15th May'08 - The DERBY RFC AGM date has been moved from Wednesday 21st May to that of Thursday 22nd May. Start time is still 7:30pm.

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14th May'08 - Congratulations to Derby's U13s and U14s who both won their respective NLD 7s tournaments last Sunday. Read the U13s tournament report and the U14s tournament report.

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11th May'08 - Today's Derbyshire 1st XV Cup Final result was Matlock 31 - 10 Derby. At half time it was Matlock 24 - 00 Derby, leaving Derby with a lot to do in the second half which started sprightly with Derby adding two quick Tries giving a chance of a comeback at 24 - 10. However a further Try and conversion by Matlock sealed the win for Matlock.

Derby RFC May Ball 2008 Photographs are now loaded on the e4creative website. Here's a direct link to the May Ball 2008 Photograph Gallery.

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10th May'08 - Alan Dickens has been announced as the new 'Head Coach' for Derby RFC. Read the full news article as appeared in Friday's Derby Telegraph

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8th May'08 - On Saturday 10th May there's a Derby Vets XV v Presidents Vets XV game taking place at Derby RFC. Kickoff is at 3pm.

Also on Saturday evening there is a Presentation evening where Derby's Ladies XV (the Vipers) and our Vets will receive awards from RFU representatives. In attendance will also be the Mayor of Derby. All are welcome to come along for 7:30pm.

Derby's U14s were Runners Up in the Newbury 10s Festival last Sunday in a tight final game against Bristol St Mary's. Here's the report & photos from the Festival.

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6th May'08 - On Sunday May 11th it's the Derbyshire Cup Final Day which is being hosted at Chesterfield RFC. There's 4 Finals taking place: Derbyshire Presidents Trophy - Bakewell 2nd XV v Dronfield 2nd XV with a 11am kickoff, Derbyshire 2nd XV Cup: Ashbourne 2nd XV v Matlock 2nd XV with a 12 noon kickoff, Derbyshire Shield: Bakewell v Melbourne with a 1pm kickoff and then the Derbyshire 1st XV Cup: Derby v Matlock with a 3pm kickoff.

Wild Park Leisure Paintballing Spring Bank Holiday Special on Thursday 29th May. Whole Day for £25 including 300 paintballs and complimentary Bangers & Mash. To book please ring Wild Park Leisure on 01335-360485.

Wild Park Leisure Ladies Only Day on Sunday 8th June is £30 per person including 300 paintballs. Starting at 10am till 3pm and including home cooked lunch. Start to rally the troops and get you and your friends booked in now. To book please ring Wild Park Leisure on 01335-360485. More information about Wild Park Leisure Paint Balling and Quad Biking activities can be viewed on their website at www.wildparkleisure.com

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5th May'08 - Tonight's monthly Quiz Night at Haslams has been cancelled, the next Quiz night will be held on June 2nd.

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4th May'08 - Congratulations to Derby's U17s who won the U17s National Shield final today against Bracknell hosted at Worcester RFC. Derby were trailing 07 - 14 but brought the game back to 14 - 14. This is how the game ended but on a 'Try Count back' it was Derby's two Tries to Bracknell's one that gave Derby's U17s the win. Here's the Match Report and Photographs from the game.

Last night's Derby RFC May Ball at the Gateway Centre Derbyshire Cricket Club was a great success and a very enjoyable evening was had by all. Photo's from the Ball will be on the website soon.

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1st May'08 - Digital copies of e4creative action Photographs - following recent enquiries digital copies of action photographs are now available. All digital photos will be sent on a CD. So far the Galleries that have the action photo Digital option are the Derby Minis Festival 2008 (13th Apr'08) and the NLD Cup Finals Day (27th Apr'08) both of which are on the e4creative website. All other e4creative galleries featured within the Derby RFC website can be found here.

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28th Apr'08 - At yesterdays NLD Finals Day at Market Rasen Derby RFC had 3 sides competing, our U13s, U14s and U15s. Our U13s and U15s won their Finals whilst our U14s finished as Runners Up following their game with Nottingham. With just 7 minutes remaining our U14s were leading 07 - 06 but a penalty was awarded to Nottingham which they kicked to make the final result 07 - 09 to Nottingham. Here's all 3 NLD Final match reports: U13s Derby v Paviors, U14s Derby v Nottingham and U15s Derby v Kesteven. All 3 reports include a selection of photographs as well links to the full Photograph Galleries.

Derbyshire Cup Colts Final - Today's result was a 20 - 10 win for Derby's Colts against Buxton Colts at Chesterfield today.

Friday's Ladies section fund raising gig with the Midnight Pumpkin Trucks was a roaring success. I'm sure that everyone enjoyed themselves, here's a few photo's from the evening.

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25th Apr'08 - Tonight sees a Derby 'Select' XV v Bristol Aeroplane Company RFC XV (Touring side) - at Derby RFC with kickoff at 7pm.

Derby RFC are to host the RFU Womens Premiership Playoff on Sunday 27th April with a 2:30pm kickoff. The teams are Worcester v Darlington Mowden Park.

