are proud to compete here.

Thanks to the vagaries of RFU administration, our 2nd XV is in the South-West Division, and play in the Counties 2 Tribute Bucks, Berks and Oxon South competition. Like the 1st XV, they were promoted last year.

The Third XV play in an informal competition for Bucks third teams, usually under lights on a Friday evening. They provide competitive but social rugby for those who cannot commit to weekly league matches and training.

Like most clubs, we are always looking for new players. If you would like to join in, at any level, please contact our Director of Rugby, Pete Gibson, or get in touch through the club website. Alternatively, go old school and ask at the bar, or speak to anyone involved with one of the teams. You will be very welcome.

As well as our adult sides, we run extraordinarily successful Mini and Junior Sections, providing rugby for age groups from Under 6 to Under

18. Last year we won the County Cup at every age group. The club is absolutely buzzing on a Sunday, when training and matches take place.

If you have a child who would like to try rugby or one who already plays, please contact Ryan Westmacott (Minis) or Richard Clifford (Juniors) - or just bring your boy or girl along.

If you have five minutes before the game starts, please flick through the other pages of this programme and check out our fantastic sponsors. They are all great local companies; without their support it would be very difficult for us to continue. If you could use any of them, and mention where you saw their name, you would be doing the club and the game a real service.

Along with the rugby, we have a full calendar of social events, details of which can be seen elsewhere in this programme, on the website, or on the posters in the clubhouse. Whatever your level of interest in rugby, it’s a great club to be a member of, and we’d love to have you join us.

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Centenary 28 Sep Arnhem ‘80’ & Vets Day celebrating Jack Grayburn 06 Oct

28 Dec

pre-match buffet lunch, or just watch a repeat of Chiltern’s first ever match

A&C Mini ‘50’ Festival celebrating our 50th

12 Oct

CENTENARY DINNER special evening with food, champagne, wine, events & Wayne Barnes

01 Nov Fireworks Night stunning display & bonfire 21 Dec

Christmas Lunch pre-match festive lunch

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Christmas Party evening fun for all members

CENTENARY MATCH

24 Jan

Burns Night Supper whisky, haggis & piper

01 Feb Sponsor’s Luncheon with A&C’s compliments 02 Mar A&C Mini Dev Festival for our many future stars 07 Mar Comedy Night meal & loads of laughs 22 Mar President’s Luncheon A&C’s poshest lunch

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Mini Awards Day

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Junior Awards

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Senior Players Awards

17 May CENTENARY BALL special finale to a special season, black tie, posh frocks & champagne

Autumn 2024 02 Nov England v New Zealand 09 Nov England v Australia 16 Nov England v South Africa 24 Nov England v Japan 6 Nations 2025 01 Feb Ireland v England 08 Feb England v France 22 Feb England v Scotland

CENTENARY Tickets & Kit

09 Mar England v Italy

Tickets and kit for our CENTENARY season will sell out fast, so book and order early online or in the clubhouse to avoid disappointment.

15 Mar Wales v England

Centenary

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he centenary of our great club will be marked by many events at the club during the season 2024-25. We are an ambitious, friendly and successful community club providing an exceptional and inclusive rugby and social experience to all our members of all ages and backgrounds.

We are entirely dependent on the support of our members and many generous sponsors.

The annual cost of running a big sports club is considerable and we always need to spend large sums on clubhouse and ground maintenance.

The Centenary Fund has the target of raising £200,000 and we hope that members past and present will support this project - it will make so much difference to our club and benefit all our members. The Fund will be used exclusively to support key projects around the club, including: • Clubhouse refurbishment and upgrade • Extended patio area with multi-weather surface • Pitch and floodlight improvements • Resurface north car park • Improved gym facilities • Expanded solar panelling Please support the club by donating at JustGiving/The Centenary Fund - and please tick the Gift Aid option as the club receives an additional 25% on top of your donation.

For donations over £1000, please pay directly into the Fund’s bank, complete a Gift Aid declaration and let me know via email. Fund bank: Amersham & Chiltern RFC, sort 40-2417, account 2266 4879. Any queries, please email.

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Centenary Report What a Wonderful day We couldn’t have done it without you all As we reach the halfway point of our Centenary Season and reflect on the wonderful Centenary match held on the 28th of December, we would like to recognise the people that make the magic happen.

Special thanks to Peter Osborne for organising the day with the assistance of Jennie and to Richard Bobbett for refereeing, it wouldn’t have happened without you. Thank you to Berko for joining in the celebrations too and making it a day to remember.

up and make the magic happen and do so amazingly.

We also would like to take this opportunity once again to thank all our loyal Sponsors, Supporter’s, Coaching Staff, backstage staff and volunteers, players, families and friends without whom this club would not be the fantastic place it is.

Thank you all for a fantastic 2024…..

If you would like to contribute to the running of this club, we have a special Centenary Fund.

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My first time visiting Billing Road and the impressive Sir Humphrey Cripps Pavilion. We were joined by some proud parents (father of Max) and (mother of Harry) to name a couple.

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This is our first home game in over a month, so there’s a lot to tell you about (briefly). The Saturday before Christmas saw a long overdue victory over our nearest rivals Tring, by 33-12. The boys played exceptionally well, the highlights perhaps being debutant Josh Fisher’s two tries and Max Morphey’s magnificent charge down, chase and score. Tring outclassed us at their place, and it was so pleasing to be able to say that we were clearly the better side this time.

