Medics rugby challenge 2016

MEDICS RUGBY CHALLENGE

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8 November 2016

Contents Welcome Surgeon Commander Anthony Lambert OBE RN ............................................................. 4 Commandant General Royal Marines Major General Robert A Magowan CBE .............................. 6 Peninsula Medical School Professor Robert Sneyd .......................................................................... 8 Role of Honour ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Plymouth and Exeter Medicals RFC Morgan O’Flaherty .................................................................. 12 Royal Marines Association RFC ........................................................................................................... 14 Go Scoobie! Cpl Philip Eaglesham ...................................................................................................... 15 Royal Marines RFC Brigadier D L Kassapian ..................................................................................... 16 Royal Marines Squad ............................................................................................................................ 19 Medics Rugby Challenge ..................................................................................................................... 20 Plymouth & Exeter Medicals Squad .................................................................................................... 21 Devonport Services Under 16 squad .................................................................................................. 22 The Youth Match ................................................................................................................................... 23 Ivybridge Under 16 Squad ................................................................................................................... 24 Horseback UK Update Jason Hare Operations Manager ................................................................ 26 Combat Stress UK Former Royal Marine Joe Humphrey ................................................................. 30 What has the RMC done for me? Former Royal Marine Andy Grant ............................................... 32 Medics Rugby Challenge Print ............................................................................................................. 34 Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................. 36 Medics Rugby Challenge Sweetheart ................................................................................................ 38 Medics Rugby Challenge 2017 ............................................................................................................. 39

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Welcome!

So here we are at the eighth Medics Rugby Challenge, the annual game between the Royal Marines XV and one from the Peninsula Medical Schools. With the Royal Marines still leading the league table, the Medics stole the game last year with an impressive display of skill and commitment, taking their number of wins over the Marines to two. The gauntlet is down and this year’s Medics team will be expecting a hard game!

As ever, the support fo from sponsors and supporters, not to mention the officials, players and coaches, is fantastic. I would like to thank Plymouth Albion for their hospitality, Formedia for their help promoting the game and the Plymouth Nuffield Hospital for covering some of the costs involved in running the event.

You may have noticed that this year the beneficiary is the Royal Marines Charity, the rebranded Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. Rest assured that all of the money raised goes to this renamed charity and benefits those in need.

This summer, Former Royal Marine Andy Grant became the fastest below knee amputee over 10 km, when he broke the world record in his home town of Liverpool.

This year was also Olympic year and some of our injured servicemen and women took part in the Paralympics in Rio, representing themselves and their country in one of the world’s biggest sporting spectacles. Read some of these stories later in this programme and how the Royal Marines Charity has helped them.

As ever, we are honoured to have members of the Royal Marine Band Service with us tonight. Internationally renowned for the versatility of its Musicians and Buglers, fronted by the Corps of Drums, these men and women work closely with the Royal Navy

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Medics and undertake casualty handling and patient administration when deployed.

Sadly there is always a Roll of Honour in the programme. This past year has seen the deaths of some very close friends and acquaintnces intimately associated with many of those here tonight; a former Royal Marine rugby player, two Royal Navy doctors and three Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nurses. Our thoughts are with them and their families.

I know that more and more groups are using the MRC as an ‘excuse’ to meet up. If you have enjoyed yourself tonight please tell your family and friends and drag them along next year.

Although the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are now part of our country’s past, they are still very much a part, sometimes a big part, of some individual’s present. For those unlucky enough to benefit from your generosity, thank you!

I would like to finish by thanking you all for your continued support of the Medics Rugby Challenge, which will continue to be played on the Tuesday before Remembrance Sunday each year. Next year’s game, here at Plymouth Albion, will be on Tuesday 7th November 2017, so please put that date in your diary now!

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Commandant General Royal Marines I feel absolutely honoured to be able to welcome you, on behalf of all Royal Marines, to Plymouth Albion RFC, and the eighth Medics Rugby Challenge.

Now well and truly cemented in the Corps Rugby fixture list, the game has provided a real sporting challenge for both the Royal Marines and the Peninsula Medical School since its inception in 2009. After a fairly even first few years, there was a convincing run of 4 straight wins for the Royal Marines.

However, we were well and truly beaten in 2015, thanks to a fantastic display of rugby from the medics.

I’m confident that we can win back the trophy this year!

Of course, competition aside, this is all for a very good cause. The money which is being raised for the Royal Marines Charity, and formally the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, is increasing year on year, and now sits at well over £120,000.

In fact, over £20,000 was raised last year alone. We must thank Anthony Lambert, and everyone else involved, for growing the event into a truly noteworthy occasion which delivers so much funding for those in need.

So what are the Royal Marines doing today?

Well, the warfighting we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan is now a thing of the past.