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23rd Apr'08 - A change of venue for the Colts v Buxton Derbyshire Cup Final on Sunday 27th April, this was to be held at Belper RFC but this has now been changed to it being hosted at Chesterfield RFC, kickoff is 11.30am. Here's the complete (current !) upto date list of forthcoming club competitions / activities .....

Friday April 25th
Derby 'Select' XV v Bristol Aeroplane Company RFC XV (Touring side) - at Derby RFC with kickoff at 7pm

Saturday April 26th
Derby 'A' XV v Sutton Coldfield - kickoff 3pm
Derby Dev XV v Burton - kickoff 3pm
Derby Vets XV v Bingham - kickoff 3pm
Midnight Pumpkin Trucks Gig at Haslams - 7:30pm (Ticket only, buy now £6 from the Haslams Bar)

Sunday April 27th
Minis away at Northampton Old Scouts festival
U13s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
U14s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
U15s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
Colts in Derbyshire Cup vs Buxton at Chesterfield RFC (not Belper as previously scheduled)
RFU Womens Premiership Playoff - 2:30pm kickoff

Saturday May 3rd
Derby RFC May Ball

Sunday May 4th
U14s in Newbury 10s
U17s in National Shield Final vs Bracknell RFC at Worcester

Monday May 5th
Derbyshire 7s (Seniors)
Monthly Quiz night has been cancelled for May, the next one will be in June

Saturday 10th May
Derby Vets XV v Derby Presidents XV

Sunday May 11th
U13s in NLD sevens at Paviors
U14s in NLD sevens at Ilkeston
U15s in NLD sevens at Sleaford
U16s in NLD sevens at Derby
Colts in NLD sevens at Newark
Seniors Derbyshire Cup Final – Derby v Matlock at Chesterfield

Wednesday May 21st
Derby RFC AGM

Friday May 23rd
Senior Players Dinner at Haslams 7pm

Saturday May 31st
U9s in Gullivers plate final at Twickenham
U11s in Gullivers plate final at Twickenham

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22nd Apr'08 - Derby RFC May Ball on MAY 3rd, FINAL CALL FOR YOUR BOOKINGS PLEASE!! We have to provide final numbers for catering this week, Thursday, so it’s essential you let us know your final numbers please. We need your support for this event, it’s our main club event of the year, so don’t miss out on what is going to be fantastic night! If you don’t have a full table that doesn’t matter, we can make tables up or accommodate your requirements. Email Jane, Shaun, Stephen Muir or Martyn Murney with confirmations or questions. Thanks for your support, look forward to seeing you there. See Contacts page for email addresses.

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21st Apr'08 - Derby RFC are seeking applications for a new Head Coach and Coaches / Player Coaches following the recent announcement that Ian Gittens will be leaving the Club at the end of the 2007/08 season due to personal / family reasons (see Club News entry dated 16th Apr'08). Applicants for the Coaching positions (preferably at a high level / standard) should send their CV to Paul McCartin, Derby RFC Co-Chairman either by email paul.mccartin@derbyrfc.com or in writing to Paul McCartin at Derby RFC, Haslams Lane, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 1EB.

Seniors Training dates: Thursday 24th April, Thursday 1st May, Tuesday 6th May and Thursday 8th May.

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20th Apr'08 - Derby's U17s are through to the National U17s Final after beating Keswick 32 - 10 in today's Semi Final. The Final is due to be played in Worcester on the 4th May. Here's the match report from today's game.

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19th Apr'08 - Disappointment for Derby as the last league game of the 2007/08 season sees a 41 - 10 defeat away to Market Bosworth today. Here's the match report along with the final Midlands Two East league positions for 2007/08 and all of yesterday's results for the M2E sides.

Derby's 2nd XV had a 25 - 29 away win over Leicester Lions 2nd XV yesterday, here's the match report from the game.

Derby's Dev XV and 4th XV went literally head to head today with a 25 - 05 result to the Dev's. Read Colin's match report of the game.

Derby's Ladies XV lost 17 - 10 away to Coalville last night, however when you consider that the last time the two teams met Coalville put 50 points past the Derby side just goes to show the continued enormous strides of improvement this Derby's Ladies team has made in what is their first season of Rugby. All being well the Derby Ladies side will be formally entered into a league for next season.

Don't forget that on Saturday 26th April at 7:30pm we have the Midnight Pumpkin Trucks live at Haslams. Tickets are available priced at £6 from behind the bar at Haslams.

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17th Apr'08 - The Derby RFC AGM will be held at Haslams, Haslams Lane, Darley Abbey, Derby on Wednesday 21st May 2008 at 7.30pm prompt. Here are the details of the AGM prelim notice (Adobe PDF 288kb).

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16th Apr'08 - Derby RFC are looking for a new Head Coach after Ian Gittens announced he is to step down at the end of the season. Here's the article as published in yesterday's Derby Evening Telegraph written by Sports writer Chris Watson.

Gittens is leaving the club after only a year in charge due to family commitments. His last game will be the Derbyshire Cup final on May 11.

"This is the hardest rugby decision I have ever made but my family has to come first," said Gittens. "The demands of travelling and my personal circumstances are such that I no longer feel I can put into the club what the club and the players deserve. I don't want to do half a job. That is not the person I am and the club don't deserve it. It is incredibly frustrating because we have all worked so hard but hopefully I have laid some good foundations for whoever takes over."

