Caldy Rugby Business Club

Caldy Rugby Club, Paton Field, Telegraph Road, Wirral, CH48 1NX

What is the Business Club?

Caldy Rugby Business Club has built a membership of 25+ businesses; a number that is always growing as we have new members join. This has provided a solid foundation for commercial activities at the club.

We have had some fantastic speakers join us – Ian Ayre, Simon Halliday, Kenny Logan, Lawrence Dallagio, and most recently, former England and International Rugby Player Charlie Hodgson.

Members will have access to a programme of quarterly breakfast events, with speakers from a wide range of commercial, business and sporting backgrounds.

Access to a range of partners, to whom Business Club members will have exclusive access to help develop their own business interests.

Annual membership fee of £500 +VAT plus £250 joining fee.

Benefits:

n Pitchside advertising board at Caldy RFC for your business n Two Caldy RFC season tickets –enabling you and a guest to attend Caldy RFC home games at Paton Field n Two breakfast invites for the guest speaker events per quarter n Company logo in the Caldy RFC matchday programme – 15 per season n Entry into the International ticket ballot n Logo and write up on the Caldy RFC website n Priority booking for the hire of the Club house for events, parties, meetings n Free entry to Caldy 7’s

If you are interested in joining Caldy Rugby Business Club, please contact Jonathan Kemp at Jonathan@aev.co.uk www.caldyrugbyclub.com/business-club

Richmond both on and off the pitch. Whilst today’s game will no doubt be another tough encounter, it will be an opportunity for Caldy to test themselves once again and continue to build on our ambition to become a regular fixture at Championship level. Whatever the result we hope that Richmond and their supporters enjoy the Caldy experience today on this their second visit visit to Paton Field within a few weeks.

Off the pitch we have continued to upgrade our facilities with further improvements to the floodlighting and to the bank now virtually complete. Other improvements have been carried out to satisfy Championship requirements both on and off the field and within the clubhouse areas. Our thanks go to all those responsible for putting in so much effort in such a limited timescale to ensure that we can all enjoy rugby at this level, and to our sponsors who have made this financially possible.

Our thanks must also go to our team of ground staff, the Last of the Summer Wine (LOSW for short), who freely give enormous amounts of their time to produce and maintain the standard of pitches that we all possibly take a little too much for granted. You only had to be here for the pre -season game against Sale Sharks and early season home games to appreciate the wonderful aspect and playing facilities that the club now has to offer. Despite an aggressive winter so far the guys have continued to produce wonderful playing surfaces despite the rain, snow and everything else the weather has thrown at them. I must also mention the contribution of all those involved in the day to day operation and management of the club including our bar, catering and other members of staff without whom the club could not effectively function. Thanks also to all of our members, supporters and spectators for your incredible support so far this season and hopefully going forward as we continue to face the challenges ahead. Your contribution cannot be underestimated and is an essential part of our effort to maintain our status with our centenary season just around the corner. We are certainly benefiting from larger crowds as a result of promotion, so let’s all continue to get fully behind our team in the weeks and months ahead, come wind, rain or shine and give them the positive support and encouragement they deserve. We have increased the capacity for our prematch lunches which are becoming increasingly popular and are available to book on line. If you wish to do this or become a member/purchase a season ticket or help us in any way please refer to our website for further details.

Finally, I sincerely hope that you enjoy your visit to Caldy today, come win lose or draw, and that we can all fully appreciate the fantastic level of rugby now on offer at Paton Field. Let’s enjoy this wonderful game of ours in the spirit intended, renew old friendships and hopefully celebrate whatever the result with a few drinks in the traditional way after the game.

Graham Armitage

Richmond Rugby - The Season Thus Far

A win over London Scottish was a terrific way to finish the first half of this season. In horrible conditions in front of a packed RAG the Richmond pack dominated their opposition that contained nine Harlequins and one Glasgow player dual/registered or on loan. Sitting at 9th in the league table with twenty league points is a decent half way position.

The Championship is again a very tough league in which to compete. Picking up losing bonus points away at Cornish Pirates and Doncaster will be invaluable. We could have had another at Ealing and should have gained a win bonus versus the Scots. Even more valuable were the wins over Hartpury and Bedford currently well above us in the league table.

Mark Bright has lead the 1st XV superbly this season. We have a good mix of experienced and younger players in the 1st XV squad and at the same time run three other men’s teams in leagues each Saturday which all bodes well for the present and the future.

At the time of writing this we still have no idea what the Championship will look like next season. Currently there is relegation for the bottom club this season so there is still a good amount of work to do and points to accumulate. We need to continue to improve and become more consistent in our performances and those are very much the aims of the whole group.

Steve Hill Director of Rugby Richmond FC