Hello members of HWRUFC!

We hope you are all well and have enjoyed the first half of the season!

Welcome to this month’s newsletter, which is jam packed with updates! Read on to find out about the Boxing Day Game, the most recent winners of the 200 club, the next pre-match lunch, how to buy a brick and immortalise yourself in the new balcony, and even how to save on your tyres!

BOXING DAY GAME

The annual Boxing Day game is back! There will no doubt be port, there will be carols in the club after (12 days of Christmas is a personal favourite). Players to meet at 10:30 with kickoff at 11:30. Come down to the club for some festive fun!!

BELLES

What a few weeks it has been for the Women's team! Due to some changes in our league, we found ourselves without a game for a number of weeks, so by the time our away game to Aylesbury came along we were excited to get on the pitch, and what a game it was! We started off strong and quickly got into our stride, settling into the plays we have been working on in training. This resulted in a 5-42 win for us with our full back Laura getting a hattrick. 

Our next league fixture brought us back home to face Didcot, we knew this would be a tough game and after a video review session the week before in the clubhouse we knew what we wanted to work on. This didn't all go to plan but the women dug really deep, the forwards had a tough game on their hands but very pleased to say our scrums and line outs were solid allowing the backs to get the ball and make some great runs resulting in a great team try finished off by Franzi. It was a very close game but we managed to come away with a 17-10 win putting us TOP OF THE LEAGUE! 

With another team having to withdraw from our league our next fixture will be on 15th January at home against Banbury. 

The South Bucks BaBas had a recent triumph over Brackley for their first away win of the Bucks invitational League. The girls U16’s SBB consists of players representing Beaconsfield, Marlow and High Wycombe rugby clubs.

Read more about their game here.

SENIORS

The past couple of months have been challenging for Wycombe seniors with some challenges in availability due to a large increase in injuries this season, along with certain other external factors, which has lead to some challenges in fielding multiple teams on Saturdays. No doubt adding to the challenge of this, is that our 1st XV has just completed its string of games against our more challenging opposition which have all seemed to fall at the end of the rotation of fixtures, having our had our games against the lower table teams at the start of the season.

Now we have played all teams, we start to see these fixtures coming around again. This began with Milton Keynes away at the start of December, and while the home team finished the game with a win, Wycombe were certainly looking a lot more like themselves, playing high continuity rugby to score some fantastic tries (of note was a try including a chip and chase by our hooker, and a half volley by our flanker, to be finished by the former in MKs in-goal area). Frustratingly, as we start to double down against opposition who find themselves in the relegation area, the weather has meant our games against Ready Abbey, and likely our away bus trip to Swindon may not go ahead, meaning we get the chance to play these in February.

Finally of note, we have agreed the appointment of a new Head Coach to drive the squad into a prosperous new year and a long term aspirational future. More details to follow on this in the new year, but certainly exciting times ahead for senior men's rugby at High Wycombe!

EVENTS

After the Boxing Day game, our next event will be the pre-match lunch taking place on Saturday 21st January: Not The Bar Chairman's Lunch!

As always, this will be 4-course pre match lunch and it is prior to the Bletchley game. 

The form will follow via separate email shortly and will be made available here so check back later this week!

Also coming up:

The Generation Game
Sat 11 Feb 2023 

Pre-Match Lunch
Sat 11 Mar 2023 

Annual Club Dinner
Fri 05 May 2023 

BUY A BRICK!

...and have your name immortalised on the new balcony for £100!

There is also an opportunity for a much more significant plaque for £1000, please speak to either Neil Weston or Martin Good.

Our new balcony will be completed hopefully for the end of the season. This is going to be a fantastic facility for all our members.

Please fill out your details and return this form with your chosen text to commercial.manager@hwrufc.com with confirmation of payment to:

Ref – Buy a Brick

HWRUFC

20-40-71

20465631

If you have any questions, please contact Neil Weston commercial.manager@hwrufc.com or 07973 481496

200 CLUB

The November winners for the 200 club are:

Victoria Goldfinch £95

John Davies £55

Congratulations to you both!

Thanks to all of our new signs ups, December’s Draw is a bumper £650

1st prize £600

2nd prize £90

3rd prize £50

Sign up here to be in with your chance of winning: https://payments.hwrufc.com/200club

ADAMS AND PAGE

Have you been thinking it was about time you got some new tyres or got your wheels aligned?

Well... did you know that if you head to our sponsor Adams & Page Ltd (in the Cressex Industrial Estate) and mention that you have seen their ad in the rugby club, you can get 10% off tyres and wheel alignment AND a free safety check and goody bag with any purchase?

Adams & Page are a family owned business and are one of the oldest tyre companies in the country. They are fully independent, meaning they are not owned by a manufacturer or tyre wholesaler so can sell any brand of tyre. 

This brilliant deal is valid until the end of February! 

Upcoming Senior Fixtures

Sat 07-Jan-23 

1st XV High Wycombe -  KO 14:00 - Thatcham
3rd XV High Wycombe III -  KO 14:00 - Hungerford II
2nd XV Crowthorne -  KO 14:00 - High Wycombe II

Sat 14-Jan-23 

1st XV Bicester -  KO 14:00 - High Wycombe
3rd XV Phoenix II -  KO 14:00 - High Wycombe III
2nd XV High Wycombe II -  KO 14:00 - Windsor II

Sun 15-Jan-23 
Belles | High Wycombe Belles -  KO 15:00 - Banbury Belles Ladies

Sat 21-Jan-23

1st XV High Wycombe -  KO 14:00 - Bletchley

Sun 22-Jan-23

Belles | Reading Ladies II -  KO 15:00 - High Wycombe Belles

Sat 28-Jan-23

1st XV Bracknell -  KO 14:00 - High Wycombe
2nd XV High Wycombe II -  KO 14:00 - Marlow II
3rd XV To be arranged -  KO 14:00 - High Wycombe III

Restaurant Guru

We are pleased to inform that High Wycombe Rugby Union Football Club has been awarded a Recommendation badge by Restaurant Guru, one of the world’s most popular foodie websites with over 30 millions monthly users!
 

That’s it for now, but if you have anything you want to see in this newsletter in future then please email digital.communications@hwrufc.co.uk 

We hope you all have a wonderful festive break and can’t wait to see you back in the club!

Merry Christmas!