Club Mirror October 2017

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club mirror AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY

OCTOBER 2017

AWARDS, EVENTS AND CALLS TO ACTION

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15 Join us at Rugby Tonight Fancy joining the live filming of Rugby Tonight at BT Sports’ London studios? Here’s how

24 Club event – date for the diary The Club Awards and Gala Dinner is a celebration not to be missed. Here’s why.

26 Free club raceday Fancy a flutter? Guests at the 2017 Club Awards can join us for a free day’s racing.

NEWS, VIEWS, CLUB LIFE AND LEGISLATION 06 News News, views and latest legislation.

10 What’s new?

Latest launches and new brews to consider stocking at the bar.

12 Club Mirror – 50 years young Club Mirror prepares to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2018.

18 At the heart of the community

HQ BUILDING THE BUSINESS

ASK THE EXPERTS

A whirlwind tour of just some of the UK’s outstanding clubs at the heart of their communities.

28 Racing Club

55 Risk assessments

40 Industry interview

Discounted race day tickets for clubs and members?

What are they and why are they important? Club Insure explains.

CMAE’s new Director of Education on the importance and value of training.

32 HQ Building the Business

56 Honing in on Halloween

From wine sales advice to time management.

Top tips on creating a spectacular fright night.

34 HQ Building the Business – Better Buying

59 Bonfire night

Want to cut club spending while increasing efficiencies? Read on.

Top advice on running a safe Bonfire Night.

50 A word with Brian O’Driscoll The sporting legend shares his thoughts on rugby and life in general.

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60 Web advice 37 HQ Building the Business – Legal Eagle The countdown to Christmas is well underway. Are you prepared?

Are people leaving your website as quickly as they’ve logged on? Check out the top 10 reasons why.

38 HQ Building the Business – Supplier News

62 It’s classified!

Dransfields acquires Lottery King.

Showcasing club-supporting suppliers.

42 Sporting fixtures

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What’s coming to the club screens next month?

Sports4Bars.com on the latest and greatest fixtures.

44 Premier League The ultimate guide – match fixtures, listed by club.

46 Aviva Premiership Rugby The ones to watch - all the forthcoming fixtures.

47 Did you hear the one about...?

Time to inject some fun into the football season.

Prepare to be amused!

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Contributors

Happy birthday!

This month we have lots of reasons to celebrate – the season of sporting spectaculars continues to inspire sports-mad members and Halloween (and Bonfire Night) will be firing up the imagination of others. More good news, and our friends at BT Sport are keen to welcome yet more readers to the Rugby Tonight studios for a recording of their popular magazine programme (see page 15 ). And as if that’s not enough, we’re adding our upcoming 50th Birthday amongst the many reasons to be cheerful. Join in Club Mirror’s celebrations in 2018 (see pages 18-19).

Since the magazine was first launched in 1968, the industry has changed dramatically. But one thing’s for sure; throughout the decades clubs have continued to assert their independence. Each one is unique and each has a specific offering for their specific membership as this year’s Awards entries have proved yet again.

To get a flavour of what just some of the finalists have been up to in their communities turn to pages 18-20.

This individuality is only possible because as a sector, and by their nature, clubs remain untouched by takeovers and reverse takeovers, mergers and buyouts. As such, we continue to stand out against a homogenisation witnessed in other areas of the hospitality industry.

Perhaps most importantly clubs continue to serve a unique function in the UK. They are at the heart of the community and encourage a sense of belonging which has a real impact on society.

This is one thing that hasn’t changed. So here’s to the next 50 years. Cheers!

Caroline Scoular Editor, Club Mirror

Mike Braidwood

Chris Colverd

Sean Ferris

Karen Foreman

David Foster

Larry Hardcastle

Jonathan Hardy

David Lucas

Leigh Ann Ogilvie

Justin O’Regan

Victoria Romero-Trigo

Jill Slingsby

Editor Caroline Scoular Design David Foster Editorial Chris Colverd Events Jill Slingsby, Karen Foreman Display Advertising Margaret Doherty Sales and Marketing Manager Leigh-Ann Ogilvie Circulation Jon Hardy Accounts Andrew Soles Publishing Director Sean Ferris

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CLUB NEWS

Calls to minimise alcohol harms over festival period As clubs and bars gear up for the festive season, alcohol education charity Drinkaware is urging operators to take steps to minimise the risk of alcohol related harms in their venues.

Drinkaware chief executive Elaine Hindal said: “Alcohol is part of the festive celebrations for many people and most will enjoy a drink or two responsibly, without causing any harm to themselves or others.

“However, the sheer number of customers visiting pubs, clubs and bars at this busy time of year inevitably means a raised likelihood of alcohol harms. Responsible operators will want to create an environment that both helps customers to moderate their alcohol consumption, and supports those customers who might become vulnerable as a result of drinking too much.

Drinkaware is offering help which includes downloadable posters and an e-learning course for staff.”

Drinkaware tips for reducing festive alcohol harms

• Stock a good selection of soft drinks for customers who choose not to drink alcohol. If customers have a choice of soft drinks, they are more likely to substitute them for an alcoholic drink once or twice during the evening, which will help to limit their overall alcohol consumption.

• Include no or low alcohol options on your drinks list. Drinks that are low in alcohol don’t have to be low on taste and many brewers have focused on the lower alcohol sector lately, producing flavourful beers with lower ABVs. • Review your wine offer. Choosing house wines that sit at the lower end of the ABV scale will help many customers to reduce their alcohol intake. Similarly, offer wine in a 125ml serve and make customers aware this size is available.

• Serve food for the same hours as you

serve drink, or as close as possible. Food slows the absorption of alcohol, so customers are less likely to become vulnerable as a result of drinking too much, too quickly.

• Make it very clear that you will not serve alcohol to customers who are drunk, or who are attempting to buy for a drunken friend, both of which are against the law.

Drinkaware and the British Beer & Pub Association have produced two posters to help communicate this to customers - ‘Can’t

Get Served’ and ‘Mate’s in a State’, which can both be downloaded from the Drinkaware website – www.drinkaware.co.uk Earlier this year, Drinkaware launched an Alcohol Vulnerability Awareness e-learning course to give customer-facing staff the skills and knowledge to identify alcohol-related vulnerability and support customers at risk from harm. The course costs £20 per team member.

To find out more details email elearning@drinkaware.co.uk

Marston’s launches Beertown film festival Dransfield CIU Racenight Marston’s Brewery has announced the launch of the first film festival in Burton Upon Trent in Staffordshire backed by Burton’s own homegrown talent, Hollywood special effects producer, Rich Yeomans and film maker and awardwinning screen writer, Deborah Haywood.

Working in partnership on the film festival with Burton and South Derbyshire College, Marston’s Brewery are celebrating their 180-year association with Burton Upon Trent by creating an annual event that will draw interest in the town and celebrate its own local talent and craftsmanship.

Locally born film makers Rich Yeomans and Deborah Haywood will act as patrons and judges for the festival with other judges for each of the categories being drawn from a range of film makers, animators, photographers and experts in

their judging categories.

The Beertown Film Festival will call for entries from UK film makers of 16 years of age over across four different film categories from now until 31st March 2018. The categories are: • Best fiction short • Best documentary short • Best advertising or promotional film • Best animated The judges will award a fifth prize for

the best film made by ‘home-grown’ talent from across all of the categories whereby the entrant must be from an area within a 20mile radius of Burton Upon Trent, taking in local surrounding towns such as Derby, Ashbourne, Stafford, Tamworth and Ashby.

Jo Wyke, Marketing Manager from Marston’s said: “We hope that film makers respond to our competition from all corners of the UK, whether they are already in film making or are enthusiastic amateurs looking for some recognition. A home-grown talented film maker has the chance to win up to £2,500 in prize money – as well as the recognition for their skills.”

• www.marstons.co.uk

Bidfood calls for Christmas nominations Bidfood has called for customers to nominate individuals who are working on Christmas Day or Boxing Day this year (and/or worked last year) that go the extra mile to make the festive period special for members. Six winners will receive Christmas dinner with 6 CLUB MIRROR

all the trimmings from Bidfood in January plus a Virgin Experience Day voucher.

Bidfood’s Andy Kemp said: “Bookings for Christmas Day dinner have gone up 241% since 2011 alone which highlights the importance of recognising and rewarding our

diverse and skilled workforce, and ensuring that working in our industry is an attractive career path for younger generations.”

Entries are open from 16 October to midnight 10 November. Visit www.bidfood.co.uk/bidfood-christmas-gift/

Union General Secretary Kenneth D Green CMD (far left), Trevor Roberts (Dransfields; 2nd from left) and Andy Hill (Dransfields; 3rd from left) present a winners trophy.

Hundreds of CIU members enjoyed the Dransfields CIU Greyhound Racenight on September 19, at Owlerton Stadium in Sheffield. The 14 races included the CIU Race and CIU Chase.

Among officials in attendance were Union President George Dawson CMD, General Secretary Kenneth D Green CMD and NEC member and West Midlands Branch President Geoff Whewell. Also present was former MP and Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe, who is now the Parliamentary Adviser to the Union.

Club Awards Gala Dinner

NEWS IN BRIEF Endangered kiwi gains support from Old Mout

Book now and get a FREE day’s racing The Club Awards 2017 have now closed for entries.

Now in their 26th year, finalists, guests and sponsors will be welcomed at Doncaster Racecourse on 30 November 2017 for a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony where the ultimate winners will be announced.

The Gala Dinner is open to the entire club community – entrants of not – and all attendees will receive a free day of racing on December 1 at Doncaster.

“As always we’ve been amazed by the quality of entrants. Judging is ongoing and proving extremely tough as well as rewarding,” said Head of Judges and Club Mirror Editor Caroline Scoular. “Clubs continue to spearhead growth and are adept at pulling together communities across the country.

We salute them all.”

• Turn to pages 24-26 for more details on the events and on how to book.

CAMRA Club of the Year Award regional finalists announced Club Mirror continues to work with CAMRA to find the finest real ale clubs in the country. The following 16 clubs have made it through as Regional Winners and we will be announcing which four clubs are going through to the next round at the 2017 Club Awards in Doncaster on 30 November.

• Albatross Club (RAFA) • Appleton Thorn Village Hall • Burbage & District Constitutional Club • Cheltenham Motor Club • Dartford Working Men’s Club • Flixton Conservative Club • Haltwhistle Comrades Club • Kinver Constitutional Club

• Marlow RBL • Orpington Liberal Club • Poole Ex-Servicemen’s Club • Ravenswood Club • Real Ale Farm • Silverdale Golf Club • South Benfleet Social Club • Wortley Men’s Club

Carling In Off the Bar returns Join us at Rugby Tonight Carling In Off The Bar has returned to platforms across Sky, with 20 episodes across the football season. Fronted by Max Rushden, who has presented on talkSPORT, and BBC Radio 5 Live, the content deal was brokered by Sky Media and allows fans to tune into each show live and on catch up via Sky Sports’ Facebook and YouTube channels.

All for charity

Club Mirror and Club Rugby are working with BT Sport to gather together a number of club audiences for popular magazine show Rugby Tonight. Interested?

Just email info@clubmirror.com with your club name and contact details.

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The Wooden Spoon The Wooden Spoon supports disadvantaged and disabled children, all inspired by rugby roots – Passion, Integrity, Teamwork and Fun. Wooden Spoon is the children’s charity of rugby. From sensory rooms, specialist playgrounds and sports activity areas to respite, medical and community care, it funds around 70 projects each year that support disadvantaged and disabled children. Since being founded in 1983 it has distributed in excess of £24 million, helping over 1 million young people.

When England hit the bottom of the

tournament table during the 1983 Five Nations Rugby Championship, five England supporters sought solace in a Dublin bar after witnessing a 25-15 defeat to Ireland at Landsdowne Road.

There, they were presented – in good humour

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– with a wooden spoon, wrapped in an Irish scarf and served on a silver platter. On that night, nowpresident Peter Scott resolved to hold a golf match to see who would have the honour of keeping the tongue-incheek gift.

A few months later, the round at Farnham Golf Club in Surrey raised more than £8,500, with the money used to provide a new minibus for a local special needs school. And so Wooden Spoon was born.

Contact details

Wooden Spoon115-117 Fleet Road, FleetHampshire GU51 3PD t. +44 (0) 1252 773 720 e. charity@woodenspoon.org.uk

TV conservation champions Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan have teamed up with Old Mout Cider for a new online TV show designed to help save New Zealand’s endangered national bird, the kiwi.

The Kiwi Wild Show is part of a campaign which sees the cider donating a third of profits from special bottles and packs of Old Mout to New Zealand charity, ‘Kiwis for kiwi.’

• www.heineken.co.uk Caorunn Gin picks up gold award Premium Scottish gin Caorunn has won a gold award for ‘Scottish Gin Destination Of The Year’ at the first Scottish Gin Awards. The Balmenach Distillery lies in the heart of Speyside’s rolling hills where visitors can learn about the Scottish botanicals used including dandelion, heather, bog myrtle and rowan berry which all grow in the surrounding countryside.

Sky Sports promotional packs Over 5000 Sky Sports pubs and clubs have ordered free point-of-sale materials through MySkySports.com, Sky’s dedicated customer portal, including free banners, beer mats, table talkers, window stickers and posters. The packs reflect the new Sky Sports branding and programming line-up which now offers 10 channels.

