After the roaring success of last seasons club lunches I am pleased to announce the confirmed schedule of lunches for the 2025/26 season - please see attached the full list but if you are struggling to open this please go to the club website.

As you will see we have 8 lunches this season and it all kicks off on the 11th October with the home game against Rochford on Saturday 11th October. We have kept the two new very successful lunches such as the Curry & Tiger Beer lunch and the Pasta and Chianti lunch at a cheaper price and obviously kept all the favourite ones like the Ladies Lunch, Past Players Lunch, Christmas Lunch and the Coaches and Volunteers lunch.

It would be great if every year group could fill a table of 10 throughout the year so please make an effort, they are always great fun and an excellent way of catching up with old and new friends.

For those that haven't been before it can be as smart or casual as you like, some wear jackets and ties, some don't, its really up to you and depending on the KO time they will start between 12.15pm and 1pm and finish at KO so everyone can watch the match - all in all it should just be a nice afternoon spent with friends and colleagues enjoying a few beers/glasses of wine over lunch and then watching a game of rugby - who can say no to that!

There is no restriction on how many times you can come and all are welcome so please feel free to invite any friends, family or potential sponsors from local businesses as there will be opportunities to also promote at each lunch with various options that can be discussed

Some examples are;

Sponsor the Whole lunch with pop up stands and logos on the website etc - £300

Sponsor the Port/Wine, logo on website and the opportunity for a short speech before the lunch - £150

Sponsor the Match Ball - opportunity to speak before the lunch - £75

It would be great if everyone could plan ahead so please have a look at the dates and chat to your friends/age group and let me know which lunch would suit you best as I am already taking bookings and have a limit of around 95 per lunch except the Ladies and Christmas lunch which we hoping to move outside to the new marquee - update on this will come later!

We also have a raffle at each lunch with all the profits going to the club so again any prize donations for this would be much appreciated.

Any enquiries/booking can be made to Elliot Shaw on 07814 020559 or email me at elliot@eight6seven.co.uk

Here's to the season ahead!

Elliot Shaw

Lunch Organiser and EXCO Committee Member.