However, we are as busy as ever. In this term

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alone around 75% of 3 Commando Brigade are either deployed or at high readiness. We have Marines, and supporting elements, deployed on operations both in the UK and around the world.

These Marines are performing unique tasks vital to UK defence, whether that be security of the nuclear deterrent; Ships Force Protection Teams in the Mediterranean or the Gulf; Short Term Training Teams in the Middle East; or the Company sized Special Purpose Task Group from the Lead Commando which is deployed forward on ship, so that they may respond to threats as required.

And our programme of training and exercising also continues apace. October alone saw the Royal Marines training in the Mediterranean, Albania, California, Italy, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Oman. As always, we train in order to be able to operate in the most austere and dangerous of environments, whether that be the jungle, the arctic, the desert or at sea. This ensures that we are ready to deploy anywhere, anytime. As you can see from the list of countries above, our training is truly multinational, and we are now seeing a definite return to our amphibious roots, not least as we look forward to the introduction of the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft carriers, a fantastic asset to the Royal Navy which will allow us to position more

Commandant General Royal Marines Royal Marines and more aviation forward into the arc of crisis.

With all that said, and a new era beginning for the Royal Marines, we still bear the scars of over a decade of heavy fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Between 2003 and 2014 72 Royal Marines were killed and 339 sustained injuries, many of which were life changing.

Still today, a vast array of organisations work tirelessly to support these individuals and their families, with the Royal Marines Charity providing vital funding to most of them. As time passes and those injured individuals leave the Corps, and bereaved families move on with their lives as best they can, it becomes more and more difficult to provide support. It is in that respect that the Royal Marines Charity, along with other vital elements of the Corps Family such as the Royal Marines Association, become ever more important. The convergence of the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund and the C Group to create the new Royal Marines Charity only serves to strengthen that support, and it has only been made possible

by the funding support provided by people like you, at events like this.

The Medics Rugby Challenge provides a truly unique opportunity for civilians and military to come together in sport, and raise money for a cause which is very close to all of our hearts. I would like to thank you for attending and for supporting the Royal Marines Charity, and the organisers and players for investing some much time, blood, sweat and tears. I am also delighted that the Royal Marines Band Service are able to support the event. At every Corps event I attend, their performance is always flawless, conducted with the utmost professionalism. These highly trained musicians are also a vital battlefield asset for the Royal Marines, providing casualty handling when deployed – they epitomise all the Corps values we hold so dear.

I hope you have a fantastic evening, and good luck to both the teams.

Major General Robert A Magowan CBE Commandant General Royal Marines

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Peninsula Medical School Well, where to begin? Usually we say “begin at the beginning”… On this occasion I think we will “begin with the winning…” We won this match this time last year - enough said! What else? - nothing else… That’s enough!

Actually though there is something else that is important to say. At graduation day in July this year I had the pleasure of reading the citation for Anthony Lambert to be awarded with Plymouth University honorary sporting colours. The “sporting” bit relates of course to his contribution to our student sport in general and this match in particular. It is however not the only way which is engages with us as he is of course a passionate clinical teacher as well. I have appended below the citation as I suspect that only a few of you will have had a chance to be at graduation so I take this opportunity to share it with you.

Read it carefully, celebrate the man and of course enjoy the game…!

With best wishes Rob Sneyd Dean, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine & Dentistry Citation read by Prof Robert Sneyd at medical school graduation, summer 2016.

Citation for Anthony Lambert OBE Plymouth University awards Sporting Colours to individuals, or representatives of organisations or events, all of whom embody the spirit of partnership through sport. Our recipients are drawn from existing students, our alumni, and from the wider community of the city and the region. What they have in

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common is their tireless devotion to sport and sports related activities that raise the aspirations of, and inspire, individuals and communities. Occasionally this is through their own efforts, but always it is through the way in which they go further to enable those around them, enhancing the opportunities available to others and enriching communities.

Today, we are delighted to be able to bestow an Honorary Sporting Colour on Anthony Lambert.

Anthony Lambert OBE is a Surgeon Commander in the Ministry of Defence and one who has brought together a love of sport – and rugby in particular – with a commitment to supporting injured servicemen.

Born and educated in Plymouth, Anthony qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1985, during which time he joined the Royal Navy. Rising through the ranks to Surgeon Commander, Anthony has seen active service in the Iran – Iraq conflict; the first Gulf War; the unrest in former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia; and more recently the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One the ‘old breed’ of general surgeons, Anthony maintains broad surgical skills to enable him to perform effectively when deployed.

Anthony was awarded a Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) by the Joint Royal Colleges of Scotland in 1996 and a Master of Surgery from the University of Bath in 1998.

He passed his Intercollegiate Examination in 1999 and gained an MSc in SEM in 2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a Member of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK).

