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October 2013
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Old Rutlishians’ Association
Orbit Newsletter
Thu
17th
Oct
Rugby Coaches/
First Aiders
Curry and Social
18:30
Fri
18th
Oct
ORAFC v Rutlish
School K/O
16:00
Sun
27th
Oct
Rugby First Aid
Course
10:00
to
18:00
Thu
31st
Oct
RWC 2015
Precloser Event 19:00
Our Chairman Writes
Our President Writes
An eventful couple of months since the
last edition has seen several changes at
the Club. The season has changed -
Soccer and Rugby replacing Cricket on
the Grounds. The Cricket Club had an
amazing season with success throughout,
some excellent victories and spectacular
individual performances! A pity that the
Grand Final was rained off because the
way they were playing it would have
been a stroll in the park with victory
assured. We now have to wait until April,
I believe. I also hear that the end of
season dinner was a raucous affair with
the usual suspects involved.
Talking of noisy events we seem to have
upset the neighbours – again. I know that
the main cause was an outside letting that
spilled out onto the road afterwards but
we need to make sure that when we have
an internal gathering that we act
responsibly and leave as quietly as
possible. In the dead of night sound
carries much further than during the day
and each member must take
responsibility for their own actions. We
are putting in a system of allowing
revellers to remain in the Bar after an
event while waiting for cabs which might
help reduce noise levels. Noise will be
monitored both inside and out so that we
can comply with our licensing
requirements. Please co-operate with any
staff member who have been instructed to
act in our best interests.
Elsewhere in future editions you should
find a report of goings-on at the
Executive Committee. We have been
asked to be more transparent in our
deliberations and I hope that you will find
what we talk about to be as riveting as we
do.
Our Ground Manager, Perry Keene,
along with his trusty assistants have been
busy changing over the netting posts.
You will notice that the new poles have
been erected which took a considerable
effort but I think you will agree look
worth it. The new posts, 10 in number,
cost in excess of £2500 plus the cost of
erection which shows how much we have
to spend to keep things up to scratch.
Hopefully they will last for 20-30 years
(Perry assures me !!) but we still need to
invest in another 20 in due course.
A number of people have expressed a
desire to help the Association financially
over and above their membership
subscriptions. Some time ago the ORA
set up the Vice Presidents Scheme for
just this purpose. It is open to anybody. In
this issue you will find an explanation
along with a Standing Order form. If you
feel able to support us further please just
complete and return and we will do the
rest.
With our Editor’s imminent deployment,
we are on the lookout for a replacement.
No experience is necessary as full
training will be forthcoming plus as many
contributions that you could possibly
want. If you are interested please let
either Greg or any Committee member
know. Geoff Aldis
Winter Opening Hours Monday 7pm -11pm Tuesday 7pm-11pm
Wednesday 6pm-11pm Thursday 6pm-11pm
Friday 7pm-11pm Saturday 12pm-11pm
August Bank Holiday Monday heralded
my third attempt at completing a
Presidential Cricket Match and it was a
case of ‘third time lucky. As an
instructor of the Wimbledon Ball Boys I
had tentatively mentioned the possibility
of putting out a President’s BBG XI
(consisting of instructors and ex- and
current Ball Boys) which was met with
limited enthusiasm. However, thanks to
the help of Jon Mapp we managed to get
enough players to play – the club
achieved similar numbers and it was
‘game on’!! (You have to realise that the
club was on tour in Bournemouth and
many others on holiday.)
Kevin Foster captained the club team and
having won the toss put us in to bat – 35
overs later we had achieved a very
respectable 182-5 with Samir Khan 53
n.o. Ollie Fox 40 & Jon Mapp 30.
However, the highlight of the innings was
watching that future centre court ball boy
Fraser Trimmings score 27 of the most
entertaining runs you could imagine.
The Club replied in a very positive
fashion with 5 penalty runs for the ball
hitting the wicketkeeper’s helmet before
it had been struck by a bat and then Ossie
Bashiri failing to make his ground (not
having faced a ball) thanks to a Rob
Lever return to the keeper’s end.
come off!
