THE CALCUTTA CUP IS COMING TO ORKNEY!!
All boys, girls, and Adults very welcome!
It will be on show at the following locations & times on FRIDAY, 1 JULY:

In Dounby / Stromness the location will be at the school if it’s open, otherwise the pitch or Market Green. (Keep an eye out for updates)
Rugby coaching & small games available at each venue.
Hopefully a couple of ‘Kent Faces’ will be travelling with the cup!

WHERE: Orkney RFC
WHEN: Friday 20 May, 10:00

Since June 1st 2021, Dylan Russell has been running 35km every single week without fail in an attempt to raise money for The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust which allows support to be given to rugby players impacted by serious injuries or illness.

Aptly named “The 365 Challenge”, his goal was to do this for an entire year, the equivalent distance of running 5km every single day for 365 days! He’s also decided to go even bigger to finish the challenge and for the final two weeks (19th May - 1st June) he will be attempting 14 half marathons, across all 14 Scottish Health-boards in just 14 days!

Dylan’s is being sponsored on the Orkney leg of this amazing fundraising effort by Kirkjuvagr Gin and those in Orkney this Friday (20th) are welcome to come along to The Rugby Club for 10am to support Dylan as he kicks off the Orkney lap of his journey. If you are feeling fit run/cycle along with him (even if only for a small part).

To read more about the great work that The Hearts & Balls charity do and to donate to Dylan’s Go Fund Me page, visit the link below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tyzhs-365-challenge

Keep up the great work Dylan!

Reminder to all sections that a review meeting will take place at the Club on Sunday 8 May at 2pm to discuss all the lessons learned from the past season.

Topics:

1. What has been good/enjoyable/positive etc about the last season? The positives
   
2. What has not been good/enjoyable/positive etc about the last season? The frustrations
   
3. Have we missed anything?
   
4. Are there ideas that you know of both in/out Orkney and/or from other clubs you are involved with, that you think may be worth adopting by ORFC?
   

People can join and stay for as long or as short a period that they like as I know people will have other commitments.

If you cannot get along on the day but want to contribute, please email Ian Carse with anything you’d like to be discussed

Watch coverage from the game at Glensburgh in Grangemouth. Final score Grangemouth 32, Orkney 31 …

Livestream from the game at Picky…
Thanks to George Brown (Rohallion) for the video!