Dear All

We had to take the field on Sunday for our final league match of the season against Eastbourne with a squad of 14 team-members. The team did fantastically in the circumstances and we were lucky we only had to retire one player through a slight injury.

However, this has highlighted that we need some more players to ensure we can always field a squad of 18, after allowing for absences, injuries etc. Right now the entire squad size is just 20 and at the end of the season a couple of players will be moving away from Sussex.

The purpose of this e-mail is therefore to enlist all your help with recruitment. The coming couple of weeks are a particularly good time for new players to come along and guests are welcome to attend the Under 13 team curry night (7.30pm - 9.00pm) after training on Wednesday 14th during half-term (not to be confused with the curry fund-raiser being organised by the Under 15s):

• Wednesday 7 February: Home Training
• Sunday 11 February: Home Training
• Wednesday 14 February: Home Training and Under 13 Curry Night
• Sunday 18 February - Bognor Away
• Wednesday 21 February: Home Training
• Sunday 25 February - Tunbridge Wells Home

Note that we have cancelled the fixture away at Pulborough this coming Sunday due to lack of squad size. We'll have to see how things shape up for Bognor in terms of numbers.

So, please, please, please make an effort to bring along some new potential players to try it out - I know that Heathfield and Uplands are due to start rugby in earnest after half term and note that we have agreed 6 free memberships for new players for the remainder of the season so let's take advantage of this.  

Team members who attend Heathfield Community College: the biggest responsibility is on you since I know there are a lot of good players there.

All the best

Douglas Wardle

2/10/2007 11:53:44 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)