Peninsula Medical School

With a major interest in general paediatric surgery, Anthony spent six months in the Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital in Wales, and was appointed Lead Clinician Paediatric Surgical Services at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital when he became a consultant there in 2000. He enjoys teaching and instructs at the Royal College of Surgeons on the Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills and Military Operational Surgical Training courses.

Married to Ana, with whom he has four children, Anthony is still a keen sportsman, and played rugby until injury forced him to hang up his boots in 2007 but he continues to coach Peninsula students and Devonport Services Colts. He was awarded an OBE in the 2013 Queen’s New Year’s Honours for his

charitable work and continuing care of injured servicemen.

Heavily involved since the inception the of Peninsula Medical Schools Rugby Football Club, Anthony trains and supports medical and dental students and has been instrumental in their success in national competitions. He also organises the Medics Rugby Challenge between the students and the Royal Marines in support of our injured servicemen. Now in its eight year, the matches raise as much as £25,000 annually for the Royal Marines Charity.

Vice-Chancellor, I have the honour to present Anthony Lambert for the award of an Honorary Sporting Colour at Plymouth University.

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Roll of Honour

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Roll of Honour Marine Michael YOUNGHUSBAND Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, RM rugby player Sub-Lieutenant Anna BOLAM (QARNNS) Military Defence Health Unit Derriford Leading Engineering Technician (WESM) William HOWELL HMS DRAKE. Lieutenant Joseph WRIGHT Royal Navy HMS VICTORIOUS. Band Corporal Shona MCKEOWN (RMBS) HMS CALEDONIA Lieutenant David SMITH Royal Naval Reserve RNAS CULDROSE Chief Petty Officer AET(M) Matthew NENER RNAS CULDROSE Logistician (SC)(SM) Ian JAMES 45 Commando Group Royal Marines Chief Petty Officer Logistician (SC) Andrew BOUCKLEY Naval Service Recovery Centre Hasler Lieutenant Colonel Simon GRAY Royal Marines Naval Service Recovery Centre Hasler Surgeon Commander David BIRT Royal Navy Military Defence Hospital Unit Derriford Leading Naval Nurse Laura HYDE (QARNNS) Military Defence Hospital Unit Derriford Leading Naval Nurse Thomas BOVINGTON (QARNNS) Royal College of Defence Medicine Surgeon Commander Jane RISDALL Royal Navy Royal College of Defence Medicine

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Plymouth and Exeter Medicals Rugby Football Club

Now in its third year since the split of the medical schools, Plymouth and Exeter Medicals RFC is still thriving, keeping alive the tradition of a combined student team for medical and dental students across the South-West Peninsula – bringing together players from the five main campus sites of Exeter, Torbay, Plymouth, Truro and Barnstaple. Originally founded in 2002, our club has grown from strength to strength over the years, including a strong and growing alumni contingent.

“The squirrels” currently compete for honours on several fronts, including the National Medical Schools Cup (NAMS), local Plymouth cup competitions, and of course, the Medics Rugby Challenge.

Last season started with a bang when we triumphed over the Royal Marines for the second time in the fixture’s history with an impressive 22-7 win based on valiant defence and smart, thinking rugby. We know the Corps’ team will be out for revenge this year, but with our young talented squad, I am sure

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brain can triumph over brawn once more.

Following the MRC we had some mixed results in our annual NAMS competition, with a convincing win over a strong Bristol side.

However, we were eventually knocked out at the quarter-final stage by a Liverpool team who went on to win the competition, in an evenly matched game that realistically could have gone either way. The season ended with a runners-up medal in the local Lockie Cup – in a spirited display with a team featuring no less than 7 freshers.

On behalf of Plymouth and Exeter Medicals RFC, I would like to thank everyone involved who makes this event possible, in particular Surgeon Commander Anthony Lambert, who does so much for our club and for this event.

I hope you all enjoy the evening and give generously for a worthy cause.

Thank you for coming.

Cherish the nut.

Morgan O’Flaherty

The Button Cup We are pleased once again to present the BUTTON CUP as the now perpetual trophy for this important fixture, which we are sure will be an exciting and hard fought contest.

As some will know, the cup is named in the fond memory of Malcolm Button, a friend and former member of our staff, whose enthusiasm for and lifetime involvement with the game of rugby makes him a worthy candidate to be remembered in association with this worthwhile event.

If he were here today, I’m sure we would all enjoy his “erudite critique” of the match!

Regrettably, he is not here, but his cup is. He would be very proud.

Peter Adams

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Royal Marines Association RFC The RMA RFC was formed on the back of 8 years of former and serving Royal Marines and Royal Navy guys getting together to play charity veterans rugby matches with the inception of the Chara Bowl on our return from Herrick 9 to support those injured.

