100th Birthday Party – Saturday 17th November
Larne 1st XV v Ballyclare 1st XV ko 2.30… and more Food on sale after matches so no need to rush home!!!
We plan to celebrate the birth of our club 100 years ago.
It also happens to fall on the weekend we play our local neighbours Ballyclare in the league.
We hope to see you there to enjoy the rugby, have a drink or two, a laugh with old friends and a maybe a sing song or three!
Plans for the day!!!
Rugby Festivities – show casing the club 0945 Mini Rugby 1000 LGS Medallion v Grosvenor
1100 u15 Fixture v TBA 1200 u13 Tournament 1300 Special Guest 1330 Pre Match Lunch
1430 1st XV v Ballyclare 1st XV and U19s v Randalstown 1600 Social Gathering
Special Guest ‘Stewart McKinney’ – former Irish and Lions player
Stewart will be at the club on Saturday 17th November 2012 for the pre-match lunch. Providing a quick trip down memory lane and will be selling copies of his new book. 50 per cent of the royalties from the book are to be donated to the Lions Trust.
The book is priced at £18 (Hard Back
After Andy Ripley’s memorial service and seeing so many friends from rugby, Stewart McKinney decided to compile another set of stories to follow on from Voices from the Back of the Bus, Roars from the Back of the Bus, wholly concerned with Lions players. The camaraderie and support fellow players have for each other lasts lifetimes. From the first Tour in 1888, characters with immense personality surface, fighting together in wars or on rugby pitches in foreign lands and sharing a bond developed through touring as representatives of the home nations.
Exclusive access to letters from Alexander Findlater Todd in 1896 and diaries from 1938 and 1955 shows how todays Lions still follow links established years ago.
Despite the changes to the game following the advent of professionalism, the experiences of Jamie Heaslip, Brian O’Driscoll and Joe Worsley can still be compared to those earlier intrepid tourists like Blair Mayne, Lewis Jones, Sir Clive Aarvold or David Rollo. Containing defining memories and private insights in tales from across the tours and the decades, it shows that the ‘Lions ethos’ remains at the heart of every team.
Pre-Match Function
The pre-match lunch is at 1.30pm. Can you please let Paul Montgomery know if you and any friends would like to attend the pre-match that day. Email Paul.Montgomery@calorgas.ie by Tues 13th November.
This pre-match is sponsored by the Northern Bank (Robert Garrett and Colin Steele), Dennis McIlwaine and R A J McDowell (formerly known as Chester).
Retro Tops
Celebrate the day in the colours of the club. Get your old tops out of the wardrobe and wear them down to the club.
Social
If you were at the club on St Patrick’s days earlier in the year, you will have a feel for what we have on offer. Hopefully a little added bonus as well.
England v Australia
Ireland v Fiji ko 17.30
Food on offer
While the mini rugby is on in the morning there will a coffee shop – offering for the parents wishing to stay and watch:
tea, coffee, scones, stews, soups
In the afternoon Stephen Henry will be offering all you hungry and cold souls the following food. So no excuses to head home early.
Burgers, Chicken Burgers, Stew, Curry & Rice
