OMRFC Season 2018/19

This in an exciting time to be part of OMRFC! One of our members, the legendary Chris Kelly has just become President of the RFU. Our 1st XV are playing fantastic attacking rugby. We have set ourselves the twin targets of growth and promotion- together with our 2nd XV we aim to provide our members with an environment to play both social and competitive rugby.

The leadership of the 1st XV is driven by a core group of OMs in their early 20s: skipper Oli Avent has proved an inspirational leader on the pitch, Joe Wray provides excellent consistency in the back row, and finally back from injury Nick Shield help anchor the scrum.

The half back combination of James Roycroft and skipper Oli add the pace and vision required to unleash a lethal backline that has on occasion eviscerated opposing teams. At the time of going to press we sit 3rd in the table, having played 12, won 9 drawn 1 and lost 2. The climax of the season was the home fixture on 30th March against local rivals Mill Hill. This fixture has only increased in intensity over the years, which OMRFC won convincingly 57-7. mWe are growing our committee – Nick Cockburn, formerly a top level referee, has joined as our Honorary Secretary and has already made a huge impact on our administration. After many years of excellent service our treasurer James Mason is to step down as he is relocating to York - many thanks James for your hard work. He will be replaced by OMRFC stalwart Ralph Murduck.

Sadly due to an admin error mid season we have accrued a points deduction that has prevented us from achieving the promotion that our on field performances have merited. The response from the entire club has been outstanding – all our members remain committed to the development of top level rugby at Headstone Lane.

After acquiring higher levels of responsibility in the main OMs club, we are sorry to lose Noyan Nihat from the rugby club committee- thanks Noyan for all your years of service it will be hard to replace you!

We are lucky to have the support of a couple of sponsorsmany thanks to Regal Homes and Alan Day VW. Many thanks also to The Office Group, Support Tree, Saracens Foundation and Chase and Partners for their support. If your organisation would like to support us, please get in touch- we are one of London’s historic rugby clubs and we are aiming to match the quality of our heritage with our achievements on the pitch today. If you would like to be part of an exciting and ambitious project, please get in touch, and come and join us! All new players are very welcome.