Ellesmere Port Rugby Union - Under 14s

Sounds like a perfect start to a Saturday morning

Well done to a great bunch of lads (and coaches)

What happens on tour - stays on tour (...and also on Facebook..)

Well done again lads and coaches - guts and glory !!

Another fantastic and successful tour. The lads were amazing we are all so very proud of their performance - guts and glory. E Port U14s finished runners up today despite drawing earlier with the winning team. Massive thank you to the brilliant coaches - Gowy, Chiefy and Steve, special thanks too to Mark our Tour Manager, also many thanks too to all the parents and families who made this such a special weekend. Will load up tour photos asap this week.
best wishes all
Steve R
(..by the way i am only 46 tomorrow not 50, cheeky beggars !)

Another fantastic and successful tour. The lads were amazing we are all so very proud of their performance - guts and glory. E Port U14s finished runners up today despite drawing earlier with the winning team. Massive thank you to the brilliant coaches - Gowy, Chiefy and Steve, special thanks too to Mark our Tour Manager, also many thanks too to all the parents and families who made this such a special weekend. Will load up tour photos asap this week.
best wishes all
Steve R
(..by the way i am only 46 tomorrow not 50, cheeky beggars !)

All to play for tomorrow! Great performance from the team and some lessons learnt before the semis tomorrow

Only 2 days to go! Any questions you know who to ask.

Fixtures are now showing for the Tigers Challenge www.esfscorecentre.co.uk

IMPORTANT FINAL TOUR INFO:

Under 14’s Tour 2017
Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May
Butlins Minehead

Event Information
Travel down & Check in
The postcode for Butlins Minehead is TA24 5SH and is well sign posted on your approach into Minehead. We can access the site from 1pm and check in from 2pm, the booking reference is MH22195138.

https://www.butlins.com/Images/46-106129_minehead-resort-map.jpg

Schools have been approached for the players to have the Friday off in order to miss the Friday traffic. Phil and Chiefy are organising lifts for players who are not traveling with their families.
We will find a venue onsite on the Friday evening and message all players and parents of where we are meeting for an informal get together.

Rooms
The rooms are quite basic and therefore only have a kettle and no catering facilities, unless you can live off pot noodles. Not even a fridge to keep the coaches beer cold! Please note that towels are not provided in the rooms, so even if you don’t fancy a dip in the pool, you will need one for a shower. Bedding is however provided, lucky us! Accommodation will be in the Ocean Wharf or Pacific Point areas, map attached.

Tournament
Games are played on the Saturday & Sunday at Minehead RUFC. A shuttle bus is available to take players and family to the games. It is about a 15 minute walk should you wish to. Results and fixtures can be accessed on esfscorecentre.co.uk
Food

Accommodation is not self-catering as previously stated, I can only apologise for this as the event organisers had said all rooms were self-catering. There are plenty of restaurants and fast food outlets on site. Burger King, Firehouse Grill, Pizza Hut, Finnigans Fish & Chips, Bar Rosso to name a few.
There is also a large Tesco supermarket located within walking distance from Butlins.
We will be taking small camp cookers to the tournament during the day and will be able to heat up hot dogs and I would therefore ask if everyone could bring a tin of hot dogs. During previous tours, the demand for bananas, oranges and apples has been incredible, who knew teenagers ate fruit!

On the Saturday night, tables have been booked for all at Ludo’s, a restaurant onsite and an email has been sent with the menu.

Kit list
 Full rugby kit, training top, joggers
 Clothes to relax in the evenings, velvet jacket? Dinner suit?
 Dry food, cereal bars, fruit, water, Lucozade, hot dogs, whatever your little darlings need to survive.
 Towel, swimming shorts
 Money for food, drinks, dinner at Ludo’s, sticks of rock, etc.
 Favourite cuddly toy

Butlins facilities
 Adventure Golf
 Cinema
 Beach Sports Court
 Funfair & Tots Indoor Funfair
 Game & Arcade Machines
 Go Karts
 High Ropes Course & Climbing Wall
 Quasar Laser Arena
 Outdoor Splash Pool
 Multi Sports Courts
 Splash Waterworld
 Trampolines
 Ten Pin Bowling
 Supermarket & Newsagent
 Internet Café

Any further questions
Please feel free to call Mark on 07972 103170, email [email protected] or speak to any of the coaching staff.
Coaching Staff Contacts
Phil Gow Head Coach 07775 831480
James Gareth Assistant Coach 07751 398223
Steve Harrop Assistant Coach 07885 680412

Message from the Head Coach
“The tour is almost upon us, after another year of training, games, injuries, fun and laughter it's time to step up to the mark.
Last year runners up, this year, it could be one better, with everyone working as hard as possible for the team.
Tour is a big part of what we're trying to achieve as a rugby section. Thanks for your support and your help in developing your son, using rugby and it's core values of: teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship!
Watching each of the players progress over time, boys turning into young men and seeing the development in every aspect of their game has been a joy and a privilege
bring on the Tigers Challenge, bring on Minehead 2017!”
Carpe Diem!!

TO SEE WHICH ROOM YOU ARE IN CLICK ON THE PHOTO BELOW.....

MESSAGE FROM TOUR MANAGER MARK:

Evening all,

With Minehead fast approaching, I'm afraid you'll have a few emails from me with regard to final details.

One of them being this one regarding dinner on the Saturday evening, currently booked for 7-7.30 depending on the time play finishes on Saturday.

We have booked Ludo's Italian onsite to cater for our whole party.

Please can you look at the menu and let me know your main course choice by Friday 21st if possible. If more than one family member is coming please can you put the persons name by their choice so that we can ensure everyone gets the right meal on the night.

https://www.butlins.com/Images/14115-BUT-ludos-menu-FOOD_tcm46-123190.pdf

Please note that the club is not paying for this, it is an informal event to get everyone together as it will be busy onsite at Minehead.

Kind regards

Mark Sears
07972 103170
[email protected]

www.butlins.com

Champions featured in this weeks Ellesmere Port pioneer - well done lads !!!