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Info From The Front Row
By Graeme McNicol
Sorry for the delay with this latest blog… to say I’ve been busy is an understatement. So what have Lanark Rugby been up to?
Well we’ve taken a couple of steps closer to our chance of back-to-back titles, we beat Bishopton Rugby 69 – 12 on our home turf on the 17th March and then on the 31st March we beat Strathclyde Police 36 – 12 away from home.
Also well done to Bishopton’s Andy Jackson for getting the RBS Club Volunteer of the Month for March.
Sorry for the delay with this latest blog… to say I’ve been busy is an understatement. So what have Lanark Rugby been up to?
Well we’ve taken a couple of steps closer to our chance of back-to-back titles, we beat Bishopton Rugby 69 – 12 on our home turf on the 17th March and then on the 31st March we beat Strathclyde Police 36 – 12 away from home.
Also well done to Bishopton’s Andy Jackson for getting the RBS Club Volunteer of the Month for March.
22 April 2012
Info From The Front Row
By Graeme McNicol
Apologies are due... it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog as I’ve been rather busy at work and at Lanark RFC.
We’ve had another substantial away trip, this time to Cowal RFC, and again it involved a coach and a ferry trip, so there was lots of fun to be had that day. But before the fun we had a game of rugby to play.
Two long, hard and tiring trips back to back take their toll on our squad. As we’re not a professional squad and we do not pay our players, we depend on them wanting to be part of the team, we depend on them to give up their Saturdays to be part of the team, we depend on them to fundraise and seek sponsorship.
Apologies are due... it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog as I’ve been rather busy at work and at Lanark RFC.
We’ve had another substantial away trip, this time to Cowal RFC, and again it involved a coach and a ferry trip, so there was lots of fun to be had that day. But before the fun we had a game of rugby to play.
Two long, hard and tiring trips back to back take their toll on our squad. As we’re not a professional squad and we do not pay our players, we depend on them wanting to be part of the team, we depend on them to give up their Saturdays to be part of the team, we depend on them to fundraise and seek sponsorship.
15 March 2012
Info From The Front Row
By Graeme McNicol
Well what a busy and exciting week I’ve had. It’s Tuesday afternoon, it’s 15.36hrs and I am still in agony (we’ll get to that story soon).
We’ve spent last week at Lanark Rugby, training hard for our top-of-the-table clash with Arran. Numbers at training were high as everyone wanted to be in with a chance of being named in the 22 man squad for the all important game on Saturday. Initially we thought we were in for some tough decision making on Friday night; who was in and who was out. However, a couple of late call-offs due to illness and a family emergency meant that we were struggling to fill all 22 jerseys!
Well what a busy and exciting week I’ve had. It’s Tuesday afternoon, it’s 15.36hrs and I am still in agony (we’ll get to that story soon).
We’ve spent last week at Lanark Rugby, training hard for our top-of-the-table clash with Arran. Numbers at training were high as everyone wanted to be in with a chance of being named in the 22 man squad for the all important game on Saturday. Initially we thought we were in for some tough decision making on Friday night; who was in and who was out. However, a couple of late call-offs due to illness and a family emergency meant that we were struggling to fill all 22 jerseys!
Info from the Front Row
By Graeme McNicol
Well another week and another call off! Playing rugby at our level can be frustrating; Friday night and I had a full squad of guys all itching to play a competitive game of rugby in the RBS West Division 4 League. However, I received a call at 7.30pm and the team we’re due to play, cry off!
So all this starting and stopping becomes rather frustrating! Somehow thanks to the hard work of our fixture secretary, we did manage to get a game against a local club’s 3rd team. This has allowed us to get some game time in before an all-important top of the table clash this weekend – Lanark v Arran.
Well another week and another call off! Playing rugby at our level can be frustrating; Friday night and I had a full squad of guys all itching to play a competitive game of rugby in the RBS West Division 4 League. However, I received a call at 7.30pm and the team we’re due to play, cry off!
So all this starting and stopping becomes rather frustrating! Somehow thanks to the hard work of our fixture secretary, we did manage to get a game against a local club’s 3rd team. This has allowed us to get some game time in before an all-important top of the table clash this weekend – Lanark v Arran.
21 February 2012
Info from the Front Row
By Graeme McNicol
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First of all I should start off by introducing myself, I am Graeme McNicol, by day (and some nights) I am a PR & Events Executive for a large financial company. By night and at the weekend I am the club captain and hooker at Lanark Rugby Club.
We are a small local club based in central Scotland, an area dominated by football. However for our size we have a strong squad and work well with the local community.
14 February 2012