Gittens is now considering the offer of a similar position at a club closer to his home.

Derby's director of rugby Paul McCartin, who is also Gittens' assistant coach, said: "As far as I am concerned, it is a blow to the club, because we were just getting the team to play the way he wanted. After the previous regime and quite a few players left last summer, Ian came in and started from scratch and did a very good job with the resources available. Everyone at the club is disappointed he is leaving but we respect and understand his decision. Nobody should under-estimate the efforts made behind the scenes to keep the club in this league."

Chairman Gordon Stirling said: "It is unfortunate but Ian's family has got to come first. He did a good job and I know he feels bad, because things were starting to turn a corner. We have lost a good coach but now we need to find another one. We have got our feelers out and will be talking to people over the next few weeks. We are looking at all options. It is a big job and hopefully we can find someone who will keep people interested."

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15th Apr'08 - The Derby RFC Minis Festival 2008 took place on Sunday 13th April.  Photograph Galleries from the Under 7s, Under 8s, Under 9s, Under 10s, Under 11s, Under 12s and the Presentations can all be viewed on the e4creative website at www.e4creative.co.uk

Results at the Festival were:

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14th Apr'08 - Saturday's result was Derby 10 - 15 Syston. Here's the match report and photographs from the game as well as all of the Midlands Two East results and league positions.

The End of Season 200 Club Draw 1st Prize winner of £350 was Matt Erwin, the 2nd Prize went to Jean Roulinson.

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7th Apr'08 - Results from yesterday's NLD Seniors Finals Day held at Derby RFC.

Congratulations to Derby's U17s who are now the 2008 Midlands 'Shield' Champions following their 10 - 03 win over Bromsgrove yesterday. This win puts our U17s through to the National Semi Finals.

Derby's Ladies XV had a 71 - 00 win against Stafford Ladies XV on Friday night.

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4th Apr'08 - This Sunday 6th April sees Derby RFC host the NLD Senior Finals Day. Entrance is Adults £3, Under 16s Free. Timetable of the day is as follows:

Due to the Seniors NLD Finals Day taking place at Derby RFC on Sunday 6th April the scheduled Minis & Juniors fixtures for Sunday have all been rearranged to take place at other locations within Derby. See the Minis Fixtures and Juniors Fixtures for latest updates.

Derby's Ladies XV have an away fixture tonight against Stafford Ladies XV at Burton RFC. Kickoff is 7:30pm.

There's no 1st XV fixture tomorrow (Sat 5th April) though we do have 2 home games taking place: Dev XV v Matlock and our Vets XV v Leesbrook. We have an 'A' XV away to West Bridgford and our 4th XV are away to Mansfield. Kickoff for all four fixtures is 3pm.

200 Club winners for March were: Gordon Roulinson £50 and Tom Craig £25.

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3rd Apr'08 - It's Quiz Night at Haslams on Monday 7th April at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

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30th Mar'08 - Derby 10 - 18 Ampthill was yesterday's Midlands Two East result. Here's the match report and photo's from the game along with the latest league table positions and results from all of yesterday's M2E fixtures.

Other results for our Derby sides yesterday saw our  2nd XV out of the 2nd XV Derbyshire Cup after losing 15 - 03 away to Matlock 2nd XV in the Semi Final. Our Vets XV had a 00 - 29 win over Belper's 2nd XV.

Today saw Derby's U17s progress to the 3rd round of the National Cup following their 15 - 18 away win against Oundle. Also today saw our Ladies XV win 20 - 24 away against Market Rasen Ladies. Next friday sees our Ladies XV playing Stafford at Burton RFC. Kickoff is 7:30pm.

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29th Mar'08 - Derby Rugby League are inviting players to a Rugby league trial game on the 13th April against Birmingham Bulldogs. It will be a 10.30am meet at Haslams to travel away to Birmingham. If any players would like to trial then please ring Martyn Rothwell on 07793 715496.

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27th Mar'08 - Derby RFC's Ladies section has won the RFU President's XV Recognition Award for 2008 (our Vets were the runners up). Nationally, 21 teams entered and our Ladies won this award in recognition for their commitment and ongoing success in launching a Ladies section within the Club. A formal presentation will take place at the Club on the 10th May at 7:30pm.

On Friday 21st March Ilkeston RFC fielded an ’Academy Invitational XV’ when hosting Irish touring side Bruff U18’s, who were preparing for their provincial Munster cup final in a week’s time. The game, which resulted in an 8 try 34-15 win for the Ilkeston Barbarians, featured three Derby RFC U16s in the form of Ryan Holmes, Tom Rusga and Joe Pass as well as several players from Nottingham Academy – with Academy Manager John Widdowson watching the game. A thoroughly enjoyable game to play and watch – it was played in true Barbarian spirit; with the Barbarians only meeting up during the warm up of the game, in contrast to Bruff who have reportedly been together since U10s and undefeated since 2005/06.

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24th Mar'08 - Seniors Derbyshire Cup Finals will be hosted at Chesterfield RFC on the 11th May.

Derbyshire Cup 2nd XV Semi Final Derby 2nd XV v Matlock 2nd XV will take place at Matlock on Saturday 29th March.

