22nd Jul'08 - Fixtures for the Senior Derbyshire squads have now been published, they are:

Derbyshire Development (U23)
03.09.08 Training at Derby RFC (tbc)
17.09.08 Training at Matlock RFC (tbc)
30.09.08 v Lincolnshire at Chesterfield RFC
04.11.09 Notts v Lincs at Sleaford RFC
02.12.08 v Nottinghamshire at Mansfield RFC

Derbyshire 1st XV
14.10.08 Notts v Lincs at Newark RFC
18.11.08 v Nottinghamshire at Glossop RFC
09.12.08 v Lincolnshire at Market Rasen RFC

Derbyshire Vets
21.10.08 v Lincolnshire at Market Rasen RFC
13.01.09 Notts v Lincs at Southwell RFC
03.02.09 v Nottinghamshire at Long Eaton RFC

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21st Jul'08 - Ladies begin pre season Rugby training on Monday 28th July, meet at 6.45pm in changing rooms or 7pm on the pitch.

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19th Jul'08 - Senior Fixtures for 2008/09 for 1st's, 2nd's, Dev's, 4th's, Vets and Colts are now on the website.

Autumn Internationals: Dates are 8th Nov'08 England v Pacific Islands, 15th Nov'08 England v Australia, 22nd Nov'08 England v South Africa, 29th Nov'08 England v New Zealand. All K.O. at 14.30hrs. Derby RFC 'Members Only' to contact Gordon Roulinson for details of availability and prices, note there are reduced price tickets for juniors for the Pacific Island game. Closing date for applications 5th August 2008. Contact Gordon at the Club or by email: gordon.roulinson@derbyrfc.com

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Bookings for 1st XV home match sponsorship are now being taken. The fixture dates for the 2008/09 season are published and they are: Sep 13th (Ampthill), Sep 27th (Dunstablians), Oct 11th (Paviors) - already booked, Oct 18th (Burton) EDF Cup, Nov 1st (Newark), Nov 15th (Wellingborough), Dec 6th (Syston), Jan 10th (Scunthorpe) - already booked, Jan 31st (Mansfield), Feb 21st (Leighton Buzzard), Mar 14th (Matlock), Apr 18th (Market Bosworth). To discuss more details about 1st XV home match sponsorship please contact Stephen Muir on 07887 657668 or via email: stephen.muir@derbyrfc.com - Details of what the 1st XV Match Day Sponsorship consists of can be found in our Sponsorship page.

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9th Jul'08 - Any individual / business wishing to advertise in the Derby RFC match programme for 2008/09 season please contact Stephen Muir asap as there are only 4 A5 pages remaining. Adverts can be a Full page, or Half page or a Quarter Page. For more information please contact Stephen on 07887 657668 or via email: stephen.muir@derbyrfc.com

Companies that are already included in the new season's Programme include: Abbey & Burton Glass, Alumni, Atlas, Benz Bavarian, Boxall Brown and Jones, Bradbourne, BRI, Bridgshire Packaging, Coors, DEB, Derby Grammar School, e4creative, EMT Healthcare, Gadsby Orridge, Goodalls, HSBC, Ingenius One, John's Garage, Knight Security Services, Leapfrog, Marriott Hotels, Miller Homes, MLI Independent Insurance, Nelsons, Norwest Holst, Peach Upholstery, Perfume2u, Peveril, Quantum Training Services, Racing Fixtures, Rigby & Co, Roger A Kington, Samurai, Smith of Derby, Spondon Dry Cleaning, The Eagle Market, The Viceroy, Tranters and Wild Park Leisure.

A new Sponsorship page has been included in the Derby RFC website which lists the different types of Sponsorship packages available including: Corporate Vice Presidency, 1st XV Match Sponsorship, 1st XV Pitchside Advertising, Player Sponsorship, Match Day Programme, Fixture Booklet, Sponsorship of Room, Facility or Tournament, Sponsors Ladder, Foyer Advertising and Kit Sponsorship.

Included within the Sponsorship page is a link to our Club Sponsors page which lists our Club Sponsors along with information about them and direct links to their websites.

