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Coronavirus Update

OCRFC Committee have issued some updates for members

April 2020 Newsletter

June 2020 Newsletter

August 2020 Newsletter

Further information is also available from the RFU in the link below.
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rugby-football-union-suspends-all-rugby
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

The Committee will provide further updates once more information is available. In the meantime please all keep safe, look after yourselves and those around you, particularly those who are more vulnerable to the virus & follow government advice. We will hopefully be seeing you all back at OCs playing rugby & enjoying a few drinks with friends and family soon

WATCH THE QUILTER INTERNATIONALS FOR FREE AND GENERATE REVENUE FOR YOUR CLUB

We're encouraging all members, as well as your family and friends, to take advantage of a new offer created between the RFU and Amazon that lets you watch England Rugby for free in the Autumn Nations Cup, while also creating much needed revenue for the club.

The Quilter Internationals kick off this Saturday and will be streamed online via Amazon Prime. To help grassroots clubs generate revenue, Amazon have worked alongside the RFU to open up registration for clubs to become Amazon Associates.

This means the club will now receive £3 for every member of the community who signs up to Amazon on a free one-month trial through our clubs unique Associates link below: <Autumn Nations Cup

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS UNIQUE LINK to sign up for your free one-month trial, otherwise the club won't benefit from your subscription.

There is no expectation for members to stay on Prime past the trial period. The club will make £3 from each individual sign-up via the unique link, regardless of whether the member stays on past the trial period or not.

Every little helps in these challenging times, so please spread this message and our unique URL link far and wide, friends, colleagues and neighbours are all welcome to sign up!

England Rugby Declare League tables for the 2019/2020 season

Yesterday,3rd April, England Rugby declared the final standings and promotions and relegations for the terminated 2019/2020 season. They applied a formula which can be found on the englandrugby.com website together with the league tables for the community game.
As a result Old Coventrians have been declared the winners of Midlands3West(South) and will be promoted together with Berkswell and Balsall.
It has been an unfortunate way to end the season but there can be no doubt that the OC's squad are deserving of this success. The quality of rugby is certainly worthy of playing at a higher level. There is talent in the squad and a depth of ability such that we can establish ourselves in our new league and enjoy good quality challenging rugby every week.
So, congratulations to the lads. It's been a real club effort. The coaches will be elated and will be looking forward to developing the club and its talented players when we can resume and have defeated this dreadful disease.
Commiserations must go to our friends at Rugby St Andrews. We have shared fortunes and misfortunes with them over the last few years. Promoted together, relegated together. They will bounce back and be successful next season and we will cross swords with them again in 2021/2022.
Stay compliant.
Lots of things happening on the facebook page to stay connected so log in if you haven't already.

PITCH MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

Please note that our closed season pitch maintenance programme has already started on the two front pitches so they will not be in use until further notice. Drainage work has also been taking place on the 1st XV pitch and once that is complete further maintenance work will continue.

The work on all 3 pitches includes essential work including drainage, ground repair, sand, feed and seed. SO PLEASE KEEP OFF! Thanks for your support in making sure pitches are NOT used until we provide further updates.

OCRFC supported the COVENTRY bid to be the UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021

Old Coventrians RFC were proud supporters of the Coventry bid to be UK CITY OF CULTURE 2021. Please CLICK HERE to learn more of the rich cultural heritage of your city.

SENIOR / COLTS TRAINING - 2019/20 Season!

For the new season OCs will be running a 1st XV and The Archers (a 2nd XV) with occasional Vets matches. Coaches will be Alan Roberts and Marc Thomas. Senior Training (17+) is every Tuesday and Thursday for rugby related fitness with ball skills. NEW PLAYERS OF ALL ABILITIES WELCOME. New Season Start date Tuesday 2nd July 2019.

DISCIPLINARY

Please read and note the latest letter from Warwickshire RFU Disciplinary Committee which sets out increased sanctions. Everyone should read this - not just PLAYERS but SPECTATORS and COACHES as well. PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT: SPECTATORS (you know who you are) BARRACKING FROM THE TOUCHLINE CAN INCITE THE PLAYERS. The officials do a difficult job and without them we would not be playing rugby - remember regardless of what you think they are always right - just accept it and quietly walk away. If you get carded you are letting down your team, even more so if you pick up a ban which is now likely to be extremely lengthy so READ about it HERE TAKE IT IN in and REMEMBER IT DURING THE GAME - do not let down your team and club.

Sponsorship Boards at OCRFC

We are in the process of reviewing and updating the various sponsor boards at OCRFC. If you are interested in having a sponsor board then please get in touch. Contact Symon Whitehouse by email symon@isos.co.uk.

Height Restriction Barrier

Barrier is now in place on the main gate with a height restriction of 2.1m.

THE CLUB CASHBACK PROCESS HAS CHANGED WHEN PURCHASING WASPS TICKETS

The process for Club Cashback has changed when purchasing tickets for Wasps. You now enter the Club Code OLDCOV at the checkout stage on the Wasps ticketing site. Please CLICK HERE to read the quick guide.

Ladies Touch Rugby Training

Training for the ladies touch rugby team will be on Wednesdays at 6.30pm. Please contact Jenny Davies for further information by email jennydavies54.jd@gmail.com.

POLICY ON DOGS

Dogs MUST be kept on a lead at all times, are NOT permitted on any of the playing areas and are NOT allowed in the clubhouse. Owners MUST clean up after their dogs. click here to see more

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

click here to see where you can help us

BE REMINDED!

Members are reminded that if they turn left out of the main gates on Tile Hill Lane into the bus lane then they could receive a fine.

Recycle for Cycling

This is an update for parents from our Mini and Junior Section. We now have a set of pop-up banners for our mini age groups (under 7s to under 12s) for use during home and away matches and for training. Sylvia would like to thank everyone who donated rugby kit for us to re-sell. We raised £570 which helped to contribute towards them. The aim for the 2019 / 2020 season is to buy a bike rack. Sylvia hopes to achieve this with the valuable help from Anna and Jack.

Thank you Sylvia Cobbold

ARE OUR GAMES AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER?

News of match or training cancellations due to the weather will be posted by 5pm on Wednesdays and 9.15am on Sundays.


For Sunday training and matches, check the website after 9.15am after pitch inspection has taken place.


Wednesday Night training - please check the website on Wednesdays after 4pm to ensure that training can take place due to weather / pitch conditions, any cancellations will be posted by 4.30pm.