Derby have 3 Junior sides that have reached the NLD Cup Finals in their respective age groups, these are our U13s, U14s and U15s. The Finals will take place at Market Rasen RFC on the 27th April. In the U13s Final it's Derby v Paviors (KO 1:45pm), in the U14s Final it's Derby v Nottingham (KO 12.15pm) and in the U15s Final it's Derby v Kesteven (KO 1:30pm).

The result from Saturday 22nd March Derby 'A' XV v Hinckley 2nd XV fixture was a 44 - 10 home win for Derby.

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22nd Mar'08 - Gullivers update - Derby have 2 teams going to the Twickenham Finals Day in May (our U9s and U11s) following their success at this weekends Gullivers Festival in Nottingham. We so nearly had all 4 of our Minis sides going but our U10s were beaten 2 tries to 1 in their Bowl Semi Final game against Old Northamptonians and our U12s lost by 1 try to nil in their Cup Qtr Final game against Northampton Old Scouts. Here's the Photograph Galleries of all of our Derby teams in action at the Gullivers Rugby Festival: Under 9s - Under 10s - Under 11s - Under 12s.

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20th Mar'08 - Gullivers 2008 - Good luck to all of our Minis sides (U9s to U12s) who are taking part in the 2008 Gullivers Festival tomorrow and Saturday. This year the Festival is being held at Grove Park Playing Fields, Lenton Lane, Nottingham NG7 2SA.

Midnight Pumpkin Trucks gig tickets are now on sale at the Haslams bar, priced £6. The gig takes place on the 26th April at Haslams. Have you read / seen the pics / video from the last Pumpkin Trucks gig, if not click here.

Derbyshire Cup updates: Semi-Final draw was as follows - Castle Donnington v Derby and Ashbourne v Matlock. Castle Donnington gave Derby a w/o and Matlock won against Ashbourne, therefore the Final is Derby v Matlock. Awaiting details as to what date the Derby v Matlock Final will take place.

Derbyshire 2nd XV Cup - Matlock v Derby with the winners playing Ashbourne in the final. Awaiting details as to what date the Matlock v Derby semi final game is.

Derbyshire Shield - North Derbyshire v Bakewell and Melbourne or Belper v Tupton or Buxton.

Presidents Trophy - Melbourne or Dronfield v Belper or Buxton and (for 2nd XV's) Chesterfield v Bakewell.

All of the Finals will I think take place on the same day, I'm awaiting details as to the venue and date (update 24th March - the Finals Day will be on the 11th May at Chesterfield RFC).

NLD Seniors Finals - Derby RFC will host the Senior NLD Finals on Sunday 6th April'08. There will be 4 Finals, Vase, Plate, Shield and Cup. I'm awaiting details as to who the Finalists are for each competition.

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14th Mar'08 - Derby City Rugby League - more News on Rugby League. Training starts week commencing March 31st and the first game is April 26th. The following teams are being run for the 2008 season: 1. Open age (male), 2. Open age (female), 3. U16s, 4. U14s, 5. U12s, 6. U11s

Derby City Rugby League are holding a launch night on the 2nd April, 7.30pm at Haslams. All are welcome on the night whether they're interested in playing, volunteering or just wanting to come along to have a look and/or find out more. There's a website which is currently being built at www.derbycityrlfc.co.uk

More information can be obtained from Martyn Rothwell who's the Head Coach of Derby City Rugby League on 07793 715496 or via email at martynrothwell@hotmail.com

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11th Mar'08 - Derby RFC May Ball 2008 - Just a reminder that the booking form is available to download from the site or from Jane Kirk. Please note that there is a £10 per person deposit with the bookings please. The final balance to be paid no later than 13th April 2008. Everything is just about set now for what promises to be a great night, so let's make this a night to remember!

Note that if anyone has had problems opening the Booking Form this has now been sorted (if you experience a problem with it then let me know - Brian).

Rugby League at Derby RFC - Here's the recent report in the Derby Telegraph about the Derby Rugby League side using the facilities here at Derby RFC for their 2008 season. There's to be a formal launch evening at the Club on the 2nd April'08. Watch this space for more information !

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9th Mar'08 - Derby's U12s Wasps are the 2008 NLD U12s Cup Champions following their win over Stamford today at the NLD U11s and U12s Finals Day hosted at Derby RFC. Read more about this event in the Minis & Juniors News page (see M&J News entry dated 9th March).

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8th Mar'08 - Today's Midlands Two East result was Matlock 27 - 11 Derby. Here's the match report and photos from the game and here's all of the results from today's Midlands Two East fixtures along with the latest league table positions.

Known other results so far for Derby's sides today: Derby 2nd XV 40 - 15 Matlock 2nd XV, Matlock 3rd XV 00 - 52 Derby Dev XV.

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6th Mar'08 - This Saturday (8th March) sees Derby away to Matlock in a Midlands Two East league fixture. Matlock are in 6th place just 1 place and 1 point above Derby in the Midlands Two East league table. So far this season the Teams have met twice, once in a league fixture which Matlock won 18 - 08 and then in the NLD Cup which was a 15 - 15 draw. Kickoff for Saturday's game is 3pm.