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8th Jul'08 - Opro Mouthguards will be at the Club on Sunday 14th Sept'08 to take gum shield impressions - for more information visit the Opro website.

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7th Jul'08 - Tonight Monday 7th July it's Quiz Night at Haslams at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

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6th Jul'08 - As we get ready for the 2008/09 season here's a quick recap of the very successful 2007/08 season that our Mini & Junior section has had .........

The match reports for last season can be found within the Minis & Juniors Archives and match reports for the Seniors can be found in the Seniors Archives.

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4th Jul'08 - It's Quiz Night at Haslams on Monday 7th July at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

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3rd Jul'08 - The Rugby Football Union wants everyone involved in rugby union in England to work together to create the best possible competition structure for the game.

To ensure that the “rugby landscape” below Level 3 serves the needs of everyone, the RFU is inviting all involved to join them in a wide ranging consultation process.

“We want to make sure that as many people as possible take part in our consultation so that any change in our competition structure reflects the views, aspirations and wishes of the entire game,” says John Owen, the RFU’s Junior Vice President and Chairman of the Rugby Landscape Task Group.

From July 1st for a period of four weeks there will be an online survey at www.rfu.com/rugbylandscapesurvey  to bring in views so that “we get the competition structure right to sustain our member clubs for the future,” says Owen.

After a full analysis of the questionnaire replies, there will be a stakeholders’ forum, following which recommendations will be drawn up and presented to the RFU Management Board and Council.

Visit www.rfu.com/rugbylandscapesurvey to be part of the new rugby landscape.

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29th Jun'08 - Players - Annual Subs paid for you!! Any player who is able to secure a sponsorship package or advert from the options available on the Sponsorship Opportunities page that nets the club at least £250 will have their Annual Subscriptions paid for them for the coming season.

The club needs all the funds it can get to maintain and improve facilities (floodlights, road repairs, kit, grounds equipment etc.) and it is important that we all do our bit to gather these funds. Please try hard to find an opportunity and contact Stephen Muir, Richard Lucas or Colin Cornfield with the details.

Derby are in Midlands Two East for the 2008/09 season. There's a number of new teams for this season including: Mansfield, Leighton Buzzard, Dunstablians, Scunthorpe and Wellingborough. Here's the fixture list for the season.

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26th Jun'08 - Tonight at 7:30pm at the Club is the Minis & Juniors section AGM.

Seniors Training starts on 1st July and will continue throughout the summer on Tuesdays and Thursdays, meet 6.45 for a 7.00 start.

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19th Jun'08 - The Derby Viper's are looking to develop a successful U15 & U18s girls section this year and we are currently looking for any keen volunteer's with a serious interest in getting involved to help with recruitment of player's, coaching or managing the girls section for the 2008/09 season. If you'd like to get involved then please contact either Mick Hicks or Claire McGinley, their contact details can be found within the Ladies section of the Derby RFC Contacts page.

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8th Jun'08 - Derby RFC Minis & Juniors 2007/08 end of season Presentation Day took place today at the Club, here's the Presentation Day Photographs. As soon as I have an upto date list of recipients I'll post it onto the website.

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5th Jun'08 - RFU Grand Prize Draw Winners 2007/08 - details of Winners can be found on the RFU website www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/20024

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4th Jun'08 - Photograph Ordering on the Derby RFC website - Special Offer of Buy 2 get 1 Free on all Photograph Orders when ordering from the e4creative Photo Galleries displayed on the Derby RFC website. Please see the website online Photograph Ordering form for more information.

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3rd Jun'08 - One last call please, if anyone knows where Martyn Murney's club jacket and glasses might be could they please contact Martyn. Before Martyn has to replace his glasses could attendees at the recent Senior Players Award evening just double check that they have not picked up the wrong jacket by mistake at the end of the night (the Glasses will be in the inside pocket). Martyn can be contacted by email at martyn.murney@derbyrfc.com

Senior Player Award evening held at Derby RFC on the 23rd May. Here's the list of award recipients

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1st Jun'08 - Three Coaches setoff for Twickenham at 6am (hic) yesterday morning with Derby's U9s, U11s and Supporters on them, the destination was Twickenham for the Gullivers Finals Day.

