CHARITY SEVENS PROGRAMME
SIDMOUTH RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL CHARITY SEVENS 2012
SPONSORED BY FORDS OF SIDMOUTH
SUNDAY 26th MAY 2013
PROGRAMME
FORMAT AND RULES
1. The five teams will compete in a round robin format qualification. The top two teams will play in the cup final with the losers being awarded the plate. The third and fourth placed teams will play-off for the shield.
2. Two points will be awarded for a win and one for s draw. In the case of ties, the winner will be the team scoring the most match points. If that is equal the team conceding the fewer points. Equal points for and against will be decided by the toss of a coin.
3. Games will be played according the laws of the RFU, and all games, including the finals, will be 7 minutes each way with 2 minutes for half time.
TEAMS COMPETING : S Club 7
MKAS
The Colts
Libra Court Legends
ANO Team
TIMETABLE
12.00 S Club 7 v MKAS
12.20 The Colts v Libra Court Legends
12.40 ANO Team v S Club 7
13.00 MKAS v The Colts
13.20 Libra Court Legends v ANO Team
13.40 S Club 7 v The Colts
14.00 MKAS v Libra Court Legends
14.20 ANO Team v The Colts
14.40 S Club 7 v Libra Court Legends
15.00 MKAS v ANO Team
15.30 SHIELD FINAL
15.50 CUP FINAL
SENIOR AWARDS PRESENTATION DINNER
The senior Awards Presentation Dinner in the clubhouse on Saturday 11th May. After a pleasant three course meal, the following awards were presented by Club President Derek Marchant:
The Consevative Club Cup for Clubman of the Year: Lee Sowden
Tug Wilson Cup for Player Volunteer of the Year: Matt Farrington
Tommy Sanders Trophy for 1st Team Player of the Year: Matt Lovesy
Tim Smith Cup for 1st Team Most Improved Player: Johnny Hamill
(Collected by his father)
Hewitt Cup for 2nd Team Most Improved Player: Adam Squance
Special 2nd Team Clubman Award: Roger Goulding
Terry Marriott Cup – Patrons Player of the Year: Jack Pyne
DOUBLE CUP FINAL DATE NEXT SUNDAY
The Colts produced an outstanding performance to beat Ivybridge 24-8 in the semi-final of the Devon Colts Cup to reach the final for only the third time in the history of the competition. The final against Okehampton will take place at Okehampton next Sunday, 5th May, kick off at 3.00pm.
On the same day the Under 14s play Topsham in their Devon Cup final. The game will be played at Sandy Park kicking off at 11am.
CHARITY SEVENS RESCHEDULED
As a result of the excellent news that both the Colts and the Under 14 teams will be taking part in their respective Devon Cup finals next Sunday, 5th May, it has been decided to reschedule the Charity Sevens Tournament for Sunday 26th May. Teams who have entered are asked to recomfirm their entry. Also entries will be open for any new teams until Sunday 19th May. Reconfirmation and new entries to Terry O'Brien.
The Stairlift is open.
SIDMOUTH Rugby Club has celebrated scoring a stairlift - thanks to the efforts of a disabled great-grandmother who was inspired to help other elderly people enjoy the venue.
Joy Seward, who suffers from arthritis, raised £1,000 towards the mobility aid to benefit those who struggle to reach the first-floor facilities at the Heydons Lane clubhouse.
Reigning Citizen of the Year Joy, 80, is a lifelong club patron, along with her husband Colin, and was fittingly the first person to use the new piece of kit.
Joy can remember taking her son, Mark, to the rugby club when he was seven years old. He is now its chairman and was on hand to mark the occasion on Saturday.
Joy, of Bedford Square, described the addition of the stairlift as ‘absolutely wonderful’.
She said: “I was delighted because there was a man in a wheelchair who was able to get upstairs - and I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people who will find it a blessing.”
Mark said the club was ‘delighted’ and added of his mum: “She’s extremely enthusiastic about rugby.
“The club is run by volunteers and raises money through its activities, but it is always difficult to find funds like that [for the stairlift], but she got a substantial donation to make it happen.
“People can now access the upper bar where a lot of our social functions take place – irrespective of their ability to climb stairs.”
Club president Derek Marchant, who was also present at the unveiling, said: “We’ve got a couple of disabled members who couldn’t make it up the stairs, and now they can join in the activities which is what it is all about. It will be used, I’m sure. We’re very pleased.”
Joy, who retired from decades of sterling Sidmouth in Bloom duties after 40 years in 2011, has vowed her fundraising antics will continue.
She said: “I’ll wake up in the middle of the night and think of something else that I can get money for. I shall have another project – my limbs aren’t working, but my brain still is.”