Bartenders challenged to design Fernet-Branca coin Italian herbal spirit Fernet-Branca is inviting bartenders to submit designs for the UK's 2018 FernetBranca Challenge Coin.

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AT THE BAR

So what’s new?

Latest launches and new brews to consider stocking at the bar.

YULE FUEL CHRISTMAS ALE West Berkshire Brewery’s Christmas ale, Yule Fuel, is a rich, dark beer ‘perfect for warming the cockles on a cold, frosty evening’. Brewed with all English hops, it is a full-bodied deep red ale balancing wild berry hop flavours with juicy raisin and caramel sweetness, with a hint of liquorice and a warm malt finish. A cheery Christmas pump clip is designed for stand out on the bar. Yule Fuel is available in cask (4.3% ABV) and bottles (5% ABV).

• www.wbbrew.com • t. 01635 202968 BROCKMANS GIN GOES GLOBAL English super-premium gin Brockmans has announced that it is now selling in over 30 countries.

The brand has achieved rapid growth since its UK national launch in 2013 and total revenue increased to £5.4m, up 245% in 2016.

“Brockmans dares to be different: our distinctive black glass bottle belies the very distinctive taste of this gin with its berry and citrus notes,” says coFounder and Marketing Director Bob Fowkes.

“London dry gins don’t appeal across the world; gratifyingly, our brand seems to. People who don’t enjoy an overwhelming taste of juniper find Brockmans Gin more accessible.”

The gin sector as a whole tipped the £1billion barrier in the UK for the first time last year.

MOLSON COORS’ NEW PRAVHA CAMPAIGN Molson Coors has launched a campaign which aims to drive footfall into venues by running a sampling evening of Pravha. Pravha ‘Influencers’ will visit on-trade outlets offering bar staff an innovative augmented reality training session, educating and inspiring staff about Pravha, its story and heritage.

To generate further engagement, consumers will be encouraged to play #PraguePrices, where they have a chance to win a pint of Pravha for just 70p – the price of a pint in Prague. Molson Coors will pay the difference so that operators receive the full cost of every pint. It is hoped this engagement will increase

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awareness of Pravha and encourage repeat custom.

• www.molsoncoors.com • t. 0845 6000 888 Option 5.

SHARP’S BREWERY LAUNCHES THE HOPSTER GIN Sharp’s Brewery has announced that The Hopster gin will be made permanently available in the on -trade, following a successful limited release last year. The Hopster is a described as a contemporary take on the classic London Dry style, combining a complex blend of gin and a unique fusion of three distinctive types of hops – Crystal, Cascade and Pilot.

The gin, a collaboration between Sharp’s and Southwestern Distillery, is 42.0% ABV and is available in 70cl bottles.

• www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk • t. 01208 862121 JOHNNIE WALKER SERVES UP NEW FLAVOURS Scotch Whisky brand Johnnie Walker has launched three new whiskies – Blenders’ Batch Wine Cask Blend, Blenders’ Batch Rum Cask Finish and Blenders’ Batch Espresso Roast. The whiskies have been created out of over 100 ongoing Scotch experiments by the brand’s team of 12 expert blenders, influenced by flavour cultures from around the world.

Aimée Gibson, who led the development of Johnnie Walker Blenders’ Batch Wine Cask Blend, said: “With these new whiskies we wanted to make blends that can be enjoyed by all tastes, and especially by those people who might previously have thought that whisky isn’t for them.”

• www.johnniewalker.com/en NEW WORLD IPA FROM SHARP’S BREWERY Sharp’s Brewery is adding a New World IPA to its portfolio with the launch of Hellweathers, a new golden IPA (5.2% ABV). Brewed with Pale Malt and New World Hops to give notes of citrus and tropical fruit, Hellweathers has a fresh aroma and a bold, moreish taste. It is brewed to ‘awaken the senses’ like the notorious Hellweathers Rock, which the beer is named

after, part of the Western Rocks off the Isles of Scilly and exposed to the full force of the Atlantic Ocean.

• www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk GLUTEN-FREE VARIANT FOR SAN MIGUEL San Miguel Gluten Free has been launched in the UK in single 330ml bottles to cater for both coeliac sufferers and health conscious consumers.

Emulating the same taste as San Miguel Especial, the new 5.4% ABV variant offers a full bodied taste with fruit and bread aromas. It won an award for Product of the Year 2016 in Spain.

• www.carlsberguk.co.uk TULLAMORE D.E.W. UNLOCKS THE ‘BEAUTY OF BLEND’ To celebrate the launch of ‘The Beauty of Blend’, triple blend Irish whiskey Tullamore D.E.W. has partnered with family history and DNA experts MyHeritage DNA to create a limited edition branded DNA kit which will allow people all over the world to uncover their own unique blend. Joint research indicated that 99.7% of people have a blend of multiple ethnicities, with only 0.3% of individuals sampled being of only one ethnic background.

The partnership is part of a new global advertising campaign which celebrates the unique spirit of the blend of pot still, malt and grain whiskies, crafted to bring people together, highlighting the blending of cultures and ideas throughout history.

• www.tullamoredew.com FUNKIN INNOVATION LAB Fruit purée brand, Funkin, has launched a new bartender programme, Funkin Innovation Lab, designed to examine current and future cocktail trends, providing bartenders with an exclusive, hands-on experience. The first Lab focussed on non-alcoholic cocktails, including balance, sipability, flavour, garnish, sales opportunities and perception of these alcohol-free drinks.

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Happy birthday First appearing in June 1968, Club Mirror has published its way through decades of world history and next year will reach the milestone of 50 years young. We are planning a year long series of activities from a House of Commons party to new Awards, from club party nights to sportsmans lunches and from roadshows to a national PR campaign for clubs. Watch this space!

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Rugby Tonight, BT Sport’s popular weekly rugby magazine show, is set to play host to rugby-mad readers from Club Mirror and sister magazine Club Rugby with presenter Sarra Elgen and former England players Austin Healey and Ben Kay welcoming the club guests.

This follows on from the hugely successful screening earlier this year when the two titles took over the studios courtesy of Club Awards sponsor BT Sport.

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Finalists to the fore The 2017 Club Awards take place on 30 November celebrating clubs of all types and sizes around the country. Here are seven clubs already through as finalists.

Bitterne Conservative Club, Bitterne Finalist – Charity Club of the Year With nearly 1,100 members to please this 104 year old club puts on live music, quizzes, bingo, has a lending library, four snooker teams and two whist teams. Charity fundraising, however, is the reason they entered this year’s Club Awards, hoping to win the coveted Charity Club of the Year Award.

Datchet Water Sailing Club, Datchet Finalist – Green Club of the Year

Barnard Castle WMC, Barnard Castle Finalist – Refurbishment Club of the Year “We’re really proud of what the club continues to achieve,” says Terry McKie, Chairman. “We’ve had the upstairs Function Room completely transformed. We've ripped out the main bar and put in a new one plus we have brand-new furniture throughout – tables and chairs – to give it a new look.

“We’ve had a lift installed to ensure that disabled members have full access to the club's facilities. We spent over £150,000 on the whole project but we are looking at it as a necessary investment in the club which will stand us in good stead for the future. It's already had a galvanising effect on membership as we've had new people hearing about the improvements and consequently wanting to join.

“We have also put in a big screen for showing live sport, a new stage, black-out blinds and a brand-new kitchen area.

“We received some great publicity in the local press after our Grand Opening over the summer and that has really boosted the profile of the club and created a bit of a buzz about the place.”

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“We raised an enormous amount of money for charities last year – over £13,000 – the largest amount ever,” says the club’s Jim Gould. “Around £5,500 went to McMillan Nurses and £6,000 went to a children’s Hospice. We also used £1300 for a public access defibrillator for the community which is on the wall.

“For Macmillan Nurses we held a big coffee morning and invited all the members and local community – there were stalls, people donated prizes, and a cake was auctioned off. We raised the rest of the money through the ladies’ craft club who made and sold items, raising £3,000. The Ladies line dancing club raised £700 and an inhouse lottery competition raised £1,800. Everyone gave 20p for a copy of the monthly club magazine, loose change in charity bottles and members of our club lending library put in money for borrowing books.”

Datchet Water Sailing Club is proud to be a member of the ‘Sustainable Clubhouse’ initiative.

Gabrielle Boase CMD, General Manager at Datchet Water Sailing Club says: “We are fundamentally a green sport and we operate a green clubhouse at Datchet Water. Spreading the word about environmental impact and sustainability with our younger sailors and newcomers to the sport is helping to keep our waters clean and safe. Engaging with them also creates a long-lasting impact for the club by helping to ensure even more people make sailing part of their future.”

The club has installed a heating system which uses the reservoir as a heat source and a water source heat pump (instead of oil or gas boilers) has reduced the club’s carbon footprint by a factor of over 3.4.

The project falls under the Renewable Heat Incentive which means that the club is paid for the heat generation for the next 20 years. It also means that after repayments from OFGEN the club now receives more money than it spends on heating, while the excess electricity produced by the solar PV panels is used to power the heat pumps.

The club has installed several eco-friendly measures such as double glazing and new energy-efficient radiators, solar panels for renewable energy, new boilers, roof insulation and a cooling system for the conference room. The insulated roof will help lower the building’s carbon footprint with an annual reduction of 21,000 kg of carbon dioxide emissions.

This is also the first club in the country to run a RYA educational initiative which aims to educate young children about the impact that sailing has on the environment – the Marine CSI Challenge – as part of the ‘Push the Boat Out’ scheme.

The club works closely with Green Blue which is a joint environment initiative created by the British Marine Federation and Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to encourage a more sustainable recreational boating sector.

Roehampton Club, London Finalist – Sports Club of the Year

St James’s Hotel and Club, London Finalist – Catering Club of the Year

Roehampton has a golf course, 30 tennis courts, squash courts, a gym, swimming pool and four croquet lawns.

A £3.5m development has seen the outdoor heated swimming pool replaced to become more familyfriendly and open for 11 months of the year rather than six, and the gym and health club is being redeveloped, going from one to three studios and increasing in size to 150 square metres.

“It’s very challenging keeping the club open during the building work,” says General Manager and CMAE President Marc Newey CCM CMD. “We’ve built a temporary gym in the piazza and a temporary studio in the gardens.”

Families are attracted to the club’s tuition programme, says Newey: “When people join the club, they don’t just want to participate in a sport, they want to get better at it so we offer this extensive tuition programme for adults and kids. Our biggest sports are by far tennis and golf, although we offer squash and croquet.”

In April the club opened 10 grass tennis courts and the club is proud that Wimbledon tennis stars use the club to practise on. It has 30 different courts with a variety of surfaces. The club has 18 tennis pros, eight golf pros and a golf course plus swimming pros. The club is also an international venue for croquet.

St James’s main restaurant (30 covers) has retained its Michelin star and 4 AA rosettes since 2009 and last year Food & Beverage revenues went up by 11%.

But the club, founded in1857, is not about to rest on its laurels.

Food & Beverage Manager Antonio Vigorito has introduced afternoon tea with a difference, partnering with renowned toy store Hamley’s to supply board games for members and their children to provide what he describes as an uplifting experience. He

has also introduced a unique water menu with a variety of different waters from the UK, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Scotland.

There’s also a new coffee menu which includes exotic varieties such as Jamaican Blue Mountain and Kopi Luwak from Thailand, often referred to as the world’s most expensive coffee deriving its name from the Indonesian civic cat.

As well as the main restaurant, described as French-style cuisine using British produce wherever possible, the club boasts a bistro, a bar and lounge menu.

The club also won an award from Spirit Business for its cocktails.

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West Kirby Social Club, Wirral Finalist – Traditional Club of the Year

Facebook and Twitter to flag up what’s happening at the club – from live acts, cabaret and open mic nights to club classics such as bingo, darts and snooker.

“We’re now competing with all the local pubs and bars who offer free live music so we’ve introduced live music every Friday,” says Jan O’Neill, Secretary.

“This has attracted more members and in particular younger members.

“We’ve also linked up with, and become part of, West Kirby Live – where a number of bands tour different outlets – and this has brought in new people who hadn’t been before who then became members.”

The club has both Sky Sports and BT Sport, snooker, pool and darts and uses the website,

Boyce Hill Golf & Country Club, Benfleet Finalist – Golf Club of the Year

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“The club is currently in a great position with more members bringing more guests, drinking more drinks and eating more food,” says Manager Alexander Woodward.

The club has succeeded in attracting new ladies to the club with its new academy pathway to membership, and continues to bring in new ones at entry

level with Family Open Days, Woman’s Golf Days and a thriving junior academy which is up to nearly 70 children.

Boyce Hill GC is involved with six local schools taking the game out to them and actively working with the Golf Foundation to help promote the game locally.

“An extension to the clubhouse is being built, we are refurbishing the restaurant, bar and lounge and have made considerable investment in the golf course following the wish list of members, identified via a members survey,” says Alexander. “At the moment we enjoy over a 98% approval rating amongst the membership and the club is a wonderful place to be.”

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Callingallclubs Join us in Doncaster Club Mirror invites you to join fellow clubs and club-supporting sponsors at the 2017 Club Awards and Gala Dinner. Plus: continue the celebrations on December 1 with a day at the races – on us.

