This Week @ Penicuik Rugby

We look ahead to the 2xv game, Edinburgh players taking training and latest news from the clubhouse

Grab a coffee, relax and read on…

Bar Opening Hours

Friday : open from 7:30pm for live Ireland v New Zealand Rugby

Saturday : open from 5pm (please note there is a party on 6-8) then live France v Japan from 8pm

Sunday : Open from 3:30pm for live Scotland v South Africa Rugby

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Autumn Nations Series

Check our events page for all the live rugby activity in the Autumn months

https://penicuikrugby.org/portfolio-items/autumn-rugby-series-2024

200 Club winners – October 2024

Josh ‘in’ around

Our club development officer Josh is in and around our local schools.  Here’s what he’s been up to :-

During this week’s sessions at Mauricewood and Roslin primary schools, we focused on helping the children find space and move effectively through various drills and games.

At Beeslack High School, we honed their decision-making and reaction times under pressure. By engaging in these activities, the kids not only improve their rugby skills but also develop important life skills such as quick thinking, strategic planning, and teamwork.

Rugby promotes physical fitness and mental resilience, making it an ideal sport for children to grow and thrive.

If you’d like your child to try rugby in Penicuik’s primary schools please message Josh at do@penicuikrugby.org

This Saturday our 2xv travel to Kings Park for a Midlothian Derby.  The last time these side met at Dalkeith in January 2023 the 2xv came away 33-14 winners.  6 of that side start this weekend and will be hoping for a similar result.

Dalkeith last played 19th October and narrowly lost out 24-33 to Corstorphine, at the time of going to press the fixture is on…but with all things in East Region Reserve Division 2 please check back for confirmation before travelling over.

2xv coach James has been able to call upon a full squad, Craig Skirving comes out of cold storage to return to the front row, Andy McLellan continues to impress in training and lines up alongside the experience Rich Moffat for his first start of the season.

Findlay and McCormick continue at half backs with a very experienced centre pairing outside them of Hope and Harris.  Arran King starts on the wing for the first time and will be looking to get himself in space.

Full squad below

Elsewhere in the league:

Corstorphine host Watsonians 2A whilst Thebans travel to Haddington

Youth Rugby

This Sunday the Hunters travel the short trip down the A703 to face Peebles Piranhas.

Games start at 11am if all players can look to be on site for 10:30am.  There will be 2 minutes silence for Remembrance Sunday at 11am just before ko

The Piranhas play at Hay Lodge Park, please park opposite at Kingsland Primary School.

The Mini’s are off to Murrayfield

Join us for an unforgettable day at Murrayfield Stadium, the heart of Scottish rugby, as we cheer on Edinburgh in the thrilling 1872 Cup clash against Glasgow! 🏆

📅 Date: Saturday, 28th December  

🕒 Time: 3 PM  

🚌 **Free Coach** provided by Penicuik Rugby Club to take you to and from the game!

🎟️ Ticket Prices:  

– Adults: £31.50  

– Children: £15.50

👶 Kids in P1-3 must be accompanied by an adult, while those in P4-7 will be escorted by their team coach.

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity! Please let your age-grade coach know if you wish to attend.

**initially tickets are for our Hunters Players P1-P7 with adults for the P1-3 section.  Once we have confirmed player numbers and there is capacity we will open up to parents of P4-7 then siblings of our Hunters Players**

Edinburgh Players Taking Training

As part of the mini’s travelling to Murrayfield, they will be joined at training on Wednesday by Edinburgh duo Jamie Hodgson and Charlie Shiel (son of former Scotland player Graham Shiel) who will be down to film promotional videos for the 1872 cup games.

Please can all Hunters wear Penicuik training kit where possible as the end videos will be published on the Scottish Rugby social channels.. And also be on time to start for 6:15pm

Other News

Penicuik Food Fact Friends

We are supporting our local community throughout November by collecting donations of food.  The donation box will be in the Foyer until the end of November.

Please generously donate where you can.

Mini’s Halloween Party

Massive thanks to Gav Stephen for arranging the annual Hunters Halloween Party last Friday, was great to see a clubhouse full of scary Hunters enjoying themselves.

As they are currently sat joint bottom of the league, the 1xv were spookily trolled by several of the mini players

New Storage

We have purchased a new storage container which is now located by the back door of the club, over the coming weeks we will fit this out and plug in electrics to allow us to move kit that is currently scattered across several rooms/cupboards.  Thanks to all involved with this, we are in possession of the move video which we are keeping in cold storage until the correct time to release to the public.

History Boards

We have removed the boards from the lounge and will be fitting these elsewhere over the next few weeks

they can be viewed here – https://penicuikrugby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/100-Years-of-Penicuik-Rugby-Club-A3.pdf

Beenie Hats

Massive thanks to Dave Robertson at https://www.betterphysiotherapy.com for hooking up all the coaching team with Beenie hats ahead of the Penicuik Winter period.

We have a further supply of Beenie Hats available on a first come basis.

These will be available during Bar opening times, starting this evening, for £15

New Playing Strips

Thanks to all our sponsors for 2024/25 and Callum at XXV, we are now awaiting delivery of our new playing strips.

Once received we will be inviting our senior players down for anew photoshoot from the excellent Nifty 50 https://nifty50photography11.mypixieset.com

In the meanwhile here's a look at the final signed off design

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