On the Saturday after Christmas the club celebrated its centenary with a game against the resurrected Old Berkhamstedians, our first opponents on Boxing Day 1924. The round-robin format, incorporating the returning students Wanderers side, was a real success. Coach Grinch Hoskins forbade any of the 1st XV to play and the mixed-ability club team narrowly lost both matches, but rugby (and the bar) was the winner. There was a big crowd for the day, and it was especially nice to see Josh Lewsey, and his family, back in the clubhouse.

The Hertford game set for 11 January was lost to the weather and we will now entertain them on Saturday 22 February. Since then, we have had two long trips and two defeats, 26-3 to North Walsham and 34-24 to Old Northamptonians. We were well in contention in both games for the first hour and the outcomes were disappointing. The four-try bonus point achieved last week may prove to be very useful in the final analysis.

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Razvan is a big boy yet he is sophisticated, calm and collected. Gentle yet powerful with some saying gifted with the softness of a big brown bear.

Raz has been welcomed with very wide-open arms this season after a smooth transfer from Camberley RFC (an already established Level 5 side). ‘A&C have always been dear to my heart Andy; he says with sincerity and a big smile’.

We meet within a sauna within a health facility local to the Wokingham area. Razvan enjoys this time as he gets to wear little, whilst enjoying the comfort of flip-flops. We find a table and drink carrot juice together.

Surprisingly he opens by explaining his love for ‘Taylor’ – yes! He is a Swifty and gets frustrated when she doesn’t sing on the changing room play list.

He was also there, yes! at Wembley for the Era tour with many fellow admirers who enjoyed being lifted up and sitting on his shoulders for a decent view.

TV wise he is an avid watcher of ‘The Office’, both UK and US versions.

He does find it funny rather, than informative thankfully.

He eats vegetarian food especially carbonara soaked in fake meat with a deluge of cheese – ‘any cheese will do Andy!’. ‘I’m a modern man and love Pink as a colour’ - it says a lot about a man especially big ones.

Holiday wise he likes nothing more than stripping to the minimum and flip-flopping around his home town and birth place of Suceava in Romania.

Wizz Air transports him there on the cheapy tickets. This keeps his slim as there is little food provided, and drinks are passed round in a communal flask.

Being Romanian, sadly like many others from afar, Manchester Utd is the football team he is drawn to – ‘they were the only team we knew in Romania he says’.

I share my experience of watching Ally McCoist score for Rangers in the 80s, away, against Steau Bucharest. Raz does not hesitate in pointing out he is too young to remember that!!

Now interestingly when it comes to his passion – Rugby! He is a fan of the Bristol Bears. He explains that he has also played before at Ashton Gate their home ground and share with Bristol City FC. This was a part of the Bristol Varsity match.

He played stunningly well! Spookily Romanians have a love and deep fondness for the brown bear and having witnessed a couple in the foothills of

When not sweaty either on the pitch or in the spa Raz works as a Manager for Insights. He explains how insightful he is about most things and that he has a gift to be able to simplify the complicated within an algorithm prior to drawing lots of triangles, squares and of course circles. This drives sales and makes him a decent income. Must be a Consultant!!

He would rather not disclose his age, but his moustache is coming on and he has the thighs of Hercules. He moved from Romania to the UK in 2002 and wishes very much that he settled in Scotland and aquired an accent like mine J. He is very wise!

After the next 10years he sees himself living somewhere sunny without a care in the world.

He would like to still be playing and still be able to run as fast as me. He will always be a watcher from the sidelines if not playing. A future linesman?

Transalvania I know how ‘Cheeky cheeky’ they can be. They were obviously girls, big and strong and very effective bin emptiers.

Razvan has a single wish and that is to continue to have no injuries and to feel ‘sprightly’ on Sunday mornings. I explained that wish is common for anyone aged over 50. He also wishes very much of course that A&C remain challenging within level 5.

Prior to departure from the spa we arrange to reconvene at the gym soon for a session of his favourite deadlifting weights – can’t wait! He also suggests a quick game of Pokemon trump with his set of cards. He is a keen collector and gamer.

A mighty prop and marauder Razvan you are already a seasoned Chilt and we all salute you.

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Our loyal members are very supportive and over the years we in his A&C attire, chatting on have done various fundraising schemes to improve every aspect match day IN ALL AREAS of the club. The clubhouse itself was the biggest and others have followed such as the solar panels, the new car park and of course the borehole. All of these investments make it possible to start the season.

Incidentally with our energy costs increasing dramatically we need to focus on ways to become more energy efficient. Pitch maintenance is another big expense, with an extra £20,000 spent this summer on more ground’s maintenance work and nearly £30,000 on clubhouse repairs. We continually invest and the Centenary fundraising offers a great opportunity to make more progress.

One reason for doing this is to make the club house the kind of place people will want to use for events, from private parties to corporate away days.

Of course, our sponsors and advertisers are always welcome at the club for lunch on home match days.

So, without the support of our sponsors and advertisers it would just not be possible to contemplate the level of capital expenses we face every year. We have a huge responsibility to our members and to the wider community, we get no external support even though we are one of the biggest sports clubs in the area and provide outstanding pastoral care and specialist coaching to players of all ages and their coaches too.

We recognise that in return for the fantastic support we get we need to work with our sponsors and advertisers to see how we can help them.

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