Seniors News
The 1st team remain victorious and are riding high on the crest of a wave in the London North 1 league with 33 points. An excellent start to the season, with some fantastic wins both at home and away - including the momentous 90-0 annihilation of Sudbury at Cow Lane and the complete destruction of Chelmsford away, with a scoreline of 5-108. Long may it continue.

The 2nd team are rampaging through their Merit Table with several strong wins and 221 points scored, most notably their 83-3 win at home against Letchworth with Tring playing some scintillating champagne rugby. Tring’s ability to play on the game line and dominate the collisions has allowed the backs to play with a level of panache that the other teams cannot live with.

The 3rd team had a couple tough away games at the beginning of the season meeting some younger, pacier teams on the road. They have now turned this around and continued their success at home with triumphs away and now stand 2nd in the Merit 4 league table. The forwards have run some hard lines allowing the backs to cut through time after time.

The 4th team have had a run out against Chess Valley notching up a good score of 35-28, thanks to some wise old heads and much younger bodies! The 4th team will be pulling their boots on approximately once a month for a jog around the park (the wise old heads) with several tries scored resulting from a 60 metre sprint, dodging tackles left, right and centre (the younger bodies). If you would like a run out all players are welcome please contact our Director of Rugby, Mike Ward.

The Academy have received last season’s U16’s and have spent the first month getting to know each other. Their campaign started for real on Sunday 9th October when they welcomed Hadleigh in the 1st round of National Cup and sent them packing back to Suffolk with a 39-17 score and will now face Hertford in the 2nd round.

Mini & Junior News
TringRugby Minis and Juniors season has kicked into gear this month. Minis who have been training through September now enter into their festival and match fixtures in earnest. The Minis were hosted at the Henley Festival at the beginning of October and enjoyed a great day of rugby in lovely surroundings by the river Thames. They then travelled further West to the Maidenhead Festival the following week and then last weekend one of our sponsors Oakman Inns hosted a tournament for the U7-U10’s at Allianz Park whilst our Development teams travelled to OA’s. Tring teams performed admirably with successes across the board and a full set of wins in several age groups.
The mighty TringRugby Minis tour saw its first fundraising evening with their ‘Wrapping Up Summer’ party, again planning to take a swathe of the section away on another fabulous weekend later in the season. In recent years the tour has been a huge success with the entire Mini section attending en mass – look out Butlins Bognor Regis!

Juniors have also enjoyed a positive start to the season with our new additions in U13’s blazing through their first friendly fixtures against Barnet and Hertford in impressive form. Clearly the changes to the coaching setup there have really made a difference and confidence is high. The U14’s have had a 50/50 success rate winning against Harpenden but not so lucky against Cheshunt.

One of the reasons for their success can be put down to the introduction of our Junior Development Pathway. Allowing for better sharing, re-use of resources, coaches and experience it is designed to pull on senior and Academy players, coaching and knowledge throughout the club. At TringRugby we recognise the importance of providing a fertile and challenging environment through this vital part of their development whilst retaining players of all levels. Hopefully our Academy will reap the benefits in years to come. With the pitch improvement work and numbers up across the section we look forward with excitement to another great season of rugby at Tring.
Combat Stress Day – Saturday 29th October

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading veterans’ mental health charity. Mental health issues can affect ex-servicemen and woman of all ages, currently they are giving more than 6,000 veterans support. Combat Stress are a vital lifeline for these veterans and their families. This is the second time that Tring have raised money for this great cause, driven along by a familiar face at the club; Andrew Macintosh. We are inviting all current and ex-service men and women along to enjoy the game on the day and to see all the local support.
Simply buy a T-Shirt (Only £10), Mac will be selling them on the day and wear it at the club on the 29th October 2016 'Game Day' along with the hundreds of others who will be doing the same as this is a 1st, 2nd and 3rds at home day. Debbie Brown has kindly offered to run a Raffle and is seeking prizes, if you would like to donate a prize it would be very much appreciated, please contact Debbie at debbiedabrown@aol.com. If you would like any further information on Combat Stress please contact Mac here

VP Lunches
Our President Martyn Kirk will be hosting a lunch preceding the 1st team games on Saturday on Combat Stress Day, Saturday 29th October when Tring play Barking. Everybody is welcome to join Martyn and our VP’s for lunch, guests are warmly received. The fayre is deliciously prepared by our caterers at a cost of £20 per person. Please contact Martyn for further details.

500 Club
The Autumn 500 Club draw took place on Saturday 8th October and the winners were 1st £500 - Paul and Sue Welling, 2nd £250 – David and Saz Gordon, 3rd £100 – Carol Kennedy. The 500 club is drawn three times a year, if you are a regular contributor you will be entered into the draw for one of those 3 prizes, a fabulous return on a £5 per month contribution. All monies raised goes towards supporting and improving our sporting talent at TringRugby. If you would like to join in the fun please see the website for more details.

Membership Cards
All players will receive a card which will carry their full name, club membership number, RFU ID and for the minis/ juniors their DOB. Once subs are paid and RFU registration confirmed, cards will be available from each age group Team Admin. As a paying club member for Tring this season, we decided that it would be great to offer something extra as a benefit for being part of the family, membership cards are now available.

On production of the coveted Black and Gold card the following discounts are available:

B Smart Dry Cleaners in Berkhamsted, 20% off for Tring Rugby members.

Peter Spivey Sports in Hemel Hempstead, 10% off for TringRugby members.

Berkhamsted Sports, 10% off for TringRugby members.

Mela Restaurant in Aston Clinton, 10% off food orders for TringRugby members.

Oakman Inn Restaurants, 20% off food (not drinks) for TringRugby members, the following terms and conditions apply:
• 6pm Sunday to 6pm Friday
• Valid for all Oakman Inns
• The discount is applicable for groups of up to six people per Membership Card, if there are more than six in a group then any additional meals will be charged at full price
• Discounts do not apply during Bank holidays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day
• Not to be used in conjunction with any other offers