Since then we have gathered pace considerably by playing games in UK and abroad, most notably since 2014, to celebrate RM350 and to coincide with the launch of the Royal Marines Monopoly board in Gibraltar.

On the inaugural tour we had a party of 74, swelling our numbers to 117 in 2016. The aim of the RMA RFC Vets? To bring old and new RN & RM into the fold who have a passion for rugby.

This gave us a formal platform to work from and we have already had the honour of former British & Irish Lions Head Coach and Player, Sir Ian McGeechan OBE agreeing to become our Patron.

Yes, a bi-product of the Branch formation is to continue to raise funds and awareness for those in need of RN & RM Charity support but just as importantly to get former & serving Bootnecks & Matelots together socially and to give everyone a sense of belonging.

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This year we had the pleasure of the company of Commodore Jamie Miller CBE RN, many former Bootnecks, notably former RSM’s Jim Martin, Rog Tinson and Bob Ewan, tour regulars, Shaun Parkin, Dan Parkes and Steve Jones, as well as players like POAET Marsh Cormack, who has recently retired from the Senior Royal Navy team.

The Royal Navy backrow from Twickenham in 1997, Bob Armstrong, Steve ‘Shady’ Lane and Steve Jones played together again this year in a compelling 37-12 victory for RMA RFC. The Royal Marines RFC playing a Gibraltar Select XV played outstandingly and were unlucky to lose 4 days, 3 nights, 2 games and 1 group of amazing characters and players together made a fantastic tour and a great advert for the Royal Navy & Royal Marines.

Any former or serving RN/RM players wishing to become involved please contact RMA RFC Secretary at: secretary-rmarfc@outlook.com or find us on Facebook on Royal Marines Association RFC page.

Go Scoobie!

As a former player on the Corps team prior to my last deployment in 2010 to Sangin, with 40 Cdo RM, rugby has always played an extremely important part in my life. When I contracted Q Fever whilst on tour, life changed forever.

However, as my condition has continued to deteriorate over the past 6 years, I have been extremely fortunate to have had Hasler Company and the charities support for my family and I. Without their support, I would definitely not be alive today.

As my prognosis is unknown and my condition continues to deteriorate, the Royal Marines Charity has been unwavering in looking out for my interests. Supporting me with wheelchairs and other necessary disability aids, to building a bespoke house that is ready for the future of my condition, rather than constantly moving and adapting everything.

This is priceless, as everything culminated a couple of years ago when my mental health suffered with everything and suicide was the only way out that I could fathom, to stop what I believed, was me and my condition being a burden on everyone. With the support of the charities and Somerset Partnership I was able to turn this around.

It is a constant battle that we (my family) fight everyday but this enabled me to find and take up a sport that I could compete at and excel in.

In November 2015 I competed at my first IPC (International Paralympic Committee) Shooting World Cup. Ten months later I was competing in the Paralympics. Lt ‘Mo’ Morris, who captained the Corps team, accompanied and supported me on my journey to Rio. Competing at the greatest sporting show on earth was unbelievable.

To be able to show my children that, no matter what happens in life, with support and determination, you can still go on to great things.

As a Royal Marines Commando and now a Paralympian, I can honestly say this has only been possible due to the support that the public has for the charity. The Medics Rugby Challenge is a great sporting occasion but more importantly it is a great chance to support and genuinely change injured service personnel’s lives. Although we are no longer in active combat in Afghan, those that are wounded, injured or sick, continue to battle and fight the war everyday that passes. The chance to support a break in hardship or support a new beginning is priceless to those that need support.

I believe I can speak for all, when I say, that Thank You would never be enough for your support. Please continue to support this great event and also am amazing charity that goes above and beyond.

Cpl Philip Eaglesham Former Royal Marine

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Royal Marines RFC As the best-supported RMRFU fixture of the season against the Peninsula Medics looms large again, it is worth taking stock of what the event delivers. Now a regular fixture, with tens of thousands of pounds routinely raised, the benefit this provides to the Royal Marines Charity is self-evident. The direct support that is provided to members of the Royal Marines family as a result of Doc Lambert’s personal drive is something that most of us will never experience, but is nevertheless deeply cherished by those who do receive support. Importantly, the event is also supported by numerous unsung volunteers, prize contributors, and sponsors alike. On behalf of the Royal Marines family, I thank you all for your generosity and enthusiasm without which we would not be able to enjoy what is always an entertaining, if too often a wet evening’s rugby.

And as the Medics and Royal lock horns again, it is worth reflecting on why these two institutions engage on the field of play.

First and foremost, the game of rugby transcends class, international boundaries, professions, and perceived barriers. Last Year’s Rugby World Cup epitomised this in the momentous game between Japan and South Africa: it is a game for every man - and woman, as the England Female rugby team have proved to the detriment of the Men’s national game. But also, medics are integral to the success of Royal Marines and the broader Armed Forces, on operations around the globe.