Here's the lineup of all Midlands Two East fixtures taking place on Saturday: Hinckley v Ampthill, Matlock v Derby, Newark v Melton Mowbray, Old Northamptonians v Kettering, Paviors v Market Bosworth, Syston v Banbury.

On Sunday 9th March Derby RFC host the U11s and U12s NLD Finals with 44 teams taking part.

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2nd Mar'08 - Yesterday's Midlands Two East fixture saw Derby beat Hinckley 24 - 15. Here's all of the results from yesterday's Midlands Two East fixtures along with the latest League table. Here's the match report and photographs from the game as well as the photographs from Ladies Day.

Our 2nd XV lost 46 - 05 away to Cheltenham 2nd XV and our Vets won 44 - 05 at home against Buton Vets.

Next Saturday's (8th March) Midlands Two East fixture see Derby away to Matlock.

Many Congratulations to proud Mum and Dad, Donna and Paul McCartin on the birth of their baby daughter Tallulah yesterday.

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1st Mar'08 - It's Quiz Night at Haslams on Monday 3rd March at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

Derbyshire Cup Semi Final draw took place earlier this week: Derby v Castle Donnington and in the 2nd Team Derbyshire Cup it's Matlock v Derby. Both fixtures have to be played by the 29th March. There's a possibility that they'll both take place on the 15th March, we await confirmation of this.

Derby's Ladies XV (the Vipers) won their mid week week fixture 29 - 00 against Old Newtonanians Ladies XV.

Wild Park Leisure Paint Balling Easter Holiday Special  - Thursday 17th April'08 £25 inc 300 paintballs and Bangers and Mash. Contact Wild Park Leisure on 01335 360485.

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28th Feb'08 - This Saturday (1st Mar) sees Derby v Hinckley in a Midlands Two East League fixture. Hinckley currently sit at the top of the league whilst Derby are in 7th place. The last time the two sides met earlier in the season saw Hinckley win a close game 34 - 25.

Our match day sponsors on Saturday are Norwest Holst and Saturday is also Ladies Day which is being sponsored by Coors. We warmly Norwest Holst and Coors to Haslams and trust that they and their guests have a very enjoyable day here at Derby RFC.

Here's the lineup of all Midlands Two East fixtures taking place on Saturday: Ampthill v Paviors, Banbury v Matlock, Derby v Hinckley, Kettering v Syston, Market Bosworth v Newark, Melton Mowbray v Old Northamptonians.

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26th Feb'08 - Derby go through to the semi finals of the Derbyshire Cup after Amber Valley concede the Qtr Final fixture. We'll find out later this week who we've drawn. The Semi Final is due to be played on the 29th March.

Derby's Ladies XV (the Vipers) have a fixture against Old Newtonanians Ladies XV tomorrow night (Wed 27th Feb) which is being played at Ilkeston RFC with a 7:30pm kickoff. If you'd like to cheer the Ladies on your support would be most welcome.

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24th Feb'08 - Yesterday's 'friendly fixture' of Stafford v Derby was stopped by the referee at Stafford 22 - 26 Derby with about 5 minutes to go due to an injury to Derby's Paul Archer. Here's the match report and photographs from the game.

Derby's 2nd XV lost 05 - 10 to Ashbourne 1st XV whilst our 4th XV had a 00 - 31 away win over Belper 2nd XV.

On the 28th Feb'08 the Ladies section have organised a Family Night, anyone is welcome to join in. Meeting at the club for eats (Pizza and Chips) and then off to Rollerworld for some fun. Meet at 7pm as Rollerworld is booked for 8.15pm. Cost £8 adults, £5 children.

The Midnight Pumpkin Trucks are to play at Haslams on the 26th April'08. This gig has been organised as a fund raiser for the Ladies section. Tickets are £6 and will be available from behind the Bar. The Trucks are superb and we've 'rocked' the night away at their previous gigs. Their last gig at Haslams was December 2005 !!!

To keep upto date with the various forthcoming events see the Social Events page.

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23rd Feb'08 - There's no Midlands Two East Fixtures today so instead Derby have a 'friendly fixture' away to Stafford, kickoff is 2:30pm. Directions to Stafford RFC can be found in the Seniors Fixture Directions webpage.

We have one home fixture today taking place at Derby RFC and that's our 2nd XV v Ashbourne 'A' XV, kickoff is 2:30pm.

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19th Feb'08 - Wild Park Leisure Paint balling - Half term special - Thursday 21st Feb is now fully booked but the offer has been extended to include Friday 22nd Feb'08 - Whole day Paintballing £25 including 300 paintballs & complimentary Bangers & Mash. £40 including 600 paintballs. To book or for more information please contact Wild Park Leisure on 01335 360485.

A Reminder to all those Ladies out there!! Please get your tickets for the 1st March, we need to know the numbers for catering and we don't want to disappoint anyone :-) The day promises to be a good one; fine rugby, good cheer and plenty of company, good food, raffle and prizes, free drinks, a disco and jewellery on sale. Come on Gents, give your lady a great day out at the club on the 1st March. Look forward to seeing you there.

As a 'curtain raiser' to the Derby v Hinckley fixture on Ladies Day our Ladies XV (the Vipers) will have a fixture against Derby University Ladies. Kickoff time to be confirmed but I'd assume circa 1pm.

