From the President…
Welcome to our Update for November
October is normally a quiet month for Rugby, but this year was different with the World Cup being played across the ditch in New Zealand. Australia of course not getting the result we wanted, but the All Blacks were deserving winners and no one would deny Richie McCaw the honour of hoisting the Webb Ellis trophy aloft.
Nor have the Chargers gone to sleep. October saw us take the month off training to let the injuries heal, but we were still out-and-about with the Sunday Social / Rugby madness at the Laird for the RWC semi-final; Powerman at Sircuit, and finally the Bear Chest comp, raffling off a huge prize from Titanmen and Manbound, again at Sircuit.
Pre-season training and Rugby 101
The Chargers return to training this month with pre-season fitness at Albert Park on Saturday mornings. We’re also holding Rugby 101 on the 19th of November. We’re looking for new players irrespective of previous Rugby experience. Rugby 101 is the best opportunity to try the sport out if you’ve been thinking about giving it a go, this is it. We’ll be running a few drills to introduce the basic skills of the game, a game of touch rugby and then finish with a BBQ and a beer or two.
More fundraising…
There’s a fair bit of fundraising stuff coming up too as we get closer to the Bingham Cup… another Beer Bust on the 19th and a new event called Surf & Turf which will pit us against the Surge Water Polo team in a kind of “Pub Olympics” on 3 December at Laird Hotel. More on that in the weeks to come.
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is coming up on December 1. The Chargers are proud to have partnered with VAC/GMHC and will be doing our bit to raise money and awareness for the fight against HIV/AIDS. If you can help out on the day, contact Michael Dalton at fundraising@vicaids.asn.au or on 9865 6744.
Bingham Cup – 1-3 June, 2012
The Chargers are starting to put plans together to travel to Manchester for the Bingham Cup. If you are interested in travelling with us as a player or supporter, please let let us know at info@melbournechargers.org
Cheers,
Sam
Happening in November and December
Saturday 5 November – Fitness training at Albert Park hockey pitches starting 11am
Sunday 6 November – Melbourne Chargers AGM, location and time TBA. Want to become involved Melbourne’s only gay-identifying Rugby team? Become a member!
Saturday 19 November –
Rugby 101 at Albert Park from 11am. More info and registrations at www.melbournechargers.org/rugby101
Chargers Beer Bust from 5pm @ Sircuit
Sunday 20 November – Sunday Social at Laird Hotel from 5:30pm. Beers, blokes and a BBQ. (Medium-to-high chance of firemen too…)
Thursday 1 December – World AIDS Day
Saturday 3 December – Surf & Turf at Laird Hotel, raising funds for the Road to Bingham Cup and Melbourne Surge’s IGLA2012 campaign.
