Post by moseleycolts on Feb 27, 2012 14:53:44 GMT
Further to my earlier messages and message board posts, I have received confirmation that the touring team from California, Dixon RFC will be arriving in Birmingham on Monday 2nd April and staying for 2 nights.
We (probably as an U18 game) will be hosting them for a match on Tuesday 3rd April. To date, I have had three offers of billets as a result of earlier posts. Clearly this is not enough to accommodate a tour party of 23 players (coaches and accompanying adults are staying in local hotels). Consequently, I would like to reinforce my earlier request for volunteers to provide somewhere for these young players to stay on the nights of Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd? We will be providing a post-match meal on the Tuesday night but the players will need to be fed at the billets for dinner/ supper on Monday and for breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday. They will also need to be collected from (Monday/ Tuesday evening) and dropped to (Tuesday/ Wednesday morning) the rugby club. I am assured by the tour organisers and by people associated with Moseley Rugby who have contacts with them, that these are well-behaved youngsters who will not discredit themselves, or their club in any way.
I appreciate that this is a lot to ask of the volunteer helpers but if we cannot provide the players with this assistance it will seriously affect their ability to undertake this leg of their tour. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if we cannot find enough billets, the Moseley section of their trip will not take place. Most of these players are not from privileged backgrounds and hotel accommodation is beyond their financial capabilities.
This tour has the full support of our club executive and as such does not simply rely on the capabilities of youth and junior sections to host overseas visitors. This request goes out, therefore, to the Moseley Rugby community in its entirety. If you are able to offer two nights’ accommodation as described, please contact me directly via moseleycolts@virginmedia.com (preferred) or through the club office info@moseleyrugby.co.uk. An early response would be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.
Simon
We (probably as an U18 game) will be hosting them for a match on Tuesday 3rd April. To date, I have had three offers of billets as a result of earlier posts. Clearly this is not enough to accommodate a tour party of 23 players (coaches and accompanying adults are staying in local hotels). Consequently, I would like to reinforce my earlier request for volunteers to provide somewhere for these young players to stay on the nights of Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd? We will be providing a post-match meal on the Tuesday night but the players will need to be fed at the billets for dinner/ supper on Monday and for breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday. They will also need to be collected from (Monday/ Tuesday evening) and dropped to (Tuesday/ Wednesday morning) the rugby club. I am assured by the tour organisers and by people associated with Moseley Rugby who have contacts with them, that these are well-behaved youngsters who will not discredit themselves, or their club in any way.
I appreciate that this is a lot to ask of the volunteer helpers but if we cannot provide the players with this assistance it will seriously affect their ability to undertake this leg of their tour. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if we cannot find enough billets, the Moseley section of their trip will not take place. Most of these players are not from privileged backgrounds and hotel accommodation is beyond their financial capabilities.
This tour has the full support of our club executive and as such does not simply rely on the capabilities of youth and junior sections to host overseas visitors. This request goes out, therefore, to the Moseley Rugby community in its entirety. If you are able to offer two nights’ accommodation as described, please contact me directly via moseleycolts@virginmedia.com (preferred) or through the club office info@moseleyrugby.co.uk. An early response would be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.
Simon