Melrose Rugby Bulletin 17/4/25
Afternoon Folks,
What a busy week it’s been here at the club! We’ve just finished day 4 of 5 kids rugby camps which have been amazing this week! The highlight was probably on Wednesday (which saw some horrible weather) but we were lucky enough to welcome Darcy Graham & Ross McCann to the club. The kids did a Q&A with them - a couple of memorable questions included – ‘why are you not in the Lions team?’ ‘Who is your most annoying team-mate?’ (Darcy said Ross!!) – the guys were brilliant with the kids and spent over and hour in the hall chatting and signing anything the kids thrust at them! A massive thank you to everyone who’s been here this week, especially Iain and all his coaches – you’ve all been superb! We have one little boy who has lost a black Nike boot bag that had his packed lunch and drink in it – so if anyone has got an extra bag at home, it would be great if you could drop it in at the club! (BAG NOW FOUND & RETURNED!)
Team photo with Darcy & Ross
Not sure how the Hawick kids felt about Darcy in the Black & Yellow! What a good sport he was!
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This week's rugby
We’ve got lots of rugby going on this next week coming, Friday & Saturday see’s the club host the Melrose edition of the Borders Youth 7s – the U13, U14 & U15 7s are taking place at Battery Dyke from 3.30pm on Friday & on Saturday it’s the turn of the U16s & U18s.
Saturday see’s the 1sts head to Hawick for their 7s, we’re the second match on the schedule, playing against Berwick. The Storm head to North Berwick to take part in their 7s and then on Sunday the 1sts are off to Berwick-Upon-Tweed to defend last year’s title!
We’ve got some touring teams in town next week!
Tuesday 22nd : U14s host San Diego – KO 16.30 at the Greenyards
Thursday 24th – The Storm host Edina Rugby from Minnesota USA at the Greenyards – KO TBC
Friday 25th – South District play Border Park – at the Greenyards – KO 7.30pm
Saturday 26th – U14s host Richmond at the Greenyards – morning
Saturday 26th – Langholm 7s
Think that covers us for the next week! A busy place indeed!!
We said Goodbye to Struan Hutchison (who’ll on the pitch for Southern Districts in Sydney this weekend) & Al Ferrie who’s off to join him in Sydney on Sunday, next week it’s the turn of Evan Davies to leave town!
Evan joined us at the beginning of the season from Toronto & has made a great impact since he’s been here. He’s off to join up with the Canadian national squad over the summer. Go well Evan, and we hope to see you back in Melrose at some point!
Evan scoring our bonus point in our win against Musselburgh - the final game of the season!
I think that's all the news for this week -
Very best wishes
Hilary