Sat
2nd
Nov
Blood ’n Gutsfest
and Fireworks PM
Sun
17th
Nov
ORAFC Surrey
Cup Legends
K/O
14:00
Fri
22nd
Nov
Rugby Quiz with
Mike Stallard 19:00
Sat
23rd
Nov
Past Presidents
Dinner TBC
Sat
30th
Nov Reunion Lunch TBC
Skipper Craig ‘Wally’ Wellstead creating havoc and mayhem with Poplar Road pedestrians. Rugby captain Dave Ruddock set the chase with 17 off the first over but it was left to Gary Forge to guide the team home with two balls to spare. Great fun as usual. Wicked Week-End So on to Super Saturday – more elsewhere but congratulations to the 1sts & 3rds. Then Sensational Sunday at Valley End with the Trust Team retaining their Surrey crown for the second year running. The match against Bromley away (Kent Champions) in a challenge match was cancelled due to inclement weather and will now be played in March next year. The Cricket Section’s Dinner will be on 27th September in the main hall with guest speaker Jack Russell – tickets from Alix Butler or Joe Riches.
Ian Lambert
Fielding took a very strange turn at times
with the ball being returned with flat,
accurate rolls received with heels together
and then the bowler being ‘fed’
Wimbledon style! Anne Rundle would
have been proud of us all. With penalty
runs dominating the scorecard Jon Mapp
went on the rampage with a 3 over spell
resulting in 3:1:1:3 analysis – he had to.
We then had the spectacle of the
Trimmings brothers at both ends – Ross
versus Ryan Patel and Fraser doing his
Alex Barnicott bowling impression at the
other – two more wickets fell quickly but
Hamad Khan steadied the innings at one
end and when Kevin Foster joined him
they both scored half centuries with some
style. Having created a precedent by
retiring my top scorer after his half
century these two gentlemen left the field
only to be recalled all too rapidly when
the replacement batters buckled under the
intense pressure the BBG bowlers brought
to bear. Even their return couldn’t do it
for the club and their luck ‘ran out’ on
two occasions leaving them 43 runs short
at 140 all out. Really enjoyable game
played in the best spirit of the game by
some very talented young cricketers –
much appreciated by the spectators and a
big thank you to all those who took part -
I hope we can do it again next year. My
thanks must also go to Pat Keene and all
her catering staff for an excellent tea.
More cricket I’m afraid but at least this
time it involves the other two major
sections – The Annual Soccer V Rugby
20/20 Cricket Match! The stalwarts of
these two sections arrived at 3.30 p.m. on
Friday 30th August primed and ready for
action. All had to bowl 2 overs apiece
(excepting the wicket-keeper) and no one
was allowed to remain at the crease
having scored 25 runs. Soccer batted and
despite many walking wounded needing
‘runners’ (I use the term loosely) scored
154 with five enormous sixes from
Reunion Lunch
It is with great pleasure that I have taken
over the organisation of the reunion lunch
from Doug Matthew and Frank Buggy.
The lunch will be held as usual in
November on Saturday 30th November
2013 in the main hall.
I look forward to welcoming all the
eligible members to the lunch where I
will have time to update attendees on the
School’s progress over the last year
which has been considerable. Also at the
lunch, Ian Lambert, as President of the
Association, will update us on the
progress at Polar Road over the last
twelve months.
Please keep the date free. I will be
sending out more information in the
coming weeks to attendees.
Peter A. Norrie
Chair of Rutlish Governors
Squash
The Old Rutlishians’ has a purpose built squash court with changing facilities and a spectator’s gallery. All members are entitled to book the court and play at no additional membership charge.
Tom Kelley 1935-40 Tom Kelley, a pupil at Rutlish from 1935-1940, recently died. Tom was from that generation which found itself fighting for king and country in the Second World War. At the age of 19 took part in the Normandy landings and survived the next year as the Allies advanced into Germany. He spent the night of his 20th birthday sleeping in a wet ditch outside the Dutch town of 's-Hertogenbosh prior to the action that liberated the town and killed one of his best friends. Veterans of the action returned to the town on many occasions, the last one marking the 65th anniversary which Tom also attended.Tom ended the war in the Middle East helping to contain the peace between the Jewish and Arab populations. He lived all his life in Merton and had become a regular member of the 1930 reunions and Vice President lunches at
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Tuesday 12th November.