Date: 30 November, 2017 Venue: Doncaster Racecourse Whether it’s meeting sponsoring suppliers, comparing notes with other clubs or trying out a new beer for the bar, the Club Mirror team invites you to join them for an action packed Evening on November 30, followed by a day’s racing on December 1.

5 - 6pm MINI BEER FESTIVAL It’s cask to the fore as we invite you to sample some splendid real ales.

6 - 7pm DRINKS RECEPTION Join us at the pre-Awards drinks reception courtesy of Marston’s and Heineken UK. Photo opportunities to date courtesy of BT Sport have included the FA Cup, the Challenge Cup and the Premier League Trophy.

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celebrity hosts to join the Club Awards Hall of Fame.

10pm - 12 midnight ENTERTAINMENT ZONE The evening continues after the Awards with festive entertain-

Turn to page 26 and complete the Booking Form to secure your places.

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CLUB AWARDS 2017

JOIN US FOR THE CLUB EVENT OF THE YEAR The Club Awards, now in their 26th year, are well known for providing the perfect informative – and fun – way to network with suppliers and fellow clubs.

Come and join us for a night of celebration and fun. Open to all clubs, this is the must-attend event of the year. (Finalists in the Awards receive two complimentary tickets.)

Complete the form below, or email us on caroline@clubmirror.com

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• Three-course gala dinner

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Club Mirror readers and their members can take advantage of discounted raceday tickets with our new Racing Club. To enjoy a our specially negotiated rates simply select your dates and send in the booking form.

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rom flat racing to jumps, racedays are a great day out for members. Now you can make them even more enjoyable thanks to our specially negotiated club-only prices.

HOW TO BOOK 1. Choose your raceday as listed on these pages.

2. Write a cheque for the correct amount made out to the racecourse.

3. Send the booking form and cheque made payable to the relevant racecourse to: Club Mirror Racing Club, ACP, 59/60 Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TX. 4. Deadline – please send the booking form and cheque at least four weeks in advance of the raceday.

Tickets will be sent out once the cheques have been processed by the racecourse.

DONCASTER RACECOURSE – FREE TICKETS Attendees at the 2017 Club Awards and Gala Dinner on 30 November, being held at Doncaster Racecourse, will receive complimentary tickets to the following day’s racing. See page 26 for the booking form.

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• Sat, 11 November: Betfred November Handicap – £9.50 • Fri, 1 December: Winter Afternoon Racing – FREE to Club Awards attendees • Sat, 2 December: Winter Afternoon Racing – £9.50 • Fri, 15 December: Winter Afternoon Racing – £7.25 • Sat, 16 December: Winter Afternoon Racing – £9.50 • Fri, 29 December: New Year’s Raceday – £9.50

THIRSK Thirsk Racecourse stages 14 race meetings from April to September, making the most of the Flat racing season in scenic Yorkshire. It plays host to a recognised classic trial as well as the Thirsk Hunt Cup a valuable handicap held around the end of April that is one of the best cavalry charges of the season.

• Fri, 21 September – £10.00 • Sat, 9 September – £10.00

Did you know?

Doncaster is one of the oldest established centres for horse racing in Britain, with records of regular race meetings going back to the 16th century. In 1600 the corporation tried to put an end to the races because of the number of ruffians they attracted, but by 1614 it acknowledged failure and instead marked out a racecourse.

HAYDOCK PARK Situated equidistant between Liverpool and Manchester, Haydock Park is one of the finest viewing courses in Britain. Racing under both codes is of a very high standard and is well regarded by trainers looking to educate their younger horses.

• Sat, 25 November: Betfair Chase – £12.50 • Wed 6 December: 1750 Day – £9.50 • Sat, 23 December: Tommy Whittle Chase – £11.50 • Sat, 30 December: The Last Fling – £11 • Sat, 20 February 2018: Jump Racing – £11 Did you know?

In 1948 a 12 year-old boy rode his first winner at Haydock Park. That same jockey rode his final winner here too, 46 years later. His name? Lester Piggott.

WETHERBY Last year 2,500 club people attended Wetherby Races at an event run and organised by the Club & Institute Union (CIU). The Union has its own race alongside Club Awards sponsors Dransfields – the Dransfields CIU Charity Raceday Handicap Hurdle.

• Sat, 18 November: CIU Annual Charity Raceday – £16

Did you know?

Racing in the Thirsk area has been recorded as far back as 1612 when King James I organised horse races on his land in the Hambleton Hills.

Did you know?

The Romans began the Wetherby story racing Arab horses at a place called Netherby, a few miles upstream from the existing course.

Club Mirror Racing Club Booking Form CHEPSTOW Chepstow offers over 30 fixtures each year. The picturesque course combines both flat and jump racing with highlights including October’s Jumps Festival and December’s Welsh Grand National. The lefthanded undulating course is a circuit of just under two miles (3,200 m) with a finishing straight of five furlongs (3,300 ft; 1,000 m), five fences on the chase course and 11 fences on a complete circuit.

• Sat, 9 December: Christmas Party Raceday – £15 • Wed, 27 December: Welsh Grand National – £22

Number of tickets required (minimum 6) __________

Price per ticket £______

Racecourse: ___________________________________________________________________ Date of meeting: _______________________________________________________________ Cheque enclosed ( and made payable to the racecourse) for £________ Contact and club name: __________________________________________________________ Club address: __________________________________________________________________

Did you know?

At a two-day meeting in 1933 Gordon Richards rode into the record books by partnering the winners of 11 consecutive Chepstow races.

DONCASTER Doncaster Racecourse, venue for this year’s Club Awards, hosts two of Great Britain's 31 Group 1 flat races, the St Leger Stakes – the world’s oldest classic horse race – and the Racing Post Trophy. The course has the distinction of both starting and ending the flat season on turf.

____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Postcode: ___________________ Daytime telephone number: _______________________________________________________ Email address: _________________________________________________________________ Please send this booking form plus cheque (made payable to the relevant racecourse) no later than four weeks before the meeting date to: Club Mirror Racing Club, ACP, 59-60 Thames Street, Windsor SL4 1TX

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This month HQ’s Legal Eagle offers advice on ensuring that the festive period is your best yet and litigation free with regard to regulations and member safety. On the topic of safety, Hubbard offers advice on keeping ice safe during the busy period, while CGA presents its findings on winning with wine – cork versus screw top. Meanwhile, back on the entertainment front, Dransfields Managing Director Chris Haley reports on the company’s acquisition of Lottery King.

Wine report Cork versus screw tops R

esearch has revealed that cork-sealed wines retail for £5.38 more per bottle than those with artificial closures, driving value into the on-trade.

Wines sealed with a cork are showing signs of ‘premiumisation’ in the on-trade, with consumers seemingly willing to pay more for their associated quality, according to new research from CGA. Mark Newton, Senior Category Manager at CGA, said: “Overall, these figures suggest wines sealed with a cork may well be starting to show signs of ‘premiuminisation’ in terms of consumer and licensee behaviour. This is a trend which for some time has been a cornerstone of the spirits sector, and is now being seen within overall movements in wine con-

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sumption at higher price bands across the category.”

The research, which analysed on-trade sales figures of the top 50 still wine brands (by volume) in the UK, found that the cork-finished wine brands retail at a significant price premium of on average £5.38 more per bottle than those with an artificial closure.

The research also demonstrated the price positioning gap between closure types is widening, with the retail price of cork closed wine increasing by over 11% since 2015, compared to +6% for artificialclosed wines, presenting an opportunity for licensees to trade customers up to a more premium choice.

Total distribution for wines sealed with a cork is also on the rise, growing +48% since 2015 (com-

pared with +10% for artificial closures), suggesting an increased interest in offering wines closed with a cork.

Coupled with an increased sales value for corksealed wines in the last year of +17 (compared with +9% for artificial closures) the trend towards cork closures represents a significant profit opportunity for licensees and restaurateurs.

João Rui Ferreira, Chairman of Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR), said: “We already know there is a strong consumer preference for cork due to its association with quality wine. For the first time, these results clearly demonstrate the value this presents to licensees, who can trade customers up and benefit from higher profit margins.”

Keeping it clean this Christmas T

he ice experts at Hubbard Systems, UK distributor for Scotsman icemakers, offer the following advice on maintaining clean ice during the busy festive season.

• Keep hands clean – staff should always wash their hands before and during service.

• Keep the machine clean – by following the manufacturer’s cleaning instructions. Make sure you empty, clean and sanitise the storage bin on a regular, weekly basis.

• Don’t pick up ice with your hands – use a scoop.

• Have a maintenance schedule for the components that need regular cleaning. It will help keep your equipment in peak condition.

Any operator who is concerned about a potential problem with their ice machine can use the 3M Clean ‘n Trace kit, available from many outlets.

The operator just swabs the area – in this case the inside of the storage bin – then pops the swab into a solution that will change colour to show if there is an issue with bacteria.

“There are loads of online resources that can help anyone looking for guidance on cleaning ice machines, such as our ‘how to’ videos, which can be found in the video area at scotsman-ice.co.uk,” says Simon Aspin, commercial director of Hubbard Systems. “With all the information available, there’s simply no excuse for poor hygiene.”

• t. 0800 616559 • www.scotsman-ice.co.uk

Time management – a crucial tool for success The golden rule of business says that effective time management is the key to success.

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indings from an Instantprint report reveal that 53% of those surveyed found that admin and report writing were taking up a disproportionate amount of time when compared with growing business.

“It is interesting to see from the research that it is the management of our hours, minutes and seconds that have the biggest effect on the running of a successful enterprise,” said co-founder of Instantprint James Kinsella.“Every business is unique, but improving time management and optimizing working hours can only bring positive outcomes.”

So how can you make sure you’re getting the most out of your time?

1. Discover your most productive work hours Finding your most productive time is crucial, and can be achieved by listening to your body’s natural energy spurts. Things that kill productivity include: routine activities and continuous work which can demotivate you. Go a maximum of two hours and then tune out to tune back in.

2. Just say no Many of us are just too polite, but sometimes it’s important to simply say no. Distractions steal your time from important tasks. People may ask you to do a quick thing here and a quick thing there, but suddenly your hours disappear. If you’ve got an important task, keep at it and don’t let anyone interrupt; you’re busy. One in three decision makers claim they struggle to do everything they need to in a day, so make your ‘everything’ list shorter.

3. Go step-by-step Don’t think of your to-do list as one huge item to complete. It’s overwhelming and will only put pressure on you. Take one thing at a time and this will allow you to give each task the attention it deserves. As a bonus tip, make sure you establish a method to classify tasks that need to take priority over others.

4. Know what gets you through Some days you’ll need a boost to power through your workload. Whether it’s because you had a bad night’s sleep or you’re especially busy that day, find

what gets you through. Nearly half (46%) of those surveyed say having coffee or tea on the go helps them through their daily tasks, and 1 in 3 have a playlist set up to get them in the zone.

5. Exercise and eat well It may seem unrelated but taking care of yourself will have a direct impact on your mood and concentration. A healthy diet with regular exercise increases dopamine in the brain, making you feel better and more alert. Also sitting at a desk all day can really take a toll so it’s important to get moving when you can.

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HQ BUILDING THE BUSINESS

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Want to cut club spend while increasing efficiencies? Well now you can. Introducing HQ Building the Business. Completely free to clubs this new service involves no contracts and no costs, just better buying and better club business.

Welcome to HQ Building the Business F

rom utilities and energy savings to procurement and financial services, HQ Building the Business works with your club as a surrogate head office, helping you to boost club business. And by working with carefully selected club-supporting partners and suppliers, HQ Building the Business will save you valuable time and resources in the quest to save your club money, freeing up you and your committee to run an even more efficient club.

You’re just three steps away from saving money.

Step 1 Free no-obligation audit – just call us or email us.

Step 2 Following our audit and discussions, if we believe we can help your club we will source the best deals available.

Frequently Asked Questions Q. What do I get when I become a member?

A: You get a free and confidential audit of your club in those areas where you would like to find savings and efficiencies. This could be anything from utilities to phone bills and from food to club equipment.

Q. What are the costs?

A. There are no costs. HQ is free to join.

Q. If I become a member, what are my obligations?

A. There are no obligations for you or your club and no contracts. All we ask is that when we work with you, you are open about your current supplier situation.

suppliers we need to prove the value of a club to their business, but if we can help we will.

Q. What are your club credentials?

A. We’ve been working in the club sector for over 30 years in various roles. The launch of HQ Building the Business is the culmination of many years working with clubs and suppliers, from brewers and telecoms suppliers, to energy and water companies.

Q. Do I need a face to face meeting?

A. Not necessarily. A lot of the ground work can be done over the phone/email.

Q. How do I become a member?

A. Just email enquiries@hqbusiness.com, call 01753 272022 or use the form on the opposite page.

Q. Does the club need to have a minimum turnover?

A. Our services are most suited to clubs with a minimum turnover of £100,000. This is because to secure the HQ Building the Business deals with

Step 3 Your club starts saving money.

This is what we call a win win! So get in touch now and help us help you to make 2017 an even better year for your club and your members. You can call on 01753 272022, email enquiries@hqbusiness.com or use the form opposite.

