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11th Feb: Will Copley Memorial Match, at Monmouth RFC

11th Feb: Will Copley Memorial Match, at Monmouth RFC

Myles Woodley17 Jan 2017 - 09:50
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A great bloke remembered.

You will remember the notification that went around the club last year about the death of a former Lensbury player, Will Copley. Many of the current Quins Ams Vets played and toured with Will.

When Will left the club he moved back to Wales with his wife and, then, very young children to provide a better quality of life for his family. He opened up a Dental Practice which went on to be a great success.

He continued playing a good level of rugby at Monmouth RFC up to 3 months before his death in January last year.

Between Quins Ams Vets, Old Kingston Poly friends, old Lockside and Lensbury RFC members and Monmouth RFC we have arranged a Will Copley Memorial Game on 11th Feb in Monmouth before the Wales v England game against a “Wills England based mates” or Harlequin Am Vets, however it works out.

Rough agenda:
· Sat 0930: Leave for Monmouth
· Sat 1200: Arrive Monmouth RFC
· Sat 1300: KO
· Sat 1430: Showers and Bar, those going to the Wal v Eng game can depart
· Sat 16:50: Watch the game at Monmouth RFC (2 bars, 6 screens, lots of fun)
· Evening: Stay over (need to book hotels early so need replys)
· Sun 1200: Depart for London

Up front I want to be clear that it might be the opening weekend of half term for some parents but Matt Ferraby has already moved the Vets match against Vandals that was scheduled on 11th to allow the current Vets team to play if they are available.

We have a lot of Wills friends in the club like Tyson, Ovy, Ryan, Budge, Jim, Me, PA, Maws and many more. There are more around the area playing for Esher and a few other clubs. So we can pack out the team with other guys to get as many run outs as we can.

It will be fun and played in the right spirit but they’re a very decent club so I’d like to go full team if poss and have a high quality vets match worthy of Will himself.

Monmouth are happy to host and put a significant amount of money in a beer kitty but they need us to commit to the event in the next couple of weeks.

Accommodation
You need to book rooms at Weatherspoons or Premier Inn for the night of Sat 11th…

Players
We have a very strong front five (with many subs) and an equally strong midfield (names below). We can borrow on lots of talent from other clubs if needed but I’d still like to get a full team up there if we can…please let me know if you can make it by direct reply to grpmiller@hotmail.com

Non-Players
You are also very welcome, the more the merrier, the cause could not be more worthy!!

Please contact Gav Miller at grpmiller@hotmail.com

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