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PRE-ORDER YOUR 2003 LONDON IRISH SHIRT! The new Canterbury of New Zealand London Irish replica shirts will be officially launched on 6th August and released for sale on Thursday 7th August, but you can pre-order yours online from today (Friday 18th July) at 9am! To give you the maximum opportunity to purchase, the Megastore at the Madejski Stadium will be open from 9am to 9pm on Thursday 7th August with special guest appearances by members of the London Irish squad during the evening. Orders placed will not be despatched before 6th August. As an extra incentive, customers who order before midnight on 31st July will be entered into a draw for the opportunity to attend the Official Launch Event followed by the Irish Race Night at Kempton Park. Winners will be notified by post.
The home shirt is avialable in both short (£46) and long (£50) sleeve and the away in short sleeve only (£46) from Small to XXXLarge. The childrens' shirts - home and away - come in long sleeve only (£35) for ages 6 -12 and there is also a women's fit 3/4 length sleeve home shirt (£35) in sizes 8 - 18. Make sure you are one of the first to own the new shirt, click here to order yours! Please note: The colour of goods may vary slightly from that shown above, due to variations and limitations of browser software and monitors. SUMMER 'MEET THE PLAYERS' EVENINGS London Irish is pleased to confirm the dates for two 'Meet the Players' evenings that will take place this summer. The two events will be held at Sunbury and Reading venues on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th August 2003 respectively. The Sunbury evening (Wednesday 13th August) will be held in the Four Provinces Bar at the London Irish training ground, The Avenue, Sunbury on Thames. Reading's venue (on Thursday 14th August) is The Brewery Tap, Castle Street, Reading. Each evening will start at 7.30pm and twelve members of the London Irish squad will be in present on both nights. It is not necessary for attendance to be confirmed as there will be an open door policy at the venues. Pat Coyne, Commercial Director of London Irish, comments: "The 'Meet the Players' events are always very popular and we're expecting a large crowd on both nights. Irish has fantastic and loyal fans in both the Thames Valley and London and the team is looking forward to meeting some of them in a social situation before our season starts in September. It will also be a great opportunity for supporters to see the new Irish shirts modelled by the players!" The individual players attending will be confirmed closer to the dates. For more information or queries about the evenings please contact Andrea Bray on 01932 750107 or email andrea.bray@london-irish.com
SUCCESS FOR WOKINGHAM IN THE THAMES VALLEY YOUTH GAMES On Saturday 19th July the 2003 'Thames Valley Youth Games' were held at Eton College in Windsor with over three hundred children aged from 10 through 12 residing within the Thames Valley region competing in a tag rugby festival. The selection process for the players of the teams started way back in September 2002 with rugby clubs from around the Thames Valley sending in coaches to schools as part of the Active Sports programme. After six weeks of coaching, a schools tag festival was held where a selection of children were chosen to train every week together to represent their town in the TVYG. As ever, whenever there is a tag festival in the area there was strong support from a 6 foot Irish Wolfhound in the shape of Digger! In soaring temperatures, Digger larked around with children and parents and even tried his hand at advising athletes on the art of triple jumping 'four legged style'. Alan Jones, Head Coach for Wokingham comments, "I am delighted at the way that we played throughout the day. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves today and I hope that the children that we have developed over the last few months carry on at their skills at Redingensians RFC." If you are aged between 9 and 11 and wish to find out about how you can get the opportunity to represent your town in the Thames Valley Youth Games then simply contact the Sports Development Officer at your local council or contact Alan Jones for information about Redingensians RFC on 0118 940 4303 or e-mail alan-jones@redingensians.org.uk.
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT!!!
Following last week's announcement that London Irish have added another date to the Touch Rugby festival calendar, touchrugby.com have been inundated with teams entering the three festivals held at the following venues: Staines RFC - Sunday 7th September (from 1.30pm onwards) The festivals are open to anyone over the age of 16 with the main emphasis being on fun and enjoyment in true Irish style! GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND ENJOY THE FUN! The festivals last a few hours and as well as some great touch rugby, there will be a BBQ (and beer!) for players and spectators alike. Why not enter a team with your friends from the pub, rugby club or work? It's easy to enter as a team or as an Individual in any of the one day festivals, all you need to do is go to www.touchrugby.com and click the London Irish logo. Once you have decided on what festival you want to enter, simply register your team by pressing "Register Now", complete the registration process and then select the tournament you want to enter. All questions on both days can be answered by our partners at www.touchrugby.com
SEASON TICKET 2003/2004 Tickets are now on general sale and remember that the early bird price is available until 31st July. By Application Form: Click on the following link to download an application form - Season Tickets 03-04
SPONSORSHIP & HOSPITALITY 2003/2004 There are also a variety of sponsorship packages, including player sponsorship at £250.
To get details please e-mail Abigail Findlay (abigail.findlay@london-irish.com) or Kelly Adey (kelly.adey@london-irish.com).
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!
Well yearn no longer, help is at hand at: The London Irish Supporters' Club PRE-SEASON FAMILY BBQ is being held The LISC are finalising details with Larry Dunphy (Sunbury Club steward) and these will follow shortly. TALES FROM THE CRAIC At a world brewing convention in the States, the CEOs of various brewing organizations retired to the bar at the end of each day's conferencing. Bruce, CEO of Fosters, shouted to the Barman: "In 'Strailya, we make the best bloody beer in the world, so pour me a Fosters, mate." Bob, CEO of Budweiser calls out next: "In the States, we brew the finest beers of the world, and I make the king of them all - gimme a Bud." Hans steps up next: "In Germany ve invented das beer. Give me ein Becks, der real King of beers." Paddy, CEO of Guinness, steps forward: "Barman, give me a diet coke with ice and lemon. please." The others stare at him in stunned silence, amazement written all over their faces. Eventually Bruce asks: "Are you not going to have a Guinness, Pat?" Paddy replies "Well, if you pansies aren't drinkin', then neither am I!"
THE BLARNEY Over 4,900 people have currently subscribed to the Blarney; do you forward this to your mates? Or do you print it out and pass it around? Well, why not provide us with their e-mail address so that they can receive their own personal copy. E-mail Jon Salinger (jon.salinger@london-irish.com) with e-mail addresses. Let us try and spread the word of London Irish to a much greater audience.
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