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17th Feb'08 - Derby continue their good run of form with an 07 - 34 away win against Banbury yesterday which has moved Derby into 7th place in the Midlands Two East League table just 1 point behind Matlock and Paviors. Here's the current League table and the results from all of yesterday's M2E fixtures and here's the match report and photographs from the Derby v Banbury game.

Results for our other Derby sides today: Stourbridge 2nds 72 - 07 Derby 2nds, Derby 4ths 22 - 14 West Bridgford.

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15th Feb'08 - Tomorrow's 'Club Decorating Working Party' has been postponed till next weekend.

RFU Grand Draw - This year the return on the ticket sales is 90% Derby RFC and 10% RFU. The tickets are £1 each and first of 40 prizes is £10K. Here at the Club the monies raised through selling these tickets will split as follows ... 70% on equipment, 20% on Ground improvements for the training pitch and 10% to the RFU. Each club section (Ladies, Minis & Juniors and Seniors) has ticket allocation and the equipment will geared towards themselves, the more each section sells the more for them. The Ladies section sales are being coordinated by Claire McGinley, Seniors by Martyn Murney, Minis and Juniors by Graham Darby. If you'd like to buy tickets and/or are willing to help sell some to friends, relatives, workmates etc then please see Claire, Martyn or Graham.

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14th Feb'08 - Derby are away to Banbury this Saturday 16th Feb in a Midlands Two East league fixture. Kickoff is 2:15pm. There is a coach leaving Derby RFC at 10:30am on Saturday and Supporters are welcome to travel on it.

Here's the lineup of all the Midlands Two East league fixtures taking place this Saturday: Banbury v Derby, Matlock v Kettering, Newark v Ampthill, Old Northamptonians v Market Bosworth, Paviors v Hinckley, Syston v Melton Mowbray.

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13th Feb'08 - Wild Park Leisure Paintballing - Half term special - Thursday 21st Feb'08 - Whole day £25 including 300 paintballs & complimentary Bangers & Mash. £40 including 600 paintballs. To book or for more information please contact Wild Park Leisure on 01335 360485.

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12th Feb'08 - A few dates for people's diaries !!! - Ladies Day takes place on Saturday 1st March'08 when Derby have a home fixture against Hinckley. Tickets are available now from the Haslams Bar and cost £10 each which includes a drink, buffet, raffle and disco.

Vice President's Day will take place at Derby RFC on the 29th March'08 when Derby have a home fixture against Ampthill. Tickets are £10 and include a Match Programme and a 3 Course Lunch. All VP's should have received a letter informing them of this event. Please pre-book your places via the Club Secretary Rob Lane.

Sponsors Day takes place on Saturday 12th April'08 when Derby have a home fixture against Syston. This is an opportunity for Derby RFC to Thank all our Sponsors for their support during the season. All Club Sponsors are invited to attend for a Free Pre Match Buffet for 2 people, Sponsors are more than welcome to bring along additional guests at just £6 per head. Any Club Sponsor wishing to attend this event please 'pre book' by contacting Rob Lane or Stephen Muir.

The Derby RFC Annual May Ball takes place at the superb Gateway Centre at the Derbyshire County Cricket Ground on Saturday 3rd May'08. Tickets are £49.50 each and bookings are now being taken. Here's the booking form.

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9th Feb'08 - Derby move up one place to 7th in the Midlands Two East League table following today's 27 - 16 home win over Paviors. Here's the match report and photographs from the game as well as the Photographs from the U9s Derby v Paviors curtain raiser game.

Other results for our Derby sides today saw Derby's 2nd XV have a 50 - 15 home win against Bedford Athletic 2nd's which moves the Beests into 2nd place in the NCA league, our 4th XV lost very narrowly 00 - 05 against Paviors 3rd XV and our Vets XV had a 05 - 38 away win over West Bridgford.

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8th Feb'08 - Tomorrow sees the Midlands Two East league fixture of Derby v Paviors with a 2:15pm kickoff. Paviors sit 3 places above Derby in 5th place in the M2E league table. Earlier this season Derby lost 37 - 14 away to Paviors. Prior to tomorrow's fixture there's a curtain raiser game being played between Derby's U9s and Paviors U9s.

Here's the lineup of all the Midlands Two East league fixtures taking place tomorrow: Ampthill v Old Northamptonians, Derby v Paviors, Hinckley v Newark, Kettering v Banbury, Market Bosworth v Syston, Melton Mowbray v Matlock.

We also have a further 2 home fixtures at Derby tomorrow, our 2nd XV v Bedford Athletic 2nd XV and our 4th XV v Paviors 3rd XV. Kickoff for both games is 2:15pm.

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7th Feb'08 - The Derby RFC May 2008 Ball booking form can be downloaded (Word doc 38kb).

At last Sunday's NLD U11s and U12s Qualifiers held at Ilkeston RFC our U11s and U12s Wasps have both successfully gone through to the Cup stages in their respective age groups and our U12s Hornets have gone through to the Shield stage. Congratulations to all 3 teams.

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3rd Feb'08 - Today's U20s Championship which was hosted at Derby RFC saw a win for the Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire side. The result was NLD 20 - 18 Warwickshire. Here's the photographs from the game.

