Rugby Club Now a Charity

Charitable Status Successfully Achieved!

We have just received notification from OSCR that Linlithgow Rugby Club Ltd is now officially a charity.

Decision on your application to become a charity: 

I am pleased to tell you that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is satisfied that your organisation meets the charity test, and has entered it in the Scottish Charity Register. This means it now has charitable status under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. 

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Return to Rugby:
Moving on to Stage 4

With agreement of the Scottish Government, Rugby has been cleared to move to the next stage (Stage 4 on the road map) on Monday 14th September, in the gradual easing of restrictions relating to the coronavirus lockdown.

Read more and view training schedule

Scottish Rugby Roadmap

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Return to Rugby:
Pitch Plan Including Access

The current pitch plan and access to and from the pitches is shown below. Click on the image to enlarge it. It’s based on our risk assessment and will be reviewed at each key stage of the Return to Rugby process. Thanks to Ally Rae who prepared the plan.

Reds’ Adult and Wee Reds Micros training has now resumed, so all main groups are now back, and the current training schedule has been extended a further week to include the week of 31st August.

Read more and view training schedule

A big thanks to the Coach Coordinators and Age Group Coaches in ensuring a smooth and safe return to rugby training for all our Wee Reds Minis and Young Reds secondary school age teams. The agreed schedule seems to have worked well and gives each squad the time and space needed in the current environment.

Rugby Club Version 1

You can read and hear more about the careful steps that we are taking to ease back into rugby by clicking on the link below.

Full information on Return to Rugby

Quick walk through video (no sound)

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Reds’ Player Awards BBQ

Saturday 01 August

Last Saturday, the Reds held their annual player awards at an event outdoors at the Club. Catering was provided by top caterers ‘Mochrie and Son’ under the eagle eye of master chef Gary Shepherd. Player of the Year, Jack Frame, is pictured above.

See all the prize winners

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Club Person of Year
Graham Black

Friday 24 July

Graham Black was awarded the Club Person of the Year accolade at Friday’s AGM. Graham has attended almost every Reds’ match, and quite a few others in addition, since 2010 and has contributed over 500 photo albums to the Club’s Shutterfly Photo Archive. Well done Graham and a big thanks for all your excellent photos over the years.

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Club AGM Held Last Week

This year’s Club AGM was held last Friday night in the Clubhouse. An appropriately modest-sized crowd attended, with social distancing being observed. The Board of Directors were all re-elected and, there being no other candidates, the position of Director of Youth Rugby remains vacant.

Link to AGM Information

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Clubhouse Open Again

Over the last two weeks we have been putting in place plans to re-open the Clubhouse based on guidelines and protocols developed by Scottish Rugby in discussion with the Scottish Government. These fully conform to the easing of lockdown restrictions as set out in the Scottish Government’s phased plan.

Our plans have been developed in consultation with staff and with a full risk assessment process managed by the Board. We have carried out an enhanced clean of the Clubhouse and have made the decision to stick to the 2 metre social distancing guidance for everyone’s safety. Staff will have appropriate PPE and there will be signage to guide people to follow our one-way system.

More information on the Return to Rugby

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Blast from the Past

This week we go back 10 years to the first pre-season match of the 2010-11 season, which was played at Mains Park against Dalziel on Saturday 12 August 2010.

As with last week’s feature, the focus is on ‘barnets’! Do you recognise the fine fair mane above? See if you recognise other players from 10 years ago in our special photo-feature.

Link to photo feature

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Ruby Anniversary
Peelers’ Tournament Action

This week we go back nearly 10 years to the special Tournament that was held in November 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Linlithgow Rugby Club.

Do you recognise the finely honed athlete with flowing locks in the photo above? To find out more and view more photos from the tournament click on link below.

Link to feature

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Blast from Past Feature

Click on link below to access all the matches we’ve covered in recent weeks in our “Blast from the Past” feature.

Read Feature

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Young Reds Awards

Congratulations to this season’s award winners:

• S1 Ruaridh McLeod
• S2 Fraser Miller
• U15 Oscar Davies
• U18 Gregor McLean

Read more and view the video messages

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Club History

Can you help with Club history and memorabilia? If so, please read on…

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The Rugby Piper

Final Rugby Quiz

A huge thanks to our friends at the Scottish Rugby Memories’ group for providing a weekly quiz for us all to muse over during lockdown. Last week’s quiz was the last they have planned for the present.

Last week’s quiz:
RUGBY PIPER AUGUST 31ST 2020

and the answers:

ANSWERS RUGBY PIPER AUGUST 31ST 2020

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50th Anniversary Book
Now On Sale

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Online Membership Renewal
and Player Registration

This season we are introducing a new online Membership system.

Read more about our plans

View the letter going out to Club members

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Club ‘s Vision and Objectives

The Rugby Club’s Vision and Objectives – “One Club” – has just been updated for the next 5 years. You can download the document by clicking on the image below:

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Choir Beats Lockdown Blues

Throughout lockdown the Rugby Club choir has still been singing. Not as a group, but individually at home. Social distancing has meant being at least 2 metres from the fridge or the wine rack!

The guys have recorded their various parts and sent them in to be blended and mixed. Photographs have been added and the following video has been made.

Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/DI3KhZ4FFcU

Enjoy.

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Happy Easter from the Choir’s 

Blazin’ Baritones

The Rugby Club Male Voice Choir’s Blazin’ Baritones have put together a little presentation and song for everyone this Easter. As Choir Chairman Peter Russell explains “the 9 baritones of the choir sang this, each from the coronasecurity of his own home. The arrangement, photos and technical wizardry are by our own Rod Aird.”

Just click on the image below to take you to the video link, now on YouTube.

Well done guys – nice one! And a Happy Easter to you all too!

(And a big thanks to Dougie MacLean for writing such an evocative song.)

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Installation of Solar Panels

Work has now been completed on the installation of the new solar panels on the roof of the Indoor training Centre. In all a further 54 solar panels were installed, doubling the generation capacity to 30kW. The new system was commissioned in March.

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