Next World Cup Games Friday France -v- USA (B) ITV2 k/o 08:30  - more info

The main fund raising event for the Spooner Fund is the Grand Christmas Draw this Year Prizes include:

1st Prize - 2 Tickets to England -v- Ireland, 2nd Prize - 2 Tickets to a Manchester United, 3rd Prize - Christmas Food Hamper or 4th Prize - Christmas Drinks Hamper, 5th Prize - £50 Cash, And many more prizes

The Draw will take place at Harlow Rugby Club. Tickets are available from behind the bar at Harlow Rugby Club for just a £1 each.  - more info

This Saturday England V South Africa k/o 13.00 - Club opens at 11.30.

Harlow Rugby Club welcomes all of its members & their guests to cheer on England on Sat 18th October 2003. Food will be available.  We will be raffling Two Home International tickets for the coming 6 nations 2004 (£1 a go) over the coming World Cup Internationals.

Also minor prizes awarded this Saturday are each event will include:

England Supports Shirts, Bottles of Booze, & many more

The Minor Prizes will be drawn after each game.

The 2 Home International tickets for the coming 6 nations 2004 will be drawn after the final whistle of the World Cup Final.

To Win you must be in the Club when the raffle is drawn after each match.

Also running this Saturday is a Guess the Score Competition (£1 a go) Which Player scores first - (£1 a go). There is no 1st /2nd team game on 18th Oct so get there early.

We have a number of on-line discussions going on at the moment including:

Children in Need (Fundraising Idea), What is the point of Wales?, Death of the 2nd Team.

Let's Share It (Discussion on the 1st XV performance on Saturday), Web Site Feedback, Paying Membership is Obviously a Hardship (Discussion on help collecting membership)

What are your Views? Join in the discussion here - join here.

If you have a password for the club members pages just log on and access. To get a password club members should click this link webmaster@harlow-rugby.co.uk giving your full name, your email address and a suggested password of 6 to 10 letters.

This weeks results include:

1st XV lose 54-23 at home to Staines

Once again it was finishing which let us down We had lots of scoring opportunities playing within the opposition 5 metre line but could not get across it. If you look at the results of the other games so far this season there are no clear leaders emerging It is all very much A beats B, B beats C but then C beats A.  If we were back at full strength then on the overall performance so far there is no side that is beyond our reach.  We must tighten up our handling, on Saturday we wasted two certain tries putting the last pass on to the ground. Good news however was a great kicking performance from Fozzie Brown including conversion from both left and right corners. If we had kicked as well last season we would have finished in mid table. We can turn things around but must do so soon before the gap above us gets any bigger.

2nd XV lose 74-0 away at Bishops Stortford

Saints win 63-3 at home to Newmarket:

A good display of running rugby saw the saints run in 9 tries, 6 of them converted. despite conceding an early penalty, Harlow were raring to start the new campaign in style following a below par performance against local rival's Bishops Stortford. the tries came at regular intervals throughout the game with excellent communication between backs and forwards where team play proved its usefulness and running rugby, which is synonymous with the saints prevailed. Newmarket never gave in but the constant pressure eventually took its toll.

Team: g.last, s.boswell, d.smale, k.knee, c.shawyer, c.guyton, p.hughes, s.burroughs, p.keeling, e.harries(capt), a.kent, h.keeling, b.buster, l.howell, d.bedford, f.lloyd, m.rogers, p.twilly

Sinners lose 34-10 to Barnet 3rds

World Cup Results  - more info Australia are the only team to win so far and not claim the Bonus Point. Take a look at the how the groups stand -more info

Do you know what's on and where?  Check out our World Cup Guide - more info

There is a lot of discussion in the club about the policy of charging for admission to the club to watch World Cup games. Some members are saying that it is wrong to have to pay for admission to their club. What are your Views? Join in the discussion here - join here. In particular it may be helpful if you cover the following cases.

1. Games which take place when the club would be open in any case.

2. Games where we have to open specially at a time we would normally be closed.

3. For Games where we provide food what should be the case for members who want to watch the match but do not want food.

4. The admission of non-members.

If you have a password for the club members pages on the web site there is already a discussion underway on this topic. To get a password club members should click this link webmaster@harlow-rugby.co.uk giving your full name, your email address and a suggested password of 6 to 10 letters.

This weeks results include: 1st XV lose 29-13 at away to Old Albanians, In terms of territory we came out on top, we can get into the opposition 22 but we still can't break down a solid defence. A couple of older (and heavier) streetwise players who can really break tackles and take players out would solve the problems for what is basically a very promising young side.2nd XV lose 76-5 at away to Cambridge. Sinners win away 7-22 at Old Tottonians.

Steve Bowering: stevebowering77@hotmail.com or 07788 435171 Francis Brown fbrown.coach@ntlworld.com or 01279 324958 Neil Almond nalmond@nortelnetworks.com