Ryan Bezuidenhout, General Manager of Aviva Premiership Rugby contender, Worcester Warriors “My role is very much to ensure that the support mechanisms of an efficient stadium and business are in place. I’ve worked with David and his team to assist in delivering savings across the business at Worcester Warriors and I am delighted to recommend the team on a professional as well as personal level.

Energy has been one of the biggest projects, and this procurement is delivering significant short and long term savings. There are plenty of people out there who claim they can do this; this team can.

A large part of my role is about getting things done efficiently and effectively, hence why I value the straight talking, efficient and short sharp presentation of results. No fuss, no salesmanship, just a host of opportunities followed up by appropriate and helpful assistance to deliver the chosen projects; make the most of them.”

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The countdown to Christmas has begun and preparations are well underway for the festive period. But are you sure that your enthusiasm isn’t likely to contravene any regulations? Legal Eagle David Lucas offers the following advice.

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t is important not to overlook any licensing requirements or responsibilities in connection with any arrangements that are made.

These are some of the items that may need to be considered:

licences and club premises certificates contain restrictions on drinks promotions. It is essential that personnel involved in the sale or supply of alcohol are aware of their responsibility to prevent irresponsible drinks promotions in order to avoid possible prosecution or review of the licence or certificate.

• Ensure that any activities which are to be provided are authorised by a premises licence or club premises certificate. For example, if musical entertainment is to be provided until midnight on New Year’s Eve it is a licensable activity which must be included in the licence or certificate.

• If activities are to be provided during extended hours at any time over the festive period it is essential to ensure that the relevant hours are permitted by the existing premises licence or club premises certificate. A premises licence or club premises certificate will contain standard timings during which the authorised activities may be provided throughout a normal week. If licensable activities are to be provided beyond the standard timings, for example on New Year’s Eve, the extended hours must be included within the non-standard timings contained in the licence or certificate.

• If activities are to be provided in an area which is not normally used for that purpose it is essential to ensure that the area in question is covered by the existing premises licence or club premises certificate. For example, the intention may be to provide mulled wine for sale at a Christmas market in a garden or car park. The garden or car park must be included within the area identified on the plan attached to the licence or certificate where the sale or supply of alcohol may take place.

• If the proposed activities, hours or area are not included within an existing premises licence or certificate there is still sufficient time in which to apply for a permanent variation of the licence or certificate in order to ensure that the necessary approvals are in place.

• Alternatively, if a permanent solution is not considered necessary it would be possible to give a temporary event notice in order to obtain the necessary authorisation. However, the limitations applicable to a temporary event notice must be taken into consideration. In particular, the annu-

• Check the premises licence or club premises certificate to ensure that there are no individual conditions which may have an impact upon the proposed activities during the festive period.

al restrictions on the total number of days (21) during which a venue can be subject to temporary event notices and the maximum period which may be covered by a single notice (seven days).

There is also a need to ensure that adequate prior notice is given (not less than 10 working days is preferable but not less than five working days may be sufficient).

• Any premises which are situated near to residential properties should take steps to prevent any activities causing a nuisance to neighbours. For example, measures should be implemented to prevent noise levels from musical entertainment or people outside the premises becoming excessive and attracting complaints. Such complaints may lead to a review of a premises licence or club premises certificate.

A general review of the licensing requirements and measures to be implemented during the Christmas and New Year festivities will help to avoid an unnecessary hangover following the celebrations.

• It is important to ensure that any temporary personnel working over the festive period are properly trained and authorised to sell alcohol. In particular, they must be made aware of their responsibility to prevent the purchase and consumption of alcohol of alcohol by persons under 18.

• Refresher training is recommended for all existing personnel in respect of their responsibilities concerning the sale or supply of alcohol as they will need to be particularly vigilant during busy periods over the festive period.

• All personnel should be made aware of their responsibility to prevent drunkenness on the premises.

• Breaches of those responsibilities may result in a fixed penalty or prosecution and may lead to the licence or certificate being reviewed.

• The mandatory conditions attached to premises

CONTACT DETAILS Fraser Brown Solicitors 84 Friar Lane, Nottingham NG1 6ED e. dlucas@fraserbrown.com t. 0115 959 7139 mob. 07973 899398

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ransfields are pleased to announce that they have purchased the Lottery King machines operation from their previous owners Kelly’s Eye. Lottery King is a well established pull tab lottery operator that has been in business for over 25 years. Their distinctive blue and yellow Play & Win vending machines are a common feature in most clubs around the Country.

“In the latter years however, there has been under-investment in the Lottery King business leading to poorer maintenance standards,” says Dransfields Managing Director Chris Haley.

Dransfields have committed their engineering teams to carry out a complete overhaul of all Lottery King machines. This will include upgrading coin mechanisms to accept the new £1 coin.

They will also be renewing sensors all on all tickets stacks, replacing all lighting and generally giving the machines a spruce up, all designed to help maximise vending quality and improve clubs’ ticket sales An additional benefit to being a Dransfields pull tab customer, is that clubs are automatically enrolled into the DransCash Points club. Points can be redeemed for great raffle prizes and equipment for clubs.

Chris Haley said: “I am delighted to welcome all Lottery King customers to Dransfields. Since we launched our Lucky Dip pull tab business eight years ago our customers have sold over 250 million pull tab tickets, helping clubs to raise millions of

pounds and thrive at the heart of the communities they serve. Dransfields is firmly committed to clubs and we look forward to helping Lottery King customers increase their fundraising through increased ticket sales supported by quality service.”

Dransfields is proud sponsor of the Club Awards Entertainment Club of the Year and Charity Club of the Year.

Chris Haley.

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Pictured in his GAF Sweden role (left) with his GAF Denmark counterpart Jörgen Mathiesen.

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Torbjörn Johansson CMAE’s outgoing Director of Education Mike Braidwood CCM invites his successor, Torbjörn Johansson, to share his thoughts on the past, present and future of CMAE training.

Torbjörn, when did you first get involved with the CMAE Management Development Programme?

I was actually involved from the start when CMAE had discussions with the CMAA about the programme. We tried about five years ago to have a MDP in Sweden but we weren´t successful. After that I have followed its progress and right now we have found an angle to work with it in Scandinavia.

How important is it to the club sector to have an organisation like the CMAE helping

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to drive standards and provide professional qualifications?

I think it’s very important. And my belief is also that the CMAE has to work to strengthen the national organisations such as GCMA, ADGF, GMVD, AEGG and others. We have to drive standards, but together with the alliance partners.

You have run GAF Sweden for many years.

What do you feel the main differences will be for you taking on the whole of Europe under the CMAE banner?

Well for starters, when I took the role with GAF seven years ago the organisation was struggling and we were trying to survive which I’m happy to say we did. It’s now thriving today. CMAE is doing very well with a fantastic educational model to work from and a great potential for further growth.

CMAE has really picked up some momentum in the last few years especially with its education programmes. How do you see this continuing?

It certainly has and we expect to see still further

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Where were you born?

Just outside Stockholm, Sweden in 1976.

Torbjörn looks forward to meeting as many members as possible at CMAE’s European Conference in November.

Alliances and partnerships will continue to be a mainstay of CMAE’s education path. Pictured far left with (l to r) Göran Tyrsing, Manager Swedish Greenkeeper Assocation (SGA), Thomas Ahlberg, President GAF (Manager Bokskogen GC) and Kristian Hägglund, President SGA (Manager/Greenkeeper Tomelilla GC).

Education?

I have a bachelors degree in Sport Pedagogics and attended the very first Masters in Sport Governance and Organisation (MESGO).

Your biggest strength?

To take ideas and make them into actions.

And weakness?

I need to reflect more.

The Board and Torbjörn will continue to drive CMAE’s Education Programme. growth. The programme will be spread to more countries and I also see it being launched in more languages. We also need to add more activities and hear what our members want. Cooperation with alliance partners is also key.

Is there anything new you will be adding?

Yes indeed there will be. I have already told the board about a few of the ideas, but as always it’s important to understand and assess everything before implementing changes or adding extra activities and/or services.

CMAE has a strong following from golf and city clubs, and is working hard on broadening out into other sporting clubs.

What do you think CMAE has to do to attract different sports to its education curriculum?

This is a very exciting path for me. I come from a very strong club background and have been heavily involved in rugby, volleyball, tennis, table-tennis, handball and outside sports within the YMCA. We need to get everyone on board because there is so much we can learn from each other, over and above the boundaries of each individual sporting discipline.

Favourite book?

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.

At the World Conference Orlando 2017 (left) with fellow CMAE members.

– location, content, documenting, time of year and of course price. We have two conferences every year in Sweden (both are three days) which are very successful, attracting 120-130 people every time. But there is a need for both inspiring speakers as well as people offering tools that the participants can implement at their facility. The future is very interesting. You need to find the right time and the right place which will work for both members and Alliance Partners.

With the advances of technology there is demand for online quick and convenient education. Will you consider an online platform ?

We will be discussing this once I’m fully onboard but of course we need to be online with training. CMAE already does a lot of things online, but the MDP is also built on human interaction. You need the combination. Exactly what will be our way forward is very exciting to think about.

In recent years CMAE has expanded into the Middle East. Are there any other territories you feel have potential for expansion?

This is something we will definitely be discussing, but any territory in need of education and support – we will be there! North Africa, for example, could be a possibility.

What do you see as your biggest challenges?

Having enough time to do everything that I love meeting people and listening to our members and then performing things on demand. The first challenge is, of course, to get a hold on everything that is the CMAE. This will take a while but I am ready for the challenge.

CMAE’s European Conference has been reinstated due to popular demand. What do you think a modern conference needs to offer in order to succeed in the busy conference market?

Correct! The conference market is indeed very busy; you need to standout. All aspects are very important

Which parts of your role do you think will be the most fun?

I love the diversity of the role. Education is key and I love to stand in front of a crowd of members getting them gelling together. Then working with partners is also a passion; it’s very important to pair partners with our industry.

Favourite food?

Tough one! I eat pretty much everything, but a great choice is a Swedish potato pancake with pork and lingonberry. (It’s a National dish on Tuesday lunchtimes in Sweden.)

Favourite sport other than golf?

I actually only play golf ‘for fun’.

Volleyball and football were my two sports. I also played table tennis, squash, handball and floorball.

Do you belong to any other clubs?

I’ve been President at three volleyball clubs and involved in the YMCA (sports) along with many more. I love the club industry and the involvement of people outside their work.

If you had to change careers what would you love to be?

Through the years, I have had thoughts about ‘What if? The thought of working with sales (like my father) has been interesting. I have owned a hotel that my father was the CEO of and also been partowner of an export firm working with fish, asphalt, cider and other things exporting to western Africa. I’ve always been interested in trying new things.

How do you relax?

I meet friends, have a chat and listen to music. I am a person who loves to have people around me. I love travelling and listening to podcasts and books.

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The best of Sunday October 8, 5pm – ITV

World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Lithuania v England Scotland managed to put three goals past the same opponents in September, a tally which England will be eager to beat as they look to take another giant step towards qualification for next year’s World Cup.

Sports4Bars.com looks ahead to the biggest sporting fixtures coming up in October including some huge clashes in the pool stages of the Champions League.

Friday October 6 5pm Sky Sports Football/S4C

Saturday October 14 5.30pm BT Sport 1 HD

World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Georgia v Wales

Premier League: Watford v Arsenal

Wales drew with Georgia in the earlier game between the sides back in October 2016 and now face a tricky trip to Tbilisi.

The Gunners have improved in recent weeks and will be desperate to reassert their authority in the League. Watford are no pushovers though and have looked highly effective in recent outings.

Sunday October 8 5pm ITV

World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Lithuania v England

Tuesday October 17, 7.45pm – BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur A massive midweek European tie as Spurs head to the Bernabeu to take on the reigning Champions League holders and their formidable attacking players, including striker Cristiano Ronaldo and former Spurs old boy Gareth Bale.

England look to be cruising towards qualification, albeit in a fairly uninspired manner, for the 2018 World Cup in Group F and beat Lithuania 2-0 at Wembley in March.

Monday October 9 7.45pm Sky Sports HD

World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Wales v Republic of Ireland This is a critical match for the two sides given the delicate balance in Group D which currently sees Serbia in pole position to qualify for the finals and Wales and the Republic of Ireland trailing closely behind.

Saturday October 14 12.30pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

Saturday October 28, 12.30pm – Sky Sports PL HD

Premier League: Manchester Utd v Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United have set the pace in the early weeks of the season and will be aiming to keep up their forward momentum during the autumn months. Spurs will have to be on their mettle to deal with the speed of Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, three players who have had a huge influence for United so far this season.

Premier League: Liverpool v Manchester United This will be one of the most-hyped games of the month as two of the form teams of recent weeks meet at Anfield. Both teams did extremely well during the transfer window and should produce plenty of attacking football here.

Tuesday October 17 7.45pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Maribor v Liverpool Champions League action as the Reds travel to Slovenia. They should have too much all-round quality for their opponents, although Maribor winger Aleks Pihler has proven himself a real attacking threat.

Tuesday October 17 7.45pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Manchester City v Napoli City are looking to finally make the Champions League final this season under Pep Guardiola after some near misses, including being knocked out by Monaco last season.

Tuesday October 17 7.45pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur Spurs find themselves in a tough group alongside Real Madrid, German side Borussia Dortmund and Apoel of Cyprus but will be eager to leave their mark.

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October’s live sport ALSO COMING UP...

