Club Person of Year
Graham Black

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

Latest Rugby Quiz – July 27th

More photos to test the memory in this week’s offering from our friends in the Scottish Rugby Memories’ group. As per usual, we’ll publish the answers next week.

This week’s quiz
RUGBY PIPER JULY 27TH 2020

Here is last week’s quiz and the answers:

Last week’s quiz
THE RUGBY PIPER JULY 20TH 2020
and the answers
ANSWERS RUGBY PIPER JULY 20TH 2020

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Return to Rugby: Youth
Training Resumes Next Week

Youth Training, albeit restricted under current Scottish Rugby guidelines, as agreed with the Scottish Government, gets underway next week, following a demonstrator training session this Wednesday night (29 July) involving last season’s P7s.

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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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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