January 2015

Links

The Association www.theora.co.uk

Cricket www.oldrutscricket.org.uk

Football www.oldruts.co.uk

Rugby www.oldrutsrugby.com

Dates for your diary

Old Rutlishians’ Association

Orbit Newsletter

Ben Waters delivers another

memorable evening at the

Old Ruts

Following on from Ben Waters’ visit

in the summer, over 100 people

squeezed themselves into the hall on

Friday 16 January. Most of the crowd

came for a second helping of the

amazing Ben Waters band, featuring

the virtuoso boogie woogie man and

human juke box Ben.

The two sax players, including Ben’s

teenage son, were on top form and

the rhythm section rock solid as you

would expect with Paul Young’s

drummer on stage.

Once the dancing started there was

no stopping it, except of course for a

pasty and chips break (we know the

value of good nutrition to endurance

sports). Many thanks to Pat, Emma &

Mark Hovell and the girls for sorting

all that. Further to the pasties, the

crowd were wowed by one particular

pro-dancing routine from a very

talented couple!

When he wasn’t tinkling the ivories,

Ben spent a lot of time over the

evening chatting with anyone who

wanted to as he is a particularly

approachable and nice guy.

Mike Stallard

Sat 31 Jan 2015

President’s

BHF Charity

Dinner Dance

Fri 6 Feb 2015 8.00 pm

Six Nations

Wales v

England Sat 14 Mar 2015

Old Ruts’

Annual Dinner

Sat 25 Apr

"This Is It" Michael Jackson

and Queen

Show

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by Sunday 22 February

Our President writes

New Year's Eve saw another

successful dance at the club well

attended and well enjoyed.

January has been a quiet month,

except for a noisy Ben Waters Boogie

Woogie Night when once again he

was on song. Well done Mr Stallard

for the organisation and to the ladies

who prepared the food.

My President's team, with captain

Peter Day, beat (7-0) the OR

Association Football team in their

annual match. With a bit of luck, the

footballer section would have

recruited one or two players from my

side.

You will probably read elsewhere

[unfortunately not in this edition as I

have received no submissions—Ed]

how well the junior rugby players are

doing as we now have a good showing

at County & Divisional level. It is

thanks to many dedicated coaches

that we have seen our teams

flourish.

In this issue of E-Orbit, you will find

an application form for the

Association Annual Dinner on

14 March.

We will be coming back home and

holding it in our recently re-furbished

hall at the clubhouse. As last year

we will be inviting members' partners

along to the event, if they so wish

(it's not compulsory!)

I shall be looking forward to watching

some rugby & football and hope to

see both codes working their way up

their respective leagues.

Peter Stokes

Walking your way to Fitness!

A friendly local group

All welcome

Meet at ORA sports ground every

Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday 10:00 to 11:00

£5 per session

Contact: Anne de Silva

0208 540 0752

execfit1@btopenworld.com

Best Foot Forward

Ben Waters

Happy birthday to Ray Bricknell.

One of the fathers of Rutsfest kicks off his second half on 31 January.

Paying by Card

The option of paying at the bar by

credit or debit card is part of our

system. We have set a minimum

payment of £10, and cashback is

also available (with debit card only)

to help you buy that extra round of

drinks!

Peter Day

Our Chairman writes Finch & Co. ORA Sponsors

Nestled amongst the John Innes

designed Merton Park conservation

area, Finch & Co enjoys a unique

position.

‘Green flag’ awarded spaces, tree

lined avenues and beautiful

Edwardian houses occupy the

surrounding roads. The area feels

rural despite its proximity to London.

In the late 19th century, John Innes, of

compost fame, together with his

brother James, turned one of

London’s original garden suburbs into

a semi rural suburb for the City

businessmen of the time. Now in the

21st century, we can fully appreciate

the quality and style of these 1920s

and 1930s homes that were not

destroyed during the war. The homes

designed by Quartermain and

Brocklesby remain highly sought

after.

The Finch office team are

enthusiastic, exuberant and excited.

They speak with great affection for

the area, especially Beryl who has

been with the company for 23 years.

Her local knowledge is invaluable,

thanks to her super memory. With

Manager Katharine; Stefan, David

and Beryl provide a service to the

community which is unique.

Sponsorship and links with Old Ruts

sports club demonstrate that the

‘village’ spirit is alive and thriving. The

area is now home to all combinations

of housing stock, from flats and

cottages to large detached homes, all

The month of January is traditionally

a quiet month after the excesses of

the Christmas period. Coupled with

the current laudable “Go dry in

January” campaign, one would

expect that the Club would be like a

graveyard this month. Not so for the

hardy Old Rutlishian! The bar take so

far this month has been higher than

usual due to some remarkable

functions.