UEFA Champions League: Manchester City v Napoli, Tuesday, October 17, 7.45pm, BT Sport HD

Sunday October 8 3pm BT Sport HD

Aviva Premiership Rugby: Wasps v Saracens Sunday October 15 4pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

Premier League: Southampton v Newcastle United Monday October 16 8pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

Premier League: Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion

Wednesday October 18 7.45pm BT Sport HD

Thursday October 19 6pm BT Sport HD

Saturday October 28 12.30pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

UEFA Champions League: Benfica v Manchester United

UEFA Europa League: Red Star Belgrade v Arsenal

Premier League: Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

United have plenty of history with Benfica and the Portuguese side sold defender Victor Lindelof to United in the summer while another new boy, Nemanja Matic, also plied his trade for the Lisbon giants. And, of course, Jose Mourinho was Benfica coach in 2000, having previously served as the club’s assistant coach.

The Gunners find themselves in the Europa League for the first time in two decades but will no doubt roll up their sleeves and try and reach the knockout stages of the secondtier competition. This trip to Serbia is unlikely to be a straightforward one for the visitors.

This should be an exciting game given the all-round quality of both sets of players. Honours were even between the sides last season, United winning 1-0 at Old Trafford in December and then Spur prevailing 2-1 on their home turf in May. United will be favourites to win this one.

Wednesday October 18 7.45pm BT Sport HD

Sunday October 22 4pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

UEFA Champions League: Chelsea v Roma Chelsea will relish their return to the Champions League after missing out on European competition last season. The Blues have won two of their four meetings with the team from the Italian capital – a 1965 Fairs Cup win and a 2008 Champions League win on their way to the final.

Spurs have discovered that playing their home games at Wembley is a double-edged sword. It is obviously a magnificent playing surface but visiting sides are often inspired by being at the home of English football. Still, there is enough quality in Mauricio Pochettino's side for the team to be challenging for the title once again as they did last season.

Tuesday October 31 7.45pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Chelsea v Roma Chelsea host the home leg of this group fixture against Roma. The Italian club’s fans were delighted by their club’s recent record signing, Patrik Schick. The promising 21year-old Czech international forward joined from Sampdoria and will be a player for Chelsea to keep an eye on at Stamford Bridge during this encounter.

Thursday October 19 8.05pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Europa League: Everton v Lyon Sunday October 29 1.30pm Sky Sports Premier League HD

Premier League: Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton Sunday October 29 3pm BT Sport HD

Aviva Premiership: Bath v Gloucester Tuesday October 31 7.45pm BT Sport HD

UEFA Champions League: Manchester United v Benfica

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October Sun 1 Brighton Sat 14 Watford Sat 28 Swansea November Sun 5 Manchester City Sat 18 Spurs Sun 26 Burnley Wed 29 Huddersfield December Sat 2 Manchester Utd Sun 10 Southampton Wed 13 West Ham Sat 16 Newcastle Sat 23 Liverpool Tues 26 Crystal Palace Sat 30 West Brom January Mon 1 Chelsea Sat 13 Bournemouth Sat 20 Crystal Palace Tue 30 Swansea February Sat 3 Everton Sat 10 Spurs Sat 24 Manchester City March Sat 3 Brighton Sat 10 Watford Sat 17 Leicester Sat 31 Stoke April Sat 7 Southampton Sat 14 Newcastle Sat 21 West Ham Sat 28 Manchester Utd May Sat 5 Burnley Sun 13 Huddersfield

October Sat 14 Spurs Sat 21 Stoke Sat 28 Chelsea November Sat 4 Newcastle Sat 18 Huddersfield Sat 25 Swansea Wed 29 Burnley December Sat 2 Southampton Sat 9 Crystal Palace Tue 12 Manchester Utd Sat 16 Liverpool Sat 23 Manchester City Tue 26 West Ham Sat 30 Everton January Mon 1 Brighton Sat 13 Arsenal Sat 20 West Ham Wed 31 Chelsea February Sat 3 Stoke Sat 10 Huddersfield Sat 24 Newcastle March Sat 3 Leicester Sat 10 Spurs Sat 17 West Brom Sat 31 Watford April Sat 7 Crystal Palace Sat 14 Liverpool Sat 21 Manchester Utd Sat 28 Southampton May Sat 5 Swansea Sun 13 Burnley

October Sun 1 Arsenal Sat 14 Everton Sat 21 West Ham Sat 28 Southampton November Sat 4 Swansea Sat 18 Stoke Sat 25 Manchester Utd Tue 28 Crystal Palace December Sat 2 Liverpool Sat 9 Huddersfield Wed 13 Spurs Sat 16 Burnley Sat 23 Watford Tue 26 Chelsea Sat 30 Newcastle January Mon 1 Bournemouth Sat 13 West Brom Sat 20 Chelsea Wed 31 Southampton February Sat 3 West Ham Sat 10 Stoke Sat 24 Swansea March Sat 3 Arsenal Sat 10 Everton Sat 17 Manchester City Sat 31 Leicester April Sat 7 Huddersfield Sat 14 Crystal Palace Sat 21 Spurs Sat 28 Burnley May Sat 5 Manchester Utd Sun 13 Liverpool

October Sun 1 Everton Sat 14 West Ham Sat 21 Manchester City Sat 28 Newcastle November Sat 4 Southampton Sat 18 Swansea Sun 26 Arsenal Wed 29 Bournemouth December Sat 2 Leicester Sat 9 Watford Tue 12 Stoke Sat 16 Brighton Sat 23 Spurs Tue 26 Manchester Utd Sat 30 Huddersfield January Mon 1 Liverpool Sat 13 Crystal Palace Sat 20 Manchester Utd Wed 31 Newcastle February Sat 3 Manchester City Sat 10 Swansea Sat 24 Southampton March Sat 3 Everton Sat 10 West Ham Sat 17 Chelsea Sat 31 West Brom April Sat 7 Watford Sat 14 Leicester Sat 21 Stoke Sat 28 Brighton May Sat 5 Arsenal Sun 13 Bournemouth

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CRYSTAL PALACE October Sat 14 Chelsea Sat 21 Newcastle Sat 28 West Ham November Sat 4 Spurs Sat 18 Everton Sat 25 Stoke Tue 28 Brighton December Sat 2 West Brom Sat 9 Bournemouth Tue 12 Watford Sat 16 Leicester Sat 23 Swansea Tue 26 Arsenal Sat 30 Manchester City January Mon 1 Southampton Sat 13 Burnley Sat 20 Arsenal Tue 30 West Ham February Sat 3 Newcastle Sat 10 Everton Sat 24 Spurs March Sat 3 Manchester Utd Sat 10 Chelsea Sat 17 Huddersfield Sat 31 Liverpool April Sat 7 Bournemouth Sat 14 Brighton Sat 21 Watford Sat 28 Leicester May Sat 5 Stoke Sun 13 West Brom

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October Sun 1 Burnley Sat 14 Brighton Sat 28 Leicester November Sat 4 Watford Sat 18 Crystal Palace Sat 25 Southampton Wed 29 West Ham December Sat 2 Huddersfield Sat 9 Liverpool Wed 13 Newcastle Sat 16 Swansea Sat 23 Chelsea Tues 26 West Brom Sat 30 Bournemouth January Mon 1 Manchester Utd Sat 13 Spurs Sat 20 West Brom Wed 31 Leicester February Sat 3 Arsenal Sat 10 Crystal Palace Sat 24 Watford March Sat 3 Burnley Sat 10 Brighton Sat 17 Stoke Sat 31 Manchester City April Sat 7 Liverpool Sat 14 Swansea Sat 21 Newcastle Sat 28 Huddersfield May Sat 5 Southampton Sun 13 West Ham

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October Sat 14 Swansea Sat 21 Manchester Utd Sat 28 Liverpool November Sat 4 West Brom Sat 18 Bournemouth Sat 25 Manchester City Wed 29 Arsenal December Sat 2 Everton Sat 9 Brighton Tue 12 Chelsea Sat 16 Watford Sat 23 Southampton Tue 26 Stoke Sat 30 Burnley January Mon 1 Leicester Sat 13 West Ham Sat 20 Stoke Tue 30 Liverpool February Sat 3 Manchester Utd Sat 10 Bournemouth Sat 24 West Brom March Sat 3 Spurs Sat 10 Swansea Sat 17 Crystal Palace Sat 31 Newcastle April Sat 7 Brighton Sat 14 Watford Sat 21 Chelsea Sat 28 Everton May Sat 5 Manchester City Sun 13 Arsenal

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October Sat 14 West Brom Sat 21 Swansea Sat 28 Everton November Sat 4 Stoke Sat 18 Manchester City Sat 25 West Ham Tue 28 Spurs December Sat 2 Burnley Sat 9 Newcastle Wed 13 Southampton Sat 16 Crystal Palace Sat 23 Manchester Utd Tue 26 Watford Sat 30 Liverpool January Mon 1 Huddersfield Sat 13 Chelsea Sat 20 Watford Wed 31 Everton February Sat 3 Swansea Sat 10 Manchester City Sat 24 Stoke March Sat 3 Bournemouth Sat 10 West Brom Sat 17 Arsenal Sat 31 Brighton April Sat 7 Newcastle Sat 14 Burnley Sat 21 Southampton Sat 28 Crystal Palace May Sat 5 West Ham Sun 13 Spurs

October Sat 14 Crystal Palace Sat 21 Watford Sat 28 Bournemouth November Sat 4 Manchester Utd Sat 18 West Brom Sat 25 Liverpool Wed 29 Swansea December Sat 2 Newcastle Sat 9 West Ham Tue 12 Huddersfield Sat 16 Southampton Sat 23 Everton Tue 26 Brighton Sat 30 Stoke January Mon 1 Arsenal Sat 13 Leicester Sat 20 Brighton Wed 31 Bournemouth February Sat 3 Watford Sat 10 West Brom Sat 24 Manchester Utd March Sat 3 Manchester City Sat 10 Crystal Palace Sat 17 Burnley Sat 31 Spurs April Sat 7 West Ham Sat 14 Southampton Sat 21 Huddersfield Sat 28 Swansea May Sat 5 Liverpool Sun 13 Newcastle

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October Sun 1 Newcastle Sat 14 Manchester Utd Sat 21 Spurs Sat 28 Huddersfield November Sat 4 West Ham Sat 18 Southampton Sat 25 Chelsea Wed 29 Stoke December Sat 2 Brighton Sat 9 Everton Wed 13 West Brom Sat 16 Bournemouth at 23 Arsenal Tue 26 Swansea Sat 30 Leicester January Mon 1 Burnley Sat 13 Manchester City Sat 20 Swansea Tue 30 Huddersfield February Sat 3 Spurs Sat 10 Southampton Sat 24 West Ham March Sat 3 Newcastle Sat 10 Manchester Utd Sat 17 Watford Sat 31 Crystal Palace April Sat 7 Everton Sat 14 Bournemouth Sat 21 West Brom Sat 28 Stoke May Sat 5 Chelsea Sun 13 Brighton

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October Sat 14 Stoke Sat 21 Burnley Sat 28 West Brom November Sun 5 Arsenal Sat 18 Leicester Sat 25 Huddersfield Wed 29 Southampton December Sat 2 West Ham Sat 9 Manchester Utd Tue 12 Swansea Sat 16 Spurs Sat 23 Bournemouth Tue 26 Newcastle Sat 30 Crystal Palace January Mon 1 Watford Sat 13 Liverpool Sat 20 Newcastle Wed 31 West Brom February Sat 3 Burnley Sat 10 Leicester Sat 24 Arsenal March Sat 3 Chelsea Sat 10 Stoke Sat 17 Brighton Sat 31 Everton April Sat 7 Manchester Utd Sat 14 Spurs Sat 21 Swansea Sat 28 West Ham May Sat 5 Huddersfield Sun 13 Southampton

October Sun 1 Liverpool Sat 14 Southampton Sat 21 Crystal Palace Sat 28 Burnley November Sat 4 Bournemouth Sat 18 Manchester Utd Sat 25 Watford Tue 28 West Brom December Sat 2 Chelsea Sat 9 Leicester Wed 13 Everton Sat 16 Arsenal Sat 23 West Ham Tue 26 Manchester City Sat 30 Brighton January Mon 1 Stoke Sat 13 Swansea Sat 20 Manchester City Wed 31 Burnley February Sat 3 Crystal Palace Sat 10 Manchester Utd Sat 24 Bournemouth March Sat 3 Liverpool Sat 10 Southampton Sat 17 Spurs Sat 31 Huddersfield April Sat 7 Leicester Sat 14 Arsenal Sat 21 Everton Sat 28 West Brom May Sat 5 Watford Sun 13 Chelsea

October Sat 14 Newcastle Sat 21 West Brom Sat 28 Brighton November Sat 4 Burnley Sat 18 Liverpool Sat 25 Everton Wed 29 Manchester City December Sat 2 Bournemouth Sun 10 Arsenal Wed 13 Leicester Sat 16 Chelsea Sat 23 Huddersfield Tue 26 Spurs Sat 30 Manchester Utd January Mon 1 Crystal Palace Sat 13 Watford Sat 20 Spurs Wed 31 Brighton February Sat 3 West Brom Sat 10 Liverpool Sat 24 Burnley March Sat 3 Stoke Sat 10 Newcastle Sat 17 Swansea Sat 31 West Ham April Sat 7 Arsenal Sat 14 Chelsea Sat 21 Leicester Sat 28 Bournemouth May Sat 5 Everton Sun 13 Manchester City