In the Gullivers Final our U9s won by 1 Try to Nil against Braintree and our U11s lost by 2 Tries to Nil against Salisbury. To reach Twickenham both sides had got through the Qualifying tournament at the Gullivers Festival in Nottingham earlier this year. As a Club Derby RFC have been very privileged to have had Teams reach the Twickenham Finals day for the past 5 years, it's not everyone that can say they've played at Twickenham. Well done to both of our young sides this year, I'm sure that it will be a day that they will remember for a very long time.

Once the Gullivers Finals had been played out we all sat back to take in and watch the Guiness Premiership Final between London Wasps and Leicester Tigers unfold in front of over 81,000 supporters inside Twickenham - awesome !

Here's the Photograph Galleries of our U9s at Twickenham, our U11s at Twickenham and also of the London Wasps v Leicester Tigers match.

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30th May'08 - Derby's U9s and U11s are off to Twickenham tomorrow (Sat 31st May) to contest in the Gullivers Plate Finals.

The Minis & Juniors Presentation Day will take place at the Club on Sunday 8th June. The Minis Presentation will run from 10am to 11:30am and the Juniors from 11:45am to 1:45pm. If the weather is fine it is planned to hold the Presentations outside. As it's a family occasion there are also plans to have a BBQ, Bouncy Castle, Treasure Hunt and Raffle.

The Minis & Juniors AGM will take place at the Club on the 26th June'08 at 7:30pm. Here's the agenda for the AGM (Microsoft Word doc).

Seniors Pre-Season Training for 2008/09 commences Tuesday July 1st.

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29th May'08 - For the 2008/09 season here's a list of Derby RFC Committee members and Officers as appointed at last weeks AGM.

M indicates Management Committee member

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25th May'08 - At the Players Dinner on Friday 23rd May someone has by mistake picked up Martyn Murney's Club Jacket. Inside the jacket are Martyn's reading glasses. Whoever has picked up the Jacket by error could they return it to the Club so that Martyn can collect it - Thanks. Martyn can be contacted by email martyn.murney@derbyrfc.com

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16th May'08 - When You Wish Upon a Star It's a Knockout at Derby RFC on Saturday 17th May'08 from 11am to 1pm - Free Entry - Come along and watch over 80 people taking part drawn from local business's. There will also be a Bouncy Castle (Free) for the children to play on whilst the It's a Knockout events take place. Haslams will be open as usual serving drinks and food, so come on down and watch the action unfold in what will no doubt be a Fun couple of hours.

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15th May'08 - The DERBY RFC AGM date has been moved from Wednesday 21st May to that of Thursday 22nd May. Start time is still 7:30pm.

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Congratulations to Derby's U13s, U14s and U15s who all won their respective NLD 7s tournaments last Sunday. Derby U15s entered 2 teams with the second team beating Nottingham in the Plate Final. Read the U13s tournament report and the U14s tournament report.

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11th May'08 - Today's Derbyshire 1st XV Cup Final result was Matlock 31 - 10 Derby. At half time it was Matlock 24 - 00 Derby, leaving Derby with a lot to do in the second half which started sprightly with Derby adding two quick Tries giving a chance of a comeback at 24 - 10. However a further Try and conversion by Matlock sealed the win for Matlock.

Derby RFC May Ball 2008 Photographs can now be viewed on the Derby RFC website.

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10th May'08 - Alan Dickens has been announced as the new 'Head Coach' for Derby RFC. Read the full news article as appeared in Friday's Derby Telegraph

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8th May'08 - On Saturday 10th May there's a Derby Vets XV v Presidents Vets XV game taking place at Derby RFC. Kickoff is at 3pm.

Also on Saturday evening there is a Presentation evening where Derby's Ladies XV (the Vipers) and our Vets will receive awards from RFU representatives. In attendance will also be the Mayor of Derby. All are welcome to come along for 7:30pm.