Colts
2013 was another successful season
celebrated at our Awards Night on 13
September.
Among the successes were increased
membership to over 350, a new girls
group and 18 teams playing in leagues.
Our under 14Bs and under 11s were both
runners up in their leagues.
During August many of our squads took
part in festivals with Under 15s winning
and under 11s runner up.
A big thanks you to all the managers, and
their helpers who made this all possible
Winter Programme
The Old Rutlishians Colts programme
runs from Fridays 8 November for 7
weeks
5 pm Indoor Cricket – Years 3-5
6 pm Winter Nets / Indoor Cricket –
Years 6-8
7 pm Winter Nets – Year 9-10,
At Rutlish School
from 8 November
Cost £26 per head
More sessions after Xmas
Helpers
We still more helpers for next summer
and help with our creaking administration
Waiting Lists
We have waiting lists for most age
groups up to year 7. Anyone with a child
wishing to join us for first time for 2014
season is advised to contact us now.
For further details e-mail:
CRICKET set of Division 4 fixtures, it is clear that the 1st XI squad and club as a whole has much to look forward to in 2014. Team spirit, commitment, friendship and future potential will endure and who could possible bet against more success, tons, 5fers, run chases, booze ups and champers on the square next season. Certainly not me, it was worth every penny. Barney
Blood, Sweat, Tears and Expense: Old Rutlishians 1st XI Season Review Looking back, it's clear that it takes an incredible amount of blood, sweat, tears and match fees to get promoted. This season was no exception. There were close shaves, delicate strokes, sensational pulls and the old cliché of cricketers tying people up in knots with their old ball skills... but enough of Tim Sheehan's final month in London, let’s get on with the review… Poplar Road was treated to some quite sensational 1st XI scenes over the balmy summer months. By July our illustrious skipper, CD, had eventually faced up to a reality that had been staring him in the face for nearly two years: no, not that his wretchedly thin body looks like an ironing board with two strategically placed skittles for nipples, no of course not, something much more obvious... he eventually admitted that his bat was a complete plank. With the help of Patel and Co Cricket Supplies this was soon rectified and he saw the season out blocking slow full tosses to mid wicket with aplomb and a brand new Gray and Nichols wedged under his arm as he made his way back to the pavilion. With great Ruts tracks prepared each week, it goes without saying that a number of great moments were turned out on the square. It's a messy job preparing the pitch, but someone's got to do it and we all take our hats off to MIck, Chicky and Perry, so many thanks to them. One colonic underachiever that benefitted from our consistently good strips was Rory Pemberton. Although Roza missed out on at least 12 sixes in his knock against Egham, he more than made up for it in the final home game of the season versus EAHO CC. What a privilege it was to watch his maiden Ruts ton (second in the Surrey Championship); a clinical knock of excellence with the full array of shots that we all know he has. Not only did he wet our appetite for more next season, he also wet Egg's bed that evening. Woody's class was there for all to see in his 132* against Old Hamptonians. In chasing 189, he and the Aussie overseas foreign import Brad 'Karl' Bradders, batted quite superbly putting on 190 for the first wicket and winning the game, one of the true great partnerships witnessed at Poplar Road - even Perry tested out his new iPod camera picture phone and took a photographic representation for posterity. It was wonderful to see him and Lance gathered around the glowing magical device staring wondrously at what they had achieved - it was like a scene from 'One Night in a Museum' when the Neanderthal man waxworks discover fire and chase after Ben Stiller. Dan Wood also went a whole season without booting his stumps down, so congratulations to him too! This season Oxted CC proved themselves to be by far the third best team in Division 4. With an array of youthful talent on show, they certainly tried to demonstrate that teams don’t have to rely on foreign imports like Brad Karl Spiby to be successful in this league. West Indian Simon Jackson was important to their cause but certainly not vital,