Iraq and Afghanistan proved that unequivocally, and it has been reinforced subsequently on numerous occasions. Nowhere better than in Sierra Leone, where the medical and military community worked hand-in-glove to bring an international pandemic under control.

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So brothers in arms on the field of play, and the battlefield. Thank you for all your continued support, and I look forward to another great evening.

Brigadier D L Kassapian President Royal Marines Rugby Football Club

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Royal Marines Squad

WO2 ‘Taff’ Williams RM Head Coach

Tom Jones Position: 1 Height: 5FT 9 Weight: 105KG

Marcus Stevens Position: 2 Height: 6FT Weight: 100KG

Ryan Morris (Capt) Position: 5 Height: 6FT 5 Weight: 115KG

Nick Watt Position:6 Height: 5FT 10 Weight: 93KG

Kyp Bridgen Position: 9 Height: 6FT Weight: 98KG

Richard Caddywould Position: 10 Height: 5FT 11 Weight: 90KG

Sevanaia Naulago Position: 13 Height: 6FT Weight: 98KG

Troy Gobey Position: 14 Height: 5FT 8 Weight: 79KG

Shayne Clark Position: 17 Height: 5FT 11 Weight: 107KG

Semi Tabanivesi Position: 13 Height: 5FT 11 Weight: 95KG

Cpl Guy Glastonbury RM Ctcrm Team Manager

Arran Wilman Position: 3 Height: 5FT 11 Weight: 115KG

John Pilkington Position: 4 Height: 6FT 4 Weight: 118KG

Matt Cozens Position: 7 Height: 6FT 3 Weight: 98KG

Connor Harbison Position: 8 Height: 6FT 2 Weight: 109KG

Kyle Wood Position: 11 Height: 6FT Weight: 105KG

Luke Warrington Position: 15 Height: 5FT 8 Weight: 80KG

Daniel Laws Position: 18 Height: 5FT 10 Weight: 102KG

James Collett Position:19 Height: 5FT 9 Weight: 85KG

Robert Lines Position: 22 Height: 5FT 8 Weight: 77KG

Will Young Position: 23 Height: 5FT 9 Weight: 81KG

Martin O’Grady Position: 12 Height: 6FT Weight: 89KG

Neil Scopes Position: 16 Height: 5FT 11 Weight: 105KG

Tom Worboys Position: 20 Height: 5FT 9 Weight: 89KG

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Medics Rugby Challenge

Peninsula Medical School

Royal Marines 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Luke Warrington Troy Gobey Sevanaia Naulago Martin O’Grady Kyle Wood Richard Cadywould Kyp Bridgen Tom Jones Marcus Stevens Arran Wilman John Pilkington Ryan Morris (Capt) Nick Watt Matt Couzens Connor Harbison

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Neil Scopes Shayne Clarke Daniel Laws James Collett Tom Worboys Semi Tabanivesi Rob Lines Will Young

FULL BACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING FLY HALF SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP LOCK LOCK FLANKER FLANKER No. 8 REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS

Jacob Bruten Charlie Scott Adam Kedzierski Bram Wise Devon Berrington Louis Fiander Owen Mitchell Dan Oleary Logan McCallan Alex Whitcroft Mark Cribb Brian Rigney Ian Bugg Rory Rule Ollie O’Keefe

15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Pio Tuaima Henry Harcourt James Daniels Andrew Wong Paddy Mythen Ollie Rides Jack Tulloch Joe Macpherson

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Referee

Assistant Ref 1 Assistant Ref 2 Match Medical Staff Steve Woolley Paul Stinchcombe ????????

