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7/2014 March 14

Principal Sponsors 2014/15

ERUFC gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the

following Club Sponsors for Season 2014

SOLD OUT!

Value our Volunteers: Rob and Principal Sponsor Roger (Trees R Us), cooking supper for the senior players Thurs 13 March

Amir Samuel

Rats-Head

Aluminium

Sponsor a Senior Player, this Matopos day! See page 4

Training for our youngest players in the Under 6 and Under 8 teams starts Thursday 27 March. From 6pm!

Players click on the link https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12100054/GMG2014.zip to discover what the referee is looking for in Season 2014

Saturday 16 March at ERUFC

10am Under 10s

11am Under 12s

12.15pm Under 14s

13.30pm Under 16s

15.00 Seniors

18.00 Masters

Matopos Day kindly sponsored by:

A huge thank you to Melbourne Rebels, Caderyn Neville, Luke Jones and Ben Meehan for taking an evening from their busy

schedule to help Under 14 and 16 training on Wednesday 12 March

Nominate your favourite volunteer. See page 3

Under 14s

Under 16s

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U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Smart Rugby Matopos Shield Rules &. Fundraising

From: Matt Tink [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2014 2:56 PM

Subject: Smart Rugby Confusion

Hi Rugby Lovers,

I will be the first to acknowledge that the gaining of a Smart Rugby accreditation is confusing for all. Unfortunately this is dictated to us by the ARU and the Australian Sports Commission. Below is some information regarding Smart Rugby and it would be greatly appreciated if you could forward this on to all your contacts.

Smart Rugby is compulsory for all coaches and referees. If a game is played where there is a serious injury and each coach and referee is not Smart Rugby accredited, the game will not be insured and there could be potential litigation issues.

Smart Rugby can be gained via the following methods;

Attending a Smart Rugby course

Attending a Coaching Kids Rugby course

Attending a Refereeing Kids Rugby course

Attending a Foundation course

If a coach or referee has attended any of the above, their Smart Rugby will last 2 years. After this, their Smart Rugby needs to be updated. This can be done by going through any of the 4 above courses again. Alternatively, they can use this

link to re-new only the accreditation http://www.rugby.com.au/smartrugby Please see the below note from the ARU regarding updating on line;

Anyone whose SmartRugby expired 31st December 2013 and whose last Smart Rugby re-qualification was face-to-face is eligible.

Individuals whose Smart Rugby expired 31st December 2012 are no longer eligible to complete SmartRugby online and must attend a face-to-face course.

As usual, a complete list of courses and registration details are listed on the link below. I apologise about the confusing system and am happy to answer any questions.

http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/courses_listState.asp?state=VIC

Thanks for your help with this,

Tinky.

Matt Tink | Manager Elite Pathways

Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union Ltd | Visy Park Gate 3, Royal Parade, Carlton North VIC 3054 I P O Box 29, Parkville, VIC 3052

P: 1300 'GO REBELS' | D: +61 3 9221 0716 | M: +61 412 401 543 | E: [email protected]

Join us on Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram

Volunteers needed:

Matopos Day Ground marking

Erecting the Marquee

Touch Judges

Ball Boys

Emergency shoppers

BBQ chefs

Kitchen helpers

Litter Collection

Meal service

Clean-up, BBQ area, ground & Clubhouse

Matopos Day Fundraising

“Sponsor a Senior” Nominations and payments accepted towards the

“ERUFC Gym Project”. (See page 4 to 6)

Hamper Raffle all proceeds split 50/50 between Club Charity 2014,

“Special Kids” and the “ERUFC Gym Project”

Please send articles, photographs and match reports to: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.rugby.com.au/smartrugby

http://www.rugby.com.au/smartrugby




http://twitter.com/#!/MelbourneRebels

http://www.facebook.com/melbournerebelsofficial

http://www.youtube.com/user/melbournerebels

http://instagram.com/melbournerebels

U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Junior 7s 5th April Home Game “A Team”..Invitation

Home Game Invitation to Junior Teams

Based on the current version of 2014 senior fixtures players will be invited from a Junior Team is to be involved in the first XV match day experience. In return 3 players from the senior program will attend the training session of the nominated junior team that week to assist their team’s coaches.