Derby's U14s were Runners Up in the Newbury 10s Festival last Sunday in a tight final game against Bristol St Mary's. Here's the report & photos from the Festival.

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6th May'08 - On Sunday May 11th it's the Derbyshire Cup Final Day which is being hosted at Chesterfield RFC. There's 4 Finals taking place: Derbyshire Presidents Trophy - Bakewell 2nd XV v Dronfield 2nd XV with a 11am kickoff, Derbyshire 2nd XV Cup: Ashbourne 2nd XV v Matlock 2nd XV with a 12 noon kickoff, Derbyshire Shield: Bakewell v Melbourne with a 1pm kickoff and then the Derbyshire 1st XV Cup: Derby v Matlock with a 3pm kickoff.

Wild Park Leisure Paintballing Spring Bank Holiday Special on Thursday 29th May. Whole Day for £25 including 300 paintballs and complimentary Bangers & Mash. To book please ring Wild Park Leisure on 01335-360485.

Wild Park Leisure Ladies Only Day on Sunday 8th June is £30 per person including 300 paintballs. Starting at 10am till 3pm and including home cooked lunch. Start to rally the troops and get you and your friends booked in now. To book please ring Wild Park Leisure on 01335-360485. More information about Wild Park Leisure Paint Balling and Quad Biking activities can be viewed on their website at www.wildparkleisure.com

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5th May'08 - Tonight's monthly Quiz Night at Haslams has been cancelled, the next Quiz night will be held on June 2nd.

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4th May'08 - Congratulations to Derby's U17s who won the U17s National Shield final today against Bracknell hosted at Worcester RFC. Derby were trailing 07 - 14 but brought the game back to 14 - 14. This is how the game ended but on a 'Try Count back' it was Derby's two Tries to Bracknell's one that gave Derby's U17s the win. Here's the Match Report and Photographs from the game.

Last night's Derby RFC May Ball at the Gateway Centre Derbyshire Cricket Club was a great success and a very enjoyable evening was had by all. Photo's from the Ball will be on the website soon.

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1st May'08 - Digital copies of e4creative action Photographs - following recent enquiries digital copies of action photographs are now available. All digital photos will be sent on a CD. So far the Galleries that have the action photo Digital option are the Derby Minis Festival 2008 (13th Apr'08) and the NLD Cup Finals Day (27th Apr'08) both of which are on the e4creative website. All other e4creative galleries featured within the Derby RFC website can be found here.

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28th Apr'08 - At yesterdays NLD Finals Day at Market Rasen Derby RFC had 3 sides competing, our U13s, U14s and U15s. Our U13s and U15s won their Finals whilst our U14s finished as Runners Up following their game with Nottingham. With just 7 minutes remaining our U14s were leading 07 - 06 but a penalty was awarded to Nottingham which they kicked to make the final result 07 - 09 to Nottingham. Here's all 3 NLD Final match reports: U13s Derby v Paviors, U14s Derby v Nottingham and U15s Derby v Kesteven. All 3 reports include a selection of photographs as well links to the full Photograph Galleries.

Derbyshire Cup Colts Final - Today's result was a 20 - 10 win for Derby's Colts against Buxton Colts at Chesterfield today.

Friday's Ladies section fund raising gig with the Midnight Pumpkin Trucks was a roaring success. I'm sure that everyone enjoyed themselves, here's a few photo's from the evening.

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25th Apr'08 - Tonight sees a Derby 'Select' XV v Bristol Aeroplane Company RFC XV (Touring side) - at Derby RFC with kickoff at 7pm.

Derby RFC are to host the RFU Womens Premiership Playoff on Sunday 27th April with a 2:30pm kickoff. The teams are Worcester v Darlington Mowden Park.

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23rd Apr'08 - A change of venue for the Colts v Buxton Derbyshire Cup Final on Sunday 27th April, this was to be held at Belper RFC but this has now been changed to it being hosted at Chesterfield RFC, kickoff is 11.30am. Here's the complete (current !) upto date list of forthcoming club competitions / activities .....

