The Biggleswade Rugby Club Mini’s section is holding a “Family Fun Summer Camping Weekend” from the evening of Friday 13th July through to the afternoon of Sunday 15th July.

All Coaches, Players, Family and Friends are invited to this Summer event which promises to be a fun-filled Weekend for all.

Tents shall be allowed on the fields and the more delicate of you may even use a section of the car-park for camper-vans. (Campers may pitch up from 7pm on the Friday or arrive before 10am on the Saturday.)

We may have a limited number of Campers for the weekend, therefore we are selling pitches on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis and would encourage you to book your place early.

Breakfast and Evening Food will be available in the Clubhouse all weekend, with a Bar-B-Q throughout the day. Campers will have access to the washroom facilities & toilets also. More importantly for some, the Outside Bar will be open too!

Pitches are available @ £30* inclusive of breakfast for both Saturday and Sunday; or £20 EXCLUDING Breakfast. (*£30 is based on 4 sharing a tent/camper-van. Small charge for each additional breakfast will apply.)

Many events will be held over the weekend including; Touch-Rugby, Mini-Olympics, Five-A-Side Football, Arts & Crafts, Pamper-Tent etc etc. A full itinerary will be issued closer to the weekend.

If you wish to book a place, please confirm with your age-group coach with payment of either £30 or £20 as above. (Cheques should be made out to Biggleswade RUFC.)

For any questions/queries please contact Dougie Palmer (Douglas.palmer@sky.com) or Mark & Lisa Satterthwaite (lisa.satterthwaite@hotmail.com)

We would hope that this event could become an annual event (as long as we keep Mike the groundsman happy by not ruining his currently great pitches!) aimed primarily at bringing our Club together socially and everyone’s support in making this a success would be most appreciated.

See you all on the 13th/14th…

Biggy Minis

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We're likely to have some live music over the weekend now too as well as hoping for a disco/evening entertainment.

We've been getting a good response, so looking forward to a good weekend fun.

Once you've paid your pitch fee, your place is secured, so get your payments in ASAP as this will also help us with preparing for the catering etc.

Feel free to reply to this post to show your support.

Thanks,

Biggy Minis

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We have it on good authority that we will also have a very special guest from Sarries over the Weekend???

Prize for who guesses it correctly before the day!

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With the events of the weekend starting to take shape, we are looking for volunteers to run/ref certain events including;

Five-A-Side Football
Mini Olympics
Rugby Netball
Touch Rugby
Tug-O-War

as well as others to be announced.

If you're up for volunteering to run/ref one of these events, please do let us know ASAP. (reply to this post &/or email direct as per original post)

Really appreciate any support given, thanks.

Thanks, Biggy Minis

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Gotta be worth going, just for the breakfast.

A weekend of food, beer, dancing, singing, oh and nearly forgot, fun for the kids, all at your local Rugby Club. Count me in!

Now where did I put that number for the taxi? Oh silly me, we are staying in a tent......

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Hey what a great idea.

Have registered and looking forward to it. A weekend camping with our friends without the traffic jams....

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Count us in. Will give the lads/lasses a chance to meet up out of season with there mates in a safe envirnoment and have a bit of fun.

But more improtantly gives us as parents a chance to meet up with our mates for a beer without the need to worry about driving home.

Great idea, see you there

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This looks like a great idea, mentioned it to the wider family and now their kids want to come too.

Well done for organising.

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Campers are starting to send thier Money in to secure thier pitch, thank you to those that have.

If you have signalled your intention to attend the Camp but have not yet paid your money, please get your payment in ASAP as we need to start preparing for Food, Drink etc.

Whilst we have had a good response from potential campers, we have not had many volunteers to run/ref any of the weekends events...this would be most welcome and very much appreciated...please do reply to this post &/or email to let us know if you can help out. (No one can be over or under qualified to run/ref an event so don't be shy!!!)

Looking forward to it

Thanks, Biggy Minis

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I'll help out on anything just let me know! Not cleaning the toilets though!

Noel

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Just to let you know I will get my money in as soon as possible.

Really looking forward to it, great idea, should be loads of fun.

Using the long-term weather checker "Metcheck" it's currently showing Friday 13th to be Sunny with a 0% to 1% chance of cloud.
Saturday 14th is showing Sunny with max 3% chance of cloud.
Sunday looks to be similar to Saturday...

Please all keep making those sacrifices to the weather gods to keep this picture...

See you all on the 13th/14th/15th...Bring your Suncream!!!

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We'll look to issue a checklist of suggested essential items for all Campers by the end of this week. (Torches, Sleeping Bags etc)

We will also want to let the officials at the club know just how many have confirmed so we can prepare for catering/drinks etc.