Derby's U13s and U14s are through to their respective age group NLD Finals following wins today in their semi final fixtures. Our U13s won 22 - 17 against Kesteven whilst our U14s won 14 - 00 against Market Deepings. Our U13s and U14s join our U15s who have already made it through to their NLD Finals. Congratulations to all 3 teams.

Anna MacDonald (U18s) and Claire McGinley (Seniors) have both been selected to play for their respective East Midlands Ladies Rugby U18s and Senior teams following recent trials. Congratulations to both Anna and Claire upon their selections.

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2nd Feb'08 - Today's friendly fixture result was Derby 18 - 10 Dudley Kingswinford, here's the match report and photographs from the game. Other results for our Derby teams today were: Derby 2nds 16 - 21 Dudley Kingswinsford 2nds, here's the photographs from the game and Derby Devs 00 - 30 Mellish, here's the photographs from the game.

It's Quiz Night at Haslams on Monday 4th February at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

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31st Jan'08 - This Saturday's (2nd Feb) scheduled Derbyshire Cup Fixture of Amber Valley v Derby has been cancelled due to Amber Valley having an outstanding league game fixture to complete. However, instead Derby now have a friendly home game fixture arranged against Midlands One side Dudley Kingswinsford. Kickoff is at 2:15pm. We also have a further two home fixtures taking place, Derby 2nds v Dudley Kingswinsford (2:15pm) and Derby Devs v Mellish (2pm).

On Sunday 3rd Feb'08 Derby RFC is host to an U20s Championship game between NLD U20s XV v Warwickshire U20s XV with a 2:30pm kickoff.

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29th Jan'08 - There's No Seniors Training tonight (Tues 29th), training as normal on Thursday.

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26th Jan'08 - Today's Midlands Two East result was Kettering 34 - 17 Derby. A strong 1st half performance by Kettering gave them a very healthy 22 - 03 half time lead. In the second half Derby upped their game play and attempted to get back on terms, a good 20 minute period had Kettering under pressure with Derby adding to their points tally but in the end the home side extended their lead and finished with the 34 - 17 win. With the teams all close to Derby in the league losing as well this means that Derby maintain 8th spot. Here's the match report and photographs from the game as well as the latest Midlands Two East league table and results from all of today's M2E fixtures.

Derby's 2nd XV were also at Kettering today and came away with a 09 - 15 away win. Here's the photographs from the game. Other results for our Derby sides today were: Southwell 2nds 15 - 12 Derby 4ths, Derby Vets 34 - 05 Newark 4ths.

The Derby RFC Annual May Ball - This years social calendar would not be complete without the annual Derby RFC May Ball! This year we are moving our venue to pastures new and hosting it at the superb Gateway Centre at the Derbyshire County Cricket Ground on Saturday 3rd May'08. This Centre has an excellent reputation for hosting major events and superb facilities to do boot.

Booking forms and tickets will go on sale next week, tickets are £49.50 so please contact either Jane Kirk (ja2000ne@yahoo.co.uk), 07983 610974, or Shaun Moore (shaun.moore2@ntlworld.com) 07968 330089 in the first instance to book your place or table.

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24th Jan'08 - England Saxons v Ireland ‘A’ Welford Road, 1st Feb'08. The Under 13s have organised a coach to the Saxons game at Welford Road on February 1st and there are currently a few seats available. The coach will leave the club at 5.30pm, returning around 10.45pm and seats cost £5. If you want to reserve a seat on the coach, please call Phil Eades on 07939-597981. Note that you need to purchase tickets for the game yourself separately.

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23rd Jan'08 - The Ladies XV v Coalville game is now being played at Paviors RFC on Friday 25th Jan'08 with a 7:30pm kickoff and not as originally scheduled at Derby RFC, this is due to our Floodlight pitch being somewhat waterlogged. If you can get along to the Paviors ground on Friday then I'm sure that the Ladies would appreciate your support. Directions to Paviors can be found in the Seniors Directions page.

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22nd Jan'08 - Seniors / Colts training tonight (Tuesday 22nd Jan) will be held at Woodlands School, Blenheim Drive Allestree, 6.30pm till 8.00pm. The facility is at the all weather tennis courts, so no boots required, just trainers.

Derby Ladies XV have a home fixture this Friday 25th Jan when they play Coalville Ladies XV  with a 7pm kickoff. Come along and cheer the Ladies on, your support would be most welcome.

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20th Jan'08 - It's Derby 25 - 00 Newark in yesterday's Midlands Two East league fixture. Yes you read the scoreline correctly !!! - With a solid defence being the cornerstone Derby justifiably took the 2 points with what was a fantastic team effort against a side that were prior to the game in 2nd place in the league. With Old Northamptonians, Market Bosworth and Ampthill all winning as well this win against Newark has helped Derby maintain our league position of 8th. Here's the match report and photographs from game as well as the latest Midlands Two East League table and results of all of yesterday's M2E fixtures.

Other results for our Derby teams playing yesterday saw our 2nd XV narrowly lose 17 - 15 away to Dudley Kingswinford 2nd XV, our 4th XV beat Ashbourne 4th XV here at home though at the time of writing this update I'm not sure what the scoreline was !