The return of Ben Waters organised

by our hard working Event and Bar

Manager has boosted our bar take

considerably. Not only was this event

a rip roaring success entertainment

wise but it was obviously a thirst

making event as well!

There has also been some sad

occasions as well, with the Club

being used for wakes. While the

facilities are available to anyone it is

particularly sad that these were for

relatives of Club Members.

The Clubhouse is being used more

and more in the week during the

daytime and your Executive

Committee are looking to increase

further daytime usage. If you wish to

make use of the facilities, be it for a

wake or a business meeting or any

reason for that matter, I am sure

that Mike Stallard would appreciate a

call. Catering can be arranged but

you do not even have to have the bar

open for those who wish to

concentrate! The Clubhouse is there

to be used and we have to pay the

overheads whether it is in use or not,

so if you can make use of it, it’s

there waiting for you!

Our hard working House and Ground

Chairman who doubles as the House

manager would also welcome a call if

you can offer any assistance in the

maintenance and general well-being

of the Club and its environs. No

special skill is necessary other than a

willingness to get stuck in.

There has been a request for more

cricket nets, possibly built on the car

park behind the Squash Courts.

Before we can consider this, we have

to establish the long-term future of

these courts. The Executive have had

several alternative suggestions to use

this building and are consequently

asking for Members’ views on their

use. Would they be missed if they

were discontinued in their current

format or even demolished and

replaced with something else?

Opinions are being collated by David

Doerr who would be only too pleased

to hear your views.

Finally, Andrew Fox and the Finance

Team are working hard to finalise the

year end accounts. I think that

almost certainly the turnover for the

bar has been a record year which is

due to some hard graft by the Bar

Team led by Donna Whetstone. This

was despite the fact that the Club

was closed for business for eight days

during the refurbishment period. The

wisdom of this investment is now

being more widely appreciated as all

bookings are now on the increase. An

additional main till has recently been

installed which is even faster than

the current one and will enable even

faster service – particularly at busy

times. In due course the benefits will

be noticeable when the profits are

reinvested in enhancing the

facilities.

All in all the message for 2015 is

clear – the Old Rutlishians’

Association is now fully open for

business.

Geoff Aldis

MonCC’s Measure ‘Where were they?’ competition

CRICKET Seniors

Winter nets will be on Monday nights

starting in February. Further details

from alexbarnicott62@hotmail.com

Rob & Wendy’s

Ballroom Dancing

Monday and Friday evenings 20:00 — 22:30 At the Old Ruts

Private lessons by appointment Beginners very welcome

For more information please phone

0201 8287 0518

Rob Mobile 07979 345 184 Wendy Mobile 07747 704 718 www.comedancingnow.co.uk

To enter, simply send an email

To: oraorbit@hotmail.com,

Headed: MonCC’s Measure

Stating: the name of the restaurant

where you think the

MonCCs convened in

January.

By: 8 February 2015

(this gives you a little time

to conduct your research

and firm up your entry)

The new ChairMonCC for 2015 will

draw the winner from the correct

answers received by the closing

date. We will contact the winner by

email and publish the results in next

month’s Orbit.

The 200 Club’s winners for 2014.

Alex Atkins John Bohan

Tony Booth Frank Buccy

Clive Coulson Tom Cullach

George Currie Steve Grimshaw

Terry Grosset David Harvey

Bob Hawkins Doug Jennings

Rodney Kay-Kriesnan Derek Kean

Lance Keene Pat Keene

Barry King Bob Martin

Peter Milne Lynn Norton

The Monday night Curry Club has a

new chairman. And in the MonCCs’

typical spirit of innovation he has

introduced a prize competition.

To win, use your local knowledge to

work out where they went.

In January, the MonCCs visited a

restaurant in walking distance (even

for older MonCCs) of the clubhouse.

The staff make a brilliant chilli

cocktail to welcome you and the food

is as good in 2015 as it was in 2014,

even if the location had changed.

For a clue here is the owner

surrounded by MonCCs in disguise!

One more cryptic clue - take a river

in Namibia and make it older!

The restaurant’s owner has

generously offered a prize for the

winner of a meal for two up to £30 or

a 10% discount to a larger group.

200 Club winners 2014

Sam Patel Lee Poulter

Ron Read Nadine Smith

Matt Smithurst Sarah Spacey

Jason Sullivan Darcy Trimmings

Tony Umpleby Geoff Waterman

David Wells John Woodcock

There are a vacancies in the 200

club, due in part to natural causes.

Each month the club has draws for

prizes of £50, £25 and £10.