pitching in with a mere 1032 runs at 86 in 17 innings. For the Ruts, essential runs were hit regularly by Egg (ave 40) and Shak (ave 40), this was especially evident in the Oxted run chase which almost guaranteed our promotion - it would have been much simpler if the skipper hadn't been triggered just after bringing up his 50 and Shack given out caught behind for 27. However, it didn't cost us in the long run, although it did ensure that I had to stare intently into the car park for 5 overs such was the tension on the sidelines. All was calm in the middle however, and when Bradders hit the winning runs there were ecstatic scenes from both players and supporters, a champagne moment of the season - great stuff. A special mention needs to go to Sal - 513 runs at 44 including a special ton against Kingstonian leading us to victory in tough conditions. Although Elsdon did not have such a prolific year as 2012, he still weighed in with vital knocks against Maori Oxshot and Old Emmanuel and of course his consistent top notch catching at slip. Ok, the bowling. It’s tough for me to look at subjectively as I only stopped sobbing on Tuesday evening. Sal did ok. I mean when you look at the stats, I took four 5fers, he took three. My strike rate was 23.76, his was 24.98, that's nearly 25 and 61% of my wickets were caught on the boundary... You get the picture, I bowled well. However, yes, Sal did manage to take one more wicket than me taking his total for the season to a league best 43. It cannot be denied that his wicket taking in the final stages of the season was relentless and at times unplayable. Something else quite remarkable happened by the end of June - James Shackleton decided that he was going to reduce his intake of high quality, rich, upper class dining fare on a Friday night and start to turn up on a Saturday fit to bowl. When he wasn't ambling in, ok, when he ambled in a little less than normal, he often bowled beautifully and took vital wickets. Considering he hurt his poorly little finger against Egham, he raced to 30 wickets at 12.4 and who knows, if he braved his injury and pulled his finger out (!) for the final games, he could have taken even more. Wimp. This serious cricket report is not the time or place to mention what he did to my spicey sausage treat during the final weekend of cricket. Rest assured it was uncalled for. Fiery young Richard contributed some good wickets to the cause with an especially attacking spell in the crucial Oxted game showing maturity and control. We are all excited about how he's going to develop over the coming seasons, and his bowling and batting should come on too! The future is really secure - Mappy, Evan 'Hips' Watson, Alex Reynard, Oliver Fox, Ringo Patel, Rossco and Nielson all settled in to various roles at different stages of the season, none looking out of place. I won't end this review bombarding you with cliches, but after all is said and done this season, at the end of the day, after all the dust has settled from a tense, hard
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FOOTBALL
RUGBY
The Ruts League Campaign is now well
underway and the 1st XI came flying out
of the traps with back to back wins
followed by a draw which enabled them
to briefly top the table after 3 matches.
However, back to back defeats followed
and the team currently lie 4th in the table.
The 2nd XI are mid-table with 2 wins and
2 losses from 4 matches in Junior
Division One. Whilst the 3rd XI are third
in Junior Div 4 with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1
loss. The Vets are rattling in the goals
with more wins than defeats with a
number of former 1st XI players now
plying their trade in Oggy's side.
Social Matches Update
On Friday the 18th of October a Club/
Teachers XI will play the Rutlish School
Year 11 team at Poplar Road at 4pm. The
Bar will be open from KO time and hot
food will be available post-match.
Members are encouraged to come down
and support the event.
On Sunday the 17th November Graham
'Bernie' Winter's reunited Surrey Lower
Junior Cup Winning team from
yesteryear will take on a Ruts Leg'ends'.
KO is at 2.oopm with a Hot Buffet and
flowing beers post match - we hope to see
you there!
Gavin Lennard
Past Presidents’ Dinner
The Past Presidents’ dinner will take
place on Saturday 23 November 2013 in
the mail hall.
More information on the evening will be
sent to Past Presidents over the coming
weeks. I look forward to welcoming all
Past Presidents where our President, Ian
Lambert, will update us on the
developments at Poplar Road over the
last twelve months.
Peter A. Norrie
President 2010/11
Vice Presidents Scheme
Recently a number of Members have
asked how hey can contribute financially
to the Association. One way is to join the
Vice Presidents Scheme. While the
benefits to Vice Presidents are not great,
the occasional lunch and a copy of each
sections fixture card by far the most
satisfying is to that you are contributing
to the day to day running costs of the
Association and helping us maintain our
position as one of south west London’s, if
not one of the country’s, leading sports
clubs providing sport for up to 1200
young people.
If you feel you would like to join this
scheme please complete the form and
return it to the Club either by post, to
someone behind the bar or to a
Committee member.