Friday April 25th
Derby 'Select' XV v Bristol Aeroplane Company RFC XV (Touring side) - at Derby RFC with kickoff at 7pm

Saturday April 26th
Derby 'A' XV v Sutton Coldfield - kickoff 3pm
Derby Dev XV v Burton - kickoff 3pm
Derby Vets XV v Bingham - kickoff 3pm
Midnight Pumpkin Trucks Gig at Haslams - 7:30pm (Ticket only, buy now £6 from the Haslams Bar)

Sunday April 27th
Minis away at Northampton Old Scouts festival
U13s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
U14s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
U15s in NLD Cup final at Market Rasen
Colts in Derbyshire Cup vs Buxton at Chesterfield RFC (not Belper as previously scheduled)
RFU Womens Premiership Playoff - 2:30pm kickoff

Saturday May 3rd
Derby RFC May Ball

Sunday May 4th
U14s in Newbury 10s
U17s in National Shield Final vs Bracknell RFC at Worcester

Monday May 5th
Derbyshire 7s (Seniors)
Monthly Quiz night has been cancelled for May, the next one will be in June

Saturday 10th May
Derby Vets XV v Derby Presidents XV

Sunday May 11th
U13s in NLD sevens at Paviors
U14s in NLD sevens at Ilkeston
U15s in NLD sevens at Sleaford
U16s in NLD sevens at Derby
Colts in NLD sevens at Newark
Seniors Derbyshire Cup Final – Derby v Matlock at Chesterfield

Wednesday May 21st
Derby RFC AGM

Friday May 23rd
Senior Players Dinner at Haslams 7pm

Saturday May 31st
U9s in Gullivers plate final at Twickenham
U11s in Gullivers plate final at Twickenham

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22nd Apr'08 - Derby RFC May Ball on MAY 3rd, FINAL CALL FOR YOUR BOOKINGS PLEASE!! We have to provide final numbers for catering this week, Thursday, so it’s essential you let us know your final numbers please. We need your support for this event, it’s our main club event of the year, so don’t miss out on what is going to be fantastic night! If you don’t have a full table that doesn’t matter, we can make tables up or accommodate your requirements. Email Jane, Shaun, Stephen Muir or Martyn Murney with confirmations or questions. Thanks for your support, look forward to seeing you there. See Contacts page for email addresses.

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21st Apr'08 - Derby RFC are seeking applications for a new Head Coach and Coaches / Player Coaches following the recent announcement that Ian Gittens will be leaving the Club at the end of the 2007/08 season due to personal / family reasons (see Club News entry dated 16th Apr'08). Applicants for the Coaching positions (preferably at a high level / standard) should send their CV to Paul McCartin, Derby RFC Co-Chairman either by email paul.mccartin@derbyrfc.com or in writing to Paul McCartin at Derby RFC, Haslams Lane, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 1EB.

Seniors Training dates: Thursday 24th April, Thursday 1st May, Tuesday 6th May and Thursday 8th May.

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20th Apr'08 - Derby's U17s are through to the National U17s Final after beating Keswick 32 - 10 in today's Semi Final. The Final is due to be played in Worcester on the 4th May. Here's the match report from today's game.

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19th Apr'08 - Disappointment for Derby as the last league game of the 2007/08 season sees a 41 - 10 defeat away to Market Bosworth today. Here's the match report along with the final Midlands Two East league positions for 2007/08 and all of yesterday's results for the M2E sides.

Derby's 2nd XV had a 25 - 29 away win over Leicester Lions 2nd XV yesterday, here's the match report from the game.

Derby's Dev XV and 4th XV went literally head to head today with a 25 - 05 result to the Dev's. Read Colin's match report of the game.

Derby's Ladies XV lost 17 - 10 away to Coalville last night, however when you consider that the last time the two teams met Coalville put 50 points past the Derby side just goes to show the continued enormous strides of improvement this Derby's Ladies team has made in what is their first season of Rugby. All being well the Derby Ladies side will be formally entered into a league for next season.

Don't forget that on Saturday 26th April at 7:30pm we have the Midnight Pumpkin Trucks live at Haslams. Tickets are available priced at £6 from behind the bar at Haslams.