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October Sat 14 Liverpool Sat 21 Huddersfield Sat 28 Spurs November Sat 4 Chelsea Sat 18 Newcastle Sat 25 Brighton Tue 28 Watford December Sat 2 Arsenal Sat 9 Manchester City Tue 12 Bournemouth Sat 16 West Brom Sat 23 Leicester Tue 26 Burnley Sat 30 Southampton January Mon 1 Everton Sat 13 Stoke Sat 20 Burnley Wed 31 Spurs February Sat 3 Huddersfield Sat 10 Newcastle Sat 24 Chelsea March Sat 3 Crystal Palace Sat 10 Liverpool Sat 17 West Ham Sat 31 Swansea April Sat 7 Manchester City Sat 14 West Brom Sat 21 Bournemouth Sat 28 Arsenal May Sat 5 Brighton Sun 13 Watford

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October Sat 14 Huddersfield Sat 21 Leicester Sat 28 Arsenal November Sat 4 Brighton Sat 18 Burnley Sat 25 Bournemouth Wed 29 Chelsea December Sat 2 Stoke Sat 9 West Brom Tue 12 Manchester City Sat 16 Everton Sat 23 Crystal Palace Tue 26 Liverpool Sat 30 Watford January Mon 1 Spurs Sat 13 Newcastle Sat 20 Liverpool Tue 30 Arsenal February Sat 3 Leicester Sat 10 Burnley Sat 24 Brighton March Sat 3 West Ham Sat 10 Huddersfield Sat 17 Southampton Sat 31 Manchester Utd April Sat 7 West Brom Sat 14 Everton Sat 21 Manchester City Sat 28 Chelsea May Sat 5 Bournemouth Sun 13 Stoke

October Sat 14 Bournemouth Sat 21 Liverpool Sat 28 Manchester Utd November

October Sat 14 Arsenal Sat 21 Chelsea Sat 28 Stoke November Sat 4 Everton Sat 18 West Ham Sat 25 Newcastle Tue 28 Manchester Utd December Sat 2 Spurs Sat 9 Burnley Tue 12 Crystal Palace Sat 16 Huddersfield Sat 23 Brighton Tue 26 Leicester Sat 30 Swansea January Mon 1 Manchester City Sat 13 Southampton Sat 20 Leicester Wed 31 Stoke February Sat 3 Chelsea Sat 10 West Ham Sat 24 Everton March Sat 3 West Brom Sat 10 Arsenal Sat 17 Liverpool Sat 31 Bournemouth April Sat 7 Burnley Sat 14 Huddersfield Sat 21 Crystal Palace Sat 28 Spurs May Sat 5 Newcastle Sun 13 Manchester Utd

October Sat 14 Leicester Sat 21 Southampton Sat 28 Manchester City November Sat 4 Huddersfield Sat 18 Chelsea Sat 25 Spurs Tue 28 Newcastle December Sat 2 Crystal Palace Sat 9 Swansea Wed 13 Liverpool Sat 16 Manchester Utd Sat 23 Stoke Tue 26 Everton Sat 30 Arsenal January Mon 1 West Ham Sat 13 Brighton Sat 20 Everton Wed 31 Manchester City February Sat 3 Southampton Sat 10 Chelsea Sat 24 Huddersfield March Sat 3 Watford Sat 10 Leicester Sat 17 Bournemouth Sat 31 Burnley April Sat 7 Swansea Sat 14 Manchester Utd Sat 21 Liverpool Sat 28 Newcastle May Sat 5 Spurs Sun 13 Crystal Palace

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Sat 4 Crystal Palace Sat 18 Arsenal Sat 25 West Brom Tue 28 Leicester December Sat 2 Watford Sat 9 Stoke Wed 13 Brighton Sat 16 Manchester City Sat 23 Burnley Tue 26 Southampton Sat 30 West Ham January Mon 1 Swansea Sat 13 Everton Sat 20 Southampton Wed 31 Manchester Utd February Sat 3 Liverpool Sat 10 Arsenal Sat 24 Crystal Palace March Sat 3 Huddersfield Sat 10 Bournemouth Sat 17 Newcastle Sat 31 Chelsea April Sat 7 Stoke Sat 14 Manchester City Sat 21 Brighton Sat 28 Watford May Sat 5 West Brom Sun 13 Leicester

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October Sat 14 Manchester City Sat 21 Bournemouth Sat 28 Watford November Sat 4 Leicester Sat 18 Brighton Sat 25 Crystal Palace Wed 29 Liverpool December Sat 2 Swansea Sat 9 Spurs Tue 12 Burnley Sat 16 West Ham Sat 23 West Brom Tue 26 Huddersfield Sat 30 Chelsea January Mon 1 Newcastle Sat 13 Manchester Utd Sat 20 Huddersfield Wed 31 Watford February Sat 3 Bournemouth Sat 10 Brighton Sat 24 Leicester March Sat 3 Southampton Sat 10 Manchester City Sat 17 Everton Sat 31 Arsenal April Sat 7 Spurs Sat 14 West Ham Sat 21 Burnley Sat 28 Liverpool May Sat 5 Crystal Palace Sun 13 Swansea

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October Sat 14 Burnley Sat 21 Brighton Sat 28 Crystal Palace November Sat 4 Liverpool Sat 18 Watford Sat 25 Leicester Wed 29 Everton December Sat 2 Manchester City Sat 9 Chelsea Wed 13 Arsenal Sat 16 Stoke Sat 23 Newcastle Tue 26 Bournemouth Sat 30 Spurs January Mon 1 West Brom Sat 13 Huddersfield Sat 20 Bournemouth Tue 30 Crystal Palace February Sat 3 Brighton Sat 10 Watford Sat 24 Liverpool March Sat 3 Swansea Sat 10 Burnley Sat 17 Manchester Utd Sat 31 Southampton April Sat 7 Chelsea Sat 14 Stoke Sat 21 Arsenal Sat 28 Manchester City May Sat 5 Leicester Sun 13 Everton

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ROUND 7 27 Oct 2017 28 Oct 2017 28 Oct 2017 28 Oct 2017 29 Oct 2017 29 Oct 2017

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AJ Bell Stadium Twickenham Stoop Franklin’s Gardens Allianz Park The Rec Kingston Park

ROUND 8 17 Nov 2017 18 Nov 2017 18 Nov 2017 18 Nov 2017 19 Nov 2017 19 Nov 2017 ROUND 9 24 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2017 25 Nov 2017 26 Nov 2017 26 Nov 2017 ROUND 10 1 Dec 2017 1 Dec 2017 2 Dec 2017 2 Dec 2017 2 Dec 2017 3 Dec 2017 ROUND 11 22/23/24 Dec 22/23/24 Dec 22/23/24 Dec 22/23/24 Dec 22/23/24 Dec 22/23/24 Dec ROUND 12 29/30/31 Dec 29/30/31 Dec 29/30/31 Dec 29/30/31 Dec 29/30/31 Dec 29/30/31 Dec

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ROUND 13 2018 5/6/7 Jan TBC 5/6/7 Jan TBC 5/6/7 Jan TBC 5/6/7 Jan TBC 5/6/7 Jan TBC 5/6/7 Jan TBC ROUND 14 9/10/11 Feb 9/10/11 Feb 9/10/11 Feb 9/10/11 Feb 9/10/11 Feb 9/10/11 Feb

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ROUND 15 16/17/18 Feb TBC 16/17/18 Feb TBC

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Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs Harlequins v Worcester Warriors Northampton Saints v Wasps Saracens v London Irish Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby Newcastle Falcons v Leicester Tigers

Gloucester Rugby v Saracens Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks Wasps v Newcastle Falcons Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins London Irish v Bath Rugby

Leicester Tigers v Worcester Warriors Newcastle Falcons v Gloucester Rugby Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints Bath Rugby v Harlequins London Irish v Wasps Saracens v Exeter Chiefs

Northampton Saints v Newcastle Falcons Worcester Warriors v Sale Sharks Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby Gloucester Rugby v London Irish Wasps v Leicester Tigers Harlequins v Saracens

Leicester Tigers v Saracens Newcastle Falcons v Harlequins Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs Sale Sharks v Bath Rugby Wasps v Gloucester Rugby Worcester Warriors v London Irish

Bath Rugby v Wasps Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks Harlequins v Northampton Saints London Irish v Newcastle Falcons Saracens v Worcester Warriors

Leicester Tigers v London Irish Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs Northampton Saints v Gloucester Rugby Sale Sharks v Harlequins Wasps v Saracens Worcester Warriors v Bath Rugby

Kingsholm Sixways Welford Road Ricoh Arena Sandy Park Madejski Stadium

Welford Road Kingston Park AJ Bell Stadium The Rec Madejski Stadium Allianz Park

Franklin’s Gardens Sixways Sandy Park Kingsholm Ricoh Arena Twickenham Stoop

Welford Road Kingston Park Franklin’s Gardens AJ Bell Stadium Ricoh Arena Sixways

The Rec Sandy Park Kingsholm Twickenham Stadium Madejski Stadium Allianz Park

Welford Road Kingston Park Franklin’s Gardens AJ Bell Stadium Ricoh Arena Sixways

Bath Rugby v Northampton Saints Exeter Chiefs v Worcester Warriors Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers Harlequins v Wasps London Irish v Sale Sharks Saracens v Newcastle Falcons

The Rec Sandy Park Kingsholm Twickenham Stoop Madejski Stadium Allianz Park

Leicester Tigers v Harlequins Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby

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16/17/18 Feb 16/17/18 Feb 16/17/18 Feb 16/17/18 Feb

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Northampton Saints v London Irish Sale Sharks v Saracens Wasps v Exeter Chiefs Worcester Warriors v Gloucester Rugby

Franklin’s Gardens AJ Bell Stadium Ricoh Arena Sixways

ROUND 16 23/24/25 Feb 23/24/25 Feb 23/24/25 Feb 23/24/25 Feb 23/24/25 Feb 23/24/25 Feb

TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC

Bath Rugby v Sale Sharks Exeter Chiefs v Northampton Saints Gloucester Rugby v Wasps Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons London Irish v Worcester Warriors Saracens v Leicester Tigers

The Rec Sandy Park Kingsholm Twickenham Stoop Madejski Stadium Allianz Park

ROUND 17 2/3/4 Mar 2/3/4 Mar 2/3/4 Mar 2/3/4 Mar 2/3/4 Mar 2/3/4 Mar

TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC

Exeter Chiefs v Saracens Gloucester Rugby v Newcastle Falcons Harlequins v Bath Rugby Northampton Saints v Sale Sharks Wasps v London Irish Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers

Sandy Park Kingsholm Twickenham Stoop Franklin’s Gardens Ricoh Arena Sixways

ROUND 18 23/24/25 Mar 23/24/25 Mar 23/24/25 Mar 23/24/25 Mar 23/24/25 Mar 23/24/25 Mar

TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC

Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs Leicester Tigers v Wasps London Irish v Gloucester Rugby Newcastle Falcons v Northampton Saints Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors Saracens v Harlequins

The Rec Welford Road Madejski Stadium Kingston Park AJ Bell Stadium Olympic Stadium

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Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby Harlequins v London Irish Northampton Saints v Saracens Sale Sharks v Wasps Worcester Warriors v Newcastle Falcons

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Gloucester Rugby v Harlequins Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints London Irish v Exeter Chiefs Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Saracens v Bath Rugby Wasps v Worcester Warriors

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Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks Gloucester Rugby v Bath Rugby Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons London Irish v Saracens Wasps v Northampton Saints Worcester Warriors v Harlequins

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Bath Rugby v London Irish Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Newcastle Falcons v Wasps Northampton Saints v Worcester Warriors Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers Saracens v Gloucester Rugby

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“You crafty ****!” sa A guy pulls alongside a small boy on the pavement, “I’ll give you some sweets if you get in the car.”

“No, leave me alone,” the boy replies.

“Come on, I’ll take you for ice cream later as well,” he insists.

The boy stops and turns to the man and says:“Get lost Dad, I’m not going to White Hart Lane again no matter what you offer me.”

Bob receives a free corporate ticket to the FA Cup Final from his company. Unfortunately, when Bob arrives at the stadium he realises the seat is in the corner of the stadium giving him a terrible view of the other end of the pitch, and his view is obstructed by a TV camera. About halfway through the first half, Bob notices an empty seat 5 rows up from the pitch right on the halfway line. He decides to take a chance and makes his way down the stands to the empty seat.

An elderly gentleman is sitting next to the empty seat. “Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?” asks Bob. The man says no. Now, very excited to be in such a great seat for the match, Bob again inquires of the man next to him, “This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Cup Final and not use it?”

The man replies, “Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I come every year with my wife, but she passed away this year. This is the first Cup Final we haven’t been to together since we got married in 1962.” “Well, that’s really sad, I’m so sorry.” says Bob, “Still, couldn’t you find someone to take the seat?

A relative, a close friend?” “No,” the man replies, “they’re all at the funeral.”

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BEHIND THE BAR Back in the day Sir Alex Ferguson was curious to know how Arsène Wenger’s team went on such a magnificent unbeaten run, so he decides on a visit to Arsenal’s training ground to see how Wenger trains his players.