Following two early season league
defeats to Law Society (15-24) and
Croydon (10-7), the senior 1st XV got
back to winning ways on 12th October
against Bec Old Boys (25-19) coming
back from a 16 point deficit at half time
and holding them to nil in the second
half. This leaves the team mid table as we
go into the 2nd round of the RFU Junior
Vase against Old Millhillians (away).
The 2nd XV have fared similarly and
have recorded a good home victory
against Old Johnian, but suffered away
defeats to Old Mid-Whitgiftians and Old
Caterhamians.
The new coaching team of Gary Douch,
Darren Ramen and Ed Moulton remain
extremely positive at this early stage of
the season. The squad is starting to gel
and the game plan is being implemented
well across both teams, but this doesn't
detract from the fact that it has been a
tough start to the league campaign
following a very successful pre-season
with player recruitment the biggest
challenge, so if you know anyone who
wants to play (especially front row
players) please ask them to contact Gary
Douch (Head Coach) at
Darren Ramen
Coach House Talk - A talk will be given
by David Channon on the Merton Fruit
Orchard Project, 28 November at 8pm.
Tickets £4 at the door.
Rugby Funnies
There's a man sitting in the front row at
the Rugby World Cup Finals, but
amazingly, there's an empty seat beside
him. Another man spots it, goes up to him
and says: "Do you mind if I sit here?"
"No, not at all," replies the first man. "It's
my wife's seat, but she died recently.."
"So why didn't you get one of your
family to come," asks the second man out
of curiosity...
"They're all at the funeral."
A man went to the doctor one day and
said: "I've just been playing Rugby and
when I got back I found that when I
touched my legs, my arms, my head, my
tummy and everywhere else, it really
hurt." So the doctor said: "You've broken
your finger."
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2013 RR6
Results and Destination
The combined Sixth Form of Rutlish
School and Ricards Lodge High School,
RR6, offer students at every academic
level access to courses in all curriculum
areas including our specialist subjects –
Mathematics, Computing, Performing
and Visual Arts – ensuring access to
university education and a wide range of
vocational careers.
We are extremely proud of their exam
achievements and of those students who
applied to University, 95% have
successfully achieved a place and start at
the University of their choice over the
next few weeks.
Our top achieving students will be
congratulated at a borough event this
month, led by Councillor Martin
Whelton, Cabinet Member for Education.
Recruitment into Year 12 has increased
significantly this year as we welcome the
students into the Sixth Form.
The staff of both Rutlish and Ricards,
United in Excellence, wish our graduates
continued success as they progress on to
a range of university degree courses,
further education courses and
employment.
We wish all our recent RR6 leavers best
wishes in the future.
Peter Norrie
Chair, Rutlish Board of Governors
2013 Rutlish School
GCSE Results
The GCSE results for 2013 were again
good with 64% of students achieving 5
A* to C grades (including English &
Mathematics). The students worked
extremely hard and their results are a
credit to their endeavours.
This result was 4% above the target set
which was based on prior attainment data
for these students. It was a decline on last
year’s record achievement but prior data
showed that this year group were not as
academically able. The national average
in 2013 was 57%. For 5 subjects A* to
C, irrespective of subject, Rutlish
achieved 86% compared to a national
average in 2013 of 78%.
Looking to the future the target for 2014
is to move back above the 70% mark for
5 A* to C grades (including English &
Mathematics) and to achieve higher
grades within the A* to C band. In 2015
and 2016 results are expected to be even
better.
These results follow the ‘Outstanding’
Ofsted report that Rutlish received in
March 2013 for the School’s overall
performance up until year 11. Year 7 (2nd
form) entry levels for this September
2013 were full at circa 240 boys and
entry levels into the Sixth Form, RR6,
were also at record levels.
Rutlish School continues to improve
under the Head teacher, Alex Williamson.
One of my personal ambitions working
with Alex is to replace the existing
pavilion, within the next three or so
years, with a new pavilion for excellence
in PE/Games teaching that can also be
used by the wider community. Tony
Joyce, Head of PE, along with his staff
continue to improve the sporting
competition of the School with other
schools throughout all year groups at
Rutlish including the Sixth form.
Peter Norrie
Chair, Rutlish Board of Governors