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17th Apr'08 - The Derby RFC AGM will be held at Haslams, Haslams Lane, Darley Abbey, Derby on Wednesday 21st May 2008 at 7.30pm prompt. Here are the details of the AGM prelim notice (Adobe PDF 288kb).

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16th Apr'08 - Derby RFC are looking for a new Head Coach after Ian Gittens announced he is to step down at the end of the season. Here's the article as published in yesterday's Derby Evening Telegraph written by Sports writer Chris Watson.

Gittens is leaving the club after only a year in charge due to family commitments. His last game will be the Derbyshire Cup final on May 11.

"This is the hardest rugby decision I have ever made but my family has to come first," said Gittens. "The demands of travelling and my personal circumstances are such that I no longer feel I can put into the club what the club and the players deserve. I don't want to do half a job. That is not the person I am and the club don't deserve it. It is incredibly frustrating because we have all worked so hard but hopefully I have laid some good foundations for whoever takes over."

Gittens is now considering the offer of a similar position at a club closer to his home.

Derby's director of rugby Paul McCartin, who is also Gittens' assistant coach, said: "As far as I am concerned, it is a blow to the club, because we were just getting the team to play the way he wanted. After the previous regime and quite a few players left last summer, Ian came in and started from scratch and did a very good job with the resources available. Everyone at the club is disappointed he is leaving but we respect and understand his decision. Nobody should under-estimate the efforts made behind the scenes to keep the club in this league."

Chairman Gordon Stirling said: "It is unfortunate but Ian's family has got to come first. He did a good job and I know he feels bad, because things were starting to turn a corner. We have lost a good coach but now we need to find another one. We have got our feelers out and will be talking to people over the next few weeks. We are looking at all options. It is a big job and hopefully we can find someone who will keep people interested."

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15th Apr'08 - The Derby RFC Minis Festival 2008 took place on Sunday 13th April.  Photograph Galleries from the Under 7s, Under 8s, Under 9s, Under 10s, Under 11s, Under 12s and the Presentations can all be viewed on the e4creative website at www.e4creative.co.uk

Results at the Festival were:

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14th Apr'08 - Saturday's result was Derby 10 - 15 Syston. Here's the match report and photographs from the game as well as all of the Midlands Two East results and league positions.

The End of Season 200 Club Draw 1st Prize winner of £350 was Matt Erwin, the 2nd Prize went to Jean Roulinson.

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7th Apr'08 - Results from yesterday's NLD Seniors Finals Day held at Derby RFC.

Congratulations to Derby's U17s who are now the 2008 Midlands 'Shield' Champions following their 10 - 03 win over Bromsgrove yesterday. This win puts our U17s through to the National Semi Finals.

Derby's Ladies XV had a 71 - 00 win against Stafford Ladies XV on Friday night.

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4th Apr'08 - This Sunday 6th April sees Derby RFC host the NLD Senior Finals Day. Entrance is Adults £3, Under 16s Free. Timetable of the day is as follows:

Due to the Seniors NLD Finals Day taking place at Derby RFC on Sunday 6th April the scheduled Minis & Juniors fixtures for Sunday have all been rearranged to take place at other locations within Derby. See the Minis Fixtures and Juniors Fixtures for latest updates.

Derby's Ladies XV have an away fixture tonight against Stafford Ladies XV at Burton RFC. Kickoff is 7:30pm.

There's no 1st XV fixture tomorrow (Sat 5th April) though we do have 2 home games taking place: Dev XV v Matlock and our Vets XV v Leesbrook. We have an 'A' XV away to West Bridgford and our 4th XV are away to Mansfield. Kickoff for all four fixtures is 3pm.

200 Club winners for March were: Gordon Roulinson £50 and Tom Craig £25.

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3rd Apr'08 - It's Quiz Night at Haslams on Monday 7th April at 8:30pm. Entry fee is £1 per person with a maximum of 6 people per team. Also on a Monday it's Curry night where you can enjoy a Curry and a drink for £6.

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