January 2013

NAVAL AIR COMMAND NAME SQUAD TO FACE PLYMOUTH COMMAND ON WED 16 JAN 13

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Naval Air Command has named a strong squad to face Plymouth Commnad on Wed 16 Jan at Devonport Service Ground 'The Rectory' in Plymouth KO 7pm. The squad includes many of the players from the recent Navy Cup winning HMS Seahawk side as well as several Senior XV Commonwealth Cup winning players POEAT (Dave) Pascoe, AB (KYE) Beasley and POAET (Marsh) Cormack. Squad list LT BLACKBURN T RNAS CULDROSE AB BEASLEY K RNAS CULDROSE PO COURT J RNAS CULDROSE PO CORMACK M RNAS CULDROSE AB LAMSIN ...

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RN WOMEN VICTORIOUS AGAINST PAIGNTON

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On 9 Jan at the Rectory, the RN Women beat Paignton Ladies 21 - 5.  Right from the whistle, the RN dominated Paignton and pushed them down to their 5m line. The RN stole the Paignton lineout ball and pressurised there line, resulting in a try for Navy Scrum Half, Lt (Caroline) Oakes (857NAS). AB (Sam) Alderson (HMS Scott) stepped up and kicked the conversion. RN (W) 7 - 0 Paignton.  LETWE (Emily) Atkins (HMS Portland) runs caused no end of trouble for Paignton and gave the Navy backs a good platform to work from. However, the Navy where penalised for not ‘rolling away' and a quickly taken penalty by Paignton pushed the RN(W) back into their own half with onl...

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ROYAL NAVY (WOMEN) V PAIGNTON

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On Wed 9 Jan 13, the RN Women (RN(W)) will be playing Paignton Ladies at Paignton RFC, KO 7pm.  Last year, the RN(W) were victorious 5-21 and are hoping to repeat the success this week.  With only 3 games to go until the start of the Inter Services campaign, the Navy Ladies are looking forward to trying out some new players as well as getting back together as a squad.  Squad   Lt P Bennett-Smith (NATO Northwood) OC A Sadler (BRNC Dartmouth) LET E Atkins (HMS Portland) LLogs H Ing (NCHQ DNPERS) LAC E Park (HMS Collingwood) LAET P Williams (702 NAS) AB S Alderson (HMS Scott) NASE S Barnes (RNAS Yeovilton) AET K Briggs (RNAS Yeovilton) AET K Broadbere (C...

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Bath RFC - Discount Rugby Tickets for Servicemen & Women

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Bath RFC would like to offer all Servicemen and Woman the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets during the next 6 weeks. 50% off Adult seated match tickets* for the following HOME Bath Rugby fixtures in January and February: - Bath Rugby v SU Agen, Sat 12.01.2013, KO 2.15pm - Bath Rugby v Bucharest Wolves, Sat 19.01.2013, KO 2.15pm - Bath Rugby v Worcester Warriors, Sat 9.02.2013, KO 2.15pm To book tickets call 0844 448 1865 and quote "MOD Jan/Feb offer" or go online and enter the promotional code "MOD1213" when prompted. *50% Adult tickets apply to Blue seating only. Tickets are limited to a maximum of 5 per person and not to be used in conjunction with any other ...

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New Year Honours List

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The Royal Navy Rugby Union would like to formally express our since congratulations to those members of the Union past and present who were honoured in the Queens New Year Honours List: Commodore RFA 'Bill' Walworth OBE who is a current serving Vice President Vice Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt OBE who is a past Vice President Surgeon Commander Tony (Doc) Lambert who has been a great servant of not only the Union but Devonport Service Rugby Club and is the main driver behind the Annual Medic's Rugby Challenge which raises funds for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. Lieutenant Commander Brian (Grassy) Meadows how has also been a stalwart of Navy Rugby as a player, member o...

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