After one day he is not really impressed by the training practices, so he asks Wenger how he gets his players so sharp. “Well, it is simple. I sometimes ask my players a difficult question, and that way they stay really sharp mentally”. Of course Fergie wants an example, so Wenger asks Thierry Henry to come over. He asks: “Henry, he is not your brother, but still he is your father’s son. Who is he?” “That is not difficult,” Henry answers immediately, “Of course that is me.”

“You see? That’s the way you keep them sharp,” Wenger says to Ferguson.

Fergie, who wants to be the next “Invincibles”, decides to bring this into his training the next day. He calls Ruud van Nistlerooy over. “Ruud, I have a question for you,” he says, “He is not your brother, but still he is your father’s son, who is he?” “My God, Ferguson,” is van Nistlerooy’s reply, “That is a tough one to answer, can I sleep on that for one night?” Ferguson agrees with the onenight postponement.

So that night RvN decides to call Jaap Stam. He has been at Manchester United, so maybe he knows something about these questions. “Jaap Stam, maybe you know the answer to this question: he is not your brother, but still he is your father’s son. Who is he?” “That is easy, that is me!” says Stam.

So the next day RvN walks full of confidence to Fergie. Fergie asks: “Ruud, do you know the answer to my question now?” “Yes it was actually very easy,” he says, “Is it Jaap Stam?”

Ferguson answers, “No of course not you stupid bastard. It’s Thierry Henry.”

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How many City fans does it take to change a light bulb? – “None, they’re all happy living in United’s shadow” A United fan, a Liverpool fan and a Arsenal fan were caught by SaudiArabian police and were sentenced to death. However, after many months and with the help of very good lawyers they were able to successfully appeal their sentence down to life imprisonment. By a stroke of luck, it was a Saudi national holiday on the day their trial finished, and the extremely benevolent Sheikh decided they could be…. Released after receiving just 20 lashes each of the whip.

The Sheikh allowed the fans a wish before taking the lashes. The Arsenal fan asked the Sheikh to tie a pillow in his back, but the pillow lasted only for 10 lashes. The Liverpool fan asked the Sheikh to tie two pillows in his back though it only lasted for 15 lashes. The Sheikh then turned to the Man Utd fan and said: “You are from a most beautiful part of the world, your city has some of the best and most loyal football fans in the world. For this, you may have two wishes!”

“Cheers mate, your Most Royal and Merciful highness”, The ManUtd fan replies. “In recognition of your kindness, my first wish is that you give me not 20, but 200 lashes. ” “Not only are you an honourable, handsome and powerful man, you are also very brave,” says the Sheikh with an admiring look on his face. “If 200 lashes is what you desire, then so be it. And your second wish? What is it to be? ” the Sheikh asks.

“Please tie the Liverpool fan to my back.”

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INTERVIEW: BRIAN O’DRISCOLL After a glittering rugby career Brian O’Driscoll is now a pundit for BT Sport.

The word of BOD...

Former Leinster, Ireland and Lions centre and captain Brian O’Driscoll is now bringing his vast knowledge of the game to bear on his role as pundit for BT Sport. We talked to the rugby legend to get his thoughts about the recent Lions tour as well as the upcoming new season.

Q: Over the summer we all witnessed an exceptional British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand which resulted in a historic series draw. There’s been a fair bit of debate about the Lions’ future but would you make any changes to the structure of future tours?

A: No. I wouldn’t change a whole lot about the Lions. I think in a perfect world, you’d have the players together for another week before they travel.

You could see that they were getting better the more time they spent together, so I don’t think you can shorten the tour, as has been suggested, if you want to make them competitive come test time.

The reality is those international teams you’re playing against in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have been together a long time and have core groups of players irrespective of when

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you play them. The Lions don’t have the luxury of time and have to form new partnerships in a very short period of time and that’s not an easy thing to do.

You can see how the Lions struggled for the first few weeks of the tour of New Zealand and then got it together for the test series. The All Blacks were absolutely rattled for that last 25 minutes in the 3rd Test.

Q: Would you have taken the draw before the start of the series?

A: At the start of the tour, I would have as New Zealand very rarely fail to win a home Test series.

It was weird though after the final Test seeing how uneasy both Sam Warburton and Kieran Read were lifting one arm of the trophy each. It was one of those really weird awkward moments, but I think it whet the appetite for the next Lions tour, to South Africa in 2021.

Q: How do you think the Lions will affect the upcoming Six Nations?

A: I always like playing in the Six Nations after a Lions tour. It’s always a really fun and interesting time for those players that go away with the Lions and develop new friendships and great relationships with guys from other home nations.

And then, when you come up to play against them, it’s almost like you want to get one up on them and you go harder against them.

You might have a bit of fun out on the pitch but you really want to get good shots on them where possible or make someone look silly, just for the aftermath in the dressing room afterwards, or when you have a drink together later on.

All the nations have essentially shared their playbooks on the Lions tours so the coaches have to create new ones. It’s almost like a game of chess, trying to present something similar to before but slightly different.

Q: What about the various domestic and European competitions this season?

A: It’s really tough for teams to get that balance between domestic and European competitions.

If you win the European Cup, it’s very hard to mentally switch on again for a PRO14 or Aviva Premiership Final because human instinct is to feel satisfaction with winning something.

The difference between winning and losing is more often than not having a greater appetite and hunger than the opposition and they’re the margins between winning and losing.

Although, having said that, Saracens won the double the season before last. Had they gotten into the Aviva Premiership Final last season, having already won the European Champions Cup, who would have bet against them? There’s nothing between the teams at that level, which is brilliant and is the way you want it.

Q: Any transfers taking your eye in the Aviva Premiership?

A: Yeah, I think there’s a good few. I think Newcastle Falcons have done a good job on the recruitment front. You expect them to build on some really good work done over the last couple of years.

They’ve evolved their game into suiting their artificial pitch, and I think their new French international Maxime Mermoz is a good player, while DTH van der Merwe is as real try-scorer and then they have former England man Toby Flood to control things at fly-half. They’re three very good signings and I think the Falcons potentially could push for Europe.

And Leicester Tigers have recruited well, not least with George Ford coming in. I think they just missed a little bit of control at No.10 and he’ll be able to do a little bit more than Freddie Burns was able to last season. They’ve also added Johnny May to the mix and he really is a born tryscorer.

Sale Sharks have made an interesting signing in former Wallaby James O’Connor. It will be interesting to see how that pans out as I don’t necessarily know that he’s the type of personality that Sale needed. But, do you know, when he’s boxoffice, when he’s good he’s good and if he can just keep his head on and stay fit, he’ll have some magic moments for them.

As for Harlequins, I feel that they’re underachieving in their skill levels. I suppose I’ve been a small bit disappointed that Quins haven’t been able to step it up from their success of a few years’ ago The foundation laid by Conor O’Shea before he took the Italy job left them in good shape but they’ve kind of flattered to deceive.

They play some good, high-tempo rugby that’s good to watch but you need to see their key players really bossing that a little bit more and stepping up in big games.

That’s definitely what you get from Saracens and that’s why I’m so impressed with their culture. When their players come back from international duty, they’re as hungry to play in the Sarries jersey as they are for their countries.

BT Sport pundit Brian O’Driscoll is looking forward to an exciting new season.

Q: How have they managed to create such a strong culture at Saracens?

A: You look at their core players who are driven

by Owen Farrell. He’s a guy who wouldn’t accept anyone having a sub-standard performance, either in training or in a game.

Knowing his personality, I think Farrell is a great man to have at the helm. And obviously Maro Itoje, a potential England captain, is in there too.

The likes of Jamie George, George Kruis and the Vunipola brother are also inspirations. It means you’ve got a really brilliant core group of leaders in there, and they could be a dominant force for a good few years.

Q: Talking of class players, do you think Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi can come back and play for England despite being sent home from a training camp for disciplinary reasons?

A: First of all, I’m a huge fan of Manu as a person.

I had great fun with him on the Lions tour of Australia in 2013, and as a player I’m a big admirer of him. It’s been hard watching his career in recent times. He’s made a few errors of judgement since he burst onto scene, and has also suffered a number of injuries, and he’s running out of lives.

Q: As a club fan, which club do you think is the most galling to be a supporter of?

A: Good question. I think Gloucester are definitely in the mix. I think they’ve had so much talent over the years but they just haven’t been able to pull it all together in a common direction.

They’ve showed huge promise but then, more

often than not, they falter in the business end of the season. I think I’d be frustrated if I was a Gloucester supporter. I’ve met many of them and they’ve told me as such!

Q: Now you’re retired, can you enjoy going out yourself a bit more to clubs and the like?

A: I think the problem is it passed me by. I don’t know too many of my mates that go out to pubs and clubs. We meet for a couple of pints here and there but I’ve started going out and eating food and then going home. I don’t know what’s happened to me!

I’ve never let what I do curtail what I wanted socially to do – I think you just have to play smart.

I’ve been out over the course of my career lots of times and not been drinking in the car. There’s a lot of perception when you’re on the hammer or whatever, you could be driving, but you still want to hang out with your mates and see them. It’s the only way you’re going to.

Whereas now, you’ve less time because family and work takes an awful lot of it up, and you’re happy with it. I think it just becomes an evolution of you as a person and you don’t need to be hanging out with your buddies like I was in my early 20s.

Q: Are the best pubs/clubs in England or Ireland?

A: Ireland! I’ve had a couple of good nights out in England in my time, but obviously you have your favourite venues and I go back to the same ones.

When I do have a night out with the boys, it tends to be the same places – nothing pretentious, a good mixed crowd and a decent pint of Guinness!

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ASK THE EXPERTS – RISK ASSESSMENT

Do’s and don’ts in risk assessments It is sometimes difficult to know how to complete all the club’s legal requirements and to understand what they all are. Club Insure offers up this quick guide to help you understand a risk assessment better.

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risk assessment is essentially a form that helps identify the actual and potential risks that could happen in your workplace.

Their main purpose is to highlight any risks and to weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions, or should do more to prevent harm.

The Health and Safety at Work etc [SIC} 1974 (HSWA) requires employers to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees.

They are a very important step in protecting your workers and your club, as well as complying with the law.

Do: • Write a policy. This will let your employees know about your commitment to health and safety.

• Pick a competent employee to help you. This can be one of your employees or someone from outside your club.

• Walk around your workplace to see the risks yourself. You will be able to see exactly how people undergo their daily tasks and if there are any potential risks.

• Ask employees. You might not see what they do or they might have experienced some risks before.

• Look through previous accident or illness records. These might have been caused by risks that are still likely to happen in your workplace.

• Think both short and long term. Risks might not just affect people in the short term; a certain task might have risks in the future.

• Record your findings. Writing down the risks and showing them to your employees means they can understand them as well. It also allows you to review your findings at a later date.

• Date your findings and the changes needed. You

MORE INFORMATION can then look at this later and see if the changes have made any difference.

Don’t: • Over complicate things. The risk assessment form does not have to be a long complicated process. Just note the risks and the steps being taken to reduce the likelihood of them happening.

• Forget to do a risk assessment. Make a date to complete the process each year.

• Muddle along. If you feel stuck ask for help.

There are many different channels to get help from.

• Brush risks under the carpet. No matter how insignificant a risk might seem, you still need to make a note of it and set up precautions to stop the risks.

Club Insure covers all aspects of club insurance from start to finish, with Account Handlers and Claims Managers under one roof.

Contact the company for: • Health & Safety Audits • Risk Assessments • Manual Handling Assessments • COSHH Assessments • Fire Risk Assessments • Fire Safety • Method Statements • Staff Handbooks Victoria Romero-Trigo, Director Club Insure Ltd Romero House, 8 Airport West, Lancaster Way, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7ZA e. Victoria.romero-trigo@club-insure.co.uk t. 0844 488 9204 www.club-insure.co.uk

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ASK THE EXPERTS – HALLOWEEN

Getitrightfor fright night The UK’s Halloween industry is now worth more than £300m, placing it behind only Christmas and Easter among our most lucrative festivals. Are you prepared?

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ith Christmas just a fir cone’s throw away, Halloween holds a special and useful place in the club calendar, bridging a gap. Over £300m is now spent on these celebrations in the UK so clubs should be taking their share of that leisure spend.

The US is an interesting role model for all things Halloween; 64% of the population participate in activities with an average spend per head of nearly $75. This is driven by multi-media activ-

TOP PUMPKIN CARVING TIPS • Cut an access hole in the bottom of your pumpkin so you can scoop out the insides using an ice cream scoop or similar. (You can reattach the base once you have gutted the pumpkin.)

• Use a plastic scouring pad to clean and smooth the inside of the pumpkin.

• Trace or draw the outline of your design onto the pumpkin.

• Use a fine serrated knife or small carving blade to make detailed cuts.

• Wrap your finished carving in plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

RECIPE FOR PUMPKIN PIE Pumpkin pie is a traditional American recipe associated with Halloween and Thanksgiving. So don’t throw away the pulp from your pumpkin carving. Try the following recipe.

Ingredients • One and a half pounds (675g) pumpkin, peeled and fibrous center removed, cut into cubes • 4 oz. (125g) caster sugar • 3 eggs

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ity with the Disney Channel, for example, presenting a Monstober Halloween schedule covering the whole of October. Then there’s Cutthroat Kitchen, where spectacular spooky dishes are the order of the day.