As always, once your payments in, you are confirmed.

Thanks, Mark

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So far we have 48 who have said they are Camping; but we have received money covering only 18...

Please ensure you get your payment in immediately so you secure your pitch and more importantly we get your Breakfasts ready!!!

£30 including breakfast all weekend

£20 if you don't want Breakfast

Please make cheques out to Biggleswade RUFC

Please get payment to your age-group Coach or Dougie Palmer or Mark/Lisa Satterthwaite. (Most are down the Club for the Wednesday Touch competition.)

Thanks, Mark

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Camping guidelines and checklists should hopefully be issued tomorrow.

Additionally watch this space for the detailed planned itinerary for both Saturday and Sunday which will show events and exact timings of the organised games etc to be held (subject to weather and numbers etc) - please note that we would really welcome day-visitors to attend and take part in the various activities as well if they are unable to actually Camp.

Thanks, Mark

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Is it possible that families from other parts of the club (not Minis) can join in, either camping or as day visitors?

Although this is being organised by the Minis section, EVERYONE from the Club is very welcome to attend both as Campers and Day-Visitors...

The more the merrier

Thanks, Mark Satterthwaite

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With only a week to go until the camping this week will be the last opportunity to get those final camping bits and get the money to Lisa.

If you can only make some of the day rather than the whole weekend we would love to see you. I know some can only camp on one night and some are using this as a lads & dads camping experience with the rest of the family joining during the day. I am guessing this is weather dependent. Whatever you managed we look forward to seeing you. Plus the bar is open all weekend!

Also a chance for the kids to wear all their favourite rugby shirts whether it is Biggleswade, Sarries or Saint or even England & and for those with no ambition for their children they could even where their Leinster top!

See you next week

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Camping Itinerary planned for the Weekend is as follows (Subject to Weather and Attendees on the days etc);

Friday 13th July
7pm - Arrival and Check-in / Pitch-up
7pm - Evening Food and Drinks available in Clubhouse
8pm - Social time / Music
11pm - Camp Lights Out (Please respect your fellow Campers at least.)

Saturday 14th July
8am - Breakfast served in main Clubhouse
8am - Arrivals and Check-in / Pitch-up
10am - Five-A-Side Football Competition
10am - Mini Olympics Competition (Heat 1)
1pm - Rugby Netball Competition
1pm - Mini Olympics Competition (Heat 2)
6pm - Evening Food in main Clubhouse
8pm - Social time / Music
11pm - Camp Lights Out

Sunday 15th July
8am - Breakfast served in main Clubhouse
10am - Touch-Rugby Competition
1pm - Tug-O-War Competition
1pm - Hit the Corssbar Competition
1pm - Drop-Kick Target Competition
4pm - Home

Note that we plan to run a BarBQ during midday both Saturday and Sunday.

We will also expect to have a Pamper-Tent (We are thinking of the Mums mostly here!!!) as well as a 'Art & Craft' Tent for the Kids.

If anyone else wants to run a stall/tent in addition or wants to volunteer their services in the Pamper-Tent or similar, then please do let us know.

We'll continue to keep our fingers crossed for the weather and hope to see a good number of Campers over the weekend as well as anyone else who may simply want to join us for the daytime Saturday &/or Sunday...the more the merrier be it from the Minis section or the Junior/Senior sections.

See you at the weekend.

Thanks, Mark

Rugby Club: Biggy Minis

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Teams for the various events will be selected at random and split between Adults and Kids as most appropriate.

Not long to go now...

See you Friday night / Saturday morning.

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Suggested items for the weekend ahead;

Tent (For the hardcore Campers amongst you)
Camper-Van (for the softer GLAMPERS amongst you)
Sleeping Bags
Air-Beds (Again - a Glamper thing)
Torches (Head torches are great)
Bin Bags (handy if it gets too wet !)
Warm night-time clothes (Just in case.)
Hand-sanitiser
Suncream (Gotta keep the faith!)
Sun hats (they can double as rain hats if needed.)
Money
Appropriate day clothing if you take part in events
Appropriate footwear for events and general wear
Insect repellent


Not an exaustive list but hopefully covers the basics.

See you Friday/Saturday

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Our special guest from Sarries may be able to stay with us for both Saturday and Sunday now...how great is that!!!

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Hi Biggies

Looking forward to some fun and games this weekend.

Its been a long time since I've been camping, but have all my stuff ready and cannot wait.

See you all at the weekend.

Don't forget your Sarries shirts, caps, flags n stuff.

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Where are you all!