Dr Paul Giles

Physio Ruairi Cushion

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PEMRFC Squad

Logan McCallan President

Anthony Lambert Director of Rugby

Dan Oleary No 1 Height: 183 cm Weight: 100 kg

Logan McCallan No 2 Height: 179 cm Weight: 88 kg

Alex Whitcroft No 3 Height: 183 cm Weight: 125 kg

Mark Cribb No 4 Height: 192 cm Weight: 85 kg

Brian Rigney No 5 Height: 192 cm Weight: 86 kg

Ian Bugg No 6 Height: 183 cm Weight: 80 kg

Rory Rule No 7 (Captain) Height: 183 cm Weight: 90 kg

Ollie O’Keefe No 8 Height: 186 cm Weight: 90 kg

Owen Mitchell No 9 Height: 183 cm Weight: 85 kg

Louis Fiander No 10 Height: 192 cm Weight: 87 kg

Devon Berrington No 11 Height: 192 cm Weight: 100 kg

Bram Wise No 12 Height: 192 cm Weight: 95 kg

Adam Kedzierski No 13 Height: 177 cm Weight: 81 kg

Charlie Scott No 14 Height: 180 cm Weight: 80 kg

Jacob Bruten No 15 Height: 186 cm Weight: 78 kg

Pio Tuaima No 16 Height: 156 cm Weight: 110 kg

Henry Harcourt No 17 Height: 192cm Weight: 92 kg

James Daniels No 18 Height: 183 cm Weight: 86 kg

Andrew Wong No 19 Height: 189 cm Weight: 91 kg

Paddy Mythen No 20 Height: 189 cm Weight: 78 kg

Ollie Rides No 21 Height: 192 cm Weight: 93 kg

Jack Tulloch No 22 Height: 189 cm Weight: 84 kg

Joe Macpherson No 23 Height: 182 cm Weight: 72 kg

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Dave Slade Coach/Manager

Dean Oram Coach

Devonport Services Under 16 Squad Tommy Bailey No 1 Position: Prop D.O.B: 14.03.2001 Weight: 86kgs Height: 182cms

Sam Clark No 2 Position: Hooker D.O.B: 25.05.2001 Weight: 77kgs Height: 152cms

Daniel Carwithen No 3 Position: Prop D.O.B: 05.07.2001 Weight: 93kgs Height: 172cms

Henry Burrows No 4 Position: Second Row D.O.B: 13.04.2001 Weight: 87kgs Height: 192cms

Nathian Foster No 5 Position: Second Row D.O.B: 17.10.2000 Weight: 92kgs Height: 197cms

Luke Godstone No 6 Position: Back Row D.O.B: 05.04.2001 Weight: 69kgs Height: 182cms

Freddie Grier-Rees No 7 Position: Back Row D.O.B: 21.11.2001 Weight: 70kgs Height: 184cms

James Glasson No 8 Position: Number 8 D.O.B: 08.02.2001 Weight: 78kgs Height: 182cms

Joseph Vatcher No 9 Position: Scrum Half D.O.B: 10.06.2001 Weight: 64kgs Heigh: 177cms

Harrison Slade No 10 Position: Fly Half D.O.B: 19.02.2001 Weight: 72kgs Height: 173cms

Sam Sair No 11 Position: Wing D.O.B: 23.04.2001 Weight: 72kg Height: 177cms

Archie Hill No 12 Position: Centre D.O.B: 18.12.2001 Weight: 81kgs Height: 177cms

John Ballo No 14 Position: Wing D.O.B: 10.10.2000 Weight: 67kgs Height: 174cms

Edward Printer No 15 Position: Wing D.O.B: 13.10.2000 Weight: 75kgs Height: 182cms

Ben Charlton No 16 Position: Back Row D.O.B: 26.09.2000 Weight: 87kgs Height: 189cms

Michael Rickard No 18 Position: Second Row D.O.B: 26.04.2001 Weight: 84kgs Height: 184cms

Adrian Sobiecki No 19 Position: Front Row D.O.B: 19.05.2001 Weight: 96kgs Height: 182cms

Callum Burge No 20 Position: Full Back D.O.B: 26.05.2001 Weight: 76kgs Height: 172cms

Sam Dunn No 22 Position: Wing D.O.B: 26.06.2001 Weight: 81kgs Height: 184cms

Jake Cooney No 23 Position: Wing D.O.B: 25.10.2000 Weight: 76kgs Height: 174cms

Oliver Dymond No 13 Position: Centre D.O.B: 08.02.2001 Weight: 72kgs Height: 182cms

Jon-Jo Kelly No 17 Position: Back Row D.O.B: 13.12.2000 Weight: 79kgs Height: 179cms

Joshua Ringrose No 21 Position: Centre D.O.B: 04.08.2001 Weight: 64kgs Height:177cms

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The Youth Match

Devonport Services RFC u16’s

Ivybridge RFC u16’s 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Mathew Burns Tommy Grundy Jon Joe Dolley Taylor Wynn Oscar Eastwood Dan Lilley Luke Evans Charles Taylor Josiah Caunter Charles Ashton Jake O’Brien Sabastian Musgrave James Brown Ben Tuckley George Bush

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Angus Thompson Ethan Bruce Adam Oxton Matt Gilbury Henry Bryan Harrison Barclay Joe Lloyd

FULL BACK WING CENTRE CENTRE WING FLY HALF SCRUM HALF PROP HOOKER PROP LOCK LOCK FLANKER FLANKER No. 8 REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS

Edward Printer John Ballo Oliver Dymond Archie Hill Sam Sair Harrison Slade Joseph Vatcher Tommy Bailey Sam Clark Daniel Carwithen Henry Burrows Nathian Foster Luke Godstone Freddie Grier-Rees James Glasson

15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Ben Charlton Jon-Jo Kelly Michael Rickard Adrian Sobiecki Callum Burge Joshua Ringrose Sam Dunn Jake Cooney

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Referee

Assistant Ref 1 Assistant Ref 2 Match Medical Staff Steve Woolley Paul Stinchcombe ????????