Possibly a Gas Mark 7 too far, but there’s scope for thought. Maybe a pumpkin pie competition?

Or pumpkin personality of the year?

Happy Halloween.

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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg half a teaspoon of ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 tablespoons milk 10 oz. (275g) plain flour two and a half ounces (65g) margarine two and a half ounces of lard 3-4 tablespoons water

Method • Place the pumpkin in a colander over a pan of boiling water and steam for about 20 minutes until tender. Then mash and cool.

• Sift the flour and two teaspoons of cinnamon into a bowl then rub in fats until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

• Mix in the water to make a dough. Knead the dough on a floured surface and roll. Grease a baking tin (10.5 x 7.5 inches), line with the dough and prick the base. Line the base with greaseproof paper and top with beans. Blind bake for 15 minutes at Gas Mark 5, 190°C (this will keep the pastry flat) before removing the paper and beans. Bake for a further 5 minutes.

• Whisk the eggs, sugar, ginger, nutmeg and ground cinnamon.

• Fold in the mashed pumpkin and 4 tablespoons of milk and pour into the pastry case. Bake at 375°F, Gas Mark 5, 190°C for about 40 minutes, or until set.

• Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

So what are you up to? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pumpkin-pietaster of what clubs around the country are planning for the fright night of the year.

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ASK THE EXPERTS – BONFIRE NIGHT

Remember, remember the 5th of November The nights are drawing in but there are still lots of reasons to celebrate with bonfires and fireworks.

But with great events come potential dangers. Aon’s Andy Kitchener provides the following advice.

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lubs want to protect staff, members and guests from harm or damage at all times.

Fireworks night has its own particular implications so it’s worth doing a thorough check through your safety procedures as well as being clear where you would stand with your insurance policy if anything went wrong.

To make sure that Public Liability Cover remains fully in force you will need to comply with the policy conditions of your insurance.

Below is a list of tips designed to help protect

you during bonfire and firework displays, but please do check the specifics of your own policy before holding an event.

• Use experts – For category 4 fireworks, and above, you will need to have a qualified pyrotechnic technician to co-ordinate the display. This co-ordinator will need to hold valid Public Liability insurance for that activity.

Otherwise a competent person can let these off; please check with your insurer.

• Keep people at a safe distance – Spectators should be kept at a safe distance from the bonfire and fireworks and behind a rope or other barrier.

• Store safely – Fireworks should be kept in a closed metal box when not being used.

Fireworks should be stored and lit a safe distance from the bonfire.

• Inform the emergency services – The fire brigade and police should be notified prior to any event and if they give you advice then you should comply with it fully.

• First aid – First aid facilities should be provided for the duration of any display.

As always, clubs will no doubt apply common sense to ensure that these events go as smoothly and safely as possible with minimal risk. But thinking ahead could help ensure a successful and stress-free bonfire nigh for everyone involved.

CONTACT DETAILS If you have any questions about this article contact Andy Kitchener, Regional Client Manager, Aon UK Limited.?t. 07714 180 551 e. andrew.kitchener@aon.co.uk.

Aon UK Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Whilst care has been taken in the production of this article and the information contained within it has been obtained from sources that Aon UK Limited believes to be reliable, Aon UK Limited does not warrant, represent or guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of the article or any part of it and can accept no liability for any loss incurred in any way whatsoever by any person who may rely on it. In any case any recipient shall be entirely responsible for the use to which it puts this article. This article has been compiled using information available to us up to 3rd October 2017.

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ASK THE EXPERTS – WINNING WEBSITES

Keeping members on-side and on the club site The competitive nature of the online world means that functioning websites cannot allow for any mistakes.

If you want to keep your members using the club site – and passing it on to friends – then it’s time to take stock, advise the folk at Larrytech.

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istakes on your website usually result in a high percentage of your traffic ‘bouncing’ away quicker than they arrive.

Below we look at the main problems from a user’s perspective.

1. Your site is non-responsive The implementation of the ‘Mobilegeddon’ in April last year meant that non-responsive websites should now be considered a thing of the past. With two in three adults using a smartphone to browse the internet, this means accessibility is everything.

Non-responsive websites aren’t easy to navigate, people don’t know where to click or how to find something if they cannot see the entire site within their screen. If a user is having to pinch and zoom (which we know they’ll eventually get tired of) they are likely to click away and find a website that IS responsive.

2. Outdated website design If your website is aging, it’s definitely time for a refresh; 85% of your visitors judge your website within the first 10 seconds of landing on it. If your website is outdated and not aesthetically pleasing why would they stay on it? Users are looking for something modern and fresh. In website design, designs are consistently evolving and you can never consider your design ahead of the pack.

3. Unclear navigation structure In essence, entering a website can be seen as a journey; you have to navigate your way around the site to get to where you want to be. Therefore, when designing and developing your site, you need to consider if your user can get to where they want to be straight away and with ease.

4. No ‘About Us’ page If your website has got through the first hurdle of engaging users, many will navigate towards the ‘about us’ page to find out a bit more about you. An ‘about’ page is an effective tool for selling the club and helping prospective members get excited enough to join.

5. Poor content Poor content is something we see all too often, if

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your content isn't compelling why would users stay on your website? Poor content can be anything from a lack of content to content that simply doesn’t suit the club’s ‘persona’ and message.

6. Content is hard to read Content font size and colouring is flexible.

However, your font type and colour need to compliment your website design. The clearer your text is to read the more likely people are to stick around on your website. It’s about a clear typeface that is easy on the eye and can appeal in the right way to reflect the club. Choice of colour can also play a part, depending on the tint of your background.

7. Too many ads Extensive use of pop-up adverts is enough to get on anyone’s nerves. Although many well-known sites use pop-ups, people do get frustrated with these as it prevents their reason of action when clicking through to a site. If you use a range of adverts, it may be time for a re-think as this is a significant cause of users moving away from a website.

8. Slow loading pages Arguably one of the biggest problems in outdated websites is slow loading websites. Your website can be aesthetically pleasing, with a great balance of good quality content, but if it takes longer than four seconds to load, users will quickly move away from

it. Page speed is a significant factor in a user’s decision to stay or leave a website page.

9. Lack of personality Every club needs a ‘personality’ in order to stand out from the crowd. This needs to be replicated throughout the website.

10. Broken links When a user navigates around your website they will get frustrated when they click on a call to action and the page that they are trying to access has an error message. This is not only hindering user experience it also damages your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) performance. Broken links happen as a result of page title changes or perhaps if a page is deleted but certain content still internally links to that specific page.

As always there’s a solution to everything –knowing what the problem is in the first place is half the battle!

MORE INFORMATION If your bounce rate is high and you are unsure what you can do to combat the problem contact Larryetch via www.larrytech.com/ contact. Alternatively use this QR code.

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when you add 2 HEINEKEN draught brands

NEW BT CUSTOMERS

50% OFF

when you add 2 HEINEKEN draught brands

Growing together

Sign up to transform your venue into the ultimate sports destination for your customers. Another great example of growing together with HEINEKEN.

Bene ts:

Drive footfall

Helps increase dwell time

with exclusive televised sports

and associated sales in your venue

with UEFA Champions League and Europa League games not available on ITV or Sky

on your bar

Maximise midweek trading opportunities

Enjoy the great range of HEINEKEN draught brands

Become the ultimate sports venue for your customers, Call HEINEKEN on 0344 556 0109 to nd out more details Open to UK trade customers who are not a member of a managed group. Premises must be licensed under applicable legislation. A 12 month stocking agreement with Heineken and new 12 month agreement or 12 month renewal with BT are required. Discounts are for 12 months. Please speak to your RSM regarding which brands will best t with your outlet in order to get this deal, brands must be stocked throughout 12 month agreement to keep BT Sport discount. DEAL 1 - Existing BT Customer add 2 Heineken Brands 35% Discount on BT Sport Total. DEAL 2 - Existing BT Customer add 4 Heineken Brands 50% Discount on BT Sport Total or BT Sport 1. DEAL 3 - New BT Customer add 2 Heineken Brands 50% Discount on BT Sport Total. DEAL 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New BT Customer add 1 Heineken Brands 50% Discount on BT Sport 1. Promotion open until 30.06.18. BT Agreement must be nalised by 30.06.18. Promoter: Heineken UK Limited, 3-4 Broadway Park, South Gyle Broadway, Edinburgh EH12 9JZ

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CLUB SERVICES REFURBISHMENT

REFURBISHMENT

The curtain specialist for clubs, schools & theatres

Stage Curtains

Large Window Curtains

Room Dividers

Cleaning & Re-flameproofing

Blackout Drapes

Track Repairs & Servicing

For more information, contact us today and quote CLUB to arrange a free site visit to discuss your requirements.

Tel: 01354 677796 • Email: sales@cameocurtains.co.uk

Visit our website: www.cameocurtains.co.uk

RECRUITMENT

sales@pubfurnitureuk.co.u

CF/24 Leather £119.90

Faux Leather RF/5F £39.90

TC/2 From £38.90 Wood Seat

TC/1 From £34.90 Wood Seat

WT/13 £64.90

Call Our Sales Team Now For Full Brochure and Special Offers or View Our Website

PO/7 £89.90

Ridge bases From £37.00

64 CLUB MIRROR

From £12.40

150C

CI/15D From £64.90

WT/1 From £81.90

151C

From £23.30

152C

THE CANDIDATE: Applicants must have experience of working in the Leisure and Hospitality industry (preferably in a Golf Club environment) and be of an outgoing nature with a firm focus on Customer Service. Knowledge of the game of golf is a benefit but not essential. A competency in stocktaking, price analysis and an ability to communicate clearly both up and down the organisation are essential.

RF/16 From £39.90

From £23.30

From £13.50

JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible to the General Manager for the Food, Beverage, Event Management and Clubhouse operation, the chosen candidate will show proven skills in food & beverage business development, personnel, stock control and budget management, and will offer excellent front of house customer service. The candidate will work in conjunction with other HOD’s to deliver an exceptional experience for both members and guests.

The Clubhouse is open 365 days a year, therefore the ability to work flexible hours is essential.

www.trentfurniture.co.uk

OF/7A £39.90

OF/3G £25.90

Bar & Catering Manager

153C

Now available in 15 fabrics

154C

PACKAGE: Salary – A negotiable, competitive salary is offered depending on experience. On site accommodation can be provided as part of any salary if there is a need to relocate to take up the vacancy.

Call: Iain Evans, General Manager Tel: 01702 582205

Pension – The Club offers a contributory pension scheme – details available upon request.

Annual Leave – 28 days’ holiday (includes public holidays and bank holidays).

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TO ADVERTISE PLEASE CALL

07789 870709

REFURBISHMENT sales@pubfurnitureuk.co.u

Faux Leather RF/5F £39.90

TC/2 From £38.90 Wood Seat

WT/13 £64.90

CF/24 Leather £119.90

TC/1 From £34.90 Wood Seat

Call Our Sales Team Now For Full Brochure and Special Offers or View Our Website

PO/7 £89.90

Ridge bases From £37.00

www.trentfurniture.co.uk

OF/7A £39.90

OF/3G £25.90

RF/16 From £39.90

CI/15D From £64.90

WT/1 From £81.90

From £23.30

From £13.50

From £12.40

150C

151C

From £23.30

152C

153C

Now available in 15 fabrics

154C

ENTERTAINMENT

GAMING

ssk entertainment • disco • quiz nights • master of ceremonies • weddings • birthday parties • award evenings • club events SSK Entertainment is based in West Sussex. We can provide all the ingredients you’ll need for your party, wedding, quiz night or any event at budgets to suit everyone.

We operate anywhere in the Surrey, Sussex and Kent area.

TO CHAT ABOUT YOUR EVENT, REQUIREMENTS, BUDGET ETC PLEASE CALL DAVID FOSTER ON 07710 855295 or visit www.sskdisco.co.uk

CLUB MIRROR 65

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CLUB SERVICES

TO ADVERTISE PLEASE CALL

07789 870709

REFURBISHMENT

sales@pubfurnitureuk.co.u

Faux Leather RF/5F £39.90

TC/2 From £38.90 Wood Seat

WT/13 £64.90

CF/24 Leather £119.90

TC/1 From £34.90 Wood Seat

Call Our Sales Team Now For Full Brochure and Special Offers or View Our Website

PO/7 £89.90

Ridge bases From £37.00

www.trentfurniture.co.uk

OF/7A £39.90

OF/3G £25.90

RF/16 From £39.90

CI/15D From £64.90

WT/1 From £81.90

From £23.30

From £13.50 66 CLUB MIRROR

From £12.40

150C

151C

From £23.30

152C

153C

Now available in 15 fabrics

154C

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UNDERSTANDING YOU, FIRST...

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A portfolio that includes the

top 2 cask ale drinks * brandS in 2016

Wainwright number 1 cask ale brand in 2016*

Pedigree number 2 cask ale brand in 2016*

• 3 beers in the Top 100 Drinks List*

• Consumers want to see these beers on the bar • 3 great new looks

*The MA Drinks List: Top 100 Brands

Shipyard number 2 craft beer brand in 2016*

For more quality brands & services to drive your business, call Marston’s on 0800 587 0773