Dear All,
Welcome back from Songkhran, trust it was wet!
The Bangkok Lions League Kicks Off this Saturday, the 23rd
April. In week 1 we will try and sort the teams out,
although with a lot of people still on holiday we may be
short of players this week.
Please be patient - week 1 will be madness as last year
but we will get through it. Remember, we are all
volunteers!
A very good effort to all boys and girls - we have
reached 180 signed up children this year, and still more
are coming.
Please also read
the Good Coach
and then the Good Parent Guide as issued by the RFU; please do not be offended
- these
were written by an English committee after all, however,
they make good sense.
We are honoured to have our Head Coach Eddie Evans, who
as well as having won 50 Caps for Canada is also a grade
3 Coach, Eddie will be ably assisted by a host of other
coaches, including School Teachers , British Club
Players , Southerners Players and Dads who have played a
bit before. If all coaches and assistant coaches could
come early for a briefing by Adrian.
We would like everyone to turn up at least 30 minutes
before you age group starts. We will issue kit on the
day we will only issue kit to those that have paid,
since some parents forgot to pay last year.
As last year we have decided to run three competitions
this year, 7’s Cup Weekend, 10’s Cup Weekend and a
League. All the dates for these will be shown on the
fixtures list to be issued later, we would like as much
family input as possible so we will also run some BBQ’s
which will also be noted.
The aim of the Lions league is to give the Children a
chance to display their skills, run around in a lovely
environment at Bangkok Pattana, which the Thailand
Tigers Aussie rules team call the MCG of Thailand, and
to spend Saturday morning with the family. We welcome
the input of Parents, please come on the field and help
coach the children, someone will help you if you have
not done it before. Stay for the BBQ,s so that the
committee can get a feedback as to how it is all going.
This Saturday you will see the start times on the
Fixtures list however be at BKK Patana Sports Fields at
the following times:
-
Up to 8 years old:
Start 9.00 a.m. but please be there at 8.30 a.m. (1st
week only)
-
9- 12 years old: Start
10.00 a.m. but please be there at 9.30 a.m. (1st week only)
-
13 years old and above: Start
10.45 a.m. but please be there at 10.15 a.m. (1st
week only)
I will give you your
kit, which will be located by the Coffee area, which
consists of:
- Playing
Shirt, Shorts and Socks
-
Club
T-Shirt
You will need to
bring BOOTS and SUN CREAM.
It is essential you
turn up for Warm Up and Coaching Sessions, if not you
will find yourself on the bench or doing fitness during
the game, remember that you are part of a team and a large
link is missing if you are not there learning what
everyone else is.
Again a big thank you
to our sponsors - major sponsors are:
Bruce Hill
Chairman
BLMRU
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