Dr Paul Giles

Physio Ruairi Cushion

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Justin Rogers Coach

Ivybridge Under 16 Squad Charles Taylor Position: 1 Height: 179cms Weight: 90kgs D.O.B: 05/02/01

Josiah Caunter Position: 2 Height: 165cms Weight: 68kgs D.O.B: 10/08/01

Charles Ashton Position: 3 Height: 170cms Weight: 102kgs D.O.B: 14/06/01

Jake O’Brien Position: 4 Height: 185cms Weight: 70kgs D.O.B: 01/09/00

Sabastian Musgrave Position: 5 Height: 194cms Weight: 83kgs D.O.B: 26/09/00

James Brown Position: 6 Height: 183cms Weight: 66kgs D.O.B 26/08/01

Ben Tuckley Position: 7 Height: 181cms Weight: 75kgs D.O.B: 11/01/01

George Bush Position: 8 Height: 180cms Weight: 71kgs D.O.B: 28/11/00

Luke Evans Position: 9 Height: 171cms Weight: 57kgs D.O.B: 03/05/01

Dan Lilley Position: 10 Height: 175cms Weight: 70kgs D.O.B: 04/09/00

Oscar Eastwood Position: 11 Height: 173cms Weight: 63kgs D.O.B: 03/01/01

Taylor Wynn Position: 12 Height: 171cms Weight: 77kgs D.O.B: 25/05/01

Jon Joe Dolley Position: 13 Height: 182cms Weight: 88kgs D.O.B: 12/08/01

Tommy Grundy Position: 14 Height: 171cms Weight: 56kgs D.O.B: 26/01/01

Mathew Burns Position: 15 Height: 175cms Weight: 67kgs D.O.B: 14/01/01

George Rogers Position: 16 Height: 170cms Weight: 62kgs D.O.B: 17/06/00

Ethan Bruce Position: 17 Height: 176cms Weight: 89kgs D.O.B: 21/07/01

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HorseBack UK Update

HorseBack UK is a unique charity delivering mental and physical rehabilitation to predominantly military personnel via horsemanship and outdoor activities. First setup in 2009 to help those suffering with complex trauma, acute psychological injury and amputation, the charity uses a three phase team program to replace lost confidence and self-esteem often lost during lengthy recoveries.

HorseBack UK has become an established charity and developed an impressive programme of skills development and mentoring. Using horses to teach leadership skills and to re-connect people to the wider world and those around them.

The HorseBack experience is a three-week programme spread over six months, which follows three-core goals: community, purpose and empowerment. “Our first objective is to bring people together and to make them feel part of something. Transitioning from the military is difficult for everyone, but especially for injured service personnel, for whom

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isolation is a huge problem. They are used to being part of dynamic and cohesive teams, not being alone,” explains co-founder and former Royal Marines Officer Jock Hutchison. “After that we bring back a sense of purpose, which at HorseBack means helping the next person along.”

Over time an emphasis on mentoring has helped keep former service personnel engaged with the charity, preventing a return to isolation post HBUK courses. This initiative ensures that the skills and experiences that individuals have acquired during recovery and at HorseBack UK can be used to help others.

Over the past seven years we have helped more than five hundred veterans by replacing the confidence and self-esteem stolen from them through lengthy recoveries. We do not differentiate between mental and physical injury and achieve our aims through in depth coordination with the influential organisations that provide the medical and counselling required during clinical recovery. Horsemanship is essentially leadership and by engaging in our programs we provide the following:Community:- During recoveries and the transition from the military into ‘civvie street’ many people become isolated.

This isolation can and often does lead to severe problems and mental health issues.

HorseBack United Kingdom UK Update Medical Group By reconnecting people we provide them with a sense of belonging and comradeship.

Purpose:- Military personnel are used to good leadership and having a mission in life. At HorseBack the mission is simple. Once they have completed our three week residential courses they are empowered to use what they have learnt during recovery to improve the recovery of others. This originally was restricted to military personnel but since 2014 we have extended this remit to the wider community.

Empowerment:- Veterans take control of their own recovery pathways and help deliver courses to others within the injured service and veteran communities. We also look to enable our veterans to assist courses for disengaged children, people burdened with substance abuse problems and people caught up in the criminal justice system.

We have also developed leadership courses utilising the same methodologies we teach our core clients. These have proven highly successful and generate a small income stream for the charity as well as de-stigmatising those who have been injured mentally, physically or both. In many instances this programme has enabled our attendees to successfully

transition into other employable industries and network with professionals in their desired career pathways.