Twice a year, in June and December,

there is a bumper prize draw of

£250.

You can join the 200 Club all for an

annual subscription of just £13.

If you are interested, please contact

Alex Atkins on 020 8540 3708.

Alex Atkins

RUGBY Six Nations 2015 kick off

Friday 6 February 8pm

W a l e s v E n g l a n d

Freshly cooked food available all

evening. 4 pint jugs of Youngs and

Fosters £10 and plenty more offers

on the night.

Get it booked in the diary now!

Rutlish Raiders (RL)

After testing the waters with

friendlies in 2014, we are registering

properly with the league this year

and setting up a separate section

within the club, running U12/13 and

U14/15 sides.

Peter Cox

FOOTBALL

DARTS New football youth section

We are developing a youth football

section, starting initially with an

under 9’s Sunday boys team. If

anyone wants to help, sponsor or run

their own youth team please

email oldrutsfootball@gmail.com

If anyone knows of any current year

3 boys that are of a decent standard

and want to play Sunday football in a

nice environment then please

email oldrutsfootball@gmail.com.

We are looking for 5 more boys to

play as the Ruts Colts.

Parents that bellow from the side

need not apply.

Twitter and Facebook

accounts

Please see our Facebook and Twitter

accounts for latest ORA FC news

below

https://www.facebook.com/

groups/86929003715/

old ruts football (@oldrutsfootball)

on Twitter

Daniel Poulter

The first team continues to be on

the receiving end of some

unfortunate results, losing by the

odd goal. League table below.

Match report:

1st XI game vs Puretown

The Club’s tough campaign and

severe shortage of any good fortune

was in full swing today as the 1st XI

went down 3 – 2 at home in a close

and very competitive match against

Puretown.

Bezza gave the Ruts the lead twice

and the OR’s led 2 – 1 at the

interval.

The visitors levelled from a penalty

and snatched a late winner in the

closing stages of injury time. The

Ruts put in a decent shift and

deserved a point for their efforts.

Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division 1 : League Table

Games played

Games won

Games drawn

Games lost

Goals for

Goals against

Goal difference

Points

Coney Hall 13 9 0 4 41 27 +14 27

Old Boys

Clapham

13 8 2 3 34 21 +13 26

Chessington K

C

11 7 2 2 30 15 +15 23

Westminster

Casuals

15 7 2 6 28 24 +4 23

Puretown 14 7 2 5 35 33 +2 23

Old

Plymouthians

13 6 4 3 31 23 +8 22

Cheam Village

Warriors

11 6 2 3 33 17 +16 20

St Andrews 12 5 2 5 28 27 +1 17

Old

Rutlishians

16 4 2 10 27 35 -8 14

Trinity 14 4 2 8 33 46 -13 14

Bookham 13 2 5 6 16 25 -9 11

Crescent

Rovers

15 2 1 12 23 66 -43 7

The darts team hasn't had the best

start to the new year, winning one

and losing one. However, we are

still in with a great shout of winning

the league. [I think they’re being

modest—Ed]

We are also looking for new budding

Eric Bristows to join our team.

If you think you are of the right

calibre, please contact Stuart on

07540 321866 or Matt Carter for

details.

LETS PLAY DARTS

Stuart

Twickenham & Stoop food & drink deal

David Kremer is a cricket dad at old

Ruts and a trustee at Youth Works

Enterprises charity that helps young

people find work and develop work-

place skills through Kneller Park

Gardens café. The café is often

closed during the winter months, so

to continue the training and help

with cash-flow it has teamed up with

London’s oldest micro-brewery,

Twickenham Fine Ales to service

rugby internationals and the Stoop

(see below for upcoming dates).

The cafe offers a good quality BBQ

(10% off voucher opposite), sampling

delicious local beer and the

opportunity of a quick tour and

questions answered about the

brewing process with the manager or

senior brewing staff member on a

match day. The brewery is only a

short walk from the stadium http://

twickenham-fine-ales.co.uk/.

Please let David know if you would

be willing to support the cafe by

meeting up and having a pre-match

beer and lunch with your friends? If

so, which match and how many

friends and he will arrange for you

to be met by the manager or senior

brewing staff member and make sure

you get your discounts and brewery

tour at a set time.

14 Feb England vs Italy

11am-2pm

21 Feb Quins vs Exeter Chiefs

12pm-2.30pm

7 Mar Quins vs London Irish

12pm-2.30pm

14 Mar England vs Scotland

1pm-4.30pm

21 Mar England vs France

1pm-4.30pm

David Kremer

07802 243119

020 8949 0884

Forwarded by Rosemary Lever