As part of the match day experience:

Junior team to be given food & drink

Juniors will meet with team pre match at 14:30

Juniors Run out onto the ground side by side with Senior A's

Participants will be photographed with 1st XV team pre game on the ground in front of the clubhouse

We hope that the rest of the family of each junior player will also come along and watch the senior game(s) and enjoy the post match social atmosphere and events.

Date Opposition Junior Team

12th of April vs. Geelong Under 6s 10th of May vs. Wyndham City Under 8s 17th of May vs Boroondara Under 10s 14th of June vs. Shepparton Under 12s 12th of July vs. Shepparton Under 14s 26th of July vs. Geelong Under 16s Oliver Reid

Senior Co-ordinator

From: Matt Tink [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2014 3:12 PM

Subject: Course News

The ARU has made the decision that all Coaching Kids Rugby courses will cost each participant $30.00. Thankfully, with the assistance of Sport and Recrea-tion Victoria, we have been able to negotiate a grant that will ensure that the cost of this course is now subsidised by 100%. Therefore, this has now become a free course. I have adjusted the registration link below to reflect this.

We have a number of CKR courses coming up so can you please ensure you “persuade” your coaches, including those who need Smart Rugby, to register and get along.


Thank you for your ongoing support,

Matt Tink | Manager Elite Pathways




Match requirements:

Bridge Street Rugby Ground:

Saturday 8:30am – 6pm

Sunday 12pm – 6pm

Susan Street

Saturday 8:30am – 6pm (to be used if necessary)

Training requirements:


Monday 5pm – 8pm

Tuesday 5pm – 8pm

Wednesday 5pm – 8pm

Thursday 5pm – 8pm

Friday 5pm – 8pm

Susan Street Oval:

Monday 6pm – 8pm

Tuesday 7:30pm – 9pm



Nillumbik Winter Grounds Allocation

U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Webmaster News

Hi All,

Just an update on our social media reach with Facebook and the web site. This is fairly relevant to sponsorship & recruitment. Club members seem to be coming back to these pages continually for updates and information.

After a bit of strategic advertising and engagement we have moved into a clear 3rd position in FB reach for a VRU club and are steaming ahead to have the chance to overtake everyone for the largest audience. I do not count the Melbourne Chargers as they are not a club and have a lot of sectional support from the LGBT community so not really an accurate reflection. They are also linked to Melb Rugby so there is some crossover there.

It seems that a lot of our own club members are linked to individual team pages (eg Seniors, 14, 16s,) but have not subscribed to the Club’s main page. If we can translate these ‘missing’ club members into subscribers we will greatly boost our following and attraction online. Straw polling, messaging and other contact indicates that the Facebook Page has pulled in at least one club sponsor ( $1300 with 2 player sponsorships on top) and several new memberships across both junior and senior ranks. All in all our Facebook following has increased by about 80% since the start of the year mostly due to targeted advertising costing about $300.

The bulk of our audience for the advertising has been males in the 15 to 25 age group with the biggest reach being in the 18 to 21 age group or thereabouts.

A 11 likes this week Melbourne Chargers

1,191 total likes

B 17 likes this week Harlequin Rugby Club Melbourne 746 total likes

D 22 likes this week Eltham Rugby Union Football Club

709 total likes

E 7 likes this week Footscray Rugby Union Club 621 total likes

F 6 likes this week Power House Rugby Union Melbourne 426 total likes

G 5 likes this week Moorabbin Rams Rugby Football Club 402 total likes

H 1 likes this week Maroondah Rugby Club 171 total likes

The website seems to be getting a bit more traffic with the following stats in the last week, but we need to encourage people to sign up on the website with their email address so we can start using this for notifications and player availability.

Site Usage 749

Total hits 245

Total visitors 3.06 Average pages viewed

Our Youtube Channel is still a work in progress and has a small number of followers, but we will work on that once the games start. It looks like that the young man who was talking about doing video filming and editing for us a couple of months ago has fallen away. If you know anyone else interested in doing film and video for us please let me or David Griffiths know as this is a great draw card for all elements of our communications strategy. Adrian Richards C 7 likes this week MRUFC Unicorns

746 total likes

Match requirements:



Sunday 12pm – 6pm

Susan Street




Monday 5pm – 8pm

Tuesday 5pm – 8pm



Friday 5pm – 8pm

Susan Street Oval:

Monday 6pm – 8pm




Match requirements:



Sunday 12pm – 6pm

Susan Street




Monday 5pm – 8pm

Tuesday 5pm – 8pm



Friday 5pm – 8pm

Susan Street Oval:

Monday 6pm – 8pm




U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Season 2014 Player Sponsorship

Sponsor a Senior Player!