HorseBack has a clear vision for the future.

We are currently finalising a partnership with Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) who wish to embrace the methodology developed.

Following on from the three phase course veterans will take their new found skills and volunteer within RDA centres. This provides an opportunity to continue the positive journey developed at HBUK and contribute to the world moving forward to a rewarding future and life.

All this is not possible without your help, support and donations.

For more information on how you can help us to help those who have given so much in the defence of this country and/or attend a course at the centre please Visit: www.horseback.org.uk Contact: info@horseback.org.uk Call: 013398 80848 Hoping you all have a fabulous evening and enjoy the game.

Jason Hare Operations Manager

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The mottly crew met at Kitty O’Hanlon’s and were treated to a ‘bacon butty’ before starting their arduous trek, visiting ten hostelries. Not too shabby (!) on their return to Kitty’s, the event raised a fantastic £1000 for a great cause.

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What has the RMC done for me?

Since the Invictus games I have seen many of my injured friends train tirelessly in the hope of being selected to represent our nation again in various sports.

For me things were a little more frustrating.

In the Paralympics, for my disability. If you could call my injury a disability, (a below knee amputation or as it is more commonly referred to in the Marines, a twisted sock).

There are very few races I could compete in competitively. The longest distance for my classification T44 was the 400m. Although I ran 400m in 63 seconds in the Invictus games, which was good enough to see me

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grab Gold, I would not of come close to the 46 seconds that won gold at Rio. Like most Marines I am used to the long runs around the lanes or Arbroath or long yomps over Dartmoor. I am certainly not made for the 400 metres.

To that end while other Marines like Joe Townsend had their flight to Rio booked I had trawled in the internet to find a challenge over a longer distance. And I had found one.

A Canadian who has lost his leg in a car accident had set a world record for running 10km with one leg in a time of 37:53 seconds.

What has the RMCTF done for me?

Pretty impressive. Just the challenge I needed.

I joined a running club in Liverpool called the Liverpool Harriers, funnily enough there was a former Bootneck racing snake already at the club. I trained tireless over the coming months and set a date to attempt to break the record.

With the pressure of a documentary crew following me on my journey to crack a world first, it was a Thursday evening in mid July, 25 laps stood in front of myself and being crowned the fastest 1 legged man in the world. Thanks to the fantastic coach, amazing pace setters and hundreds who came out to support I am pleased to say I broke the record by 36 seconds and ran the 10km in 37:17. Averaging a perfect 6 minute mile. I am still awaiting my PT aptitude tests to come through.

My first 4 years of civvy street haven’t always been smooth and but the Corps and Corps family have played such a huge role in my recovery and there is no doubt if it wasn’t for the Corp and the influence it has had on me since I walked through the gates at Lympstone at 17, I certainly wouldn’t of had the strength of mind to one day become the fastest one legged man in the world!

Having the support of the Royal Marines Charity has been invaluable in all my pursuits.

Knowing I am still part of the Corp family, receive updates and know the support is their if I ever need it is so important and allows me to keep focused and determined on making the most of my life despite my injury.

Andy Grant Former Royal Marine

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Medics Rugby Challenge Print Brian Pollard has lived in Plymouth since 1977, working for many years in general Practice and Psychiatry.

Brian started painting shortly after moving to Devon, developing his own distinctive style of depicting the magnificent scenery of Devon and Cornwall.

Long considered as one of the leading painters in the South West, Brian has also established a nationwide reputation – in a recent Plymouth Herald profile Martin Freeman described him as “one of the UK’s most popular naïve painters”. Over the years Brian’s work has received many favourable press reviews and been featured on television at both local and national level.

Brian has exhibited widely throughout the country and his images have been used worldwide for cards, prints, calendars and jigsaws.

Having already painted several commissions for the Armed Forces, Brian was delighted to be asked to produce a commemorative poster for the annual rugby match between the Royal Marines and Peninsula Medical Students.

This poster, entitled ‘Medics Rugby Challenge’, is available in a limited edition of 500, each one numbered and signed by the artist.

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Medics Rugby Challenge Sweetheart

I am honoured to be asked again to support the Medics Rugby Challenge, which I do whole-heartedly, and be granted the opportunity to show my support for The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund that works so hard to improve the lives of those who have been wounded whilst gallantly serving our country.

I was born in Plymouth and raised as part of a military family, three generations of which have seen active service, so I am fully aware of the bravery and sacrifices made by all those in our armed forces. Although we all hope for the safe return of our loved ones, it is sadly inevitable that there are some who will suffer wounds, both physical and mental.

Raising funds to help with the care and rehabilitation of our injured is simply wonderful and I would suggest that supporting this charity is the perfect way to show our respect and gratitude to these men and women who truly are heroes.

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