Next Saturday 26th Jan sees Derby away to Kettering who following their 32 - 12 win over Melton Mowbray yesterday have now moved into 2nd place in the Midlands Two East league just 1 point behind the new league leaders Hinckley.

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19th Jan'08 - Today sees Derby at home to Newark in a Midlands Two East league fixture with a 2:15pm kickoff. Newark sit 2nd in the league only missing out on 1st place by a For / Against points difference of 3 points when compared to Syston. Earlier in the season the result at Newark was Newark 27 - 03 Derby. Here's the current Midlands Two East league table.

Our match day sponsors for today's game are Rigby & Co and we warmly welcome Russell Rigby and his guests to Haslams and trust that they will all have a very enjoyable day.

Here's the lineup of all Midlands Two East league fixtures taking place today: Ampthill v Matlock, Derby v Newark, Hinckley v Syston, Market Bosworth v Banbury, Melton Mowbray v Kettering, Paviors v Old Northamptonians.

Due to the rain there's been a number of changes to Minis & Juniors Fixtures / Training for tomorrow Sun 20th Jan, please see the Minis & Juniors News page for more info.

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15th Jan'08 - Seniors training tonight (Tuesday 15th Jan) will now be held at Woodlands School, Blenheim Drive Allestree, 6.30pm till 8.00pm. The facility is at the all weather tennis courts, so no boots required, just trainers.

There's no Minis & Juniors mid week training at the Club on Wednesday (16th Jan) due to the constant rainfall on the pitches this week.

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14th Jan'08 - An U20s Championship game between NLD U20s XV v Warwickshire U20s XV will be hosted at Derby RFC on Sunday 3rd February with a 2:30pm kickoff.

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12th Jan'08 - If ever there was a game of two halves (hic !) then today's NLD Cup Qtr Final game between Derby and Matlock was a fine example as Derby dominated the 1st half to lead 10 - 00 at the break .....then comes the second half where Matlock come back from a 15 - 00 deficit to bring the score level to 15 - 15 at the end of 80 minutes. As it's a Cup game extra time is played, no further points  are added which leaves the scoreline at 15 - 15, however on a Try count back Matlock go through to the Semi Finals as they scored 3 Tries to Derby's 2 Tries, 1 Penalty and 1 Conversion. Here's the match report and photographs from the game.

Next Saturday sees Derby at home to Newark in a Midlands Two East league fixture. Here's the latest Midlands Two East league table.

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11th Jan'08 - The Derby RFC 200 Club draws have been taking place on a monthly basis and the winners for the October, November and December draws are as follows:

October (drawn by Dave Archer) 20th October:

1st Prize - John Archer £50.00
2nd Prize - Janet Armstrong £25.00

November (drawn by Ian ILiffe) 24th November:

1st Prize - Brian Jones £50.00
2nd Prize - Jan Edgar £25.00

December (Xmas double prize drawn by Colin Cornfield) 7th January:

1st Prize - Sean Hather £100.00
2nd Prize - Rich Maddocks £50.00

There are still a few tickets available for the 200 club, see Helen Archer or Phil Maddocks. The next draw will take place on Saturday 19th January after the 1st team home fixture against Newark.

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7th Jan'08 - Derby's Ladies were away yesterday against a very strong and experienced Old Leamingtonians Ladies side that included West Midlands and Great Britain players. The final score was Old Leamingtonians 58 - 00 Derby. I'm told that despite the scoreline Derby played well in what is effectively only their 4th competitive fixture and that they learnt a lot from this game. There's a return game scheduled here at Derby RFC on the 20th April'08. The next scheduled game for Derby Ladies XV is on the 25th Jan'08 when they're at home to Coalville with a 7pm kickoff.

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5th Jan'08 - Today's Midlands Two East result was Melton Mowbray 07 - 07 Derby. Down to 13 men and in the 11th minute of injury time or thereabouts (it seemed a long time !!!) Derby despite some fierce defending could not stop a late (very late) try by Melton Mowbray which was successfully converted. Here's the match report and photograph gallery from the game and here's the Midlands Two East league table and results from all of today's Midlands Two East league games.

Next Saturday 12th Jan'08 sees Derby at home to Matlock in a NLD Cup match.

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4th Jan'08 - Quiz nights at Haslams  a few words from the Quiz Master Dave Archer. On a wet December Monday last year 60 plus people turned up for the monthly quiz at Haslams, a mixture of members and public took part in a not to serious quiz although good prize money was paid out to the top three teams.

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2nd Jan'08 - This Saturday (5th Jan) sees a return to league action after the Xmas break with Derby away to Melton Mowbray with a kickoff of 2:15pm. Directions to the Melton Mowbray ground can be found in the Seniors Fixtures Directions. Melton Mowbray sit at the foot of the Midlands Two East league table with Derby just 4 places above them. The last time the two sides met earlier this season saw a 27 - 08 home win for Derby.

Here's a line up of all of the Midlands Two East league fixtures for this Saturday: Banbury v Ampthill, Kettering v Market Bosworth, Matlock v Hinckley, Melton Mowbray v Derby, Old Northamptonians v Newark, Syston v Paviors.

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