U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Season 2014 Player Sponsors……………………...Thank You

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U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown Season 2014 Player Sponsorship Form

Sponsor a player this Matopos Day, Saturday 15 March!

U10 Photographs courtesy of Andy Brown 2014 Club Charity - “Very Special Kids”

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Dates for your diary:

Date Day Time Description Location Comment14-Mar Fri 19:40 Rebels vs. Crusaders AAMI Park Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au

15-Mar Sat all day Matopos Day ERUFC U10/U12/U14/U16/Seniors/Masters Teams Playing

from 6pm Training U10s, U12s, U16s ERUFCU10s 6 to 7:15pm, U12s 6:30 to 8pm, U16s 6:30 to

7:30pm

Committee Meeting ERUFC Agenda Items to [email protected]

18-Mar Tue 6:30 to 8pm Senior & U18 Training ERUFC

19-Mar Wed 6:30 to 7:30pm Training U14s and U16s

20-Mar Thur 6:30 to 8pmSeniorTraining & Social

EveningERUFC U8s 6 to 7pm

21-Mar Fri 19:40 Rebels vs. Waratahs Alliance Stadium, Sydney Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au

24-Mar Mon from 6pm Training U10s, U12s, U16s ERUFCU10s 6 to 7:15pm, U12s 6:30 to 8pm, U16s 6:30 to

7:30pm

25-Mar Tue 6:30 to 8pm Senior & U18 Training ERUFC

26-Mar Wed 6:30 to 7:30pm Training U14s and U16s ERUFC

27-Mar Thur 6pm onwardSenior, U8 & U6 Training &

Social EveningERUFC U8s 6 to 7pm

28-Mar Fri 19:40 Rebels vs. Brumbies AAMI Park Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au

29-Mar Sat Premier Division Round 2

31-Mar Mon from 6pm Training U10s, U12s, U16s ERUFCU10s 6 to 7:15pm, U12s 6:30 to 8pm, U16s 6:30 to

7:30pm

1-Apr Tue 6:30 to 8pm Senior & U18 Training ERUFC

2-Apr Wed 6:30 to 7:30pm Training U14s and U16s ERUFC

3-Apr Thu from 6pmSenior, U8 & U6 Training &


4-Apr Fri 19:30 Rebels vs. HighlandersForsyth Barr Stadium,

DunedinTickets: melbournerebels.com.au

3rd Division Country 7s

Junior 7s U18 to U11sBox Hill 12s and 14s;

Northerns 16s and 18s

13:30 B Grade away vs. Boroondara Boroondara

15:10 A grade away vs. Boroondara Boroondara

7-Apr Mon from 6pm Training U10s, U12s, U16s ERUFCU10s 6 to 7:15pm, U12s 6:30 to 8pm, U16s 6:30 to

7:30pm


9-Apr Wed 6:30 to 7:30pm Training U14s and U16s

10-Apr Thu from 6pmSenior, U8 & U6 Training &


13:30 B Grade home vs. Geelong ERUFC

15:10 A Grade home vs. Geelong ERUFC Under 6 "Special Match Day Team"

19:30 Rebels vs. Chiefs tbc Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au


7:30pm



17-Apr Thur from 6pmSenior, U8 & U6 Training &


18-Apr Fri 19:40 Rebels vs. Force AAMI Park Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au


7:30pm



24-Apr Thu 6:30 to 8pmSenior & U8 Training & Social

EveningERUFC U8s 6 to 7pm

13:30 B Grade away vs. Bendigo tba

15:10 A Grade away vs. Shepparton tba


7:30pm



1-May Thu 6:30 to 8pmSenior, U8 & U6 Training &


2-May Fri 19:40 Rebels vs. Sharks AAMI Park Tickets: melbournerebels.com.au

13:30 B Grade away vs. Northerns CH Sullivan Reserve

15:10 A Grade away vs. Northerns CH Sullivan Reserve

5-Apr

12-Apr

22-Mar

17-Mar Mon

Sat

Sat

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26-Apr Sat

3-May Sat

Premier Division Round 1